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“Stress is natural, stress is inevitable when you're living a life that's connected with things you care about. And learning how to embrace i...
In this episode of Think Fast, Talk Smart, lecturer and podcast host Matt Abrahams sits down with David Eagleman, a neuroscientist and the ho...
“One of the things I think is really exciting about all this, and perhaps a little bit frightening, is nobody actually knows how to do it. It...
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“There’s no difference between the physiological response to something that you’re excited about and something that you’re nervous about or d...
“Communication is such a delicate dance and kids need to emerge from childhood having practiced,” says Julie Lythcott-Haims, former associate...
It has been over a year since millions of people have switched from office work to working from home. In this episode of Think Fast, Talk Sma...
“Communication, conflict, and cooperation are intertwined in a multitude of ways,” says Nir Halevy, associate professor of organizational beh...
The information you receive is only as strong as the questions you ask. In this episode of Think Fast, Talk Smart, Stanford Graduate School o...
Recognizing the importance of forging connections with others — and learning how to build those bonds in real time — is the focus of a course...
“Psychology trumps technology,” says Jeff Hancock, founding director of the Stanford Social Media Lab and professor in the Department of Comm...
