by Madelaine Weiss | Mar 27, 2022 | Mind Mastery, Play, Stress, Time, Work
Why Working ‘Off’ Hours Matters ‘Off’ hours would be times we think that we should not be working. To quote the Cornell and London School of Economics authors of the study: “Even if you’re still working 40 hours a week, you’re working during time...
by Madelaine Weiss | Mar 14, 2022 | Attention, Crisis, Mind Mastery
Focus of a Fish Lately we’ve been hearing that we have lost the ability to focus—that we have the attention spans of fish, only worse. Goldfish average 9 seconds before they lose concentration. We average 8 seconds before we lose ours. The phone beckons after all,...
by Madelaine Weiss | Mar 7, 2022 | Crisis, Emotion, Mind Mastery, Stress
Here’s What Happened Just this week, someone said twice in one exchange, “Enjoy the beautiful day.” Not a one-off; more a pattern of communication for this awkwardly upbeat individual. Toxic Positivity? Considering I had just said that I was feeling heavy...
by Madelaine Weiss | Feb 28, 2022 | Crisis, Mind Mastery, Stress, Work
Heartbroken. That’s how I feel about the Ukrainian crisis. Heartbroken, in awe of the Ukrainians and, when someone here in the U.S. told me he already had his survival kit assembled, I also felt a bit scared. This brings me to something called Locus of Control — for...
by Madelaine Weiss | Feb 14, 2022 | Stress, Love, Mind Mastery, Success, Work
What is St. Valentine’s Day? Is this Love? This adorable dog doesn’t understand, and wants to know why this is happening. I wondered myself how St. Valentine’s Day, sweet as it can be, came to be such a thing. So, I looked it up. First, I found there is no...
by Madelaine Weiss | Feb 7, 2022 | Play, Happiness, Mind Mastery
Are You Playing Wordle? Are you one of the 2.5 million people playing this new word game, Wordle? Wordle is an online 5-letter word game invented by Josh Wardle (Wardle, Wordle, good one). The story is that Josh made up the game during the pandemic because he knew his...
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