How to retain more of every book you read and a solution for loneliness [best reads]

How to retain more of every book you read and a solution for loneliness best readsHow to retain more of every book you read and a solution for loneliness best readsEvery week, I come across insightful posts about behavior change that affect health, wealth, and productivity.At the end of the week (on Fridays), I share ten of the best posts at the intersection of personal development, psychology, technology, and productivity with my Postanly Weekly subscribers.Follow Ladders on FlipboardFollow Ladders magazines on Flipboard covering Happiness, Productivity, Job Satisfaction, Neuroscience, and moreI handpicked some of the best long reads across the web that are almost as good as reading a book. Shorter than a book but equally valuable.Its a healthy mix of ideas on how to work better, make smarter decisions, and everything you need to build a better life and career.Sign up zu siche to get future issues. Join over 38,000 people on a mission to build a better life.Issue 230How to Use Space d Repetition to Retain More of Every Book You Read MediumReading offers the freedom to roam the expanse of space, time, history, and offer a deeper view of ideas, concepts, emotions, and a whole body of knowledge. Except we dont remember a lot of what we read after a few months or years.A Solution for Loneliness Scientific AmericanLoneliness is rampant, and its killing us?- ?literally. Anywhere from one quarter to one half of Americans feel lonely a lot of the time, which puts them at risk for developing a range of physical and mental illnesses, including heart diseaseCan We Live Longer But Stay Younger? NewYorkerAging, like bankruptcy in Hemingways description, happens two ways, slowly and then all at once. The slow way is the familiar one decades pass with little sense of internal change, middle age arrives with only a slight slowing down4 Ways to Quiet Imposter Syndrome And Start Believing in Yourself TEDIdeasMany of us have an inner voice telling us we lucked into what we hav e or were a fraud. Thats normal the problem is when we believe it. Heres how to start recognizing your own worth, from coach and consultant Tania Katan.How Progress Compounds And Why It Matters FSMost people overestimate what they can achieve in a year and underestimate what they can achieve in ten years. Its unclear exactly who first made that statement, when they said it, or how it was phrased.Reward Yourself with Negative Reinforcement ZapierBlogRecently, many of us at Zapier were talking about motivating yourself through reinforcements and how finding the right reinforcements is really hard. It reminded me of a concept from operant conditioning.Can Decluttering Really Make You Happier? BBCFutureTidying can transform your life. This is the beguiling promise from Japanese decluttering evangelist Marie Kondo. Around 11 million people have bought her book, The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying UpYou Procrastinate Because Of Emotions, Not Laziness. Regulate Them To Stop Procrastinatin g Cognitive TodayThere are two trains of thought?- ?One leads to procrastination and one leads to motivation. And somewhere in between, there is a junction called anxiety. Lets first look at the procrastination train of thought (at least thats going somewhereFeeling Stuck at Work? Heres How to Keep Moving Forward ScottYoungIn the last lesson, I showed why a lot of plans people make to avoid their work are misguided. Either the schemes dont work at all (because they defy basic economic logic) or they result in escaping work only to leave a vacuum with nothingThe Dangers of Treating Ideas From Finance as Generalised Self Help CommonPlaceI thought it would be a little prudent?- ?given that Ive been writing about time allocation as capital allocation recently?- ?to recap the dangers of reading too much into ideas drawn from the field of finance. What do I mean by this?Until Next Week,Thomas, Curator at Postaly WeeklyThis article first appeared on Medium.You might also enjoyNew neuros cience reveals 4 rituals that will make you happyStrangers know your social class in the first seven words you say, study finds10 lessons from Benjamin Franklins daily schedule that will double your productivityThe worst mistakes you can make in an interview, according to 12 CEOs10 habits of mentally strong people