“A lot of the artifacts of digital life require that we make decisions,” says neuroscientist Daniel Levitin on this week’s episode of the Inquiring Minds podcast. “Do I look at this email or not? Now that I’ve looked at it, do I respond to it? Do I file it? Do I deal with it now?”

This article on Strategy+Business, the online magazine published by PwC Strategy& Inc. takes the form of a very digestible Q&A with Wharton Professor Katherine Milkman.  It is a good example of articles that we will be featuring that, while having the business (consulting) world in mind, also serve individuals seeking self-improvement. Topics covered include resolving

One of our favorite sites for insight is Maria Popova’s Brain Pickings. Her posts are invariably to the point, clearly written, like the article we feature here, it is well-worth the read.  Why?  Because it directly relates to what we are trying to do with mentormosaic.com i.e. help people navigate through the vast oceans of

Nicholas Carr, author of The Glass Cage: Automation and Us, introduces a lesson in generating deeper insights from The Organized Mind: Thinking Straight in the Age of Information Overload, by Daniel J. Levitin http://www.strategy-business.com/article/ac00064