Learn The Built-in Superpowers Of Your Body And Brain This Weekend 
Uncover And Manipulate Your Triggers To Optimise Your Work And Life 
How I Tricked Myself Into Being Awesome 
How Superstitions And Rituals Encourage You To Achieve Your Goals 
How To Handle Your High-Maintenance Friends And Family Without Losing Your Mind 
How Beginner's Luck Works And How You Can Reproduce It Anytime When it comes to our brains, black is white and up is down. Any time we try to achieve a desired result, we end up doing the opposite. Such is the case with trying to be smart. We like to come off as intelligent, and so we often act like we know more than we do to achieve that effect. In reality, however, saying “I don’t know” can be a whole lot smarter.
Your working memory capacity, or the amount of information you’re able to actively hold in your mind at once, isn’t just easy-access storage in your brain. According to Art Markman (PhD), writing for Psychology Today, a better working memory increases your capacity to generate creative idea.
If you’re suffering from a moment or a long period of low self-esteem, chances are the problem isn’t internal. As Psychology Today points out, the problem is more likely caused by issues you have with people other than yourself.
If you’ve ever received an injection of any kind, you doctor may have told you to look away so it won’t hurt. As it turns out, new research published in the journal Pain provides evidence that looking away actually does decrease the amount of pain you feel.
Ever been overwhelmed by the temptation to buy the latest shiny thing because it’s got another checkbox in the features column? We call this “checkbox syndrome”: jumping at a new gadget or product just because it’s an upgrade from the last one, not because it’s better. Before you fall for a list of tech specs designed to impress an audience at a big flashy announcement, stop and think about whether it’s really an upgrade for you.
Whether you’re prone to bask in glory or wallow in defeat, venture capitalist Shervin Pishevar suggests practising success and failure amnesia.
Ever feel like you’re wasting more time tweaking your time management tools than actually doing things? We know we have. Friend of Lifehacker and author of Design for Hackers David Kadavy succinctly articulates the problem.
Humans are terrible at evaluating and judging risk. We overestimate our chances of winning contests while underestimating the chance of something bad happening. Compensating for this natural tendency isn’t easy, but the Wall Street Journal suggests one way to train your brain might be to track your skills like a gambler.
Keeping yourself awake after a bad night of sleep or after a long day at work can be tough. Instead of resorting to excessive amounts of caffeine, illustrator and blogger Yumi Sakugawa has put together an infographic that shows a bunch of clever ways to keep yourself awake, including a few handy acupressure techniques.
