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Blog Entries by Dr. Ali Binazir from 02/2010

'The Happiness Project' By Gretchen Rubin: Video Review

| Posted 02.02.2010 | Books
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If Aristotle was correct in calling happiness the summum bonum of life -- the chief good, the ultimate thing we all strive for in all our strivings -- then The Happiness Project is a sure-fire recipe for having more of it.

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Why Do Smart Guys Have A Tough Time Dating?

| Posted 02.08.2010 | Healthy Living
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Turns out that the skill set required to navigate the tricky waters of romantic interaction wasn't in any book I had read or any class I had taken. Mom, dad, the sex-ed teacher -- no one had taught me any of this stuff.

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Why Do Smart People Make Dumb Decisions?

| Posted 02.23.2010 | Healthy Living
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Psychologists who've studied our decision-making processes have observed cognitive biases that tend to get us in trouble. These biases don't make you a bad person, they just make you human.

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