A large portion of the weekend effects is explained by differences in the amount of time spent with friends or family between weekends and weekdays.

Establish a closing ritual. Know when to stop working. Try to end each work day the same way, too. Straighten up your desk. Back up your computer. Make a list of what you need to do tomorrow.

We are very influenced by completely automatic things that we have no control over, and we don't know we're doing it.

Being wealthy is often a powerful predictor that people spend less time doing pleasurable things and more time doing compulsory things and feeling stressed.

Some achieve a reputation for great successes when in fact all they have done is take chances that reasonable people wouldn't take.

An investment said to have an 80% chance of success sounds far more attractive than one with a 20% chance of failure. The mind can't easily recognize that they are the same.

Survival prospects are poor for an animal that is not suspicious of novelty.