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Getting screamed at in the office? Well, if you can’t quit, fight back—on the sly. A study published in the Journal of Personnel Psychology has a suggestion for dealing with a nightmare boss: act passively aggressively. Not only will it make you feel better about yourself, but it’ll make you … Read More
This week, on NPR, neurologist Frances Jensen (author of The Teenage Brain) gave us a phrase we suspect we’ll be seeing a lot more of: dementia of the preoccupied. It’s not a real disorder, but it’s what Jensen calls the frazzled confusion most of us feel day-to-day as a result … Read More
Like my dad always said, “Money doesn’t buy happiness, but it can buy property that’s happiness-adjacent.” A new study in Social, Psychological & Personality Science has found that money has the power to reduce a person’s sadness, but it won’t make someone happier. Sounds confusing, right? Well, according to the … Read More
My grandfather was fond of saying that nobody wins when someone cheats, but I’d have to disagree with him. The guy who cheats wins. He shouldn’t win, and I don’t like that he wins, but there you go. But who’s more likely to cheat: rich people or poor people? According … Read More
You’re probably heard of IQ (and taken a dubious internet IQ test). Less well known is EQ—that is, emotional intelligence, which is the ability to perceive, evaluate, and control emotions. How important is it? Well, people with high EQ get paid more. A study published in the Journal for Organizational … Read More
