Total Brain Blog

The Hard Data on Self-Love and Why It Leads to Success

Whether we’re high power execs or stay-at-home moms, self-criticism is a tendency that many people have. In fact we often think of self-criticism as key to self-improvement. We ...
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6 Tech Tips to Avoid the Facebook Funk

Does texting or using Facebook and Twitter to connect with others make you feel better or worse? It probably depends. Fortunately, scientists are diving into this question and ...
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Selfies or Selfless? The 6 Top Habits of the Happiest (and Most Successful) Social Networkers

Have you ever found yourself on a vacation, a date, or a great party with friends and family you love when suddenly, out of the blue, and for no good reason, you develop an ...
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Why You're More Emotionally Intelligent on the Phone: We Read Voices Better Than Faces

In workplaces and families across the world, communication has gone online. We send endless emails; we video chat rather than travel across town to meet. Actually sitting down and ...
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Six Mindfulness Tips for Working From Home

As we continue to practice social distancing in response to concerns related to COVID-19 (coronavirus), many of us have shifted our daily commutes into the office to a quick ...
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The Unexpected Benefits of Compassion for Business

Managers often mistakenly think that putting pressure on employees will increase performance. What it does increase is stress—and research has shown that high levels of stress ...
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In a Difficult Conversation, Listen More Than You Talk

When Jared walked into a meeting to discuss a new marketing approach for a product, the conversation didn’t play out well. Five minutes into the dialogue, the product manager, ...
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Three Ways Social Media Ruins Everything

Social media has completely transformed a range of our life experiences. Consider travel: It’s not just that dodging selfie sticks makes navigating attractions harder, but because ...
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