The author described himself as a “simple country boy” from Missouri, and to be sure, some of the advice in his blockbuster bestseller is pure cornpone (“If you want to gather honey, don’t kick over the beehive”). But Dale Carnegie was a wizard when it came to making the public like him. Besides buying more […]
The financially successful often get a bad rap in our society, especially from the poor. We see footage of Donald Trump on TV, or watch movies like “The Wolf of Wall Street” and think being financially successful means living a gluttonous life of excess at the expense of the impoverished. This may be true for […]
One of the most difficult areas of most people’s lives is time management. We all want enough time for our work, our family, and ourselves. So how do the most successful people manage their time? Having gathered data by interviewing over 130 millionaires, Jaime Tardy found out that they know the value of their time, […]
We intuitively want to believe that happy employees are a good thing and that no good employer would be happy with dissatisfied employees, there is no – zero – correlation between employee happiness and business performance. Hundreds of studies over the years have tried to find one, and failed. Happy, satisfied employees are not more […]
You are never too old to learn something new. In fact a study in 2012 conducted by the journal Health Affairs found that people who are more educated tend to live longer. But you don’t need to go back to school to reap benefits of education. Instead, you can learn something new every day with […]
“Give and Take just might be the most important book of this young century. As insightful and entertaining as Malcolm Gladwell at his best, this book has profound implications for how we manage our careers, deal with our friends and relatives, raise our children, and design our institutions. This gem is a joy to read, […]
Everything you do from now on should contribute in some way to one of your goals or objectives. If it doesn’t, then why are you doing it? Every time you have to make a choice, ask yourself “will it help me reach my goal in this area of life”. At work the goals swill be […]
Kids are easily overseen in our society, especially since they have always been associated with being naive or innocent. Kiran Sethi has reminded us that by empowering our kids, will instill a “I Can” mindset in them. They will learn to stop saying that “my teacher” wants me to do this, or “my parents” wants […]
Two recent studies, one in the UK and one in Finland, have compared eating habits, and both have discovered that diets that contain a lot of junk food like sugary drinks and processed meat products, can lead to elevated risks of depression, while diets of healthier foods, like vegetables and fruits, help to keep the […]
We’ve all had a rotten mood. For many people, eating food (such as junk food) can make their health worse; which only worsens their mood. But what if there was food that was healthy, and could also act as a natural anti-depressant? There are foods that meet those qualifications! Here are the 10 best foods, […]