January 2023

Educators, parents, counselors and anyone with children want to help kids develop a growth mindset. After all, the value of a growth mindset is widely known. It promotes success, happiness, resilience and learning. In fact, the TEDx Talk given by Stanford University Professor Carol S. Dweck, Ph.D., helped launch the growth mindset movement, dedicating much […]

Most travelers anticipate holiday air travel to be fraught with minor annoyances, winter weather and a greater volume of fliers—all likely to lead to a few hours’ delay or even some cancellations. For Southwest Airlines and its passengers, minor annoyances snowballed into a major meltdown this December. A winter storm coupled with Southwest’s outdated crew-scheduling

Setting goals is a deceptively simple task—after all, you just pick a goal and work toward it, right? Not quite. There is no one right way to create goals. But, whether you’re faced with roadblocks, a lack of accountability or are just trying to figure out where to begin, there is plenty of advice out

Ann Hiatt was only 20 years old when she thought she had killed Jeff Bezos. It was her first job after graduating and she was working with him directly during the foundational years of Amazon. She hired a helicopter, which had later crashed with Bezos inside, leading Hiatt to think he was dead for five

Our identities and lives thrive on stories. But these are stories that we adopt through our families, culture and experiences, which can make them self-limiting, Chuck Wisner says. This week on Brilliant Thoughts with Tristan Ahumada, Wisner asserts that our stories are not our truths. Rather, our stories break down into facts, emotions and opinions. 

Are credit card balance transfers a good thing? You may be cautious of these transfer offers from your bank, but they’re not a scam. While many are currently struggling with consumer debt and interest rates are rising, balance transfers can be a good financial choice for some.  Today on the rich & Regular podcast, Kiersten

Many athletes are focused entirely on their sport, but what happens when they go pro and they become the business? Players now can be involved in many different industries, including media, fashion, technology and business. Brothers Aaron and Andre Eanes brought together their skills and talents to create the sports and entertainment agency, A&A Management

Accepting criticism is an example of a growth mindset. Willingness to learn, to take on new responsibilities and accept your faults as areas for improvement exemplifies a growth mindset. While someone with a fixed mindset internalizes failure as a personal limitation, those with a growth mindset accept a setback as a challenge. A growth mindset

By now, most people are coming off their eggnog high and gearing up for the new year, which includes the annual pregame warmup of choosing New Year’s resolutions, the desire to set goals and achieve them in a brand new season of life. Deep down inside many of us is the belief that somehow, someway,