by Madelaine Weiss | Aug 27, 2022 | Decisions, Emotion, Leadership, Mind Mastery, Stress, Success, Talking
Speaking Truth to Power “Speaking truth to power is to express our opinions frankly and openly to people who have some form of power over us,” this definition from thought leader, David Gurteen. The concept of Speaking Truth to Power goes as least as far back as the...
by Madelaine Weiss | Aug 14, 2022 | Attention, Decisions, Happiness, Leadership, Mind Mastery, Stress
Adverse Impact of Overthinking Too many people practically brag, “Oh, I just overthink everything,” with little to no idea how toxic and degrading overthinking can be to themselves and others. A new study found: …when intense cognitive work is prolonged for several...
by Madelaine Weiss | Aug 6, 2022 | Crisis, Decisions, Leadership, Stress
How Stressed Are We? A 2022 APA poll found that almost 90% of American adults feel “like there has been a constant stream of crises without a break over the last two years…now reaching unprecedented levels of stress that will challenge our ability to cope.” But not...
by Madelaine Weiss | Jul 22, 2022 | Crisis, Decisions, Emotion, Life, Stress
The Art of Apology When You—Think—You’ve Done Nothing Wrong, I Should Say. Just this week, someone (we’ll call him Dave) asked if we could discuss his apology to a family he believes he infected with Covid on a weekend visit with them at their home. He said, of...
by Madelaine Weiss | Jul 17, 2022 | Decisions, Eating, Sleeping, Stress, Work
The Stress Situation. Sounds simple. Eat well. Sleep well. Most of us know this. Many don’t do this—and then complain about being stressed. Not everyone is complaining about stress. CNN’s Harry Enten reported on 7/16/22 that, although 77% of respondents think the...
by Madelaine Weiss | Jun 18, 2022 | Decisions, Emotion, Happiness, Leadership, Success
All it takes is 7 seconds for you to be cooked—into someone else’s first impression of you—and some studies suggest it’s really only a tenth of one second. First impressions are quick and hard to change. Studies show that, as time went on, snap judgments about...
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