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 | Dec 2, 2023 | Decisions, Emotion, Happiness, Love, Stress, Success, Well-Being, Work
What Drives Us? Different people are driven by different things even though we all have the same drivers within us. And I have some examples for you. But first let’s unpack what we even mean by a driver. Harvard Business School professors, Paul Lawrence and Nitin...
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...
by Madelaine Weiss | Jun 17, 2023 | Decisions, Eating, Fitness, Happiness, Life, Love, Stress, Success, Talking
When is Social Support Not Constructive? I thought I knew it because I felt it, but now the science affirms it: Sometimes social support can be a wolf in sheep’s clothing. I even called someone on it once and they thought I was nuts. But here it is, on weight loss as...
by Madelaine Weiss | May 20, 2023 | Decisions, Emotion, Happiness, Life, Love, Stress, Success, Well-Being, Work
Work and Life Quitting More than 47 million people quit their jobs during the great resignation of 2021, and this 23% of the workforce grew by another 38 million in 2022. Since we are talking about work and life, for the latter, let’s look at divorce rates. Although...
by Madelaine Weiss | Feb 6, 2023 | Emotion, Happiness, Love, Stress, Success, Uncategorized
What is Social Comparison? A colleague commented on my recent Procrastination post that Procrastination is not his problem, but Social Comparison is. I took this as a call to write something on Social Comparison—and also as an opportunity to play with ChatGPT. I know,...
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