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The entire point of ‘want’ as an emotion is to drive human action. ‘Want’ is there to create problem-solving, ingenuity, finding a way. In our brains, a short, precipitous path leads fromI have to have this to There has to be a way to get it. And that means wanting creates access to hope.

To be clear, the shortness of this path isn’t always a good t... See more

If you want to get your boss - or anyone in your workplace, or life - to start doing things differently, there’s a really simple way of doing it in a relatively risk-free way. The trick? You need to position it as an experiment.

As soon as you take away the pressure for something to solve all of our problems overnight, or be a permanent move that’s... See more

There are three areas of your job that can be improved using job crafting:

Tasks: Actively deciding to take on more or fewer tasks to increase how you feel about your job.

Relationships: Altering interpersonal relationships by leaning into some and decreasing others to improve your work environment.

Cognitive: Changing the way you think about your job... See more