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March 1: World Compliment Day. Bigger Deal Than We May Think.

March 1: World Compliment Day. Bigger Deal Than We May Think.

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...
4 Ways You Are Driven and How to Start Driving Instead

4 Ways You Are Driven and How to Start Driving Instead

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...
2 Tips For Making and Breaking Promises Well

2 Tips For Making and Breaking Promises Well

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...
2 Ways to Say ‘No Thank You’ to Destructive Social Support

2 Ways to Say ‘No Thank You’ to Destructive Social Support

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...
Misery Repeats Itself in Work and Life? What If It’s You and 1 Thing to Do

Misery Repeats Itself in Work and Life? What If It’s You and 1 Thing to Do

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...
ChatGPT on Social Comparison: 2 Examples

ChatGPT on Social Comparison: 2 Examples

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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