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The study found that people were more likely to binge drink on the days they were in a good mood.
Edwina Preston reflects on the lost art of hanging out – which feeds creativity – and the need to reclaim time from the pressures of productivity. She draws on new books by Jenny Odell and Sheila Liming.
The average person will spend 90,000 hours at work over a lifetime, so you might as well try and enjoy it.
‘Prozac leaders’ believe their own rhetoric that “everything is going well”. But this wishful thinking can quickly contaminate organisations, and has been disastrous during the pandemic.
We’ve got this: parents can build kids’ resiliency in by focussing on what’s going well, maintaining some predictability and order, modelling belief in their own abilities and caring for themselves.
Hope can be acquired. How? Here are some suggestions from an expert.
Although the end of the semester can be a stressful time for students, embracing the stress can help students deal with it better than trying to avoid it, a well-being expert argues.
Preparation. Focus. Positivity. Think like an athlete to win a Christmas medal.
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Professor of Organisational Psychology and Health, University of Manchester
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Lecturer in Sports Psychology, University of Exeter
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Professor of Health and Wellness Studies, Binghamton University, State University of New York
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Emeritus Commonwealth Professor of Psychology, Virginia Commonwealth University
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Distinguished Professor of Leadership and Organisation, Lancaster University
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