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Offering a Range of Numbers Can Lead to an Edge in Negotiations
New research from Columbia Business School challenges conventional wisdom about making an initial offer during a negotiation. To get the best deal, you may want to consider offering a range of options rather than a
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When Job Hunting, Make Sure Your Voice Is Heard
New York Magazine: Some people are really good at getting their foot in the doors of prospective employers, even when there aren’t any jobs available: They’ll aggressively seek out informational interviews, lunch, or coffee with
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To Make Better Decisions, Pretend You’re Deciding for Someone Else
New York Magazine: Perhaps the very last person you should turn to for advice is yourself, according to a new post from the Association for Psychological Science, which references research published last year in Psychological Science.
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Can Money Buy Us Happiness?
U.S. News & World Report: Money can’t buy you happiness, goes the generally accepted wisdom that was probably made up by someone poor, who wanted to bring his rich friends down a few notches. Some
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Problems Too Disgusting to Solve
The New Yorker: Early last month, Bill Gates released a video of one of the latest ventures funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation: the Omniprocessor, a Seattle-based processing plant that burns sewage to
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Want to get conservatives to save energy? Stop the environmentalist preaching
The Washington Post: In San Diego, the solar rooftop market is booming. And no wonder: Electricity is expensive, but sunshine is plentiful – and it doesn’t hurt that California has shined its policy radiance on the solar