Perhaps you’re familiar with the data that family meals are associated with better performance in school, increased self-esteem, and lower rates of anxiety. Parenting expert and professor of economics at Brown University Emily Oster, Ph.D., is certainly not one to knock those correlations, but for her—it’s a bit more nuanced: “It’s hard to separate the…
According to a CareerBuilder survey, of the top 10 productivity killers in the workplace, 7 of them involve too much socializing. If you have coworkers who talk too much, this probably doesn’t surprise you. You’re here, now, because you want to know how to deal with people who talk too much — or how to…
The world is an infinite place. There’s more than enough to go around. But we often catch ourselves going through life feeling bad about ourselves because someone has more … or they’re better … or their life is just different. The Thrive Global Community welcomes voices from many spheres on our open platform. We publish…
Once you realize that focusing on the negative does nothing more than cloud the beauty of the present, only then can you start taking steps toward the life you dream of and deserve. The Thrive Global Community welcomes voices from many spheres on our open platform. We publish pieces as written by outside contributors with…
It will not come as a surprise to anyone that, traditionally, asking for help and guidance in our society was viewed as a crutch. We are so concerned with societal perceptions and seeming independence that we forget that asking for support is a completely normal and healthy part of one’s development in personal life, educational…
It’s Monday morning. The alarm goes off. Do you know how to get motivated at that moment? What’s the first thought that comes to mind when you open your eyes? Are you excited to get up and go to work, or are you dreading the day and week ahead? Whatever your response may be, ask…
We can’t change the past, but we can jump on the path to a new ending. The Thrive Global Community welcomes voices from many spheres on our open platform. We publish pieces as written by outside contributors with a wide range of opinions, which don’t necessarily reflect our own. Community stories are not commissioned by…
Do you feel like you just aren’t making the most of your workday? This nagging feeling that you can do a lot more to optimize productivity? You aren’t alone in feeling like you can do more as studies show that, on average, office workers are only productive for two to three hours a day. Don’t…
The discussion about mental health has evolved a lot in recent years, but addressing this issue in the workplace can still be a “taboo” for many – and that is a big mistake. WHO estimates that mental health disorders cost the global economy $1 trillion a year in lost productivity. That is why it is so important that…
While you may have spent a great deal of time building up your network, you may not know how to utilize that network. Once you have a list of dozens to hundreds of contacts, what do you do with them? If you make a wrong move, you risk losing those new associations, so you should…
