Photo credit: iStockphoto.com (Yutthana Gaetgeaw) Daniel Pink, a speaker at the Massachusetts Conference for Women, is one of the best-selling nonfiction authors of the last decade with his books on work, business, and behavior. He joined us recently for a conversation about his latest book, Power of Regret, and what leaders need to know about […]
You Don’t Need to Be Busy to Be Productive. You Need to Be Reflective
Photo credit: iStockphoto.com (Chinnapong) Q: You’ve written that pursuing productivity for productivity’s sake does not lead to satisfaction. In fact, it is diametrically opposed to it. What do you mean? When you are getting things done just to get things done and checking things off the list, most of those things move other people’s agendas […]
Creating a Personal SWOT Analysis for your Career Development
Photo credit: iStockphoto.com (Nastya Bevz) We’ve all heard of a SWOT analysis. One of the most popular ways to analyze a business or when project planning. Some of us may have been exposed to our first professional SWOT analysis in a college course or early into our careers. The whole concept was derived from being […]
3 Ways to Unlock Your Authenticity
Photo credit: iStockphoto.com/portfolio/DamirCudic On the night of the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, the Peabody Award-winning journalist Mariana Atencio had her colorful dress ready to go. Then the phone rang. It was her manager with a message: “Don’t look too Latina.” So, she went to Saks Fifth Avenue and chose a more somber black-and-white dress. Then, […]
What Mental Illness Can Teach Us About Mental Health
Photo credit: iStockphoto.com/portfolio/ThitareeSarmkasat Bryony Gordon is an award-winning journalist, author, and mental health campaigner. She is also candid about her own mental health challenges — and what she has learned from them. The author of five Sunday Times best-selling books, including No Such Thing as Normal, Mad Girl, and Glorious Rock Bottom, recently discussed this […]
How Is Your Heart Health?
Photo credit: iStockphoto.com/portfolio/Craft24 September 29 is World Heart Day, and Boston Scientific’s Close the Gap initiative wants to remind you that nine out of ten women have one or more risk factors for heart disease — and early detection can make all the difference. Close the Gap is a Boston Scientific health equity initiative focused […]
How To Crush Limiting Beliefs That May Be Holding You Back
The subconscious mind is an aggregate of everything perceived in one’s lifetime, which is a lot. Your subconscious mind speaks to you even when you don’t talk back. And how a woman speaks to herself can transform her life. Scientists have found that only 5% of what you do, think, and feel comes from the […]
How to Harness the Superpower Benefits of “Good Anxiety”
Anxiety is a bit like using spices while cooking. Some of it is good, delicious even. Too much? You can ruin a meal – or your day. But the fact that many of us have experienced a bit too much anxiety in recent years can make it easy to forget the benefits of a healthy […]
Don’t Get Burned Out on Burnout!
We’ve heard so much about “burnout” over the past few years, you may feel burned out about the very topic. But burnout – which the World Health Organization describes as a syndrome that results from chronic workplace stress – is not something to take lightly. Preventing or managing burnout is essential to your well-being and […]
Practice These 7 Habits & You’ll Increase Your Odds of Long-term Happiness
Achieving true happiness is both easier and more challenging than many people think. After all, the path to happiness is relatively straightforward. But happiness doesn’t just get showered upon us. The secret, says happiness expert Arthur Brooks, is: If you want to be happy, you need to do the work of putting certain good habits […]