Dirty Minds

Book summary

Kayt Sukel is a science writer and travel enthusiast whose work focuses on love, sex, neuroscience, travel, and politics. She is a frequent writer to many of the Dana Foundation's science publications and co-owner of the award-winning family travel website Travel Savvy Mom.

When people typically consider concepts of love, commitment, and sex, they often view them through the perspective of romance and poetic expression. Nevertheless, these subjects can also be analyzed scientifically, yielding significant insights. Indeed, our brain and physiological responses offer valuable information about feelings of attachment, affection and romance, and there remains much more to uncover in this field.

"Successful risk-takers are prepared for any contingency. And that’s because they have the requisite education to recognize exactly what the contingencies are."

"Successful risk-takers are often motivated by failure—it’s what tells them that they aren’t done preparing yet."

"A small win is defined as a “concrete, complete, implemented outcome of moderate importance."

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