by Madelaine Weiss | May 15, 2022 | Crisis, Emotion, Life, Love, Mind Mastery, Stress
World Gone Mad? Resilience? Easier said than done? Just when we began to think we were going to finally come out of the darkness of the pandemic into some sun—then came the War on Ukraine. Meanwhile, 32% of Americans are struggling to figure out things like what to...
by Madelaine Weiss | May 1, 2022 | Decisions, Emotion, Life, Love, Stress, Work
New Offerings Humans make decisions all day long. Some big. Some small. Some more life shaping than others. Some more or less hard. And then there are all the many myths and misunderstandings about decision making, rendering decision making that much harder, and...
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...
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