How Hope McGarry’s People-First Leadership Is Powering Ingram Micro’s Growth Engine
Hope McGarry, Ingram Micro Australia’s vice‑president and country chief executive, is cementing a people‑first strategy that underpins the firm’s growth engine. She has launched a year‑long leadership capability program and a structured Sales Academy to accelerate internal talent development and frontline selling skills. The initiatives target emerging tech segments such as cyber security, AI, infrastructure and cloud, aligning the Australian and New Zealand teams with broader APAC expansion. In fiscal 2025, Ingram Micro’s global net sales rose 9.5% to $52.6 billion, with APAC contributing $4.1 billion in double‑digit growth.
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Are You a Perfectionist?
The article examines how perfectionism drives chronic stress, anxiety, and burnout, especially when individuals set unattainably high standards. It outlines common signs such as procrastination, self‑criticism, and fear of failure, linking the trait to broader mental‑health concerns. Practical remedies include...
Natan Weingarten: Building Discipline Into Every Investment
Natan Weingarten, a third‑generation American from New Jersey, leveraged an accounting degree and an MBA in finance to build a disciplined investment career. He now serves as Managing Principal of N8 Investments, a boutique real‑estate firm focused on industrial, medical...
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A Complete Guide to Buddhist Meditation: Principles, Techniques, and Benefits
The article offers a comprehensive guide to Buddhist meditation, outlining its historical roots, core principles such as mindfulness, impermanence, compassion, suffering, and non‑self, and detailing three main techniques—Samatha, Vipassana, and Metta. It explains step‑by‑step instructions for beginners, highlights scientific research...
Scientists Ranked 12 Wellness Habits — Here Are The Best For Happiness (M)
A recent review by psychologist Dr. Jeremy Dean ranks twelve evidence‑based wellness habits that most effectively increase happiness. The analysis draws on decades of longitudinal studies linking behaviors such as regular exercise, sufficient sleep, social connection, gratitude practice, and nature...
Conscious Connected Breathing: The Technique That Changes Everything
Conscious connected breathing, also known as circular breathing, is a continuous mouth‑breathing technique that eliminates pauses between inhales and exhales. By sustaining a rhythmic breath loop, it directly engages the autonomic nervous system, quickly shifting the body out of chronic...
Learning Can Change Your Brain In Just One Hour
Scientists using diffusion‑weighted MRI have shown that the human parietal cortex can undergo measurable microstructural changes within just one hour of learning. The alterations, linked to successful recall, persisted for at least 12 hours, indicating rapid neuroplasticity. The results overturn...
MidAtlantic Legacy Award Winner Leo Titus Jr.: Virginia Engineer Shares 9-11 Experience to Inspire
Leo Titus Jr., a civil engineer from Fairfax County, Virginia, entered the smoldering Pentagon as a rookie on the Urban Search and Rescue team after the September 11 attacks. His firsthand experience in stabilizing the disaster zone shaped a parallel career...
Quarterly Resets Without the Pain (Thanks to These Templates)
Quarterly planning often devolves into lengthy off‑site meetings that produce unwieldy notes and little execution. By adopting a suite of seven simple templates—audit, three‑five‑one, calendar blocks, dependency map, weekly standup, risk‑assumption, and retro—organizations can compress planning time from eight hours...
Stop Letting Busy Work Steal Your Golden Hours (Money Monday)
The article warns sales reps that busy work can erode their most valuable time, dubbed "golden hours," which are dedicated to prospecting. It introduces a three‑tier framework—golden, platinum, and silver hours—to help reps prioritize pipeline‑building activities over administrative tasks. By...
Kat Matthews Prioritizes Sleep Above Training. You Should Too
British triathlete Kat Matthews secured the $200,000 Ironman Pro Series prize by pairing rigorous training with disciplined sleep habits, aiming for at least eight hours nightly. She adjusts workouts when rest falls short, a strategy echoed by fellow elite athletes...
Nestlé Researchers Find Taurine-B Vitamin Blend May Support Motivation
Nestlé Research and the University of the Philippines demonstrated that a daily blend of 500 mg taurine, 1.3 mg vitamin B6, 0.2 mg vitamin B9 and 2.4 µg vitamin B12 improves motivated, goal‑oriented performance in healthy adults. In a double‑blind, crossover trial with 45 participants, the supplement...
