Be Well, Feel Great
Think jogging is just for health nuts? Results from the Copenhagen City Heart Study have proved that joggers live longer—up to six years longer—than non-joggers. Are you feeling nutty yet? Read More
Category Archives: Life
Lung cancer stays put as the No. 1 cancer killer.
Warning: Smoking may be hazardous to your health. You know that. But a half-century ago, many people didn’t—until the landmark surgeon general’s report on smoking and health was published in January 1964. Read More
Increase your chances of success by changing your mindset.
In setting a self-improvement goal, strategic assessment of your chances of success can be a huge motivator, says philosopher Jim Stone, Ph.D., who develops personal productivity software and workshops. Read More
A pair of Los Angeles developers are putting a 29,600-square-foot Contemporary-style mansion on the market in Bel Air with a price tag of $100 million. They’re touting walls of glass for spectacular city and ocean views, a 16-seat home theater, an infinity pool, tennis court, and a wellness center with a massage table that features a pulsating hydro-massage system. The only wrinkle is, it hasn’t been built yet. Ground won’t be broken on the project until spring, and it won’t be completed until some time in 2018. Read More
The world isn’t perfect, but a recent list shows how much progress has been made in the past 100 years. Read More
Bill Gates isn’t just the richest man on earth, he also seems to be the most optimistic.
On Wednesday, he published an essay on the worldwide effort to end poverty by 2030, and he says that he’s very much a believer that it can be done. Read More
Werner Herzog believes that virtual reality is getting ahead of itself. “It looked OK, but you get tired of it fairly quickly,” he told the New Yorkerof watching VR film. “The strange thing here is that normally, in the history of culture … you have the content first, and then the technology follows suit. In this case, we do have a technology, but we don’t have any clear idea how to fill it with content.” Read More
AS PSYCHOLOGIST AMY CUDDY EXPLAINS, WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO EXTINGUISH ANXIETY, BUT WE CAN LEARN TO INTERPRET IT DIFFERENTLY.
Alison Wood Brooks, a colleague of mine at Harvard Business School, also happens to be a talented singer. She’s logged hundreds of hours in front of audiences, and her poise on stage is enviable. As both a performer and a psychologist, Brooks appreciates not only how that kind of poise can make for good leadership, but also how many of us struggle to find it when we’re performing. So she set out to findsome simple changes that might help people overcome their performance anxiety. Read More
In all the billions and billions of planets in our home galaxy, humanity happens to find itself on one perfectly suited for life.
Earth isn’t without its hazards though. The planet has seen five mass extinctions throughout its history, due to cataclysmic disasters like giant asteroids and massive volcanic eruptions. Read More
Walking their dogs, making coffee, scanning their phones in the bathroom–here are the sometimes surprising morning routines of highly successful people.
Hey there. How’s your morning?
Some of the world’s most successful people have routines that they try to stick to every day–and more often than not, they’re willing (even eager) to share them.
It’s sort of a staple of interviews and profiles with high performers to ask them what they eat for breakfast, when they work out, how they handle their first daily ingestion of information — and to what extent they just spend time with their families. Read More
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