by James Clear: James Clear is an entrepreneur, weightlifter, and travel photographer in 20+ countries. His website, JamesClear.com is the home of my life’s work and is read by over 200,000 unique visitors each month. As a keynote speaker and panelist he have delivered speeches throughout the US and Europe, to audiences as large as

Ron Friedman Interview on the Surprising Science of Workplace Bliss  – by Jonathan Fields of the Good Life Project Your workplace has a profound impact on not only the quality of your work, but also the quality of your life. Yes, even if you work alone. So, what really matters? We get the surprising answers

The Spheres of Control inventory, or SOC-3, measures the degree to which people perceive control over three spheres of life – personal achievement, interpersonal relations and social & political institutions. Someone might be high in personal control but low in interpersonal and socio-political control, for example.  Any other combination is possible, although Personal Control is

VIDEO: Flow, Focus, and Optimal Work Habits Interview by Benoit Foucher, “Coach for Crazy Men”, with George Kao. Benoit interviewed George Kao who is well-known for career/work/life balance training, about how to work with both intensity and relaxation, productivity without too much stress, and prioritizing goals.They talked about daily habits for optimal joy and productivity

by Laura W. Geller for Strategy + Business Magazine: The Darden School of Business professor describes a new framework for predicting conflict outcomes. You know the types. There’s the office yeller, intimidating others with vitriolic rant. There’s the passive-aggressive underminer, nodding assent but then dragging her feet. There’s the colleague who gets angry over a

by Eric J. McNulty for Strategy + Business Magazine Mr. McNulty is the Director of Research at the National Preparedness Leadership Initiative and writes frequently about both leadership and resilience. “Leadership,” as we most often use the term, is not universal; it is an Anglo-Saxon concept dating to Carlyle’s Great Man Theory in the 19th