by root | May 21, 2013 | Academia, Entrepreneurship, Psychology
Psychologists find that updates on Facebook are 1.4 times more memorable than sentences in books. 86.4 percent of Stanford students in a survey admitted to using more complicated language in order to sound smart. Companies who have easily pronounceable names do better...
by root | Apr 30, 2013 | Philosophy
This past summer I had my first brush with death. In the past, I have crashed my road bike going 40 MPH, fallen from Macalester campus buildings while scaling them with friends, and narrowly avoided piling up on an icy highway, but never did I really feel that I was...
by root | Apr 25, 2013 | Academia
When it comes time to do your life’s work, there are no short cuts. Â Finding the right mentor however, can help you avoid wasting time and barking up the wrong tree. One of the great things about having a mentor is that all of a sudden you have access to their...
by root | Apr 23, 2013 | Humor, Lifestyle Design
This weekend we hosted our annual Rock Paper Scissors (RPS) tournament. Â This is a tournament that one of my best friends in college and I started back almost a decade ago. Â Recently, I randomly met some kid who went to the same school five years after me who knew...
by root | Apr 19, 2013 | Entrepreneurship, Storytelling
What is it about stories that are so intriguing? How does the ability to tell stories well contribute to the likability or success of an individual? How can you become a better story teller? These are questions that I will be addressing in this series on storytelling....
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