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Hyperloop Co-Founder to Talk at Sacramento TEDx Event
Written by Mark Anderson. Speakers at the next Sacramento TEDx event on Friday will discuss future mass transportation, science-based happiness, self-driving cars, altruism and a variety of other topics. The talks, from 1 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. at the Commu …
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San Antonio Book Festival Releases Lineup of More Than 85 Authors for 4th Annual Book Festival
The San Antonio Book Festival (SABF) has released their list of more than 85 acclaimed national, regional and local authors who will appear at the 4th annual festival. SABF is a free, daylong, family-friendly event that draws thousands for author prese …
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People are Actually Nice by Default, Stanford Researcher Says
Written by Julie Bort. As we head into the 2016 presidential race for real and all the mud slinging, the negative ads, the disrespectful political discourse that surrounds American politics, it’s easy to lose faith in humanity. So here’s some feel-good …
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Neurosurgeon James Doty Went ‘Into the Magic Shop’ and Found the Link Between the Brain and the Heart
Dr. James R. Doty was 12 years old when he walked into a magic shop on the outskirts of his hometown, looking to learn some new card tricks. What he actually learned was far more significant. In fact, it changed his life. In his new book, “Into the Mag …
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How the Science of Happiness Could Help You Succeed
Written by Mary Brophy Marcus. Does it ever seem like happiness and success are pie-in-the-sky notions? And that only a lucky few seem to have found both a great job and a happy life? A new book suggests happiness and success aren’t as elusive as they …
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A Stanford Scientist Says a Simple Psychological Shift Can Make You More Successful
Written by Shana Lebowitz. Back in the days when I was single and job-searching, my strategy for dealing with unsuccessful interviews and first dates was pretty much the same. As soon as I’d left the office or the bar, I’d burst into tears of frustrati …
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A Doctor Who Found ‘Magic’ from an Unusual Encounter
Written by Suzanne Koven. One hot day in the summer of 1968, a 12-year-old boy named Jim Doty, the son of an alcoholic father and a suicidal mother, wandered into a magic shop in a strip mall in Lancaster, Calif. The owner of the shop wasn’t in, but hi …
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Why Compassion Serves You Better Than Self-interest
Can compassion be good for the bottom line? According to Emma Seppälä, author of The Happiness Track, the answer is a clear yes. In the following excerpt from the book, Seppälä tells the story of someone who used compassion to his competitive advantage …
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The Surprising Link Between Compassion and Success
Written by Emma Seppala. To many people, the idea of compassionate leadership is too touchy-feely at best and bad management at worst. But new research suggests that rather than making them look soft, acts of kindness and altruism increase leaders’ sta …
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Helping Others Can Lower Your Stress Level, Study Finds
Written by Sarah D. Young. The body means well by flipping the “stress switch” on. Feeling stressed amid a life-threatening situation is good, of course, as it raises the chance for survival. But when the body deems a traffic jam “life-threatening,” th …
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16 Must-Read Business Books for 2016
Written by David Burkus. A few weeks ago, I rounded up my 2015 reading with a list of the best books of the year. But 2016 is shaping up to be as good a year for business books as 2015 was, if not better. I’ve been reading a lot of books that will rele …
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The Best Books to Help You Crack January
Help. It’s January – again – and what have we to show for it? Are we leaner, richer, calmer, wiser, as we so fervently intended? Perhaps only wiser. Last year, we had really been trying to change – or, at least, we had been reading about trying. The bo …
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The American Workplace is Broken. Here’s How We Can Start Fixing it.
Written by Carolyn Gregoire. This story is part of our month-long “Work Well” initiative, which focuses on thriving in the workplace. You can find more stories from this project here. The way we work doesn’t really seem to be working. Americans are wor …
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9 Leadership Books to Look Out for This Year
Written by Erin Marshall. Here are a few handpicked books to help fulfill your New Year’s resolution of reading more often. The Washington Post has come up with a list of leadership reads coming out early this year. 1. The Right Kind of Crazy by Adam S …
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To Motivate Employees, Do 3 Things Well
Written by Emma Seppala. Given the extraordinary low levels of engagement in the U.S. workforce — a recent Gallup poll showed that 70% of employees are “not engaged” or “actively disengaged” at work — many leaders are looking for solutions. Some turn t …
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Nine Leadership Books to Watch for in 2016
Written by Jena McGregor. In a category crowded with formulaic promises, bad writing and warmed-over common sense, it’s hard to know which books on the business book shelf are worth a look. To help you fill those new year’s resolutions to lead smarter, …
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What’s Happening in Your Brain During the Holidays
Written by Melissa Bykofsky. There’s nothing quite like the holiday season when it comes to feeling all the feels. This time of year triggers different emotions for everyone. “We are used to running on adrenaline, going from one stressful deadline to a …
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Living with Chronic Fatigue: How I Wish My Friends Would Treat Me
Written by Lucy Mayhew. Bear Grylls and I have virtually nothing in common – the survival expert has a GTI turbo-charged body, whereas seven years ago, mine became my jailor. Grylls recently name-checked kindness as an overlooked quality “critical to …
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Book Smart
Written by Elizabeth Floyd Mair. If you’re ready to turn some pages (or download some new stuff on your tablet), here’s what new on the business book front for 2016. “Breaking Through Bias: Communication Techniques for Women to Succeed at Work” By Andr …
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Psychology Researcher to Study Compassion at Stanford University
Written by Kirsten O’Leary. It’s been a dream come true for a University of Queensland psychology researcher who received a fellowship to work at Stanford University in California. Dr James Kirby, from UQ’s School of Psychology was in shock when he ini …
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Be Kind, Unwind: How Helping Others Can Help Keep Stress in Check
Written by Vanessa Rancano. Say it’s Monday and it’s a bad one. You overslept and definitely didn’t shower, so your hair might smell and maybe you spill some coffee on your shirt while you’re barreling toward the Metro, which is especially unfortunate …
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How Meditation Benefits CEOs
Written by Emma Seppala. Mindfulness is quickly following yoga in becoming a billion-dollar industry. It’s no surprise, then, that the popularity of meditation – one way to practice mindfulness – is also growing among CEOs and senior executives. Why ar …
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Doty’s ‘Life-Changing Magic’ Memoir to Yellow Kite
Written by Katherine Cowdrey. Yellow Kite is publishing Into the Magic Shop by Dr James Doty – “a neurosurgeon’s true story of the life-changing magic of compassion and mindfulness”. The book tells the story of how Doty as a young boy, struggling to fi …
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Can Compassion Contribute to Success?
Written by Amy Rees Anderson. Compassion. It is a word we often hear talked about when it comes to religion, but it is not a word used often enough when it comes to discussing what makes a business successful. Yet compassion can directly affect the bot …
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The Power of Positive Thought: How Mindfulness Gave a Boy Peace and Confidence
Written by James Doty. When I speak in my capacity as a professor of neurosurgery at Stanford University or as an entrepreneur with a company worth $1.3bn, there is an assumption that I had a privileged background, one of affluence. In fact I grew up i …
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