Lifestyle
Alongside taking care of other people and the planet, make sure you take good care of yourself. The Lifestyle section at the Optimist Daily has solutions for everyday wellbeing on topics like food, beauty, fashion, and the latest trends. Curious about caring for houseplants, eating plant-based, or parenting tips? It’s all in there.
Nature is the best business consultant
From The Intelligent Optimist Magazine Summer 2016 Nature provides the principles for sustainable business, but a fear-and-greed-driven mindset obstructs us from running business naturally. Why the “whole brain state” is essential to sustainability. By Rob Williams Photography: Bruce Read More...
This app lets you buy on-demand insurance for single items
As we wrote above, the Internet transforms entire industries. Here's a good example. In the past, you could buy one comprehensive for all your valuables. But that doesn't make much sense when you only want to insure one expensive item. That’s why Australia-based insurance company Trōv has Read More...
Happiness research shows the biggest obstacle to creativity is being too busy
From Vincent Van Gogh on through Kanye West, the figure of the broody, tortured artist looms large in the popular imagination. But research suggests that the key to creativity has little to do with angst. In researching my book The Happiness Track, I found that the biggest breakthrough ideas often Read More...
France bans extremely thin, unhealthy, models in advertising
All too often do we see fashion advertisements that use dangerously-thin models to show off new products. Not only can this lead to poor self-esteem among young people exposed to these images, but it also sets an unrealistic, unhealthy standard for how a body show look. To put a stop to these Read More...
Take this Mini with a roof tent on your next road trip
This innovation makes sense but some car company had to be the first to implement it. Introducing the Mini with a roof Read More...
Just 10 minutes of meditation helps anxious people have better focus
Just 10 minutes of daily mindful meditation can help prevent your mind from wandering and is particularly effective if you tend to have repetitive, anxious thoughts, according to a study from the University of Waterloo. The study, which assessed the impact of meditation with 82 participants who Read More...
Cryptocurrency all-time highs reveal how blockchain is transforming our world
Both Ether and Bitcoin prices are trading at a record high right now, and no one is entirely sure what is happening in the world of cryptocurrency that’s pushing this surge. According to the Coindesk price index, bitcoin peaked today, May 1, at $1,444. That high represents an increase of Read More...
Some of the world's biggest pension funds warm to India's solar power ambitions
India is planning $100 billion in investments in solar energy in the next five years. These plans are attracting interest from some of the world's biggest pension funds, seeking long-term returns on green Read More...
Upworthy’s quest to engineer optimism for an anxious age
The world finds itself in an age saturated with anxiety—at least, that’s the sense created by the daily deluge of news portraying a grim present of economic hardship, global tensions, terrorism, and political upheaval. The five-year-old site Upworthy doesn’t want you to see the world that Read More...
Why you should take a relaxing lunch break
I know the importance of breaks in a workday. The science clearly shows that taking a cognitive timeout helps us to work better and feel better, and personal experience confirms that. But, still… Like many Americans, I sometimes find myself working right through lunch. I get lost in my work, or I Read More...