by Madelaine Weiss | Jun 4, 2022 | Success, Attention, Emotion, Leadership, Mind Mastery, Stress
Fear is universal, meaning that we all have it, even if some of what scares us might not scare someone else. Common human fears include: open spaces, closed spaces, heights, flying, insects, snakes, storms, needles, dogs—and, yes, fear of other people (“the most...
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 | 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 | 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...
by Madelaine Weiss | Jan 24, 2022 | Attention, Emotion, Success
What is Neuroticism? Proud to report that I first began to study personality with my honors thesis advisor, Paul T. Costa, Ph.D, one of the researchers who provided us with the “Big Five” model of personality so widely used today. The 5 Traits are: extraversion (also...
by Madelaine Weiss | Jan 3, 2022 | Attention, Decisions, Happiness, Love, Mind Mastery, Success, Work
‘New Year, New You’? Sounds good only maybe you said that before and, like the majority of people, well you know: 92% of resolutions fail, 80% of them failing by mid-February, and you may be making the same ones over and over again. Why Make Resolutions? Why Set...
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