by Madelaine Weiss | Aug 21, 2022 | Emotion, Happiness, Success, Time
What is Procrastination? Procrastination is “to put off intentionally the doing of something that should be done.” On average, people spend 2 hours and 25 minutes/day procrastinating, much of it fooling around on the internet, even though 94% say it is adversely...
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 | 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 | Jun 4, 2022 | Attention, Emotion, Leadership, Mind Mastery, Stress, Success
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 | May 23, 2022 | Decisions, Eating, Emotion, 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 15, 2022 | Crisis, Emotion, Life, Love, Mind Mastery, Stress
World Gone Mad? Resilience? Easier said than done? Just when we began to think we were going to finally come out of the darkness of the pandemic into some sun—then came the War on Ukraine. Meanwhile, 32% of Americans are struggling to figure out things like what to...
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