by Madelaine Weiss | Feb 18, 2026 | Crisis, Decisions, Emotion, Leadership, Mind Mastery, Stress, Success
Kindness As Kind. Kindness As Mean? National Random Acts of Kindness Day is February 17th. A couple of weeks ago in January, we had that great big snowstorm. The pre-storm line at Trader Joe’s was a maze. I could see the end of it, by the cash register, but not the...
by Madelaine Weiss | Jan 11, 2026 | Emotion, Fitness, Happiness, Leadership, Mind Mastery, Stress, Success
Living well is the best revenge, meaning what? There’s a well-known Hebrew saying: Living well is the best revenge. It’s often misunderstood, as if thriving were meant to provoke or diminish others. It isn’t. It’s moral. It’s strong. And in a world where envy,...
by Madelaine Weiss | Nov 19, 2025 | Decisions, Attention, Emotion, Fitness, Happiness, Leadership, Mind Mastery, Sleeping, Stress, Success, Well-Being, Work
How Heavy Is It? Maybe you’ve heard this story. It’s so good. Bears repeating. Here goes… A professor once held up a glass of water and asked the class that very question. “Eight ounces?” someone guessed. “Maybe twelve?” another said. The teacher smiled and replied,...
by Madelaine Weiss | Sep 29, 2025 | Emotion, Leadership, Mind Mastery, Success, Talking
Why it’s Not Always Rude—Especially if Someone’s Wired for Depth. The other day, I interrupted someone mid-sentence. She was talking—I can’t remember what it was about—when we walked right past a jazz club in our neighborhood that I’d noticed many times but never...
by Madelaine Weiss | Jul 28, 2025 | Crisis, Emotion, Life, Love, Mind Mastery, Stress, Talking, Well-Being
What do you do when the people you love most seem blind to what matters most to you? I have written before on the intensifying differences in our lives today. And I write again because I find one of the hardest emotional challenges in life—when we find ourselves on...
by Madelaine Weiss | Jun 3, 2025 | Emotion, Happiness, Mind Mastery, Stress, Success, Well-Being
A Simple Act That Stopped Me Cold Last week, I joined a group effort to pack medical supplies for people in urgent need. It was a simple operation—assembling kits, labeling boxes, lining things up so they could be delivered as efficiently as possible. The room was...
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