by Madelaine Weiss | Aug 27, 2023 | Emotion, Crisis, Happiness, Life, Mind Mastery, Success, Talking, Well-Being
What are The Stats on Political Polarization? In Social Science and Medicine, Northeastern University researchers report: Participants reporting increase in polarization had 52-57% higher odds of developing depressive disorders and anxiety disorders. Participants...
by Madelaine Weiss | Aug 20, 2023 | Attention, Emotion, Stress, Talking, Well-Being
Why We Talk? Recently I lost a friend. Actually, he was he was a friend of a friend’s son, and I had not even met him, not even by zoom. Email only. But I cherished Josh (not his real name) because he was of a different political persuasion than almost everyone I...
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 | Jun 5, 2023 | Attention, Stress, Success, Talking, Time, Well-Being, Work
What About Information? Information is everywhere: ∼6 × 1080 bits of information in the observable universe. That would be 6 times 71 million zeroes bits, if you can fathom that. Out of this, the senses pluck and send 11,000,000 bits per second to the brain. And,...
by Madelaine Weiss | Aug 27, 2022 | Decisions, Emotion, Leadership, Mind Mastery, Stress, Success, Talking
Speaking Truth to Power “Speaking truth to power is to express our opinions frankly and openly to people who have some form of power over us,” this definition from thought leader, David Gurteen. The concept of Speaking Truth to Power goes as least as far back as the...
by Madelaine Weiss | Apr 11, 2022 | Emotion, Leadership, Stress, Talking
What is Constructive Feedback? Positive Feedback. Negative Feedback. Destructive Feedback. Constructive Feedback. Criticism. All of these forms of feedback appeared in a single article entitled “A Comprehensive Guide to Constructive Feedback [2022].” We all know that...
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