Why Leaders Lose the Room in High-Stakes Meetings
Leaders often lose influence in high‑stakes meetings when pressure amplifies their preferred thinking style, turning strengths into communication barriers. The article shows how over‑reliance on preparation, control, delegation, or real‑time brainstorming can increase audience effort, silence input, and stall decisions....
When Did You Last Tell the World How Brilliant You Are?
The article reflects on how creatives grow more reserved as they age, recalling the author’s gritty early‑career hustle in London’s media scene. It highlights the stark contrast between youthful desperation and later‑career caution, noting that the willingness to pitch, take...
Only 7% of Leaders Get This Right—And Their Teams Outperform Everyone Else
The FranklinCovey Institute’s new survey reveals that only 7 % of managers are rated highly on both demanding performance and caring for their people. Those “Expect a Lot, Care a Lot” leaders generate dramatically higher engagement, with 43 % of their reports...
There’s a Version of Class that Has Nothing to Do with Education or Wealth — It Belongs to People Who...
Recent research from UC Berkeley shows that people raised in low‑income households consistently display higher generosity, trust and charitable behavior than wealthier peers. Studies by Paul Piff, Dacher Keltner and colleagues also reveal that lower‑class individuals outperform higher‑class counterparts in reading emotions and...
Science Says Being Indecisive Can Help You Make Better Decisions
A recent study in *Personality and Individual Differences* finds that individuals who score high on trait ambivalence—those who regularly experience mixed feelings and see both sides of an issue—tend to make better decisions than their more decisive counterparts. Researchers measured...
Our Whole Way of Thinking About Leadership Is a Century Out of Date
The piece argues that today’s leadership paradigm is still rooted in Frederick Winslow Taylor’s early‑20th‑century scientific management, which treats employees as costs and relies on fear‑based control. Although modern work now hinges on judgment, creativity, and collaboration, many organizations continue...
Why Smart People Feel Like Frauds: The Psychology of Impostor Syndrome and Its Hidden Benefits
Impostor syndrome is the persistent belief that one’s achievements are undeserved, despite clear evidence of competence. It affects up to 70 % of high‑achieving professionals and contrasts with the Dunning‑Kruger effect, where low‑skill individuals overestimate themselves. Harvard Business School’s Arthur C....
How to Defeat Sales Call Anxiety
Sales call anxiety is common; the article outlines its mental roots and practical steps to overcome it. It emphasizes focusing on customer outcomes, using short scripts and concise voicemails, and building a disciplined calling routine. The piece advises scheduling fixed...
Olympians Inspire Expands School Assembly and Leadership Workshop Programming Featuring Elite Athletes
Olympians Inspire, a North Las Vegas youth development nonprofit, announced an expansion of its school‑based programming that brings elite Olympians and professional athletes into K‑12 classrooms across the United States. The new offering adds larger‑scale assemblies, small‑group leadership workshops, and...
From "Crutch" To Coach: Patterns of Sustained Engagement and Deepening Support in AI Wellbeing Coaching
The study of Nova, an AI wellbeing coach, examined 14,293 sessions from January to August 2025 to determine whether AI chatbots can foster sustained, coaching‑style relationships. Returning users continued prior work in 70.8% of sessions, indicating continuity beyond episodic support....
Stop Looking for the Cheat Code: Why Life Is Supposed to Be Hard
Aaron Chapman argues that the pursuit of a shortcut to success is misguided, emphasizing that life’s inherent difficulty is the true catalyst for meaningful achievement. He highlights how social media creates a false benchmark, leading people to chase feelings rather...
Flow, Focus, and the Gold‑Medal Mindset: Lessons From Chandra Crawford for Today’s Business Leaders
Chandra Crawford turned an under‑dog start at the 2006 Turin Olympics into a gold‑medal sprint by mastering mental anchors, disciplined basics, and purposeful rituals. She emphasizes brief breathing cues, repetitive power‑glide loops, and pre‑performance music to regulate her state in...
