If you're anything like me, your expectations and ideas about friendships changed throughout your life. As a kid, you feel cool when you have a lot of friends. But the older we get, the harder it is to: 🔁 stay in touch with our friends 🆕 or worse: to make new friends I'm not even sure which one's harder, but I recently gained brilliant insights from an article titled How to Make Friends as an Adult. The author lived across three continents in nine different towns over the last 20 years, so he...

In 1967, researchers at UCLA wrote about the importance of nonverbal communication and how our body language and tone of voice can influence our message. Over the following decades, the research was misinterpreted and led to a popular yet false concept named 7/38/55, which indicates that: 7% of a message is expressed through the actual words used 38% of a message is expressed through the tone of voice 55% of a message is expressed through body language Of course, this isn’t always true. When...

So many people fail to achieve their goals because they’re more concerned about doing things perfectly than doing them repeatedly. But here’s the harsh truth: A perfect workout won’t transform your body or mind. Working out consistently will. One productive day won’t build your dream career. Doing the right things consistently will. One great date won’t lead to a happy marriage. Consistently showing your partner that you care will. Instead of trying to avoid mistakes, fail with grace and make...