Following up from my recent post "Positivity is in the House," I'm excited to kick off ten weeks of positivity practice based on Dr. Barbara Fredrickson's book Positivity: Top Notch Research Reveals the Upward Spiral That Will Change Your Life.Each week we are going to learn ways to "broaden and build" upon positive emotions, Dr. [...]
Invariably, we all know "that" person, be it a colleague, a family member, a friend. It's the person who sucks the life out of the room, who bursts the balloons, and who simply drags us down. Recall Rachel Dratch's character "Debbie Downer" on SNL. Let's be real, life isn't all sunshine and it is important [...]
I work in a big tower in the heart of the Financial District in New York City. I ride up and down the elevator numerous times throughout the day. On most of my trips, there is invariably one, two, three people on their phones during the ride . You have to ride a specific elevator [...]
