Independent Thinking Archives - The Unconventional Route

What’s Your Perpetually Perfect Day?

Here’s why you should add “perpetual” into the question, “What’s your perfect day?,” and how to find your answer and work toward it.

I researched the pros and cons of reading books versus book summaries and, with the help of analogies, changed my mind… slightly.

The story of how I overcame information overload, a.k.a diabetes of the mind, with a simple antidote, WWIDDBOTI?

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.

You (and everyone) need more demotivational speakers and less B.S. positive affirmation and participation trophies. Start here.

How to actually change someone’s mind using proven psychological and negotiation techniques (and patience).

The trick to knowing how to win and argument is to be aware of our neanderthal-ian instincts and then do the opposite.