Book Titles

The problem is that when our survival isn’t literally at stake, the benefits of fight-or-flight are often far outweighed by the costs.

The research is increasingly clear that all emotions are contagious, for better or for worse.

Fear and fury may be a fuel for action, but in most situations they undermine our performance.

To really take in and process critical feedback, it must be delivered by someone who makes us feel safe and who we believe truly has our best interests at heart.

…the research suggests that leaders who operate from anger and negativity literally have the power to make their employees sick.

What sets leaders apart is their disproportionate influence on those they lead, by virtue of their position and power. Whatever they’re feeling reverberates through the workplaces they oversee.

If fitness physically is defined as the speed of recovery, resilience is the speed of recovery emotionally.

It’s in our self-interest to cultivate positive emotions, not just because they make us feel good but also because they fuel more productivity and effectiveness across all dimensions of our lives.

…we’re biologically wired to sense danger. The result is that we notice what’s wrong with our lives far more readily than we do what’s right.

Numerous studies suggest that losing something makes us far unhappier than acquiring the same thing makes us happier.