by Madelaine Weiss | Nov 19, 2025 | Decisions, Attention, Emotion, Fitness, Happiness, Leadership, Mind Mastery, Sleeping, Stress, Success, Well-Being, Work
How Heavy Is It? Maybe you’ve heard this story. It’s so good. Bears repeating. Here goes… A professor once held up a glass of water and asked the class that very question. “Eight ounces?” someone guessed. “Maybe twelve?” another said. The teacher smiled and replied,...
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 | 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 | Dec 13, 2023 | Decisions, Emotion, Happiness, Life, Mind Mastery, Success, Well-Being, Work
Why Do People Procrastinate? Just this week a couple of clients were suffering from procrastination. And just this week there was a study reported, on how to stay on task, that I believe can help us to get started on the tasks too. Naturally, I am intrigued by what...
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...
by Madelaine Weiss | Nov 18, 2023 | Well-Being, Stress, Success, Talking, Time, Work
What’s Wrong with Meetings? I actually love virtual meetings just as much as in-person meetings. Okay, maybe I love them more just because of how incredibly convenient they are. Other people say they are tired of virtual. And, that could be because virtual...
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