
How To Lead, Whether You’re In Charge or Not
Perhaps you want more influence. Maybe you’re pursuing a promotion that requires leadership. Maybe it's clear: you want to be a...

Living a life of gratitude
I distinctly remember the day I sat in my junior English class after returning from Christmas break. My teacher asked us what our New Year’s resolutions were for the year. To be honest, I can’t remember mine, but I remember a classmate’s: starting a gratitude journal . That sounded like a good idea...

You Need to Be Bored. Here's Why.
Harvard professor Arthur C. Brooks explains why boredom unlocks creativity, activates a powerful brain network, and might even protect you from depression. Learn how the mind wanders—and why that’s a very good thing.

Identity Crisis: Why Defining Yourself by Your Career Is a Problem
“The party’s going to finish,” says HBS Professor and co-author (with Oprah Winfrey) of "Build the Life You Want" Arthur C. Brooks. Here are some steps you can take to mentally and emotionally prepare for the inevitable.

Becoming the man God made me to be
I used to wake up late on a Sunday, and go to the nearest bar around noon. I was grabbing a drink, I was hanging out for the game, I was eating lunch. I was staying longer for the afternoon game. I was running to mass really quick at night, squeezing it in, then getting back home and watching more...

How to become a saint
In this compelling talk, Fr. Josh Johnson invites us to reflect on what it really means to live a life of holiness. With honesty and clarity, he unpacks the universal call to sainthood, not as something reserved for the elite or the perfect, but as a path open to all who desire to know and love God...

How to find purpose and meaning (when we get a little lost).
I am so miserable and tired of the monotony of life. Join the club. We will all inevitably ask, what is my purpose? What does it all mean? All of us at some point will suffer from the want of meaning or purpose in our lives. Without it, we drift away from ourselves and everyone else, living in a...

Lean Into Imposter Syndrome, Don't Give In to It
Harvard behavioral social scientist and author of "The Happiness Files" Arthur C. Brooks argues that self-doubt is usually evidence of healthy humility—not incompetence—and a clear contrast to the overconfidence of “dark-triad” personalities. Brooks shows executives how to reframe imposter feelings...

Why You Feel What You Feel
“Do I have my emotions or do my emotions have me? Have I graduated past the level of emotional intelligence that most people get stuck in? That, of a nine-year-old? Is it possible to live a life of freedom inside of a clarified understanding of where I end and others begin? Do I live with an...
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