Not a natural optimist? Use these simple exercises to train your brain to more easily pick out the positive. You know how when you play Tetris for awhile, even after you stop, you can still see those little falling blocks in your mind's eye? Instead it's a reflection of something deeply positive about our brains--their plasticity. Do something nice. MORE >>

About six months ago, I completed a Goenka 10 day silent Vipassana meditation retreat. With some distance, I can say that completing the 10 days of “Buddha bootcamp” has been one of the most rewarding things I’ve ever done. What’s more, most every important accomplishment in life involves allies. Life’s a team sport. love that. No matter. As it is. MORE >>

These ten books changed the business world forever. Thousands of business books are published each year, most of which are destined for the remainders bin. However, there are a handful of business books that have literally changed the world. Here's my list: 10. Fun fact: The current biz-blab terminology for "reengineering" (i.e. Nice, eh? MORE >>

Disagreement is hard and graceful disagreement is an art that you MUST master. Have you been in a situation where:  You want to disagree but you don’t know how the other person will feel so you end up agreeing to something that you don’t buy-in. You want to be a good sport so you go along even if you don’t agree to a proposition. MORE >>

Contrary to popular belief, the multi-billionaire founder of Microsoft is not a visionary, but an executor. Here's how. The popular myth is that Bill Gates is a visionary. He foresaw his MS-DOS operating system as a goldmine, and he tricked IBM, the biggest computer company on earth, into letting him retain the copyright. MORE >>