Leadership & Career

3 Easy tips everyone can do! Photo by Windows on Unsplash During their training, medical residents learn countless techniques, surgeries, and procedures that they’ll later use to save lives. Being able to remember these skills can quite literally be a matter of life and death. With this in mind, a 2006 research study took a class of […]

Photo by Nathan Dumlao on Unsplash The Impact of Friendly Messages Do you know how a very friendly message can lift your mood for the day? Sometimes we receive a quick message here and there, and we think that its time is ruined; however, in the world that we are all living in, we need to

How to Talk to Strangers Photo by Priscilla Du Preez 🇨🇦 on Unsplash That can be a rewarding experience all by itself — especially when that person is exceptionally reticent. The Ping Pong Method, one of my favorite conversation techniques to share, is a way of framing an interaction in which both people feel natural, and the conversation

Life is often said to be a tightrope, and few of us feel that the wonderfully tilted scale of recognition tips more decisively toward mistakes than accomplishments. That’s what gives a certain resonance to the old saying: ‘When I did a hundred things right, nobody clapped their hands for me, but the minute I did

For any given middle-class family today, promising that living ‘loan-free’ is nearly impossible sounds almost utopian. That’s because living with debt — whether it be from student loans, a mortgage, or perhaps a few credit cards — can make borrowing money feel like an inevitable fact of life. But is this the case? Was it always this way? And

From a young age, we are taught what it means to ‘succeed’. We are conditioned to win our parents’ approval and achieve the approval of teachers, peers, and the wider society. But success is so personal. No one else declares their own success except you. When I first started writing on Medium a friend asked

As your morning alarm goes off, you groggily wonder, “Why did I set it so early?” While brushing your teeth, you ponder, “I could use a haircut… or maybe not?” Hurrying out the front door, you reach for your keys, only to realize they’re missing. With frustration bubbling up, you exclaim, “I can’t seem to

10 Easy tips for the discovery Photo by Jametlene Reskp on Unsplash What if you didn’t need a lie detector? What if your knowledge of psychology and human behavior was enough to tell if people were telling the truth? Some people are inherently born with the ability to spot a liar. Others study and practice for

In a society where financial success often feels like a pipe dream, some people appear to attract money like a magnet. By avoiding the ‘get rich quick’ schemes and escaping the luck of the lottery, becoming a millionaire can be achieved. If you believe the saying, it’s never about what you have, but what you