Tag: positive psychology

  • Be More Productive: Manage Your Energy, Not Your Time

    You know the drill: You get into work bright and early, hoping to get a jump start on your day. But meetings and happenstance start to pile up, and before you know it, it’s 5:30 and you’ve barely gotten anything done. So you have to burn the midnight oil — and wake up early again…

  • 50 Life-Changing Lessons in 5 Minutes!

    OK, here goes: Always Cut To The Chase Life is short, so don’t waste it on chit chat, filler, or other useless crap! Always Move On Yeah, yeah, I get it. You’re sad. You didn’t get that promotion. No one cares about your product. These things happen. Don’t wish things were different. Just be better…

  • 7 Sneaky One-Minute Mood Boosters

    By Lisa Elaine Held Deep, lasting happiness generally comes from major shifts in things like lifestyle or perspective. That might mean taking on a meditation practice, or making big-picture changes to your diet. But there are small yet effective steps you can take when you need an in-the-moment mood boost. For this piece in our #AMinuteForMe series with youtheory®,…

  • 5 easy ways to be a little kinder

    By Peter Economy | June 12, 2018 Your kindness to others — your co-workers, your friends and family, your neighbors, those in your community and in the world at large — doesn’t just benefit them. In fact, recent studies show that you, too, benefit when you’re kind to others. Dr. Sonja Lyubomirsky, a psychology professor at University of…

  • How to tell your boss you’re overwhelmed

    By Sharlyn Lauby | November 6, 2017 Workplace stress is a real issue. According to a survey conducted by Everest College, eight in ten employees are stressed by at least one thing at work. When you start drilling down for specifics about what those individual stressors might be, workload is tops on the list. A survey from employee assistance…