Digital Detox
Technology is essential to most people’s working lives. However, the potential for technological overload has created a new type of anxiety that has been referred to as ‘techno-stress’. Techno-stress can arise from many different routes. But what is it and how can we beat it?read more (Source: Psychology Today Work Center)
Source: Psychology Today Work Center - December 5, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Mark D. Griffiths, Ph.D. Tags: Addiction Work information overload Modern stress Overcoming techno-stress Screenagers Technological addiction Technophobia Workaholism. Source Type: news
In Praise of a Double Life
Might you want to do the opposite of your status quo?read more (Source: Psychology Today Work Center)
Source: Psychology Today Work Center - December 5, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Marty Nemko, Ph.D. Tags: Self-Help Work alter ego double life recreation Source Type: news
Gritify Your Life
GRIT's hot. The time has come to advance the conversation and upgrade GRIT. Grok, gauge and grow your GRIT now!read more (Source: Psychology Today Work Center)
Source: Psychology Today Work Center - December 5, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Paul G. Stoltz, Ph.D. Tags: Happiness Resilience Self-Help Work career entrepreneurship grit growth instinct leadership optimal grit robustness success tenacity true grit Source Type: news
How to Find Creative Insights at Work
Sometimes dogged persistence can actually backfire. Here's what you should do instead.read more (Source: Psychology Today Work Center)
Source: Psychology Today Work Center - December 4, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Ron Friedman, Ph.D. Tags: Creativity Work Source Type: news
Why Nice Guys Do Finish First
Is it better to be a “nice” leader to get your staff to like you? Or to be tough as nails to inspire respect and hard work?read more (Source: Psychology Today Work Center)
Source: Psychology Today Work Center - December 3, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Emma M. Seppälä, Ph.D. Tags: Happiness Self-Help Social Life Work agreeableness compassion health kindness leadership workplace workplace culture Source Type: news
Investors Following the Crowd
The wisdom of crowds doesn’t apply to picking stocks.
A new study published in the Journal of Portfolio Management shows that “hot stocks,” those that generate a lot of buzz and, as a result, move a lot, generally do not do well.read more (Source: Psychology Today Work Center)
Source: Psychology Today Work Center - December 1, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Ken Eisold, Ph.D. Tags: Behavioral Economics Cognition Media Social Life Work Investing popular wisdom profits Source Type: news
Wanted: White MBA from Top School
Are you a recent graduate from a top MBA program? Looking to make a big impact on the world? Read on.read more (Source: Psychology Today Work Center)
Source: Psychology Today Work Center - December 1, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Aaron Hurst Tags: Politics Race and Ethnicity Work mba Philippines recent graduates Source Type: news
Getting Hired With a Liberal Arts Degree
How today’s college graduates can beat the odds against finding good employment. read more (Source: Psychology Today Work Center)
Source: Psychology Today Work Center - December 1, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Marty Nemko, Ph.D. Tags: Education Self-Help Work career advice job hunting liberal arts Source Type: news
Pico Iyer on the Art of Doing Nothing
The less time you spend frantically running around, the more productive you are likely to be. It is the pauses in a piece of music that gives the piece its beauty and its shape; always keep pushing forward at full speed, and you end up out of breath.read more (Source: Psychology Today Work Center)
Source: Psychology Today Work Center - November 30, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jennifer Haupt Tags: Creativity Happiness Spirituality Stress Work increasing productivity meditation mental health technology travel Source Type: news
Christmas Party or Christmas Bonus?
Which Is better?read more (Source: Psychology Today Work Center)
Source: Psychology Today Work Center - November 30, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Ronald E. Riggio, Ph.D. Tags: Behavioral Economics Work bonus christmas party employee satisfaction holiday party motivation psychology of bonuses recognition reward team-building Source Type: news
Christmas Party or Christmas Bonus? The Good, Bad, and Ugly
At this time of year employers are trying to decide how to celebrate the holidays. Should they throw a lavish Christmas party, or use the money to give employees Christmas bonuses? Which will have the biggest impact on employees?read more (Source: Psychology Today Work Center)
Source: Psychology Today Work Center - November 30, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Ronald E. Riggio, Ph.D. Tags: Behavioral Economics Work bonus christmas party employee satisfaction holiday party motivation psychology of bonuses recognition reward team-building Source Type: news
Christmas Party or Christmas Bonus? The Good, Bad, and Ugly.
At this time of year employers are trying to decide how to celebrate the holidays. Should they throw a lavish Christmas party, or use the money to give employees Christmas bonuses? Which will have the biggest impact on employees?read more (Source: Psychology Today Work Center)
Source: Psychology Today Work Center - November 30, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Ronald E. Riggio, Ph.D. Tags: Behavioral Economics Work bonus christmas party employee satisfaction holiday party motivation psychology of bonuses recognition reward team-building Source Type: news
Pay Secrecy: Do you know what your work colleagues are paid?
The best predictor of a person's satisfaction with their salary is their perception of its fairness compared to the pay of colleagues. It is not so much about "how much" they get but "comparatively how much" they are paid. Revealing salaries can make previously happy and contented workers extremely angry and disillusioned. So what should employers do? read more (Source: Psychology Today Work Center)
Source: Psychology Today Work Center - November 30, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Adrian Furnham, Ph.D. Tags: Ethics and Morality Work Source Type: news
The Rest Note: An Essential Part of the Music of Life
When taking piano lessons in elementary school, I was introduced to the concept of the rest note—a deliberate interval of silence within a piece of music. In life, too, we need these spaces for rest. If you find yourself getting irritable, indecisive, and inefficient, you’ll probably benefit from a chance to step out of the stream of constant activity.read more (Source: Psychology Today Work Center)
Source: Psychology Today Work Center - November 30, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Julie J. Exline, Ph.D. Tags: Happiness Resilience Spirituality Work break replenishment rest rest note restoration sabbath sleep stress Source Type: news
How Novelists Blunder into Meaning
It’s great fun to create a new world of your own design. Even better for novelists is to discover–during writing and even after publication—how the little details of their creation dovetail in ways they hadn’t imagined.
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Source: Psychology Today Work Center - November 29, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Susan K. Perry, Ph.D. Tags: Cognition Creativity Work coincidence creative writing Kylie ' s Heel longing novel subconscious Susan K. Perry Source Type: news
