compassion

Thought Leaders

These Are the Five Attributes of Highly Successful and Happy People

If you'd like to be happier or more successful this year, then ask yourself if you're truly exuding these five attributes. The happiest and most successful people I know execute on these game-changers exceptionally well.

Leadership

To Create an Enriching Work Environment, Leaders Need to Try This Approach

Let's explore the transformative power of fierce compassion: an approach that blends strength with empathy to foster a purpose-driven, trustful and caring workplace environment.

Starting a Business

Why Aren't You Happy, Even When You Get What You Want? This Founder Teamed Up With the Dalai Lama Himself to Cure Your 'Insatiable' Desire.

Ten Percent Happier founder Dan Harris traveled to India to partner with Tibet's highest spiritual leader on a free program that will help you cultivate a compassionate mindset.

Business Plans

6 Ways Grief Can Transform Your Business and Mindset

Nothing puts things into perspective like the unexpected. Here are six lessons grief has taught me about my work and business.

Leadership

'Corporate America Is Killing Us.' Employees Share Gut-Wrenching Stories That Reveal a Compassion Crisis.

Back at work one week after losing a newborn baby. Fired the day she took her mother off life support. A job offer rescinded because she had to bury her father.

Thought Leaders

How Negative Self-Talk Can Ruin Your Business

Tuning into a gloomy inner voice? One entrepreneur shares how silencing negative self-chatter helped him turn failures into successes.

Business News

You're Less Likely to Be Happy Once You Start Making More Than This Amount, Studies Say

Money doesn't make you a more generous person or buy more happiness, according to researchers.

Business News

How to Develop Extraordinary Resilience

Getting better at bouncing back and pushing ahead, with the help of your difficulties

Leadership

Why Founders Shouldn't Fear Harsh Criticism

A proactive approach to criticism not only shows maturity and a growth mindset; it can head off the panic of unexpected feedback.

Entrepreneurs

Why You Should Embrace Some of That Stress

Not all stress is bad. Here are six ways to use it to your advantage

Business News

3 Observations About Compassion From the Dalai Lama That Could Change Your Approach to Entrepreneurship

When compassion guides how you do business you never have to lie to yourself about whether you're doing the right thing.

Living

16 Characteristics of Critical Thinkers

Intuition is trustworthy after you have probed deeper to gain information and insight.

Life Hacks

16 Mental Shifts for Living a Happier, Wealthier, More Successful Life

Optimists see opportunities that are invisible to pessimists.

Thought Leaders

Develop These 5 Communication Skills to Succeed at Business

Be careful with your words and actions.

Leadership

3 Ways Leadership Has Kept Best Buy Standing Tall While Its Competitors Fell

Entrepreneurs can learn a lot from how Best Buy rebounded after nearly closing its doors during the 2008 recession.