You need a break — and you’re finally taking that weeklong holiday. But when you’re the boss, is it really every ok to ignore your email inbox and dismiss phone calls from back at the office? It’s a question many managers and executives ponder as they pack their bags. And the answer isn’t as clear…
ERIN ZAMMETT RUDDY | RedBook August 2014 Illustrations by Ben Wiseman THERE YOU are, with your butt finally planted on a sandy beach after months of feeling like you might explode if you don’t get away. You spot a smiling, sun-kissed man. Look, it’s your husband, standing in the frothy surf. He motions for you to join him, and…
RIPPLE’S EFFECT by Shawn Achor and Amy Blankson: A Top Ten Favorite With Kindle Kids Ripple’s Effect jumped to the number 3 spot in the Amazon Children’s section on Saturday, May 17th. It’s written by popular happiness researcher, author and speaker Shawn Achor and his sister, Amy Blankson. Shawn has been featured recently on Oprah’s Super Soul Sunday sharing…
Shannon Poulsen | May 03, 2014 SALEM — As students at Salem Hills High School made their way down the hall past the school’s office, before changing to their next class, they were greeted by Principal Bart Perry, who gave them all high-fives as part of showing an act of kindness. It’s part of the new…
Rachel Dry| May 30, 2014 The happiness guru looks relaxed. His bright red shoes echo the brightness of Oprah’s pink shirt and the flowers behind them. It’s the sort of color palette that is either carefully planned or happens naturally when one of you is a happiness guru and the other one of you is Oprah. In…
Kathy Caprino | May 29, 2014 Part of a series on The Happiness – Success Connection In the past eight years, I’ve heard from hundreds of professionals who’ve worked with other career coaches and consultants to no avail. They failed to generate the change or success they wanted, and wasted time, money and energy. I…
Cosmin Gheorghe | May 29, 2014 It was my pleasure to chat today with another true culture change catalyst: Rich Sheridan, Cofounder and CEO at MenloInnovations and author of Joy, Inc. There are four main issues that I take from my conversation with Rich, also reflected in some ways in Arianna Huffington’s latest book, Thrive: 1. Backwardness…
Aine O’Connor | May 2014 How, they asked, was industry to remain profitable if workers were being paid more and working less? Proof was in the proverbial and within a few years they were following suit. Time and again, study after study has proven that shorter working weeks are more productive working weeks. It is…
Andre Cooray | May/June 2014 Everyone has bad days, but if you can’t remember the last time you had a good one or feel like there is nothing to look forward to anymore (other than your next vacation), you might be due for a mental makeover. Sometimes the only thing holding us back from true happiness, good health or reaching our life…
May 12, 2014 | Kira M. Newman for the National Edition When I picked up Shawn Achor’s book Before Happiness, I thought I was reading a book about positivity. It turns out, it’s also a book about success – and I shouldn’t have been surprised. Achor’s famous TED talk explains why our ideas about work…
