via Inc.com by Jessica Stillman When you're an employee, your schedule is (at least roughly) fixed by your employers, as is your salary. You can work more, but in the short term you usually won't earn more. Entrepreneurs, on the other hand, face a constant dilemma -- you're...
via Inc.com by Jessica Stillman At the gym, you won't grow stronger unless you experience a little pain. The same is true in life, according to both science and the super successful. One Yale study showed your brain's learning center lights up when you're confronted with stressful unpredictability and...
via the Ladders by Kyle Schnitzer Good vibes can bring good health, too. A new study conducted by researchers from Georgetown University found that psychological intervention designed to boost “subjective well-being” can bring positive effects on self-reported mental health. The study, published in the SAGE Journal of Psychological Science, was done with researchers...
via Inc.com by Minda Zetlin Feeling worried? There's something you can do about it. Psychologist Kailey Spina Horan, Ph.D. has devised a simple exercise that can help you manage your worries and restore at least some of your sense of calm. It takes less than five minutes, and...
via the NY Times by Kristin Wong “Let’s play!” my friend’s 4-year-old squealed, tugging on my arm. I was tired, so I told her, “I’m too lazy to play.” But I wasn’t allowed to be lazy because I’m big, she said. Unable to come up with...
via Scientific American by Scott Barry Kaufman “I do not accept any absolute formulas for living. No preconceived code can see ahead to everything that can happen in a man’s life. As we live, we grow, and our beliefs change. They must change. So I...
By Sarah Jeanne Browne “I found in my research that the biggest reason people aren’t more self- compassionate is that they are afraid they’ll become self-indulgent. They believe self-criticism is what keeps them in line. Most people have gotten it wrong because our culture says being...
via Forbes by Tony Ewing It’s no secret many successful people can remain calm in almost any situation. In fact, the secret is how they actually do so. From a scientific perspective, remaining calm under duress is called, “cognitive control”. And, having an abundance of it, successful people...
via Psychology Today by Stephen Joseph PhD Today’s world seems short of compassion. When there are racially motivated murders, violence on the streets between people of different political views, and a culture of social media that promotes divisive messages, it seems clear that compassion for each...
via PsychCentral by Athena Staik Your thoughts are powerful energies that can, and do, shape your responses and life. Whether conscious or subconscious, shifts in your thoughts, in particular, to what you believe and hold in your awareness, literally, change the state of your mind and body...