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Simon Sinek on Oxytocin: The Leadership Chemical

What exactly is oxytocin? What role does oxytocin play in leadership? Oxytocin controls feelings of trust, empathy, and bonding. According to management theorist Simon Sinek, oxytocin is the glue that holds a team together. However, oxytocin takes time to build. For this reason, as a leader, be patient and consistently prioritize your subordinates’ needs: You’ll prove yourself trustworthy over time and your subordinates will start innovating and collaborating. Read about the role of oxytocin in leadership.

The Body by Bill Bryson: Overview & Key Takeaways

What is Bill Bryson’s The Body about? How can you use the advice from the book to live a healthier lifestyle? In his book The Body, Bill Bryson takes the reader on a whirlwind tour of the human body’s various systems. He examines how they work, how they can fail, and what can be done to fix them when that happens. Here’s a brief overview of the key takeaways from The Body by Bill Bryson.

Can You Take Too Many Vitamins? Science Says “Yes”

Can you take too many vitamins? How many of each vitamin does the body actually need? Bill Bryson, the author of The Body, explains that most people are vitamin-deficient because of the abundance of processed foods. However, Bryson says that scientists can’t agree on how much of each vitamin you’re supposed to take. Here’s why taking vitamins is a balancing act.

The Top 5 Nutrition Myths: Debunked by Science

What are the top nutrition myths that most people believe? And how did we come to believe them, especially when information is so freely available? With so much nutrition information floating around on the web, it can be hard to sift out the truth. Nutrition myths are everywhere—your social media feed, your favorite fitness blog, even your doctor’s office. Here, we bust the top five nutrition myths to help you make better food choices starting today.

Thor Software: How It Changed the Stock Trading Game

How does the Thor software work? What was it originally created for? After discovering how high-frequency trading (HFT) was impacting Wall Street and the overall financial market, Canadian trader Brad Katsuyama developed the Thor software, which slows down a broker’s order so an HF trader can’t manipulate its latency time. Keep reading for a background on the Thor software and how it’s used against high-frequency trading.

List of Cognitive Biases (With Descriptions + Examples)

Why do we feel compelled to eat the entire serving of lasagna? Why do we like the paint brand that has our favorite baseball player in its commercials? Why do we remember our first kiss better than what happened last week? We’re all prone to cognitive biases—quirks of the mind that distort reality in one way or another. These biases don’t adhere to logic or rational thinking. Our faulty perception gets in the way. We don’t see things as they truly are, and we often act on these misperceptions. We all can benefit from recognizing and understanding these biases. Here’s

Humans and Technology: It’s Not a Competition

Are humans and technology in competition with each other? Can computers do whatever humans can do? Will AI take over the world? According to Peter Thiel, the author of Zero to One, humans and technology don’t compete with each other—they complement each other. In the job market, computers don’t eliminate the need for human workers; they just empower human workers to be more productive. And, in the resource market, computers don’t compete with humans for resources, because computers are not consumers. Here’s why the concern of competition is irrelevant.

Targeted Cancer Treatments: How They Work

Is it possible to mount a targeted attack on cancer cells, as opposed to killing cells indiscriminately? How do targeted cancer treatments work? As scientists learn more about the biology underlying cancer, they become more adept at designing treatments that can target specific genes and proteins that are implicated in the growth and survival of cancer cells. The development of targeted cancer therapies—drugs that target only malignant cells—was one of the major breakthroughs in cancer research. Keep reading to learn about the arrival of targeted cancer treatments.

Understanding Cancer Causes: Major Breakthroughs

What causes cancer? How much do we currently know about cancer etiology? Until relatively recently, our knowledge of cancer and its causes was very limited. Although we’ve come far in our understanding of cancer, we still have a lot to learn about the disease and its causes. Keep reading to learn about the advancements in our understanding of cancer and its causes.