Oklahoma City finds its way onto lots of “most affordable” lists — it was the 7th-cheapest large city in American for rentals last year, for example, when one bedroom apartments averaged $631. There’s plenty of reasons why. An important one: It’s in Oklahoma. And people think Oklahoma is hot, and […]
End on a high note! Hit your last shot before leaving the basketball court. Make sure you say good-bye when you leave. And yes, all’s well that ends well. In my continuing series for PeopleScience.com on cognitive biases, I recently took on the Peak-End rule. It’s a simple concept that […]
Recent college graduates get a lot of advice from a lot of directions. Mom, Dad, school friends, crazy Uncle Harry, the Internet, Instagram. Get a job, take a European vacation, don’t buy a car, move somewhere new, buy a professional wardrobe, go to grad school, follow your dreams, take that […]
The hottest place to move in America is….Boise? Folks who live there seem to think so, and plenty of Americans agree with them. Idaho’s population climbed 2.2 % last year, the fastest-growing state in the nation. Employment is growing at the fastest clip in the nation, too. So it shouldn’t […]
“Free” is a very powerful word. Just look at the lines on National Ice Cream day and you know that’s true. Companies use the word “free” all the time to get your attention. If you’ve the Red Tape Chronicles for a while, you know this is often a bad thing — […]
“Hey – Let’s you and him fight!” is a game with two losers and one winner — the instigator who sits back and watches the other two fools fight. That’s what state-sponsored trolls are doing to America right now. Don’t fall for it. The latest example comes today from Facebook, […]
Governments around the world are waging war on a new battleground: Social Media. Their fighting force is an army of trolls. And if you are reading this story, you’ve probably been drafted. Troll armies have helped overthrow governments and control populations. The playbook has been repeated in places like Turkey, […]
“What kind of journalist are you? Do you write the truth? Or are you one of those fake journalists?” Because if you’re an honest journalist, that’s ok. But…” Moments earlier, I’d been having a lovely bar conversation with this man about beer at a brew pub while he pet Rusty. […]
When you put your own blood, sweat, and tears into something, you value it more. You probably know that, but you probably don’t know this tendency has a name — the IKEA Effect — and it has many applications in the workplace and on America’s store shelves. I’ve mentioned this […]
Not long ago, I was sitting in a coffee shop on Connecticut Avenue in Washington D.C. when I saw an alarming number of police and secret service cars zip by, lights blazing. It didn’t take long before we heard what was happening; a few blocks away, a crazy man was […]
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