by Madelaine Weiss | Mar 19, 2023 | Uncategorized
The Hedonic Treadmill Too many people think things like money, career success, romantic relationships… are the key to their happiness. I hear it a lot in the early days of my work with a client. Typically, they have been trying as hard as they can to make these things...
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,...
by Madelaine Weiss | Oct 16, 2022 | Uncategorized
Productivity is the ratio of output over input. The more we get out of what we put in, or the less we put in to get the result out—the more productive we are. How Productive Are We? So how productive are we? Not so much these days. Reuters reported that U.S....
by Madelaine Weiss | Oct 8, 2022 | Uncategorized
Mental Health Crisis Ninety percent of Americans believe the U.S. is in a mental health crisis. And if that is you or someone you love, please do get help, and know that we now have a new 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline connecting callers directly to trained mental...
by Madelaine Weiss | Jun 24, 2022 | Happiness, Leadership, Mind Mastery, Success, Uncategorized
Not everyone is as rotten as everyone else to the ‘Other’ (people they view as outside of their group). But science says some measure of it is baked into our DNA and that hurting the ‘other’ might actually feel good. According to the researchers out of...
by Madelaine Weiss | Jun 11, 2022 | Uncategorized
Not Diet and Exercise? How about Optimism and Service. Wait, you’ll see… About Optimism Bah Humbug, said the psychologist who sent me research on Optimism and Longevity this week. More and more psychologists are complaining about something called “Toxic...
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