Stranger 1: I’m sorry to hear that you’re struggling with finding the motivation to get back to work. Which stranger seems more compassionate, attentive and wise? Researchers have been asking people these very questions to rate strangers’ responses to emotional […]
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Negativity attracts attention and is often equated with intelligence, so it’s no surprise that leaders often feel they need to focus on what might go wrong. That kind of defensive posture can be helpful, in that it allows leaders and
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In a letter to his wife, Olga, the playwright and political dissident Václav Havel wrote, “Hope is a dimension of the spirit. It is not outside us, but within us.” Havel sent the note from a Prague jail, after being
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New research in behavioral science has revealed that cynical thinking stands in the way of success in the workplace. Cynics, it turns out, earn less money, report lower job satisfaction, and are less likely to be elevated to leadership positions.
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