by Madelaine Weiss | Apr 24, 2022 | Happiness, Life, Mind Mastery, Stress, Success
What is Neophilia? Neophilia is “A fondness for, or obsession with, novelty and change…” But wait. Health and wellness gurus are always telling us how important it is to create routines, so that whatever it is becomes enough of a habit that we actually do it. Drink 8...
by Madelaine Weiss | Apr 18, 2022 | Attention, Decisions, Fitness, Happiness, Leadership, Mind Mastery, Success
Benefits of Coffee Great news! Coffee is good for us again. It was, then it wasn’t, then it was, then it wasn’t, and now it is again. Hooray for me! Read on to see what’s right for you. Multiple studies with half a million participants over 10 years...
by Madelaine Weiss | Apr 11, 2022 | Emotion, Leadership, Stress, Talking
What is Constructive Feedback? Positive Feedback. Negative Feedback. Destructive Feedback. Constructive Feedback. Criticism. All of these forms of feedback appeared in a single article entitled “A Comprehensive Guide to Constructive Feedback [2022].” We all know that...
by Madelaine Weiss | Apr 2, 2022 | Leadership, Happiness, Mind Mastery, Stress, Work
What is Personal Development? Call it Personal Development or Self Improvement. Either way, global business is booming, at $38.8 Billion in 2019 and estimated to reach $56.66 billion by 2027. One 2020 study reported a “$10.4 billion market for ‘self-improvement’ or...
by Madelaine Weiss | Mar 27, 2022 | Mind Mastery, Play, Stress, Time, Work
Why Working ‘Off’ Hours Matters ‘Off’ hours would be times we think that we should not be working. To quote the Cornell and London School of Economics authors of the study: “Even if you’re still working 40 hours a week, you’re working during time...
by Madelaine Weiss | Mar 21, 2022 | Happiness, Sleeping, Stress, Work
News on Sleep That’s a new one. Elite Sleepers. And, who knew? I thought we were all supposed to sleep 8 hours per night. Mine has been averaging more like 7 and, even though I could find 7-9 hours on the internet, I always felt a little funny about doing 7 not 8. Now...
by Madelaine Weiss | Mar 14, 2022 | Attention, Crisis, Mind Mastery
Focus of a Fish Lately we’ve been hearing that we have lost the ability to focus—that we have the attention spans of fish, only worse. Goldfish average 9 seconds before they lose concentration. We average 8 seconds before we lose ours. The phone beckons after all,...
by Madelaine Weiss | Mar 7, 2022 | Crisis, Emotion, Mind Mastery, Stress
Here’s What Happened Just this week, someone said twice in one exchange, “Enjoy the beautiful day.” Not a one-off; more a pattern of communication for this awkwardly upbeat individual. Toxic Positivity? Considering I had just said that I was feeling heavy...
by Madelaine Weiss | Feb 28, 2022 | Crisis, Mind Mastery, Stress, Work
Heartbroken. That’s how I feel about the Ukrainian crisis. Heartbroken, in awe of the Ukrainians and, when someone here in the U.S. told me he already had his survival kit assembled, I also felt a bit scared. This brings me to something called Locus of Control — for...
by Madelaine Weiss | Feb 21, 2022 | Leadership, Attention, Decisions, Stress, Talking, Time, Work
The Problem with Meetings It’s happening. People are going back to the office. Probably not 5 days per week. Possibly not that ever again. One young professional told me that it will be 2 days per week in-person, mostly for meetings. Then he added that people would be...
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