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 9, 2024 | Happiness, Money, Stress, Success, Well-Being
Does Money Buy Happiness? First, they say it doesn’t. Then they say it does. Then they say it doesn’t… It’s kind of like the research on whether coffee is good for you, yes and no and yes and no… Or like that saying, “If you don’t like the weather, wait 5...
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 13, 2024 | Crisis, Mind Mastery, Stress, Success, Well-Being
What Does Material Global Crisis Mean? Today someone told me that he thought he needed to talk with someone because the state of our world was making it hard for him to sleep. The ‘idiocy’ of people who didn’t get it the way he did wasn’t helping either. Well, of...
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