Thinking and Learning Archives - The Unconventional Route

Expert Tricks and Tactics for Being a Better Active Listener

My favorite tips and tricks on how to be a better active listener that I learned from reading You’re Not Listening, by Kate Murphy.

Six steps and a bunch of tips and tricks from The Charisma Myth, by Olivia Fox Cabane, we can practice to be more charismatic.

The lessons I learned when I quit listening to podcasts for a month in order to regain control of my ear canals.

Lessons from The Molecule of More on how to use a better understanding of dopamine to get more enjoyment from your life.

Lying to yourself and making excuses turns you into an easily-offended, deluded drain on society. Here’s how to stop.

Self-justification is your over-protective mother of an ego coddling your feeble, fragile identity. Here’s how it works, with examples.

A quick quiz, cheat sheet, and refresher on how to separate a false growth mindset from a real one and be less fixed-minded.

You don’t have to be smart to be smart with your money. You just have to be well-behaved. 5 lessons from The Psychology of Money.