With spring cleaning season bearing down on us, we’ve been discussing a variety of “methods” that can help anyone clean up their home, even when you’re just not up for it, you can’t get past how overwhelming it is, or you are easily distracted.
In September 2020, journalist Stacey Duguid returned from fashion month to her London rental and realised that she had two choices. Either she told the truth to her almost 25,000 followers on Instagram, or she deleted social media altogether. 'I thought to myself, I’m living a lie here.
From reframing the way you divide up your day to improving the way you brush your teeth, get inspired by these easy-to-start habits requiring minimal effort to maintain, worth starting anytime.
Whether you feel their critique is valid or completely out of left field, this is how to productively handle the discussion.
As social norms relax, new behaviors can pop up to take their place. This is an edition of The Wonder Reader, a newsletter in which our editors recommend a set of stories to spark your curiosity and fill you with delight. Sign up here to get it every Saturday morning.
Hobbies are much more important than many people think. They aren't just fun things we like to do; they give us a way to take control of our time. They also have a range of mental health benefits -- from a sense of accomplishment to improved mood to redirecting negative thoughts.
When washing towels—or anything else, for that matter—you only need two tablespoons of laundry detergent per load. “It sounds counterintuitive,” says Richardson, “but people get crunchy towels or towels that smell sour or musty because they use too much detergent.
Intentionally follow these five tenants of success, and see where it leads you. While habits are repeated behaviors, beliefs are repeated thoughts. Mastering both are critical to your success as an entrepreneur.
It's hard to change habits. We all know that.
Our go-to, well-meaning replies to layoff news is usually something along the lines of “Please let me know how I can help,” but how many times have you said that to someone and not heard back from them again? When you’re going through a layoff, it can be hard to know what you need—and even h
I became a college professor because I love to talk. As an undergraduate some 50 years ago, I found that my mind wandered during lectures and even during smaller conventional classroom courses. I only became engaged in seminars where everyone was encouraged to talk.
If you find yourself experiencing periods of stagnation professionally or personally, it might be time to evaluate your mindset and reframe your focus.
As a business leader, your success or failure depends on your ability to influence and lead others--to get them to do what you want and need them to for the good of your organization.
It’s no secret that we’re obsessed with happiness. After all, the “pursuit of happiness” is even enshrined in the Declaration of Independence. But happiness is fleeting. How can we find it and keep it alive?
After an unusually difficult week at work, I shared with a friend the impact on my team and me. I was expecting compassion, or at least sympathy. My friend is warm and kind, and he knows the pressures of leading an organization. So I was surprised when he offered me neither.
One recent day as an arctic blast hit New England, I was at a campus meeting discussing how best to spend a grant some professors had received for educational development in STEM fields.
Are you good at conversation? If you're careful not to interrupt and you don't try to top every story with a better story, you're already better than most people. You're avoiding some of the common bad habits that can make you a bad conversationalist.
There are many ways to understand if someone is not honest with you. The following signs do not even require words and are all nonverbal queues. Telling lies in professional settings leads to a myriad of troubles in the workplace.
The pandemic proved that remote work can work—and while companies are increasingly requiring a return to office, nearly 17 million Americans in 2022 considered themselves “digital nomads” who work and travel at the same time. That’s a 131% increase over the pre-COVID era.
Professor of Apocalypse: The Many Lives of Jacob Taubes by Jerry Z. Muller. Princeton University Press, 656 pages. 2022. In the early 1950s, the internationally wandering rabbi, sociologist, and philosopher Jacob Taubes was pranked by his colleagues at Harvard.
Every successful person I know tends to be more charismatic than most; that leadership attribute helps them influence and persuade other people. Or maybe they just know when they are at their most charismatic.
Two new books, Jenny Odell’s Saving Time and Pooja Laksmin’s Real Self-Care, offer a framework for thinking about the world beyond capitalism. If you buy something from a Vox link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement.
You meet someone while on vacation. Sparks fly. You know you’re not going to date forever, but you want to enjoy the time you have together: This is an example of expiration dating. In theory, it sounds pretty good—you both enter a consensual relationship knowing that it won’t last.
This short sentence is a koan. It was one of the first I was given when I began what is called koan practice as part of my work with Zen Buddhism. As with all the other koans I had encountered up to this point, my first response was simply, “Excuse me?” followed by laughter.
When you meet someone--a potential customer, investor, employee, or just someone you'd like as a friend--wouldn't it be great if you could make them like you right away? And even better, if they also remembered you more than other people? There's a simple way to make both things happen: Pay them unc