Ray Charles is a small boy around the age of seven who has fully lost his sight, presumably to untreated glaucoma. As he runs inside the door to his family’s small, rustic cabin, he accidentally knocks his foot hard against the bottom of a rocking chair and falls to the floor in pain. He begins … Read more
Real Simple magazine released the surprising results of a recent study about women and time. The magazine, whose goal is “to make life easier every day,” commissioned the study, which revealed women need more free time. The survey, designed for Real Simple by the Families and Work Institute, collected information from more than 3,000 American … Read more
Do you have so many interests that you can’t seem to get anything done? This is the audience to whom Barbara Sher speaks in her book Refuse to Choose. The Big Ideas There are many scanners in this world. A “Scanner” is a person with myriad interests and strong desires to pursue them all, yet has trouble committing … Read more
We live in a generation where both men and women want to pursue their careers and their relationships. “Doing it all” is doable, no doubt, but it is not always a walk in the park. Fortunately, new research has confirmed that taking the pain out of a stressful day can be facilitated by a supportive partner … Read more
The technical definition The hedonic treadmill is a theory that people return to a relatively stationary level of happiness, sometimes considered a happiness “set point.” Although efforts or interventions to improve happiness have a transient effect, individuals inevitably return to their original happiness set point after a short period of time. Huh, what does that … Read more