If you’re like me, accolades make you want more accolades. Though responsible for great success and progress, ambition can also cause feelings of worthlessness, mania and anxiety. Neuroscience now explains why, and offers insight on alleviating its adverse effects. Motivation is a neural process that influences avoidance and desire. When dopamine is released to certain areas of the…
DetailsHow HR can help prevent the missteps that could cost your company big in court. Everyone makes mistakes. But few folks’ flubs matter more than those of managers, especially to your company’s bottom line. (On the plus side, managers’ mess-ups are often a boon to those of us in the business of employment law.) Even…
DetailsShe got paid to travel, but it’s way more work than you think. Cara Smith spent 10 years of her childhood shuttling between her home in New Jersey and New York, where she performed with the prestigious Young People’s Chorus of New York City. With just one semester left of her five-year program to get…
DetailsFrom the court to the boardroom, these are the traits successful athletes and business leaders share. There are powerful characteristics that are common amongst great athletes and business leaders. These aren’t circled around specific skills like throwing a 60-yard pass or developing a new sales engine for a company, but rather around character traits which…
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