What qualities do you look for in a leader? You’d probably expect them to be powerful, charismatic, and decisive. However, you might overlook the value of being funny. Research shows that humor has many benefits in the workplace, including drawing team members closer together, reducing stress, and increasing productivity. The truth is most employees need a little cheering … [Read more...] about The Modern Rules for Using Humor as a Leadership Tool
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How to be More Ambitious
Many of us wish that we could be a little more ambitious. We’re ambitious enough to create a comfortable life, but we lack the ambition to create an amazing life. We gravitate toward comfort rather than embrace the change that building an amazing life requires. We are capable of much, much more. Ambition might seem like an innate trait that can’t be developed, but that’s … [Read more...] about How to be More Ambitious
An Introvert’s Guide to Dating
Have you ever felt misunderstood or overwhelmed by conventional dating advice? Are you tired of hearing about how “dating is just a numbers game”? Much of conventional relationship advice doesn’t take introversion into account. Introverts are people who focus inward and tend to be more in touch with their thoughts and feelings. They are best known for needing alone time … [Read more...] about An Introvert’s Guide to Dating
Setting Healthy Boundaries in Business
With smartphones at our fingertips, boundaries around business are more blurred than ever. Applications like Slack and Gmail make us radically accessible, conference calls can happen at any time of the day, and laptops make it easier than ever to work on the weekends. It’s no surprise, then, how stress begins piling up. Things happen at work that leave us feeling frustrated … [Read more...] about Setting Healthy Boundaries in Business
Grief: Coping With the Loss of a Loved One
If you live long enough, you’ll eventually have to deal with the death of a loved one. Everything that lives eventually dies, but just because death is natural doesn’t make it any easier to navigate. Grief is a universal consequence of loss, but it is also a very individual experience. Since everyone is likely to face this type of loss more than once in a lifetime, it’s … [Read more...] about Grief: Coping With the Loss of a Loved One