10 Powerful Ways Conscientiousness Shapes Your Mind, Body & Behaviour (P)
Conscientiousness, one of the Big Five personality traits, profoundly influences success, health, intelligence, and aging. Research shows that highly conscientious people are more self‑disciplined, systematic, and achievement‑oriented, leading to better academic and career outcomes. They also engage in healthier behaviors—exercising...
What Time Should You Wake Up to Do Your Best Work?
The article examines whether a specific wake‑up time drives creative success by analyzing 68 famous authors, artists and thinkers from Mason Currey’s *Daily Rituals*. While 6 a.m. was the most common hour, the data show almost equal numbers rising at 5, 7...
Transforming Pathways From Vulnerability to Resilience Among Internally Displaced Populations in Myanmar Using a Constructive Grounded Theory Approach
Researchers developed a grounded theory framework that repositions Myanmar’s internally displaced persons from a vulnerability lens to a resilience perspective. Using constructivist grounded theory, they interviewed 13 IDPs and 10 aid‑network actors across four conflict‑affected regions, identifying five interlinked dimensions...
What Happens If AI Makes Things Too Easy for Us?
A recent commentary, "Against Frictionless AI," argues that AI tools are removing essential cognitive and social friction, undermining learning, motivation, and relationship building. The authors, psychologists from the University of Toronto, warn that effortless AI outputs can erode skill development,...
I’m a Psychologist Who Studies Couples: People in Emotionally Secure Relationships Do 5 Things Every Day—That Most Neglect
Psychologist Mark Travers outlines five daily habits of emotionally secure couples: they confront conflicts head‑on and adjust afterward, grant each other autonomy, avoid assuming feelings, accept routine moments without panic, and seek reassurance through consistent actions rather than constant verbal...
Overwhelmed by Tough Emotions? This Advice Can Help You Navigate Them.
Yoga Journal has compiled a curated playlist of archival articles that teach readers how to manage overwhelming emotions through yoga practices. The collection highlights techniques such as quieting the mind, pranayama breathwork, self‑inquiry for resilience, identity exploration, and mastering Savasana....
Retirement Is an Endless Game (and That's Actually the Good News)
James Clear’s observation that life’s core activities are endless reframes retirement from a final destination to an ongoing game. The article argues that retirees often experience boredom and anxiety because they treat retirement as a finish line rather than a...
Leadership From the Ground Up
Ana Aluyen, the first female president of Chowking, emphasizes a ground‑up leadership style by regularly working in kitchens and stores to grasp operational realities. Her consumer‑obsessed mindset previously reshaped Panda Express in the Philippines, launching the Everyday Bowl, which now...
Rethinking Leadership: The Cost of Ego in the Boardroom
Leaders with fragile egos often react defensively to dissent, creating a toxic boardroom culture. The article outlines cognitive errors—reactivity, automatic thinking, overconfidence, and authority bias—that stifle open dialogue and lead to misdiagnosed problems. It quantifies the business cost: loss of...
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Bandwagon Effect as a Cognitive Bias
The bandwagon effect is a cognitive bias where individuals adopt behaviors, attitudes, or choices simply because they perceive a majority doing so. It fuels rapid adoption of trends in fashion, diet, politics, and even medical treatments, often amplified by social...
Your Self-Esteem Is Not Determined by Others
The article revisits Descartes’ cogito as the philosophical seed for modern self‑authorship, arguing that self‑esteem originates from personal choices rather than external validation. It traces this idea through Glasser’s Reality Therapy, Control Theory, and Choice Theory, emphasizing an internal locus...
To Be Happy, You Eventually Need to Do What You Can’t
The article argues that lasting happiness requires confronting the one or two personal habits that hold you back, often rooted in childhood conditioning. It outlines common obstacles—fear of conflict, impulsivity, emotional over‑reliance, poor emotional regulation, and rigid routine—and explains how...
Escaping the Tragedy of the Separating Mind
Escaping the Tragedy of the Separating Mind argues that modern culture’s split between mind and body fuels self‑sabotage and societal imbalance. By weaving Antonio Damasio’s neuroscience of embodied ‘being’ with Abraham Maslow’s hierarchy, the piece reframes self‑actualization as advanced homeostasis....
