Thinking of New Year's Resolutions?
Ben Franklin's approach to personal development.read more (Source: Psychology Today Work Center)
Source: Psychology Today Work Center - December 29, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Diane Dreher, Ph.D. Tags: Happiness Self-Help Work ben franklin goals new year ' s resolutions positive psychology values virtues Source Type: news

Why Vulnerability Will Make You More Successful in 2015
The Surprising Science of Vulnerability & How It Increases Your Professional Successread more (Source: Psychology Today Work Center)
Source: Psychology Today Work Center - December 29, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Emma M. Seppälä, Ph.D. Tags: Happiness Social Life Stress Work authenticity empathy employee engagement kindness leadership sensitivity success vulnerability Source Type: news

Should I Bother With Resolutions?
An internal debate about New Year’s resolutions, especially about weight and jobread more (Source: Psychology Today Work Center)
Source: Psychology Today Work Center - December 29, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Marty Nemko, Ph.D. Tags: Health Self-Help Work finding a job job hunt job search resolutions weight-loss Source Type: news

Worn Out? Seven Thoughts That Keep You from Taking a Break
You know that you could really use a break.You’re frustrated and irritable. Your energy levels are low. Everything feels like a chore. Yet you can’t seem to allow yourself to take any time off. What kinds of thoughts might be getting in the way of your taking a rest? Here are seven possible culprits. read more (Source: Psychology Today Work Center)
Source: Psychology Today Work Center - December 27, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Julie J. Exline, Ph.D. Tags: Self-Help Spirituality Stress Work break Negative Thoughts rest sabbath workaholism Source Type: news

How to Develop a Habit
A 3-step process: strategy to rule to habit.read more (Source: Psychology Today Work Center)
Source: Psychology Today Work Center - December 26, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: David D. Nowell, Ph.D. Tags: Procrastination Self-Help Stress Work ADHD Source Type: news

False Positives
We tend to assume the opposite of a negative is a positive. The opposite of unemployment, for example, is employment. But it turns out the relationship between the two is more peculiar than that.read more (Source: Psychology Today Work Center)
Source: Psychology Today Work Center - December 26, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Ken Eisold, Ph.D. Tags: Behavioral Economics Media Social Life Stress Work discouraged workers. obscuring employment unemployment rates Source Type: news

The Plague of Modern, Mechanized, Multi-culltural Life
Plagues, like mechanization, modernization, and multi-culturalism, isolate individuals in ways comparable to autism.read more (Source: Psychology Today Work Center)
Source: Psychology Today Work Center - December 26, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Christopher Badcock, Ph.D. Tags: Autism Psychiatry Social Life Work albert camus alienation Defoe modern society multi-culturalism plagues privatization The Plague Source Type: news

Top 5 Reasons People Are Unhappy at Work
Annual surveys of workers tell us that job satisfaction has been on a continual and gradual decline since the 1980s. Less than half of U.S. workers say they are satisfied with their jobs. What are the top reasons for unhappiness at work?read more (Source: Psychology Today Work Center)
Source: Psychology Today Work Center - December 24, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Ronald E. Riggio, Ph.D. Tags: Happiness Health Work bullying compensation dissatisfaction with pay employee engagement job satisfaction work engagement workplace bullying Source Type: news

An Eye For Talent
How well does the peer-review system serve science? read more (Source: Psychology Today Work Center)
Source: Psychology Today Work Center - December 23, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jesse Marczyk Tags: Media Psych Careers Sport and Competition Work Source Type: news

Holiday Hysteria and Hijacks: The Truth about an EI Holiday
If we are so Emotionally Intelligent how come we don’t show at the holidays? It is time to get REAL with our holiday experience. Why is it that so often the holiday season leaves us with DIRE results: feeling empty, unfulfilled or even depressed and we become our worst self?read more (Source: Psychology Today Work Center)
Source: Psychology Today Work Center - December 23, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Relly Nadler, Psy.D..,M.C.C. Tags: Resilience Self-Help Stress Work Holiday stress - four reasons Source Type: news

The 100 Best Jobs. Is Yours On the List?
The U.S. News publishes a listing of the best jobs each year based on salary, job security, and potential for work-life balance. What are the top jobs in the U.S., and where is your job on the list? read more (Source: Psychology Today Work Center)
Source: Psychology Today Work Center - December 22, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Ronald E. Riggio, Ph.D. Tags: Psych Careers Social Life Work employment Jobs occupations top careers top jobs Source Type: news

Should You Change Jobs?
This internal debate may help you decide whether to look for different work.read more (Source: Psychology Today Work Center)
Source: Psychology Today Work Center - December 21, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Marty Nemko, Ph.D. Tags: Resilience Self-Help Work career change change careers change jobs job change Source Type: news

Hack-o-Panic: Not Just for Sony Execs Anymore
Revealing embarrassing emails, memos, salaries, and catty comments is the newest form of torture. Sony execs are feeling the pain, but internal emails from Bill Gates figured prominently in the 1996 Microsoft antitrust trial, and a rude, drunken rant by Mark Zuckerberg is still online. The sense of violation is real for digital victims - act now to avoid being the next.read more (Source: Psychology Today Work Center)
Source: Psychology Today Work Center - December 21, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Thomas P. Keenan, MA, M.Sc., Ed.D Tags: Ethics and Morality Law and Crime Politics Work emails hacking korea panic The Interview Source Type: news

Toward Renewal
As our world spins ever faster, these restorative tips may help.read more (Source: Psychology Today Work Center)
Source: Psychology Today Work Center - December 20, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Marty Nemko, Ph.D. Tags: Happiness Self-Help Stress Work renewal Source Type: news

Bad Leaders Hold Onto Power
There are two sides to leadership. On the positive side, great leaders can inspire others to share a vision and to work together to achieve great things. On the negative side, there are comforts that come with leadership roles including higher salaries, respect, and other perks. So, when someone attains a leadership role, they are reluctant to give it up. read more (Source: Psychology Today Work Center)
Source: Psychology Today Work Center - December 19, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Art Markman, Ph.D. Tags: Politics Work dominating style leadership prestige style Teamwork Source Type: news