Find your true self in your own expectations
Be true to yourself and don’t live a lie. These are the aphorisms we often hear repeated in our travel through life’s challenges. But, what is true of…
Category: Personal Development
Self-improvement hacks to try in 2025
* Celebrate your mistakes — really. Everyone goofs up, but even big mistakes are rarely as catastrophic as they might seem. Instead of panicking when you…
When you’re late, ask yourself why
Tardy people always have their reasons, but the price of being late can be high. It’s the traffic, the weather, a broken alarm. Your dog is sick. You name…
It’s learning, practice, not talent, that brings success
Talent is overrated. That is the conclusion of legions of experts and research, into why people are successful. What counts isn’t necessarily the genetic…
How to develop a resilient personality, and bounce back quickly
Resilience is the ability to overcome adversity and to deal with stressful and difficult circumstances. The most resilient people recover from traumatic…
The profound power of awe
That moment when you see it. Something so vast, so sublime, so unexpected. That’s awe, when you experience a sense of transcendence and wonder. Awe can…
Update your information: What’s new?
January is a good time to consider changes that may have occurred in your life during the past year. The human resources department reminds us that it’s…
Try these great biographies
Biographies are more than just books about people who did interesting things. A well-written biography can remind us that legendary figures really were…
Should you fake it till you make it?
Fake it till you make it is an old and ubiquitous sentiment for a reason — a lot of the time, it just works. But it’s not the right approach for every…
Good intentions can create unexpected incentives
If you are looking for clues that explain human behavior, consider the effect of incentives. In a possibly apocryphal story from India under British…