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Why Not Celebrate Someone Like YOU this International Women’s Day?

"International Women’s Day should be a celebration of ALL women, but every year it becomes a celebration limited to women who can showcase significant accomplishments." ...

Are Fears of Saying “No” Overblown?

"People tend to assume others will react poorly when an invitation isn’t accepted. But they’re relatively unaffected when someone turns down an invite they’ve extended." ...

The Curious Joy of Being Wrong

"Relationships improve when people are intellectually humble. Research has found that intellectual humility is associated with greater tolerance toward people with whom you disagree." ...

About a Third of Employees Have Faced Bullying at Work: How to Recognize and Deal with It

"Bullying behaviors range from verbally insulting or socially excluding someone to sabotaging the victim’s work, inflicting psychological terror, and engaging in sexual abuse or physical aggression." ...

Social Media Drains our Brains & Impacts Our Decisionmaking

"Our brain has limited resources and it can also be taxed if we try to do too many things at once and once those resources are depleted, there are usually negative consequences." ...

Being Homeless means Not Being Free: As Americans are Supposed to Be

"Whether a homeless person has a place to sleep or whether they are arrested for sleeping somewhere without permission is completely determined by the wishes of others." ...

Your Mental Dictionary is Part of What Makes You Unique

"The next time you have a conversation with someone, take a moment to reflect on why you chose the specific words you did. Remember that the words you use and the mental dictionary you have are part of what makes you and your voice unique." ...