Try practicing these three things:

• Don’t blame circumstances for your mistakes. Instead, use them as an opportunity to learn about yourself.
• When faced with an unfamiliar situation, don’t run or hide. Try to tackle it to the best of your abilities.
• Don’t be hesitant abo...

It is the tendency to seek out information that affirms your beliefs and ignore information that opposes your beliefs.

How to use this: “It’s been so hard to try and change his mind about this project. I think confirmation bias is really impacting his decision-making.”

How often do you search Google, Facebook, LinkedIn, or Instagram before meeting someone new? All the time, right? Everyone is checking you out online, too.

The “first” impression of you isn’t when you actually make contact, it’s when someone pulls up your profiles and makes snap judgments b...

Divergent Thinking is a method of thinking that allows us to consider various solutions to a problem and discover new points of view. It is also known as thinking “outside of the box.”

How to use this: “I was able to do some divergent thinking after journaling this morning....

Take two or three mundane office or household items (like a sock, a paperclip, or a pencil) and brainstorm as many alternative uses as you can for each. For example, a sock can be used as a washcloth, a paperclip as a keychain, and a pencil as a hair curler.

A growth mindset is a belief that your abilities can be developed over time by learning to embrace failures, facing difficult situations with resilience, and seeking help along the way.

To build a growth mindset, remind yourself that your failure is not a sign of incompetence, Rather, it’s...