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Todd Kashdan

Washington, D.C.
As seen in: Provoked Newsletter, CNN, Medium, The New York Times, HuffPost, Wiley Online Library, Greater Good: The Science of The Meaningful Life, Journal of Automated Methods and Management in Chemistry, Memory Studies, Psychology Today, ScienceDirect and
Professor, psychologist, leads The Well-Being Lab. Author of The Art of Insubordination: How To Dissent & Defy Effectively bit.ly/3EsBRcM
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The Blue Trash Bag Theory of Human Nature

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By Todd Kashdan
| Provoked Newsletter
You don’t have to enjoy soccer to realize that the World Cup is a lesson in cultural psychology. Two minutes after the final whistle in Dallas, while half the crowd was still filming itself losing its mind, a cluster of fans in blue Japan jerseys pulled blue garbage bags out of their backpacks and started working their way down the rows, picking cups and wrappers off the concrete seat by seat. No single activist organized it.
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How to Manufacture More Time in Your Life!

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By Todd Kashdan
| Provoked Newsletter
Provoked is for playful, intelligent, discerning readers. If you like what I’m doing and want to support this work, join for free or upgrade with benefits. She wakes at 5 a.m. without an alarm, on purpose, as one more self-inflicted punishment for entering the adulting phase.
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By Todd Kashdan
| Provoked Newsletter
I normally do not like to wade into culture war crap, even when it brings in more subscribers and engagement. But this World Cup story is too juicy to pass up. One caveat before we start. Do not stop reading if you despise gay people. I promise this is not a post that will demonize you. It is a case study in how to challenge a dysfunctional system effectively, regardless of your demographic or your political affiliation. If you want skills, stick around.
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