Relationships

Shortly after turning 30, I realized “temporary is a mirage, we should only invest in what lasts!” Temporary emotions, people, titles, or wins can spark fast and burn faster. They demand our energy, hijack our focus, and sometimes even dictate our decisions. But they’re not built to last. Don’t invest permanent energy into passing storms. Instead, invest in what endures: Character. The foundation of who you are remains long after the applause fades. ...

Deeply Personal Current: Co-op Games Can Save Your Relationship Analysis Paralysis All Posts Next Co-op Games Can Save Your Relationship (Or Ruin It) My wife and I play video games together. ...

The invisible algorithms running human interaction. Short reads on how people actually work. The Benjamin Franklin Effect Want someone to like you? Don’t do them a favor. Ask them to do YOU a favor. Counterintuitive. Proven. The story: Benjamin Franklin had a rival in the Pennsylvania legislature who disliked him. Franklin didn’t try to win him over with kindness. Instead, he asked to borrow a rare book from the man’s library. ...

Deeply Personal Current: Comfort Food for the Soul Pawns & Paws All Posts Next Comfort Food for the Soul: What We Eat When We Win (And When We Lose) In our home in Finland, food is not just sustenance—it’s our primary love language, our apology mechanism, and our celebration protocol. My wife and I have an unspoken rule: when words fail, we cook. ...

Brain Series Current: Social Connection Meditation for Skeptics All Posts Stress and Cognition Loneliness is as deadly as smoking 15 cigarettes per day. ...

Deeply Personal Current: Pawns & Paws Previous All Posts Comfort Food for the Soul Pawns & Paws: 5 Board Games You Can Actually Play ‘With’ Your Cat My wife and I share two great loves: board games and our cat, Ace. One rainy Saturday in Finland, as we stared at our shelf of games and our 3-year-old gray-and-white domestic shorthair staring back, we had a thought that seemed perfectly reasonable at the time: ...