Threats vs. Challenges

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3 Ideas For Better Habits

Why You Should Always Ask Questions

French anthropologist and ethnologist, Claude Levi-Strauss, on the power of a curious mind.

"The scientist is not a person who gives the right answers, he's one who asks the right questions."

Source:​ ​​The Savage Mind​ The Effect of Comparison

Novelist and playwright, Alexandre Dumas, on the balance between happiness and misery.

"There is neither happiness nor misery in the world; there is only the comparison of one state with another, nothing more."

Source:​ ​​The Count of Monte Cristo​ Threats vs. Challenges

American neuroscientist, Ethan Kross, on the influence of our inner-appraisal of situations.

"If we scan the situation and conclude that we don’t have the wherewithal needed to handle things, that leads us to appraise the stress as a threat. If, on the other hand, we appraise the situation and determine that we have what it takes to respond adequately, then we think of it as a challenge."

Source:​ ​​Chatter: The Voice in Our Head, Why It Matters, and How to Harness It​

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Today I Learned: Only eight countries have won the World Cup. (​Source​)

Science: A group of interdisciplinary researchers at Johns Hopkins University set up an experiment that shows that, indeed, our brain actively perceives silence in the same way it hears sound. (​Source​)

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