50% Of Our Happiness Set Point Can Be Worked On – Can It?
Happiness is an esoteric concept. A concept we aspire to every single day, yet one that eludes us… Or, does it? Our genetic set point determines 40 per cent of our happiness. A person’s generic set point is determined mostly by heredity and personality traits that a person is born with. Those of us with […]
Stop Obsessing About Workplace Failure: 3 Ways to Build a Safety Net For Your Workers
“Whatever you do, don’t screw up!” “If you drop the ball on this, you’re toast!” “Everything is riding on this presentation. Don’t let us down!” Does this sound like your boss — or like you? Too many managers obsess about the possibility of failure instead of building the safety nets that promote success. They spend […]
4 Ways to Stay Fit at Your Desk
If you work 40 hours a week behind a desk, you understand the pain of staying in shape. After work, it’s nearly impossible to build up the energy to go for a run, and waking up before work is such a chore. However, there are ways to stay fit at your desk without even going […]
Parents, Leaders and Patterns of Transformational Potential: Part 2
Are leaders born or made? Where do our future leaders come from? Most of the research on leadership has been on adult leadership and there has been very little research on the origins of early leadership capabilities in adolescent youth. Although most adults have described that their most important leadership training occurred after they began […]
Parents, Leaders and Patterns of Transformational Potential: Part 1
During my first year of university, I was very intrigued with the concept of a parenting license. This is the idea that people should become parents only if they go through a series of basic training, not only for physical education (sexual health, eating habits, etc.), but for teaching how to foster healthy mental development […]
The Key to Building Great Teams In The Workplace: Psychological Safety
Do you want to grow a team of “Yes Men” or “Yes Women”? These are the people who do what you want them to do—no questions asked. Yes? Stop reading now. No? Then you need to create a psychologically safe environment where they can speak up, ask questions and own up to mistakes.
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50% Of Our Happiness Set Point Can Be Worked On – Can It? - Sharon S. Rajkumar, PhD
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