Employees were merely tolerated, rather than welcomed

Decisiveness is the antidote to regret. If our organization wants to move forward on a committed path, then we need to stop micro optimizing ourselves into oblivion and take action. We need stop engaging in this neurotic battle with our transitory illusion of perfection and ship something out the goddamn door. We're not having another meeting. There will be no more touching base, circling back, syncing up or getting on the same page. We don't need another round of edits....

People's inability to take care of their own health and wellbeing is baffling to me. If people are deeply impressed with themselves for doing basic grown up tasks like staying home from work when they're sick and spending real money on the things that their bodies need, that's not an achievement that deserves public affirmation. It's called being a mature adult. People have been doing it for centuries. There was a study done recently that interviewed two thousand people in...

he sanity tax is a minor cost that’s disproportionate to the massive value we get in return.It’s when we pay a little bit more, in money or time or effort or energy, more to get what we need. Rather than settling for less out of guilt, pride, consistency or frugality.Like spending a hundred bucks on an air conditioning unit for our bedroom, so we don’t sleep in a puddle of our own sweat all summer. Doesn’t that seem worth every...

Shakespeare wondered if a rose by any other name would smell as sweet. Well, one psychological study from the seventies argued that it would not. Researchers were curious about the effects of labels on candidates during job interviews, so here's what they did. Half the participants were labeled as applicants, while the other half were labeled as patients. After watching the videotape, clinicians were asked to complete a questionnaire evaluating the interviewees. And believe it or not, when one of the interviewees...

Meditation teachers often give a warning to their new students. For the first year of your practice, don’t tell anyone you’re doing it. If you feel the need to tell others you’re meditating and how much it’s changing your life, then you’re missing the point. That warning makes me so happy. It’s exactly the approach we should take to personal growth. Because if the work we’re doing on ourselves is having a real impact, then people will know. Authentic growth...