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Avoid the Envy Trap
Life Lessons, Mindfulness, Relationships | 11 COMMENTS | February 5, 2013
We were sitting around a table, talking about someone we all know, who is very successful in our field. Instinctively, I started in. "He's incredibly full of himself," I said. "And kind of a phony." One of my colleagues, a great mimic, did a spot-on imitation of the way this fellow speaks. We laughed uproariously. The Greek chorus chimed in and piled on. A dig here. A jab there.
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Tony Schwartz
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What If You Could Truly Be Yourself at Work?
Emotional Needs, Mindfulness, Practices, Relationships | 4 COMMENTS | January 23, 2013
For two years now, we have been holding regular "community" meetings at our office to give team members an opportunity to check in about how they're doing, not just professionally but also personally. Each person answers several questions beginning with a deceptively simple one: "How are you feeling today?"* The rest of us simply listen.
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Tony Schwartz
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Can spending money the right way increase happiness?
Emotional Needs, Relationships, TBYL | COMMENTS | September 10, 2010
To stay in the vein of Tony Schwartz' Dylan Ratigan appearance this week, talking about the correlation between income and happiness, I decided to discuss the recent findings that the only area of consumption that leads to happiness is around leisure activities. Forget the new cell phone, the new car, or the new hand bag. Want to be happy? Take a trip or go to the opera.
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Emily Pines
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The Energy Coach: Robert: Who is this stranger I'm living with?
Energy Coach, Relationships, Spiritual Needs | COMMENTS | August 9, 2010
Meet Robert, a managing director at a leading investment bank. Robert is financially successful, has three thriving children,, and is greatly admired professionally. He devotes a significant amount of his personal time to mentoring and recruiting new talent. and he is a loving father. He coaches his children’s’ little league teams and takes them out for breakfast every Saturday morning. He’s also a dutiful son, spending the rest of his free time caring for his ailing father. All around, Robert is a remarkable human being.
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Annie Perrin
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