Intrigued by the Panama Papers? There’s more - in this episode, sociologist Brooke Harrington explores the secret lives of billionaires. Hidden Brain A Better Way to Worry Anxiety is an uncomfortable emotion, which is why most of us try to avoid it. And in the meantime, be glad your email doesn’t look like this. simply by making their expectations of response speed explicit.” With a little email etiquette, we can make our co-workers' lives a little easier. TEDx speaker, author of 4 books, mental health professional, and researcher. The researchers reported, “We found that senders can help receivers feel less pressure to respond right away. Internationally renowned expert on cults, undue influence, and Authoritarian Control. If you’re going to send an off-hours email to your colleague, add a quick note at the end of it: This is not an urgent matter so you can get to it whenever you can. The researchers called this ‘the email urgency bias” and reported that it was harmful to well-being. But what if there's a whole category of people in your life whose impact is overlooked In the second episode of our 'Relationships 2.0' series, psychologist Gillian Sandstrom reveals some simple ways to make your life a little more joyful and maybe even a little less lonely.
When we receive an after-hours work email, research shows that we feel pressured to respond right away - even when the sender doesn’t expect a response. These relationships can help you feel cared for and connected. We all have trouble disconnecting from work sometimes, and email can make that problem worse. “Prior to the thinking period, write down these topics, so that you can glance at them if you feel like you’re having a hard time staying focused.” Interesting - ahem - food for thought. “When conjuring topics, choose ones that are both meaningful and pleasurable,” he writes. Hidden Brain evolved out of Shankar Vedantam’s Slate column of the same name and in the past four years has become a go-to for approachable, smart and unique looks into human behavior and psychology. The key to a more engaged mind, Furrer says, is to make a list of topics to think about, then schedule a “thinking break” to mull over those topics. He and other researchers found that people most enjoy the experience of thinking when it feels meaningful, but “people do not spontaneously choose meaningful topics that are also enjoyable.” In other words, it’s hard to come up with meaningful things to think about on the spot. But Rémy Furrer, a psychologist and researcher at the University of Virginia, argues that being alone with your thoughts is a skill you can practice. One study even found that people would rather shock themselves than be left alone with their thoughts.
Even when those thoughts are enjoyable, we seem to prefer external stimuli, like scrolling through our phones or watching a video.
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