@EntryLevelRebel

All around word nerd for hire. https://xitter.cf/t.co/9SNQxM0f0K columnist. American expat in Cyprus. More here: https://xitter.cf/t.co/KPLrwlMu5a

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How Making More Money Changes Your Personality, According to a Study of 130,000 People buff.ly/juMJEC5

How Making More Money Changes Your Personality, According to a Study of 130,000 People

Does income influence your personality, or does your personality influence your income? A massive study of 130,000 people reveals the surprising truth.

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The tech founder’s return to full-time work is a reminder that even billions can’t guarantee a happy retirement if you don’t also do this buff.ly/2FqU0So

Google Co-Founder Sergey Brin’s Unretirement Is a Lesson for the Rest of Us  

The tech founder's return to full-time work is a reminder that even billions can’t guarantee a happy retirement if you don’t also do this. 

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Many rich kids grow up to be rudderless brats. Here’s how Melinda French Gates helped her children avoid that fate buff.ly/VzfMMZN

Melinda French Gates Says This Is the Secret to Raising Down-to-Earth Kids

Many rich kids grow up to be rudderless brats. Here’s how Melinda French Gates helped her children avoid that fate. 

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A startup executive turned founder boils down the fundamentals of influence to just 50 words buff.ly/mZhEhZm

How to Convince Anyone of Anything, Explained in Only 50 Words

A startup executive turned founder boils down the fundamentals of influence to just 50 words.

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Financial guru Ramit Sethi insists you can’t plan your journey if you don’t know where you’re going buff.ly/D2uUh8e

The 1 Question You Should Always Ask Yourself Before Making Any Personal Finance Decisions

Financial guru Ramit Sethi insists you can't plan your journey if you don't know where you're going.

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A VC explains the difference between wanting to be rich and wanting to be wealthy, and why you should aim for the latter buff.ly/ZVgh0yi

Why You Should Aim to Be Wealthy, Not Rich (There's a Big Difference)

A VC explains the difference between wanting to be rich and wanting to be wealthy, and why you should aim for the latter.

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Nagging is the worst persuasion technique buff.ly/I5S9JGN

How to Get Someone to Do Something They Don’t Want to Do With Just 2 Questions

A best-selling author just suggested one of the cleverest persuasion tricks I’ve ever heard.

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Adam Grant and Brené Brown’s 3-Step Plan for Making Yourself Immune to Misinformation buff.ly/iGOLqLV

Adam Grant and Brené Brown’s 3-Step Plan for Making Yourself Immune to Misinformation

The internet is a sea of grifting and lies. Two best-selling authors have a plan to help you navigate all the misinformation more safely.

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It’s brutal, but it works buff.ly/0ZxveBy

Ben Franklin’s 200+ Year Old Method Is Still the Best Way to Learn to Write

There’s no sugarcoating it, Ben Franklin’s method of learning to write is hard, but modern writers and scientists agree it works.

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In our anxious, tech-filled world, fewer of us are reading for pleasure. Here’s how to get back in touch with the joy of books buff.ly/JE2zYvv

Reading for Pleasure Is Way Down. These 10 Tips Can Make It Fun Again

In our anxious, tech-filled world, fewer of us are reading for pleasure. Here’s how to get back in touch with the joy of books. 

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Our expectations for what other people find charming do not line up with reality buff.ly/mm8Oxm5

This Weird Cognitive Bias Is Making You Less Likable 

Our expectations for what other people find charming do not line up with reality, new research finds.

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Forgiving fictional characters helps you forgive real life jerks  buff.ly/Gf71xsF

Struggling to Forgive Someone? Read a Great Novel

New research has a surprising suggestion for those struggling with forgiveness: try reading some fiction.

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Costco’s oversized, gold accented boombox is yet another sign that nostalgia for pre-digital life is driving both sales and the culture buff.ly/TvCoShl

Costco Is Selling 1980s-Style Boomboxes. It’s Yet Another Sign of the Analog Renaissance

Costco’s oversized, gold accented boombox is yet another sign that nostalgia for pre-digital life is driving both sales and the culture. 

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The good news about young people's mental health you may not have heard buff.ly/HOKtRKh

Think Kids’ Mental Health Is Still Getting Worse? New CDC Data Says Otherwise

Teen sadness and suicidal thoughts have declined below pandemic-era peaks, offering real optimism without minimizing those who are still struggling.

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How to improve your “cognitive endurance”  buff.ly/J4JS3CM

The Modern World Is Destroying Focus—but a New Study Shows How to Grow It Back

After a college professor noticed a disturbing drop in his students' ability to focus, researchers found a practical way to build attention spans back up.

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Science Has a Word for People Who Attract Bad Luck—and a Solution buff.ly/rjOhgEJ
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Online brain rot leaves us feeling sad and scattered and yet we often struggle to resist it. A new study explains why buff.ly/5d5UFC5

The Science Behind Brain Rot: How Online Slop Is Quietly Rewiring Your Brain

Online brain rot leaves us feeling sad and scattered and yet we often struggle to resist it. A new study explains why. 

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If anyone should be able to sell self-help books in the AI era, it’s Tim Ferriss. And apparently even he’s struggling buff.ly/jhtlsZY

Tim Ferriss Says AI Killed His Book Sales—and It’s Coming for These Jobs Next

If anyone should be able to sell self-help books in the AI era, it’s Tim Ferriss. And apparently even he’s struggling. 

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A clever new brain imaging study shows our brains have to work harder when we choose e-devices over dead trees buff.ly/tDCOUvY

Your Brain Prefers to Read on Paper Rather Than on Screens, a New Study Says 

A clever new brain imaging study shows our brains have to work harder when we choose e-devices over dead trees.

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This Weird Cognitive Bias Is Making You Less Likable  buff.ly/mm8Oxm5

This Weird Cognitive Bias Is Making You Less Likable 

Our expectations for what other people find charming do not line up with reality, new research finds.

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