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11 Signs You’re Going to Be Successful, Even If It Doesn’t Feel Like It
Written by Shana Lebowitz. If you’re pursuing your passions, if you’re learning, and if you’re forging meaningful relationships, you’re probably on track to do great things — even if you aren’t extraordinarily famous or wealthy. Below, we’ve listed a s …
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Time to Be Kind: Why Kindness Matters
Written by Gavin Haines. It was a quarter to midnight and Bernadette Russell was about to go to bed. But her hopes of an immediate date with the duvet were dashed when her partner asked a question: had she done her daily act of kindness? Weeks earlier, …
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Happiness Research: Being Too Busy is the Biggest Obstacle to Creativity
Written by Allen Zhu. Spending time each day to let your mind wander is one of the best ways to rekindle your inventive side. “The biggest breakthrough ideas often come from relaxation,” wrote Emma Seppala, Director of Stanford University’s Center for …
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Reconnecting By Disconnecting
Written by Sammi Sontag. In a world with relentless push notifications, text updates and breaking news alerts, releasing your self from the claws of social media is nearly impossible. Personally I’d love to break free from my social media sites, but it …
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How to Keep Your Cool at Work Like Gayle King
Written by Edie Ravenelle. When R&B singer R. Kelly jumped out of his chair and totally lost his cool in a recent interview with Gayle King, co-host of CBS This Morning, King became the real rock star. She unflinching held her composure and remaine …
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Spring Clean Your Routine: Four Ways to Boost Your Productivity
Written by Ernie Smith. Don’t just focus on your closet or your file cabinet: Spend some time this season working on ways to minimize distractions while maximizing productivity. You may think of spring cleaning as a phenomenon to do at home, but you mi …
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How Compassion Could Be the Cure for Chronic Stress
This much we know: Taking deep breaths relieves stress in your body; compassion relieves stress in your relationships. Both are psychophysiological phenomena. But what we’re learning beyond that may have far more global consequences. Current research l …
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Books That Move Us Forward
Written by Ken Trainor. In the past two years, I’ve been reading more. The following books were not only highly readable and influential, but in some cases even transformative. The Warmth of Other Suns, for instance, by Isabel Wilkerson, permanently al …
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The Art of Executive Feedback
Written by Rob Kramer. One of academe’s most glaring blind spots lies in how, and when, we evaluate our leaders. A recurrent problem, it’s even more acute now that higher education is constantly living under a microscope. We tend to leave gaping window …
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On Valentine’s Day, Learn to Love Yourself First
Written by Rhania Kamel. With Valentine’s Day being an unofficial American holiday, I understand that there’s this societal pressure to engage in romantic love and be part of a relationship that transcends the individual. For me, this day is an opportu …
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A Guide to Synthetic, AI and Human Voice for Your Brand
Written by Keaton. Fueled by the voice tech boom, everybody who’s anybody is building out a content audio strategy for their brand. Voice search and voice assistant technology using synthetic, artificial intelligence and human voices are becoming incre …
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Can Business Drive Meaning and Meaningfulness in the Workplace?
Written by Sesil Pir. Last week, the annual World Economic Forum (WEF) was once again held in Davos, Switzerland. A majority of us have the perception that the WEF is some kind of a billionaires’ club. In some ways, it is, though I discovered during la …
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Is Mindfulness Worthy of All the Hype?
Written by Emma Seppala. A British author friend, Ruth Whipmann, author of America the Anxious, was shocked by something when she moved the U.S.: Everyone was so busy going to their mindfulness class and yoga class that they didn’t have time to spend w …
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20 Things to Master Before You Turn 40
Written by Shana Lebowitz and Rachel Gillett. No one ever really feels like a “grown-up.” But if you’re approaching 40, well, you are one. And it’s high time you refined some crucial life skills, from staying healthy to saving money. Below, we’ve liste …
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8 Simple Steps to Improve Your Mental Health
Written by Doug Drinkwater. With one in four suffering a mental health problem in their lifetime, here are eight tips you can follow to improve your mental wellbeing. Check your diet We often assume that mental health problems may be triggered by relat …
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My New Year’s Resolution is Lovingkindness
Written by Stephanie Harper. I’ve always approached New Year’s resolutions with a certain level of discomfort. So often we resolve to quick fixes and instant gratification. Or we make goals that are either unrealistic or too nebulous, resolutions we’ll …
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Compassion is Good Medicine for Body, Mind, Spirit and Community
Written by Kory Wilcoxson and John Patterson. All religions share the common ethical principle of compassion, which is at the very heart of the Golden Rule: Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. The foundational precept of medicine and bio …
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When You and Your Friend Both Want the Same Promotion
Written by Emma Seppala and Christina Bradley. Research generally shows that having friends at work can increase productivity and engagement. However, a new study by Wharton researchers Julianna Pillemer and Nancy Rothbard finds that there can be a dar …
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Can Compassion Be Taught?
Written by Julissa Trevino. By now, the news cycle is familiar: The United States is using tear gas on asylum seekers. Hundreds of migrant children remain separated from their families. A professor’s office is vandalized with anti-Semitic graffiti. It’ …
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Going Back to the Future: Designing Organizational Cultures of Compassion, Wisdom and Well-Being
Written by Sesil Pir. On October 25, the New York Times published an article on the misconducts that led to the largest employee protest in the history of Google. Two days later, my husband, who is a technical leader at the company, came home demoraliz …
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In Medicine, the “Soft” Skills are Essential
Written by Margaret Cary, MD. Michael’s Story: The Beginning “I’m straightforward, to the point,” said Michael, the CEO at a large inner-city hospital. “The people I work with—they may not like me, but they know I’m right.” “What else?” I said to Micha …
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BTS Radio UK: Interview with Dr. James Doty
Written by Shinara Hussain, Robyn Sneddon, Shufei Chen and Ethan Horton. With the release of the new BTS album Love Yourself: Tear, came the song entitled ‘Magic Shop’. A track that’s touched the hearts of ARMY around the globe. Like most of BTS releas …
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How to Practice Gratitude in a Not-Cheesy Way Because It Actually Feels Pretty Good
Written by Carolyn de Lorenzo. While there are a million and one reasons to practice gratitude throughout the day, you’re probably thinking, if one more person tells you to start a gratitude journal, you might actually want to scream into your pillow. …
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This 32-Minute Morning Routine Can Make Your Day More Happy and Less Stressed
Written by Katie Avis-Riordan. If you regularly get up on the wrong side of the bed, feeling groggy and grumpy, there may be a quick and easy solution to your mood woes. According to science, there is a specific morning routine which makes sure your da …
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What Warren Buffett Taught Bill Gates About Managing Time by Sharing His (nearly) Blank Calendar
Written by Catherine Clifford. With more than $88 billion to his name, there isn’t much Warren Buffett couldn’t buy. Except, as the now 88-year-old CEO and chairman of Berkshire Hathaway is keenly aware, there is one thing his fortune won’t help him ge …
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