Winners Overlook Rigged Games’ Lack of Fairness, Study Finds
A new experiment, played out as a card game, shows that even when the deck is literally stacked in people’s favor — and they know it — most winners still think it’s fair anyway. Losers don’t.
The Associated Press
Topics: Fairness Luck Success Wealth
The Financial Upside of Being an Optimist
A survey found they save more and stress about money less than pessimists.
Harvard Business Review
Topics: Happiness Optimism Success
Your Top Rival Can Be Your Biggest Ally
Friendly competition can expand the “win” pie and enhance your performance.
The New York Times
Topics: Cooperation Success
What We Can Learn From People Who Succeed Late in Life
In his new book, The Formula: The Universal Laws of Success, Northeastern University professor of network science Albert-László Barabási offers lessons we can learn from men and women who’ve achieved success after 50 based on his research.
Next Avenue, Forbes
Topics: Creativity Genius Success
Are Intellectuals Suffering a Crisis of Meaning?
What is the relationship between intellectual giftedness and meaning in life?
Beautiful Minds, Scientific American
Topics: Intelligence Meaning Success
Psychology’s Five Revelations for Finding Your True Calling
Recent research findings worth taking into consideration.
Aeon
Topics: Grit Happiness Purpose Success
A Complexity Expert Reveals How Social Networks Create Recognition and Acclaim
A review of Albert-László Barabási’s new book, The Formula: The Universal Laws of Success.
Science
Topics: Genius Social Networks Success
Yes, It Is Getting Harder to Publish in Prestigious Journals If You Haven’t Already
“The take-home point really is that it’s getting harder to break into one of these journals if you haven’t been chaperoned into it,” says study co-author Roberta Sinatra, a network scientist at Central European University in Budapest.
Topics: Metascience Social Networks Success
Benefits of a Year-Round Attitude of Gratitude in the Workplace
Gratitude is a recognition of our interdependence, of the fact that success is the result of team effort.
Forbes
Topics: Gratitude Success
The Five ‘Universal Laws of Success’
Scientist Albert-Laszlo Barabasi says the secret to getting ahead is to build a strong network.
Bloomberg Businessweek
People Are Not Pets
Research on the efficacy of rewards tells us that we can’t bribe others into doing what we want.
Topics: Power Success
Career Hot Streaks Can Happen at Any Age
Your most productive years aren’t necessarily in your 30s and 40s.
Topics: Creativity Metascience Success
Science Shows That Luck Is a Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
Philosophy professor Steven Hales and experimental psychologist Jennifer Johnson tested their hypothesis that optimists are more likely to see other people’s experiences as lucky, while pessimists focus on misfortune in the same set of facts.
Quartz
Topics: Humility Luck Optimism Success
Should You Sometimes Be Bad for Another’s Good?
Empathizing with others leads not only to help and support but also to cruelty.
Topics: Altruism Emotion Empathy Success
Is Happiness a Consequence or Cause of Career Success?
New research suggests that happiness precedes and often leads to career success.
London School of Economics Business Review
Topics: Happiness Success
Try to Resist Misinterpreting the Marshmallow Test
How some are getting a new study of self-control wrong.
Behavioral Scientist
Topics: Self-Control Success Wealth Willpower
Why Rich Kids Are So Good at the Marshmallow Test
Affluence — not willpower — seems to be what’s behind some kids’ capacity to delay gratification.
The Atlantic
Pride Has Gotten a Bad Rap. Here’s How It Can Help Kids Develop Grit and Resilience
“Authentic pride” — the deep personal satisfaction of hitting a valued goal — can encourage the kind of self-discipline and hard work it takes to stay motivated, overcome challenges, and achieve.
The Washington Post
Topics: Grit Pride Resilience Success
Why Too Much Experience Can Backfire
Sometimes expertise gets in the way of making the right call.
Scientific American
Topics: Intellectual Humility Knowledge Learning Success
The Role of Luck in Life Success Is Far Greater Than We Realized
Are the most successful people in society just the luckiest people?
Topics: Creativity Luck Scott Barry Kaufman Social Inequality Success Wealth
Why Is My Life So Hard?
Tom Gilovich of Cornell and Shai Davidai of the New School for Social Research discuss the headwinds/tailwinds asymmetry.
Freakonomics Radio
Topics: Bias Gratitude Luck Success
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