by Madelaine Weiss | Sep 27, 2021 | Attention, Decisions, Emotion, Life, Mind Mastery, Stress
A Closer Look at Thriving With so much news on how down people are, have to say it was more than a little surprising to read about all this reported Thriving. CNN said the 59.2% number of Americans thriving was the highest measure ever recorded over the 13 years...
by Madelaine Weiss | Sep 20, 2021 | Attention, Life, Love, Mind Mastery
What Does Parasocial Relationship Even Mean? Honestly don’t know how I am just learning about this now. The term “Parasocial Relationships” goes back to the 1950’s, when Donald Horton and R. Richard Wohl described the television obsessed as forming the...
by Madelaine Weiss | Sep 13, 2021 | Decisions, Attention, Crisis, Mind Mastery
“Just because It (Job Stress) feels bad doesn’t mean that something bad is happening.” That’s what I heard myself say this week to a client who was considering a professional pivot, as so many are. But even if we didn’t want to change a thing...
by Madelaine Weiss | Sep 6, 2021 | Attention, Love, Mind Mastery, Work
The Benefit ‘I went back to the office and found a mistake on the masthead that I would never have found before I took this course.” That’s what this woman, in publishing for a large prestigious university, had to say after a brief stint with mindfulness meditation....
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 | Mind Management, Crisis, Decisions, Emotion, Fitness, 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 | Leadership, Attention, 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...
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