How to Get People to Like You: Carnegie’s 3 Methods

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How do you get people to genuinely like you? Dale Carnegie’s advice boils down to three key strategies: demonstrate understanding toward others’ emotions, present yourself with warmth and positivity, and establish personal connections. Carnegie’s classic book How to Win Friends and Influence People offers practical techniques for becoming more likable. His approach emphasizes understanding why people feel the way they do and demonstrating that understanding through your words and actions. Keep reading for an in-depth look.

Heuristics and Biases: Bad Thinking and Bad Decisions

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How can you make good decisions using such flawed methods of thinking? In Thinking, Fast and Slow, Daniel Kahneman’s solution is to learn to recognize situations when System 1 is vulnerable to mistakes, so you can bring your rational System 2 to bear.  To that end, we’ll briefly review a number of common heuristics (mental shortcuts) and cognitive biases (thinking errors that heuristics can lead to) that can mislead System 1 thinking. Having a good understanding of heuristics and biases can help you think better and wiser.

Physical Touch Love Language: How to (& Not to) Show Affection

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How do you show love through physical contact? According to Gary Chapman’s concept of love languages, people who speak physical touch as their primary love language feel most loved through physical contact—the key is learning your partner’s specific preferences. Physical touch isn’t one-size-fits-all, and understanding what your partner enjoys (and doesn’t enjoy) makes all the difference. Here’s what Chapman has to say about it in his book The 5 Love Languages.

How to Win Friends and Influence People: The Basics

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Struggling to connect with people or get them to see your perspective? Dale Carnegie’s How to Win Friends and Influence People offers timeless principles for building genuine relationships and influencing others through appreciation, empathy, and understanding. Published in 1937, Carnegie’s classic teaches you to become a better conversationalist, make people feel valued, and change minds without causing offense. The book’s core approach centers on sincere appreciation, talking in terms of others’ interests, and avoiding criticism.

The Top 5 Cognitive Bias Examples, Explained

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Isn’t it profound how we can make decisions without realizing it? You like or dislike people before you know much about them; you feel a company will succeed or fail without really analyzing it. But how susceptible are these quick judgments to cognitive bias? What is cognitive bias? Cognitive bias is an error in thinking that affects our judgments. These biases are the result of quick, intuitive thinking below the conscious level. Learn more about what they are with common cognitive biases examples below.

What’s My Love Language? 3 Questions for You & Your Partner

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Ever wondered why your partner’s thoughtful gestures sometimes miss the mark? The key to identifying your love language—the way you give and receive love most naturally—is to reflect on three things: what makes you feel most loved, what makes you feel hurt or unloved, and how you typically show affection to others. In The 5 Love Languages, Gary Chapman developed the concept of five love languages: Words of Affirmation, Quality Time, Receiving Gifts, Acts of Service, and Physical Touch. Here’s how to discover which one speaks to you.

Expected Utility Theory: When It Works, and Where It Fails

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How is the expected utility theory used to predict human behavior? Expected utility theory is a theory of how people make choices and take risks when they don’t know the outcome. Traditional expected utility theory asserts that people are rational agents that calculate the utility of each situation and make the optimum choice each time. We’ll look at how expected utility theory for decision making works and cover some of its flaws.

What Are the Five Love Languages? Simple Explanation + FAQ

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We know how deep our love is, but we often struggle to know how to express love. What are the best ways to truly demonstrate how much we care? What are the 5 Love Languages? Use the strategies developed by Gary Chapman and introduced in The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love that Lasts to learn how to express love and, in doing so, create a deeper emotional connection in your relationship.

Daniel Kahneman’s Prospect Theory: The Ultimate Guide

Daniel Kahneman’s Prospect Theory: The Ultimate Guide

Why do we fear losses more than we value gains, or obsess over unlikely disasters while downplaying probable success? Psychologist Daniel Kahneman’s prospect theory reveals that emotions—not pure logic—drive most of our choices. Prospect theory explains how we evaluate options based on reference points rather than absolutes, why proportional changes matter more than fixed amounts, and why loss aversion shapes our behavior more powerfully than any potential reward. Learn more about how understanding prospect theory can help you recognize emotional biases in your own decision-making and make more intentional choices.

Acts of Service Love Language: The Complete Guide

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Want to show your partner love through actions, not just words? Learning to speak the Acts of Service love language means performing the right tasks. Whether it’s tackling the laundry they’ve been dreading or freeing up time for their hobbies, the key is matching your efforts to their actual needs, not just what you assume will help. In Gary Chapman’s The 5 Love Languages, Acts of Service emerge as one of five primary ways people give and receive love. The right acts fill their emotional tank; the wrong ones leave both partners frustrated and unappreciated. Keep reading for an in-depth