When people hear Game Theory, they often become overstimulated or intimidated and stop listening. But Game Theory is simple. It’s not about being smarter than others; it’s about playing for long-term outcomes and leading people toward good behavior in a cooperative game. Short-term thinking makes for a bad game. Game Theory is essential to human survival. It’s the rule book for how cooperation actually works, and not the idea of cooperating. Rather, what matters is the struct

Emotional Intelligence (EQ) is not social performance; EQ comes from cognitive discipline and deep analytical self-awareness. These are usually things attributed to IQ. Ironically, many of the people who criticize others for lacking EQ are the ones with low EQ themselves. Their emotional, maternal, or paternal tone reveals it. Instead of disarming the other person or finding common terms through controlled emotional understanding, they put others on the defensive to create a