As I have written countless times, I'm not a big fan of New Year's Resolutions. I believe in making small changes all year long, which I have written about here and in my book, and have talked about in many presentations. I recently read an article in Fast Company called,…
There has been a lot of talk about ultraprocessed foods. Their consumption is linked to health risks like obesity and heart disease. A recent Wall Street Journal article gave some good suggestions for cutting back on ultraprocessed foods, which can be hard to do, considering they make up about 55%…
Eating well is a major challenge for most people. You may have heard about a recent report indicating that American adults and kids over age 1 get more than half of their daily calories from ultra-processed foods.. A New York Times article shared a bunch tips from nutrition experts on how to…
Early this year, I attended funerals and/or paid condolence calls regarding six people who passed away in a two-month period. Fortunately, most of them were people in their 90s who had lived good, long lives. But, one was someone my age. It wasn’t someone I was close to, but he…
During the early part of my career, I adopted several mantras to help me get through stressful work situations. One of my favorites was, “This, too, shall pass,” which I would say to myself when I had a major deadline approaching. It’s quite powerful, because it’s true when it comes…
As someone who has written and spoken countless times on making habits that stick, I was very interested in this piece in the Wall Street Journal: The New Science on Making Healthy Habits Stick. And, of course, January is a famous time for making, or attempting, to make new habits.…
I loved reading this brief article last year, which told about research showing staying optimistic and maintaining a positive outlook can directly extend the length of your life. The 30-year study followed 1,200 elderly people who were born in 1920 or 1921. The researchers analyzed their health, ability to function,…
Earlier this year, I wrote a post about venting rarely being good for us. A key line from that post, which I learned from Arthur Brooks, is anger has a honeyed tip and a poisoned root – meaning, sometimes it feels good to vent (the honeyed tip), but it almost…
Last year, I listened to a podcast interview with Eric Adams, who has now become New York City’s mayor. As has been the case across the U.S. during the pandemic, crime in New York City has gone up. Adams is focusing on that issue. He explained in the interview his…
In order to keep up with current events, I look at three newspaper apps every morning, listen to one news app, and read one newsletter. Each afternoon, I read two newsletters, one of which is Dave Pell's Next Draft. Pell published a book last year, Please Scream Inside Your Heart:…
The fourth of my “Six Simple Rules” is “Be Organized,” and a To-Do list is one of my keys to staying organized. I’ve written about to-do lists in my book and more than once in the blog, such as here. I’ve also written that one of the secrets to my…
I’m a big fan of Arthur Brooks. I have seen him speak, I have read his columns, I have listened to his podcast episodes, and I have written about him here. Brooks had a podcast called How to Build a Happy Life and on the first episode, “Manage Your Feelings,…
