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...
by Madelaine Weiss | May 30, 2022 | Decisions, Happiness, Leadership, Mind Mastery, Narcissism, Stress, Success
No, I do not mean that your potential is your problem. I do mean that a promise you have made to yourself—a promise you may not even be aware that you have made that actually limits your potential—can be exactly your problem. What Is a Promise? From Merriam-Webster: A...
by Madelaine Weiss | May 23, 2022 | Emotion, Decisions, Eating, Life, Narcissism, Storytelling Animal, Stress
Lying About Eating How funny, I thought. LOL. Everyone lying about eating. And refreshing too, just to keep it light for a change—if you will pardon the pun, because this study is about eating and weight. Or is it? On second thought, maybe this study is really about...
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...
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