For most of us, we’ve had to ask for permission our entire lives. Beginning with our parents or caregivers, then our teachers and professors, and from there our superiors in the workplace. Asking for permission in our day-to-day seems to be the norm, but what happens when it begins to trickle into our personal lives…
Oh my god, you think, your stomach turning. Why in the world did I do that? We’ve all made a bad decision before. You know the feeling—in the moment, it seems like you made the right call. But afterward, the impact of your decision sets in, and you realize your judgment was cloudy. Maybe you…
I remember the exact moment I became a scientist. “Stand up, take out a quarter, and we’ll play a game.” I can still hear my Psychology 101 professor speaking. “What are the chances that when you toss that quarter, it’ll be ‘heads’ 10 times in a row?” he asked, standing in front of 500 students…
The Brain-Gut Connection When we say we knew something in our gut, we’re not just talking metaphorically. Husband-and-wife microbiologists Justin and Erica Sonnenburg, Ph.D.s, run Stanford University’s Sonnenburg Lab, which studies intestinal microbiota, and are the co-authors of The Good Gut: Taking Control of Your Weight, Your Mood, and Your Long-Term Health. As they explain,…
A decade ago, the role of a social media manager might not have even existed. Today, however, almost every company is involved in social media one way or another. A quick look at Google Trends shows the rise in interest in the term “social media manager” over the years, and it seems that people have…
At the start of each year, we are inundated with emails and Instagram posts demanding to know: What are your goals for the new year? We clamor to figure out how to be our best. The gyms are packed and our bookshelves full as we commit to our goals, repeating in our heads, This year will be different. But…
We are all in this thing called life together, and what a ride we are on! In the middle of the madness and mayhem, the peaks and valleys, the lessons and laughter, and the triumphs and tragedy is the beautiful and complex you. You are the writer of your story and the CEO of your…
Graduation season stirs up a lot of feelings. As a graduate, it’s exciting and scary, and nostalgic for those of us who’ve already walked across the stage. And whether you’re the one graduating or already deep into the real world, the life advice that comes out of the ceremony is valuable and inspiring and a…
The old saying, “We don’t know what we like, we like what we know,” is absolutely true. But whether we like it or not, life is full of change, and often, change comes as a result of taking risks. Yet not taking risks in life for fear of discomfort and change often produces a life of…
Annual self-analysis is an essential in the effective marketing of personal services, as is annual inventory in merchandising. Moreover, the yearly analysis should disclose a decrease in faults, and an increase in virtues. One goes ahead, stands still, or goes backward in life. One’s object should be, of course, to go ahead. Annual self-analysis will…