via Inc.com by Debra Roberts Our perspective influences our reactions, and it can lead us to respond poorly. When we react negatively to a person or a situation, it's often because our perspective was skewed by what we believed to be true at the moment. As our frustration increases,...
via the Harvard Business Review by Rebecca Newton Summary. A year and a half of the Covid pandemic has left many of us bereft of the joy we once felt at work. Add to the losses we’ve suffered the constant need to present ourselves as more...
via Thrive Global by Remy Blumenfeld Have you been feeling blue, blah, bored? Dreary, dull, or down? Flat, fatigued, in a funk? Inactive, indifferent, inert? I could work through the whole alphabet with all the words for the state many of us have recently been finding ourselves. And none...
via the Ladders by John Anderer The proverb “all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy” is most often associated these days withStephen King’s The Shining. But it had been coined long before the phrase became conjoined with Jack Torrance’s descent into madness — in...
via Psychology Today by Douglas T Kenrick KEY POINTS Sonja Lyubomirsky has done rigorous research on the seemingly soft question of "how to be happy."Her book "The How of Happiness" is rich in great advice.Happiness activities include doing something nice for someone else, expressing gratitude, and...
via Psychology Today by Grant Hillary Brenner KEY POINTSLife is both uncertain and predictable, and uncertainty can make people feel anxious and out of control.Uncertainty also opens up room for positive change, if approached constructively.Savoring, research suggests, is a potential adaptive response to uncertainty.Uncertainty is a...
via the Guardian by Miranda Bryant After a year-and-a-half of loss, sickness and stress caused by the pandemic, burnout is high and morale is low. But in some positive news, according to Laurie Santos, Yale’s “happiness professor”, the way to feel better need not depend on...
via TED Ideas by Kate Torgovnick May You don’t “find your calling,” you fight for it — and other lessons from people who found their passion (sometimes late in life). Whether it was during a career aptitude test or in a heart-to-heart chat after getting laid off, chances are someone...
via Fast Company by L"Oreal Thomson Payton-Shine My brain and my laptop are quite similar—both have about 20 tabs open at all times. But, unlike my laptop, I can’t seem to shut down my brain at night. My thoughts immediately become consumed with my to-do lists, forgotten tasks, and...
via the Harvard Business Review by David P Fessell and Karen Reivich Summary: As the pandemic era goes on, more than ever we need ways to refresh our energies, calm our anxieties, and nurse our well-being. The cultivation of experiences of awe can bring these benefits and...