Resources

Some people just have it against you. They always get annoyed and criticize your ideas, your dress, the way you talk or walk, and even spread gossip around you.  When you have to deal with […]

We have all met a toxic or negative person in our lives. These people are like the dementors from Harry Potter; they drain the space of all positivity and energy. They often cause a lot […]

We need to talk about your to-do list. Specifically, we need to talk about how many items are on your to-do list. There are the important things, like reminders about work projects or can’t-afford-to-forget personal […]

“All achievements, all earned riches, have their beginning in an idea.” — Napoleon Hill You may have an idea that will change the world as we know it, but did you know that even that […]

Have you ever eaten a compliment sandwich? You know what I’m talking about. Sandwiching a piece of negative feedback between two pieces of unrelated positive feedback—between two compliments. Somewhere, in some corporate training manual or […]

Daniel McGinn is the author of Psyched Up: How the Science of Mental Preparation Can Help You Succeed. McGinn works as a senior editor at Harvard Business Review, where he edits the IdeaWatch and How […]