"The Wisdom Daily" Tagged Content
Why “I Want it Now!” Can Actually Get Us What We Want Later
An update on the “marshmallow test” suggests that if we can find small pleasures on the road to long-term happiness, we’ll be more like to stay on the path.
When Empathy Prevents Compassion
The problem with empathy is that we tend to focus on what’s immediately in front of us, which means that we lose the opportunities to make a big difference.
Why “Useless” Knowledge Still Has Value
Sometimes, knowledge isn’t just instrumental — it can have tremendous inherent beauty, even if it is totally useless.
Failure Is, In Fact, Always an Option
We can’t predict in advance if we will succeed or fail, but we need both success and failure in order to draw lessons.
How Negative Thinking Can Boost Problem-Solving
If we focus exclusively on why we are so right, so good, and so smart, then when things do go wrong, we won’t know how respond.