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.
Hobbies make us happier – so ignore the mockery, and enjoy
It’s a bleak Monday in January, and you have spent half the morning trying to come up with plausible excuses to get out of doing any work. But I have some good news: the key to a happy life – and I know you were wondering about that – is, apparently, spending more time on your Read More...
7 things mindful people do before 9 a.m.
When you're tired and sleep deprived, like many Americans today, mornings can often pass by in a groggy blur. But rushing to work without checking in with yourself is a waste of a precious opportunity. Each morning is a new beginning, and each sunrise brings with it an opportunity for renewal and Read More...
New startup looks at minimizing impact of student loans debt
There’s over $1 trillion in student loan debt in the US shared among 40 million Americans. For many of them it will take years until they’re debt-free. Variables such as the amount loaned and interest rate have a different impact on the financial future of these young professionals. To give Read More...
5 ways faking confidence leads to authentic happiness
When you know what you’re doing and where you’re going, you carry yourself more assertively and, as a result, attract better opportunities. And it seems, even when you don’t know what you’re doing, when you ethically fake it by acting overconfident, so you still achieve Read More...
The power of solitude
Reginald A. Ray studied Buddhism as a divinity student at the University of Chicago, and in 1968, when he read Chögyam Trungpa’s Born in Tibet, he realized Buddha-dharma could be more than an intellectual pursuit. He met Trungpa Rinpoche two years later, and offered to drop out of Read More...
There's a man living on Bitcoin for 3 years - and he loves it!
Olaf Carlson-Wee started living on Bitcoin in 2013 when he got his new job at the Bitcoin startup Coinable. His salary is paid in the digital currency via a conversion from an agreed amount in dollars. Although he uses Bitcoin to pay for his expenses, the transactions aren’t always direct. Often Read More...
Female leaders might have prevented the financial crisis
A new book by Jay Newton-Small suggests women traders would not have taken the same risks and could have avoided the crisis. Several studies have established that high levels of testosterone lead to more risk-taking actions (such as the financial bubbles of Wall Street). It’s also known that the Read More...
Rich countries are the happiest when there's more equality
It is often said that money doesn’t bring happiness. However a new study by the London Business School and the University of Virginia says that’s only partly true. As it happens, the findings show that people in richer countries are happier but only when there’s more equality. That´s the Read More...
3 mindset shifts that will make you a better leader
There is no doubt the practice of mindfulness is one of the key skills you, as a leader, must master if you are going to be credible moving forward. Being able to be open-minded, dispense with fixed, or limiting beliefs and use emotionally intelligent practices is becoming apparent as key Read More...
This simple mindfulness tip will get you through your long work day
Whether you have too many tasks on your plate or you're dealing with a particularly difficult personality, keeping your cool at work can seem like an insurmountable task. Before you burst into tears over the photocopying machine wondering how you will ever get everything done, try this quick and Read More...