A new drug reduces the risk of heart attacks by 40%. Shark attacks are up by a factor of two. Drinking a liter of soda per day doubles your chance of developing cancer. These are all examples of a common way risk is presented in news...

Often people make decisions that are not "rational" from a purely economical point of view - meaning that they don't necessarily lead to the best result. Why is that? Are we just bad at dealing with numbers and odds? Or is there a...

For millennia, the people of Britain had been using bronze to make tools and jewelry, and as a currency for trade. But around 800 BCE, that began to change: the value of bronze declined, causing social upheaval and an economic crisis—...

In 2004, a nutrition company offered a life-changing opportunity to earn a full-time income for part-time work. There were only two steps to get started: purchase a $500 kit and recruit two more members. By 2013, the company was making...

A 2016 survey of freelancers in six countries found that those who freelance by choice– 70% of respondents– were happier than people in traditional jobs, specifically when it came to things like independence and flexibility in terms of...

If you ask people whether they think stealing is wrong, most of them would answer yes. And yet, in 2013, organizations all over the world lost an estimated total of $3.7 trillion to fraud. Kelly Richmond Pope explains how the fraud...

In the coming years, artificial intelligence is probably going to change your life— and likely the entire world. But people have a hard time agreeing on exactly how AI will affect our society. Can we build AI systems that help us fix the...

The value of money is determined by how much (or how little) of it is in circulation. But who makes that decision, and how does their choice affect the economy at large? Doug Levinson takes a trip into the United States Federal Reserve,...

How might focus help you succeed? Using examples of famous people from disparate fields, such as James Cameron, Quincy Jones, and Larry Page, Richard St. John suggests why focus is one of eight traits common in successful people.

In the 1600s, the Dutch East India Company employed hundreds of ships to trade goods around the globe. In order to fund their voyages, the company turned to private citizens to invest money to support trips in exchange for a share of the...

In 1932, one in four Americans was unemployed, marking the highest unemployment rate in the country's history. The Democratic presidential candidate Franklin D. Roosevelt promised a New Deal— a comprehensive set of legislation to support...

Fresh water is essential for life -- and there's not nearly enough of it for the world right now. Why is that, and what could we do? Christiana Z. Peppard lays out the big questions of our global water problem. And no, shorter showers...

You need social skills to have a conversation in real life -- but they're quite different from the skills you need to write good dialogue. Educator Nadia Kalman suggests a few "anti-social skills," like eavesdropping and muttering to...

Socrates, one of the founding fathers of Western philosophical thought, was on trial. Many believed he was an enemy of the state, accusing the philosopher of corrupting the youth and refusing to recognize their gods. But Socrates wasn't...

Every day, a sea of decisions stretches before us, and it's impossible to make a perfect choice every time. But there are many ways to improve our chances -- and one particularly effective technique is critical thinking. Samantha Agoos...

Cultiva una vida significativa y llena de sentido con estas 10 reglas del Ikigai para sentir bienestar. Haz que tu vida sea más fácil de llevar poniendo en práctica estos hábitos del Ikigai.

Si te sientes perdido por no saber cuál es tu propósito, en este video te damos consejos para guiarte en el propósito de tu vida usando Ikigai.

Tu instinto de supervivencia influye en tus decisiones. ¿Eres de los que se apresura en tomar una decisión para sentir que tienes el control? En este video te compartimos una forma de medir el riesgo y la recompensa para que puedas tomar...

En este video te daremos tips para mejorar la comunicación entre el líder y el colaborador. Aprende a manejar la relación que tienes con tu jefe para progresar en tu trabajo.

En este video aprenderás sobre los tipos de comunicación empresarial; comunicación direccional horizontal, ascendente y comunicación empresarial interna y externa. Aprende cuáles son los tipos de comunicación que existen en los ambientes...

En este video te enseñamos qué son las falacias lógicas, te daremos ejemplos de falacias lógicas, qué es el falso motivo, qué es un hombre de paja, qué es la falacia de generalización apresurada, qué es el falso dilema y cómo detectar...

En este video de Tips para emprender aprenderás qué es una #Startup, cuáles son las características de una Startup, dónde iniciar una startup, cuándo dinero debo invertir en una startup, cómo crear una empresa con baja inversión y cómo...

En este video de Educación superior aprenderás: ¿qué es una beca?, ¿qué Tipos De Becas existen?, ¿cómo funciona una beca?, ¿qué es una beca completa?, ¿qué es una beca parcial?, ¿cómo puedo acceder a una beca?

En este video aprenderás qué es ser perfeccionista, qué consecuencias tiene ser perfeccionista, cómo evitar el perfeccionismo