Persuasion Articles of the Week

Photo "Black & White" by Dean Strelau, Flickr, CC-By-2.0
Photo “Black & White” by Dean Strelau, Flickr, CC-By-2.0

13 Things You Should Give Up If You Want To Be Successful

Success takes work and sacrifice, and the right attitude. Persuasion can help train yourself (and others!) towards better, bigger thinking. Action helps train our brains as well.

 

There’s a New Prediction for the Singularity

Apparently, the Singularity is coming in 2047, when computers outsmart humans. Unless we’re computers already, responding to inputs and producing results.

 

Wake up, America: You’ve elected an entrepreneur

President Trump iterates on his plans and actions, making adjustments as he goes. This is so very different from career politicians that people don’t know how to respond.

 

You Spend Five Percent of your Day Outside. Try Making it More.

We’re animals displaced from our natural environments. Human stress hormones (cortisol) decrease when we see photos of nature in a dentist office. Think what nature could do to our brain chemistry if we actually made an effort?