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Antifragile Antifragility is a property of systems in which they increase in capability to thrive as a result of stressors, shocks, volatility, noise, mistakes, f Read More ❯

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Baby blues Baby blues are feelings of sadness that you may have in the first few days after having a baby. Up to 4 in 5 new parents (80 percent) have the baby bl Read More ❯ Black swan The psychological biases that blind people, both individually and collectively, to uncertainty and to the substantial role of rare events in historica Read More ❯ Broken heart A broken heart (also known as heartbreak or heartache) is a metaphor for the intense emotional stress or pain one feels at experiencing great loss or Read More ❯ Building “It’s lonely at the top” We’ve all heard this phrase but likely don’t know where it comes from.  My research suggests that it originated in Shakespearean times, though I don’t know for sure. Read More ❯

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Emotional Intelligence The term emotional intelligence was created by two researchers, Peter Salavoy and John Mayer in their article “Emotional Intelligence” in the journal Read More ❯

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Feature Employees are on edge about new managers, with more than a third citing stress about going to the office, a poll shows. Oji Life Labs and Harris Research surveyed more than 2,000 U.S. office-based workers last month who had... Read More ❯

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