If you frequently experience impatience and have high expectations for yourself and others that are causing problems, practicing forbearance could help.
Some people are too easily triggered by the emotions of those close to them, causing them to push hard to fix the other rather than provide what they need.
Belonging means there’s a place for us at the table, but when we matter to the others around the table, it means that they are grateful for our presence and value what we bring.
What can be guessed about you from your online behavior? Two computer privacy experts — economist Alessandro Acquisti and computer scientist Jennifer Golbeck — on how little we know about how much others know.
Emotional attunement is an unconscious process by which loved ones attune their emotions and bodily rhythms to each other. They feel each other, like musicians in a duet.
Shared fictions — in the form of news, religions, novels, sports, money, even brands — fill our lives, but that’s OK. It’s these shared beliefs that have helped humans cooperate and conquer the planet, explains historian Yuval Harari.
We entrust teachers with the world’s most important job: educating our kids, says researcher and dean Gregg Garn. So why aren’t we paying and treating them in a way that shows they’re valued?
Culture defines any business, yet it’s also one of the hardest things to manage. In this extract from her TED Book, Margaret Heffernan describes the important, often-overlooked element necessary to build an effective, efficient organization: social capital.