by Madelaine Weiss | Jun 7, 2024 | Happiness, Leadership, Life, Stress, Success, Well-Being
Caring: Little Things, Big Impact? If you think that you and your caring are too small to make a difference in this turbulent world, then you haven’t spent the night with a mosquito (African Proverb). People are not always on their best behavior when they are as...
by Madelaine Weiss | Apr 29, 2024 | Decisions, Leadership, Mind Mastery, Stress, Success, Well-Being, Work
What is Grit? Grit is a psychological trait popularized by researcher Angela Duckworth’s bestseller: Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance. As the title suggests grit, “a combination of passion and perseverance for a singularly important goal—is the hallmark of...
by Madelaine Weiss | Mar 1, 2024 | Emotion, Happiness, Leadership, Love, Stress, Success, Well-Being
Why Should We Give Compliments? A compliment is: “an expression of esteem, respect, affection, or admiration.” Compliments are free, easy to receive and give, and come with many benefits to both receivers and givers. One study, conducted by social psychologist...
by Madelaine Weiss | Feb 2, 2024 | Attention, Decisions, Leadership, Mind Mastery, Success, Time, Well-Being, Work
Why Do We Love Nature? Some say it’s because landscapes remind us deeply of the lush habitat of the savanna – the favorable environment in which the biggest part of our evolutionary brain development is said to have taken place. There was 2016 research suggesting that...
by Madelaine Weiss | Jan 21, 2024 | Decisions, Emotion, Happiness, Leadership, Stress, Well-Being
What is Clustering? Brains are into networking just like their humans are. Maybe you’ve heard that neurons that fire together wire together, well so do humans and it’s called “clustering.” According to researchers at Yale and Harvard, their model of how neurons...
by Madelaine Weiss | Oct 28, 2023 | Emotion, Leadership, Life, Love, Stress, Success, Well-Being, Work
What is a Promise? I just made a promise not to say anything else about something I have already said enough about, for now anyway. 😉 First and foremost, this is a promise I made to myself. I believe all promises are, first and foremost, promises to oneself to keep...
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