Two Easy Habits to Fuel Success and Change Your Relationship with the News Thrive Global April 21 2017 Let’s see if this scenario sounds familiar: after hitting the snooze button at least three times, you finally turn to your phone and scroll through your emails. “I Need This ASAP!” they shout at you. Now, you’re…
You Can Improve Your Default Response to Stress Harvard Business Review, Michelle Gielan January 5, 2017 One morning while anchoring The Early Show in New York, one of my coanchors got mixed up and tossed the show to me five minutes before I was slated to appear for my next segment, which was covering breaking news on political…
The Data-Driven Case for Vacation Harvard Business Review, Shawn Achor and Michelle Gielan July 13, 2016 Over the past three years, we have partnered with the U.S. Travel Association to more clearly understand the relationship between well-being and taking time off from work. Our hypothesis has been that without recovery periods, our ability to continue performing at…
The Busier You Are, the More You Need Mindfulness Harvard Business Review, Shawn Achor & Michelle Gielan December 2015 The most forward-looking companies are willing to take risks to achieve greatness. Most leaders give lip service to this idea, but few actually do it. We have worked with banks willing to take on toxic assets…
Consuming Negative News Can Make You Less Effective at Work Harvard Business Review, Shawn Achor & Michelle Gielan September 2015 We’ve known for some time now that hearing negative news broadcasts can have an immediate effect on your stress level, but new research we just conducted in partnership with Arianna Huffington shows how significant these negative…
Make Yourself Immune to Secondhand Stress Harvard Business Review, Shawn Achor & Michelle Gielan September 2015 Over the past decade, we have learned how our brains are hardwired for emotional contagion. Emotions spread via a wireless network of mirror neurons, which are tiny parts of the brain that allow us to empathize with others and…
Don’t let office negativity get you down USA TODAY, Anita Bruzzese February 2012 There’s no worse feeling than arriving at work and immediately being hit with a bucket full of negativity. “I can’t believe I have so much to do. I’ll never get it all done. I’ll probably be fired, and then I’ll lose my…
