Emotional intelligence at work: Why IQ isn’t everything New videos DAILY: https://bigth.ink Join Big Think Edge for exclusive video lessons from top thinkers and doers: https://bigth.ink/Edge ———————————————————————————- The difference between average and outstanding? Emotional intelligence. Your next job may depend on your EQ… and not your IQ. Emotional intelligence shows […]
How to find fulfillment: Lessons from ‘dark horse’ success Watch the newest video from Big Think: https://bigth.ink/NewVideo Join Big Think Edge for exclusive videos: https://bigth.ink/Edge ———————————————————————————- The Dark Horse Project is a long-term study run out of Harvard’s Graduate School of Education. It examines how people achieve success by harnessing […]
How overparenting backfired on Americans New videos DAILY: https://bigth.ink Join Big Think Edge for exclusive video lessons from top thinkers and doers: https://bigth.ink/Edge ———————————————————————————- American childhood is going, going… gone, says Professor Jonathan Haidt. In the mid-’90s there was a sharp shift to overprotective parenting. In previous generations, kids were […]
Why early retirement comes with one big clause New videos DAILY: https://bigth.ink Join Big Think Edge for exclusive video lessons from top thinkers and doers: https://bigth.ink/Edge ———————————————————————————- Vicki Robin and Joe Dominguez coauthored Your Money or Your Life in 1992, a now-classic finance book about liberating yourself from debt, waking […]
Jordan Peterson’s guide to leadership New videos DAILY: https://bigth.ink Join Big Think Edge for exclusive video lessons from top thinkers and doers: https://bigth.ink/Edge ———————————————————————————- The psychology of leadership is a mess, says Jordan Peterson, because it’s clouded by “management idiot speak.” One example? A leader’s job isn’t to motivate people; […]
How Big Pharma secures drug monopolies New videos DAILY: https://bigth.ink Join Big Think Edge for exclusive video lessons from top thinkers and doers: https://bigth.ink/Edge ———————————————————————————- Scores of people — including many beloved musicians and celebrities — are dying from perfectly legal pharmacutical drugs. And many big companies are profiting. After […]
Billionaire warlords: Why the future is medieval Watch the newest video from Big Think: https://bigth.ink/NewVideo Join Big Think Edge for exclusive videos: https://bigth.ink/Edge ———————————————————————————- Russia? China? No. The rising world superpower is the billionaire class. Our problem, says Sean McFate, is that we’re still thinking in nation states. Nation states […]
Words matter. They change our interior world. Watch the newest video from Big Think: https://bigth.ink/NewVideo Join Big Think Edge for exclusive videos: https://bigth.ink/Edge ———————————————————————————- As a stand-up comedian, Pete Holmes knows how words can manipulate audiences — for good and bad. Words aren’t just words. They stitch together our social […]
How high-conflict personalities capture high office Watch the newest video from Big Think: https://bigth.ink/NewVideo Join Big Think Edge for exclusive videos: https://bigth.ink/Edge ———————————————————————————- High-conflict personalities possesses 4 qualities that may encourage them to become politicians. Overly emotional communication suits high-conflict personalities and drives the media to cover them. As with […]
The science of why we die New videos DAILY: https://bigth.ink Join Big Think Edge for exclusive video lessons from top thinkers and doers: https://bigth.ink/Edge ———————————————————————————- According to scientists the reason we die is because the second law of thermodynamics and natural selection. The whole universe runs down, so, ultimately, even […]
