According to the abstract on a new book by leading social psychologist and scientist Roy F. Baumeister’s latest research, he reveals that the average person spends four hours of their day battling temptation. “While self-control is biologically roo… Continue reading →

Srikumar Rao is known as “happiness guru” of the business world – it might be because he has a book called, Happiness at Work and has taught at the Columbia Business School and the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley on the subject. Or it migh… Continue reading →

Srikumar Rao is known as “happiness guru” of the business world – it might be because he has a book called, Happiness at Work and has taught at the Columbia Business School and the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley on the subject. Or it migh… Continue reading →

One way that you can reduce the level of stress in your life is through gratitude.  Many times in workshops I hear people focus on what is not working and what they do not have, the emphasis is on what is lacking.  What would happen in your life if y… Continue reading →

What is triangulation you ask and how can it lead to better balance at work?  Best to let my friend, colleague and leadership coach Tom Patterson answer in this column he penned for the Microsoft Office Blog.   I will give you a hint: triangulation … Continue reading →

A past workshop attendee sent me a blurb from Bill Phillips, Editor of Men’s Health post on Yahoo Health this week.  I was shocked to read it – in a 13 year study that looked at lifestyles of 17,000 people at the Pennington Biomedical Research Cente… Continue reading →

I believe that work life balance is a gender neutral issue.  Both men and women face challenges in creating harmony in their life, though it may show up in different ways, and men and women use different words to describe their struggles, the themes a… Continue reading →

How many of you who are parents actively have conversations about balance and managing stress with your children?  What I find in teaching workshop and writing on the subject is that balance and stress are mostly thought of as adult issues.  I have… Continue reading →

In The Happiness Advantage, author Shawn Achor, believes people can reprogram their brains to become more positive which will result in increased professional success. The book is based on his experience as Head Teaching Fellow at Harvard for "Positive Psychology" and one of the largest studies of happiness and potential even done to identify an improve the formula for happiness. He believes Continue reading →

Research says that people spend half of their day in their inbox answering e-mail.(No wonder people feel like they type all day!) So if you are like most people, you might be in the market to reduce the amount of time you spend plunging through e-mail … Continue reading →