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How to Save a Meeting That’s Gotten Tense

How to Save a Meeting That’s Gotten Tense

On March 30, 2017, Salt Lake County Mayor Ben McAdams stood in front of crowd of over 1,000 angry citizens. McAdams had recently floated the idea of situating a new homeless resource center in Draper, a city 20 miles south of Salt Lake City, Utah. What began as an...
To Find Meaning in Your Work, Change How You Think About It

To Find Meaning in Your Work, Change How You Think About It

Sam Austin/Unsplash A wonderful New York Times article from 2007 recounted the 20th annual “Operator’s Challenge” — aka the “Sludge Olympics” — a competition for New York sewage treatment workers. The participants compete to show skill in their work, and often do so...

The Benefits of Delaying Gratification

Delaying gratification isn’t a new concept. Back in 300 BC, Aristotle saw that the reason so many people were unhappy was that they confused pleasure for true happiness. Source: PsyToday – Happiness {$inline_image} The Benefits of Delaying GratificationView On...

Choose Your Feelings

Our ability in managing the flow of thought and emotion contributes to happiness. Source: PsyToday – Happiness {$inline_image} Choose Your FeelingsView On WordPress

The Mathematics of Forgiveness

When others treat us unfairly we tend to become collectors of wounds that can deprive us of happiness. Perhaps it is time to confront those accumulated wounds. Source: PsyToday – Happiness {$inline_image} The Mathematics of ForgivenessView On...