In Support of an Email-Free Vacation
15 September 2015
Allison read Vacation Sabotage: Don't Let it Happen to You! by Matt Richtel and celebrated another email-free vacation. She’s on a mission to help more people take a break from email. Could you be the next one?
Is the Happiness Movement Hype?
8 September 2015
Allison read Happiness Isn’t the Absence of Negative Feelings by Jennifer Moss on HBR.org and appreciated some important reminders from an adherent to the happiness movement.
Creative Activity
1 September 2015
Geof came across a fascinating study during one of his regular internet searches for creativity and innovation, Benefiting from creative activity: The positive relationships between creative activity, recovery experiences, and job-performance-related outcomes by Kevin J. Eschleman, Jamie Madsen, Gene Alarcon, and Alex Barelka.
Cultivating New Habits
27 August 2015
Janie read Better than Before: Mastering the Habits of Our Everyday Lives by Gretchen Rubin to learn about Rubin’s research on habit formation and, in particular, why some people find establishing habits much easier than others.
Overwork Doesn’t Work So Why Can’t We Stop?
25 August 2015
Allison read The Research Is Clear: Long Hours Backfire for People and for Companies by Sarah Green Carmichael and appreciated an excellent summary of why overwork doesn’t work as well as the writer’s thoughts on why we can’t seem to stop.
