Just Complete One Goal Today

by Steven Handel

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How often do you start something but never finish it?

Often, it’s not even a goal that is that big or difficult, we just never get around to actually doing it.

We start making a new song, or reading a new book, or writing a new blog post, and then we sit on it and never go back.

One big part of this procrastination is perfectionism. We never quite finish that new song or new blog post because we don’t think it’s good enough yet.

But the odd paradox to this procrastination is that often you just need to do something and complete it before you can get to that next level in your self development.

Framing Motivation in Terms of Losses

by Steven Handel

Psychology research shows that we are much more likely to take risks and invest time and energy to avoid losses, rather than to seek gains. This tendency has been coined loss aversion and it’s a peculiar quirk of human behavior and decision-making. The basic idea is that humans will go leaps and bounds to avoid (more…)

You Don’t Realize How Resilient You Really Are

by Steven Handel

You don’t realize how resilient you really are until you find yourself in an extreme situation, and you have no choice but to face it with courage. Every day different people go through unexpected experiences. Sometimes, these experiences are extremely painful and traumatic, and they cause a lot of suffering in these people’s lives, as (more…)

The Mastermind Effect: How Placebos Can Boost General Intelligence

by Steven Handel


The placebo effect is when an individual experiences benefits from a “sham drug” or “sham treatment” that is otherwise not supposed to have any medical benefits.

The basic idea is that the mere suggestion that an individual is receiving an effective drug or treatment sometimes activates certain self-healing and self-boosting processes.

While most research on the placebo effect is about physical ailments, it’s only recently that psychologists have looked into the placebo effect as a possible cognitive enhancer to boost intelligence.