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How To Stay Happy During the Recession

How can we be happy when our investment savings have dwindled, we've lost our job, or your house. The recession has had a negative impact on the lives of many people. Is it possible to be or remain happy?READ»

Brain Calisthenics

We road-test three exercises designed to stretch the imagination.READ»

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Coming Soon: Nontrepreneur Nation

Coming Soon: Nontrepreneur Nation How parenting and education are killing American entrepreneurship and innovation Despite how U.S. students continue to lag far behind those in Singapore, Taiwan, South Korea, Hong Kong, and ...READ»

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Management Wired: What Can Brain Science Tell Us About Leadership?

Research on how the human brain can affect behaviors--called neuroscience, or the popular term, brain science--has yet to be fully appreciated by leaders of organizations. That knowledge could have a significant impact on how leaders are trained and what they do. In the past few decades, Scientists have gained new and more accurate scientific views of human behavior, studying the human brain. Organizational change that takes into account the physiological nature of the brain and ways that predisposes people to resist or cooperate with leaders can be extremely useful for leaders.READ»

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Management Rewired: What CAn Brain Science Tell Us About Leadership?

Research on how the human brain can affect behaviors--called neuroscience, or the popular term, brain science--has yet to be fully appreciated by leaders of organizations. That knowledge could have a significant impact on how leaders are trained and what they doREAD»

Nancy Bauser Social Worker Releases New Book

Nancy Bauser noted social worker in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan is honored by Cambridge Who's Who as she celebrates the release of her new book entitled, Acceptance Groups for Survivors: A Guide for FacilitatorsREAD»

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Why Don't I Feel Better: The Truth About Positive Affirmations and Self Help Books?

"I am successful," "I am a wonderful person," "I will find love again," many other similar phrases that students, the broken-hearted and unfulfilled employees may repeat to themselves over and over again, hoping to change their lives. Self-help books through the ages, from Norman Vincent Peale's The Power of Positive Thinking all the way to the latest, The Secret, have encouraged people with low self-esteem to make positive self-statements or affirmations. New research suggests it may do more harm than good to many people.READ»

How Do You Feel?

"Emotional intelligence" is starting to find its way into companies, offering employees a way to come to terms with their feelings -- and to perform better. But as the field starts to grow, some worry that it could become just another fad.READ»

Change Is a Circus

Ladies and gentlemen! Step right up and direct your attention to the big top! Introducing three daring young change agents who will, before your very eyes, attempt the toughest transformation of all: to get on that trapeze and fly!READ»