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Why You Need To Stop Working All The Time
“Overwork has become a credential of prosperity.” This line from a recent James Suroweicki piece in The New Yorker struck me like a bell. Suroweicki is writing about the culture of overwork on Wall...
View Article5 Ways To Know You’re Creative
It goes without saying that success requires long hours, but uninspired drudgery doesn’t amount to much. Passion may provide the fuel, and commitment and hours are key drivers of expertise and skills...
View ArticleBecome A Mindful Leader: Slow Down To Move Faster
Mindfulness is hot right now–Hollywood hot, Davos hot, Main Street hot. Actress Goldie Hawn led a panel at Davos on the why mindfulness matters; director David Lynch has an entire foundation dedicated...
View ArticleKittens And Puppies Can Boost Your Bottom Line
True or false: Kittens and puppies boost your bottom line. Believe it or not, true. In 2012, Japanese researchers found that subjects who viewed photos of adorable wee critters performed a task...
View ArticleThe Truth About Sleep
It’s not often that that the topic of sleep and employee performance makes me laugh out loud. But then I read this line by Harvard School of Medicine sleep medicine professor Charles A. Czeisler in a...
View ArticleBag Lady Syndrome: How To Stop Fearing The Worst
One night I lay awake in bed, worried about my flight to see a client the next day. What if I overslept? What if the flight was delayed or canceled? I’d surely lose the client, then lose my business...
View ArticleLeadership 101: How Doing Nothing Makes You A Better Leader
Here’s the truth: No one ever reached unimaginable heights or made millions by hitting “reply” all day. It’s easy to do—and we all do it. Email is nothing more than our effort to get others to help us...
View ArticleWhy Busywork Makes You Happy
Last week I made a plea for the less is more approach to working smart: maintaining quiet, focused time for yourself. I’ve warned about the downside staying busy for busy’s sake, of losing connection...
View ArticleAre You An Authority Figure Or A Leader? Five Ways To Know
You believe that you’ve got something great to offer. That your business is built on the quality of your product or service. You believe that because that’s what most people believe. Features,...
View ArticleWhy You’re Not As Confident As Your Colleagues
In her new book, Knowing Your Value, Mika Brzezinski tells of the journey she made from trying to succeed by working hard, to working hard and working smart–which she defines as knowing the rules and...
View ArticleHow To Keep Impatience From Wrecking Your Day
As an entrepreneur, I pride myself on my move-fast-take-no-prisoners approach to work. And I believe there’s a lot to recommending a degree of impatience: it feeds your drive, ambition, tenacity,...
View ArticleWhy It’s Okay To Quit In Business
A few weeks ago I attended Arianna Huffington’s “Thrive” event in New York City. Everywhere I turned I saw interesting and accomplished presenters, but one line from Arianna stuck with me. She was...
View Article5 Productivity Hacks (Or, How To Stop Hating Work)
In their popular New York Times piece, “Why You Hate Work,” Tony Schwartz and Christine Porath discuss a study of 12,000 white-collar workers they conducted in collaboration with the Harvard Business...
View ArticleDitch These 3 Habits That Keep You Stressed
There’s no shortage of data showing that work-related stress is keeping people up at night—and then causing them to drag through the day. In their popular New York Times piece, “Why You Hate Work,”...
View ArticleReduce Stress Now: Sweat For Your Supper
In our recent survey of US employees “What Does Stress Look Like to You?” more than 40% of respondents said that they wished they exercised more to reduce stress. Yet nearly 80% also said that when...
View ArticleThe Two Letter Word That Can Ward Off Stress — And How To Use It
As an entrepreneur, wife, mother of two, and a human who needs food and sleep, I know the challenges of an endlessly busy life. When you’re driven by big goals and big ideas, that busyness seems...
View ArticleHow Resilient Are You?
If there’s a word people in the top ranks of human capital are buzzing about these days, it’s resilience. I get asked all the time what it means—followed by questions about how to get more of it. I’ve...
View ArticleThe Next Big Thing in Well-Being
If you’re not supporting the emotional well-being of your employees, handing out pedometers or apples isn’t going to amount to much. Early in July, Arianna Huffington in a post entitled, “Big Business...
View ArticleIs Your Body Language A Dead Giveaway? Three Postures That Raise Red Flags
Sure, personal appearance matters. And beyond your looks, your resume and your pedigree, it’s also the ‘package’ you broadcast when you walk in a room. But, despite all the hard work you’ve put in to...
View ArticleFive Agile Hacks To Keep You From Getting Overwhelmed, Stressed Out, Or...
The Agile method has been embraced by the tech world (software engineers in particular) as a far more effective way to bring products to market. Best defined as a series of short, reflexive sprints,...
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