The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Confident, High-Impact Presentations
Entrepreneurs increasingly face high‑stakes speaking opportunities that can turn a single 45‑minute slot into a credibility shortcut. The article argues that intentional preparation is the key to moving from a nervous flub to a memorable, brand‑building performance. By mastering structure,...
Why People Get Defensive when Receiving Feedback at Work — and How to Handle It Better
Employees often become defensive when receiving feedback, viewing it as a personal attack. The article explains the psychological roots—fight‑or‑flight response and identity attachment—to this reaction. It offers practical techniques for managers, such as the sandwich method, specific, outcome‑focused language, and...
How Chelzzz Henson Became a Symbol of Strength Through ‘Heroin Heroine’ and Race Towards Recovery
Atlanta‑based author, hip‑hop artist, MMA athlete and nonprofit founder Chelzzz Henson has turned her personal battle with heroin addiction into a platform for change. Her Amazon best‑selling memoir "Heroin Heroine" chronicles her path from trauma and codependency to recovery, earning...
A Place to Land
Dr. Willoughby Britton, a Brown University neuroscientist, founded Cheetah House to support meditators experiencing severe distress such as hyperarousal, dissociation, and psychosis after her research showed meditation outcomes are highly variable. The nonprofit provides evidence‑based peer support, clinician consultation, and...
The Hidden Trap of Being a Morning Person
Morning people enjoy an "early riser bias" that leads managers to rate them as more conscientious, even when they work the same hours as later starters. This advantage can become a hidden trap, prompting overwork and insufficient recovery. The article...
Happier People Live Longer, Even in Cultures that Value Emotional Restraint
A new study published in Health Psychology finds that Japanese adults who report being unhappy have a significantly higher risk of death over a seven‑year period. The cohort of 3,187 residents of Minami‑Izu was followed from 2016 to 2023, with...
Using an Infrared Light to Improve Your Productivity Sounds Bizarre - so I Put that Claim to the Test
SunLED’s Sunbooster SLS2000 is a $265 USB‑C‑powered infrared lamp that clips onto a laptop and delivers near‑infrared (NIR) light for two to four hours a day. The author tested the device during a New England winter and found it easy...
Chris Arnold, Made Impact
Chris Arnold, founder of Made Impact, is building a nonprofit platform to capture a million stories of impact from international education and exchange programs. The organization aims to leverage those narratives to secure a Nobel Peace Prize nomination and to...
Three Things to Do when You’ve Quietly Stopped Caring at Work
Graeme Cowan warns that silent disengagement, often labeled “quiet quitting,” is a symptom of widespread burnout. Gallup data shows only 14% of Australian workers feel truly engaged, while Wiley research finds 47% of managers and 36% of employees report severe...
As a Chief Innovation Officer, Writing Fiction Helps Me with My Job. I'm Now a Better Strategist.
Chief Strategy and Innovation Officer Roopa Unnikrishnan says writing fiction sharpened her strategic skills. The research rigor, world‑building, and scenario‑planning required for a novel translate into deeper stakeholder mapping, pattern recognition and storytelling in boardrooms. She argues that this human‑centric...
New Study Finds Link Between Receptivity to “Corporate Bullshit” And Weaker Leadership Skills
A new study published in Personality & Individual Differences introduces the Corporate Bullshit Receptivity (CBSR) scale, measuring how impressed workers are by jargon‑laden corporate language. Across four experiments with 1,018 North American professionals, higher CBSR scores were linked to lower...
Overcoming Self-Doubt When Launching Your Own Business
Founders today operate in heightened uncertainty, with tighter funding and rapid change. Nearly 88% report mental‑health issues, and self‑doubt is a pervasive barrier that can stall action and erode team confidence. The article outlines practical steps—recognizing doubt, identifying triggers, separating...
The Psychological Impact of Ghosting Lasts Longer than Outright Rejection
A new study in *Computers in Human Behavior* finds that being ghosted—receiving no explanation after a digital interaction—creates longer‑lasting psychological distress than an explicit rejection. Researchers conducted two multi‑day experiments with young adults using a Telegram‑style chat, tracking emotions after...