Researchers tested Adele, Enya, and Coldplay against an unknown instrumental track, and it won on relaxation, just not for the reason the viral version of this story claims
People who grew up in the 1960s and 70s learned that sorry was said once, quietly, and in person, and the idea of typing it into a phone can feel like performing something private in public
Researchers tested Adele, Enya, and Coldplay against an unknown instrumental track, and it won on relaxation, just not for the reason the viral version of this story claims
Society’s unrealistic standards, and the quiet cost of measuring yourself against them
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People who grew up in the 1960s and 70s learned that sorry was said once, quietly, and in person, and the idea of typing it into a phone can feel like performing something private in public
Mental toughness is often mistaken for hardness, and the confusion has a cost
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Constraints produce better creative work than unlimited freedom, and the research has been saying so long enough that the surprise is how rarely anyone acts on it
The psychological term for wanting what you were trained to want is introjected regulation, and research suggests most people spend their lives acting on it without knowing it has a name
