Author: M. Wood

  • Are Travelers Dissatisfied with TSA PreCheck?

    NOVEMBER 29, 2017 KEVIN LEE Don’t you hate it when your reliable shortcut home becomes mainstream? Or when the coffee shop is always out of your favorite muffin due to high demand? It always ruffles some feathers when previously hidden gems become commonplace. Unfortunately, this may be happening with TSA PreCheck. In a recent article by USAToday,…

  • Restrictions Coming To ‘Smart Bags’ Starting Jan. 15, 2018

    DECEMBER 12, 2017 ROSE PYLIDIS Lithium-ion batteries have a pretty awful reputation when it comes to plane travel. They’re the reason why hoverboards began spontaneously exploding and are now no longer allowed on flights. They’re also the culprit for the briefly released Samsung Galaxy Note7, which had similar instability issues and also banned from flights. Part…

  • The Importance of Emotional Intelligence at Work

    Use These 7 Emotional Intelligence Tips to Be a Better Leader Mariah DeLeon • Guest Writer   Scholars may have coined the term “emotional intelligence” in the early 1990s, but business leaders quickly took the concept and made it their own. According to emotional intelligence, or EQ, success is strongly influenced by personal qualities such as perseverance, self-control…

  • Why Self-Awareness Matters and How You Can be More Self-Aware

    From the ancient Greek Aphorism “know thyself” to the western psychology, the topic of self-awareness has always been an intriguing subject of inquiry of philosophers and psychologists for the last century.   So What is Self-Awareness Exactly? The psychological study of self-awareness can be first traced back to 1972 when Psychologists Shelley Duval and Robert Wicklund’s developed…

  • 16 Ways You Can Be Better in 2018

    By Laura Garnett, Performance strategist@garnettl By Barton Goldsmith Ph.D The world is full of opportunities, but sometimes too much thinking can get in the way. Changing your life for the better is about picking a destination and taking one step at a time to get there. If you try to take shortcuts, you may actually end up…