This weeks article comes from a reader, Allison Gamble, who read my article on “What’s Good About Work?” and felt I was only telling half the story. Allison has been a curious student of psychology since high school. Her perspective on making the most of time “between jobs” is inspring and an important reminder for […]
Sandye, an old high school friend of mine, recently shared an uplifting true story on Facebook. She was waiting on line for the food service (pizza, hot dogs, etc.) at Costco with her husband and daughter. After waiting what seemed like forever, they finally got up to the front of the line and ordered their […]
Last week, fellow MAPP graduates, Marie-Josee Shaar and Kathryn Britton published their new book: Smarts and Stamina: The Busy Person’s Guide to Optimal Health and Performance. I was honored to have been asked to write the foreword for their book. This week on Psychology of Wellbeing, I share with you the foreword I wrote for them. […]
Research by Amy Wrzesniewski while at the University of Michigan showed that people see their work in one of three very different ways: As a job (a means to earn money for survival or lifestyle,) as a career (an opportunity to learn and grow,) or as a calling (an avenue for personal fulfillment and making […]
September 11, 2001. I was staying at the Pierre Hotel in New York City and woke up just as the first plane was crashing into the tower. I was living in Mexico at the time but had stopped in New York on my way back from somewhere (my memories of whatever was happening the week […]
