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The Power of Acknowledgment - Another Reason to Love Thanksgiving

Can you remember how good it feels when someone tells you how wonderful you are, or when you receive an unexpected thank-you gift in the mail? But, how can we sustain those feelings of happiness longer and more consistently on our own. Author Judith Umlas says we can actually have those feelings more abundantly when we make a point to acknowledge others. Studies show why it is beneficial for us to give positive acknowledgment to our fellow human beings.

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'What Addicts Know': Realizations From Recovery That Can Help Us All

In his new book What Addicts Know: 10 Lessons from Recovery to Benefit Everyone, Christopher Kennedy Lawford writes, I've dealt with a wide variety of individuals afflicted with the disease of addiction, and in my estimation they are the most interesting, fascinating, and gifted people I've come across. Yet, they are also the most challenging. Addicts are deviously manipulative and self-absorbed. Their illness causes suffering and pain for themselves, their loved ones, and the rest of society. Yet from their struggle comes an opportunity for all.

Don't Be Afraid to Fail

A list of famous celebrities who failed before they succeeded appeared in the Wall Street Journal some 20 years ago. From their stories comes the moral, 'Don't worry about failure.'

On Their Own: Musings From an Empty Nester

This morning a baby bird fell out of its nest just outside the window that is near my desk. My mind wandered to images of my youngest son, a college freshman. Was this child ready to leave the nest or did I rush him out?

Is Shyness an Evolutionary Tactic?

Shyness and introversion — or more precisely, the careful, sensitive temperament from which both often spring — are not just normal. They are valuable. And they may be essential to the survival of our species.

GE Is Going Green

The CEO of America's biggest corporation did something astonishing this week: He staked his company's future on its ability, in his words, "to define the cutting edge in cleaner power and environmental technology." The greening of General Electric was announced by its chief executive, Jeffrey Immelt. He said that by 2010, GE would double its […]