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Level Up Your Goals

New Emotion Science Article

Psychological research shows that setting, committing to, and achieving goals is reliably associated with greater well-being. Beyond the popular SMART goal-setting approach, however, the research on motivation science also offers ways to level up our goal-related efforts. Our science article this month introduces you to regulatory fit and self-concordant goals as ways to not only boost but also sustain motivational efforts toward your goals.

Are Humans Fundamentally Individualistic or Collectivistic?

Featured Podcast Episode

Partly inspired by Pluribus and its philosophical questions, but mostly by the shared experience of living in Malaysia, tonight’s episode attempts to understand whether humans are - at our psychological base - more inclined towards an individualistic way of life, or in the compromise required to live collectively. Is there something inherently ‘Western’ or ‘Asian’ in this way of thinking? Can we change?