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Holidays Have You Happy Or Horrified? A Mindset Shift May Help You And Your Team
The holiday season is upon us! Winter is coming. For some, any celebration is great news, but for others, the combination of the omicron variant, holiday stress, and less sunshine may be impacting more than how
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Predicting the Future Is Possible. These ‘Superforecasters’ Know How.
Can we predict the future more accurately? It’s a question we humans have grappled with since the dawn of civilization — one that has massive implications for how we run our organizations, how we make
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Why ‘Tight’ Cultures Had Better COVID Responses
“Culture is omnipresent: It’s all around us, but it’s invisible. We take it for granted,” says Michele Gelfand, professor of organizational behavior at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. “Often, when we get outside of
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How to Improve Your Ability to Overcome Rejection and Accomplish Goals in 10 Days or Less
I hate the thought of being rejected. I didn’t go on my first date until I was seventeen, and that only happened because she asked me out. For years I had thought about writing my own book, but
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A Spirit of Gratitude Is Healthy for Society
Greetings as we approach the 400th anniversary of the first Thanksgiving celebration. The Pilgrims in 1621 had much to be thankful for. They had arrived a year earlier with “no friends to wellcome them, nor
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How to Live When You’re in Pain
Arthur C. Brooks: When you teach happiness, like I do, one of the biggest questions that people have initially: What is it? I mean, we all think we know what happiness is until you think about