by Madelaine Weiss | Aug 30, 2021 | Attention, Crisis, Mind Mastery, Stress
Cranky? Is It The Heat? So this is a little embarrassing because maybe it was a bit of no brainer all along. Maybe I should have just figured that the reason I felt cranky was because it was hot. Yes, that’s right, according to science writer, Sujata Gupta:...
by Madelaine Weiss | Aug 23, 2021 | Fitness, Life, Mind Mastery, Work
Hello!! A few weeks ago, I was honored when Superpeer asked me to be among the first professionals to build a course on their platform. Today, I’m thrilled to announce that Getting to G.R.E.A.T.: The Five-Step Strategy for Work & Life is open for enrollment!...
by Madelaine Weiss | Aug 16, 2021 | Crisis, Decisions, Emotion, Fitness, Mind Management, Mismatch, Stress
Human Intelligence Every once in a while, I read something that knocks my socks off. This time it was Annie Murphy Paul’s piece on Intelligence in the New York Times, “How to Think Outside Your Brain.” If I understood correctly, the rough idea is that the human brain...
by Madelaine Weiss | Aug 9, 2021 | Decisions, Fitness, Mind Mastery, Stress, Work
Depression in the U.S. You already know you tend to feel better after you worked out. But did you know that physical activity can help you to adapt and change? What better time than now to boost our capacity to change. The change upon us right now is head spinning,...
by Madelaine Weiss | Aug 2, 2021 | Attention, Decisions, Leadership, Mind Mastery, Storytelling Animal, Talking, Work
Conversation Situation Less than 2% of conversations end at a point when both people want them to. GASP. Only about 10% of the time did both people wish the conversation had lasted longer. OY. And: The difference between what people wanted and what they got was, “on...
by Madelaine Weiss | Jul 26, 2021 | Attention, Leadership, Mind Management, Work
Meeting Attacks Maybe you are the one who gets attacked at meetings? Or maybe you are the one doing the attacking? Or the ignoring, which is one of the most powerful forms of attack. Why does this even happen? What is this even about? In the Naked Ape, Desmond Morris...
by Madelaine Weiss | Jul 19, 2021 | Decisions, Fitness, Life, Mismatch, Work
Study Finds Up To 77% Productivity Increase for Hybrid Workers So It’s not just about the What, Why, How, and with Whom — but now more than ever, it’s about Where we work too. Environmental Fitness As per the first line of Getting to G.R.E.A.T.: “A Great Life Depends...
by Madelaine Weiss | Jul 12, 2021 | Attention, Fitness, Sleeping, Stress
Wake Up Benefits Wake Up got messed up for a lot of people when Covid brought us new opportunities for sleeping in and napping more than ever before, unless of course the kids were crawling all over you, but that brought problems of its own. Then again, sleep problems...
by Madelaine Weiss | Jun 28, 2021 | Decisions, Leadership, Mind Mastery
Caterpillar Groupthink Pine Processionary Caterpillars bring new meaning to the term Groupthink. In Jean-Henry Fabre’s famous experiment, each caterpillar had its head on the butt of the one in front of it, going round and round on the rim of a pot. In the...
by Madelaine Weiss | Jun 21, 2021 | Attention, Mind Mastery, Talking, Work
Communication Struggles? Ever notice how hard it is to stay tuned when people drone on, even if you want to pay attention, which a lot of the time you don’t? The Power Pause Mark Twain may not have known the why but he sure did know the what, when he said: “The...
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