1: Happiness researcher Arthur Brooks was interviewing “a young striver” for his book The Meaning of Your Life: Finding Purpose in an Age of Emptiness.

The man struggled to put his feelings into words. “Matter-of-factly, he told me about his virtual job, dating apps, social media friends, and video gaming,” Arthur writes.

“Most of his interview isn’t worth recounting,” he writes.

“But then, flatly, he said this: ‘I feel … continue reading

1: Feeling anxious or overwhelmed? Or, perhaps, a bit too full of ourselves?

The stoic Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius has some advice for us:

“Often think of the rapidity with which things pass by and disappear. . . For substance is like a river in continual flow, and the activities of things are in constant change, and the causes work in infinite varieties; and there is hardly anything which stands … continue reading

1: “I took a call recently from a Cornell hotel-school grad looking for career advice,”  Will Guidara writes in his powerful book Unreasonable Hospitality: The Remarkable Power of Giving People More Than They Expect.

For thirteen years, Will served as General Manager of Eleven Madison Park restaurant in New York City, during which it was named the No. 1 restaurant in the world.

“The first thing he said … continue reading

1: “A lot of leaders are rowing a boat. They’re bringing everyone along with them, and saying, ‘Come follow me,'” Fred Kofman writes in The Meaning Revolution.

“But the way I’ve seen Jeff Weiner (Executive Chairman of LinkedIn) and other great leaders do it, they’ll go and get on a surfboard. They don’t say, ‘Follow me.’ They say, ‘Come join us on this huge wave.'”

What’s the difference … continue reading