The Modern Definition of Emotional Intelligence Emotional intelligence (EI) is your ability to recognize and understand emotions in yourself and others, and to use that awareness to manage your behavior and your relationships toward effective and desired outcomes. To understand EI better, let’s talk...

Empathy Drives AI Adoption and Employee Confidence New research from Businessolver’s 2026 State of Workplace Empathy AI Special Report reveals a striking connection between workplace culture and employee attitudes toward artificial intelligence. The report, released in August, surveyed more than 1,0...

Freud on Repression: What He Actually Wrote “Unexpressed emotions will never die. They are buried alive and will come forth later in uglier ways.” This is one of the most frequently quoted lines attributed to Sigmund Freud, yet he never actually wrote it. The saying is a paraphrase of one of the cen...

Why Meditation Is Becoming a Career Essential in 2026 Recent data paints a clear picture of the modern workplace: stress has become a constant companion for a significant portion of the American workforce. A study from Ohio State University indicates that nearly half of all Americans experience stre...

Support Helps Everyone. Distress Costs Men More. The research, published in Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being, measured both distress and perceived social support across multiple waves. The data consistently confirmed one expected pattern: individuals who reported strong social support exper...

Why Marcus Aurelius’s Observation Still Matters Today Marcus Aurelius ruled the Roman Empire from 161 to 180 AD. Yet, despite holding the most powerful position in the ancient world, his most enduring work was never intended for public eyes. The writings we now know as Meditations were his private n...

The Problem: One-Size-Fits-All Reviews Backfire Performance review season often triggers anxiety for managers and employees alike. Delivering tough feedback requires emotional regulation, but leading an effective performance review conversation with top performers carries its own hidden complexity, ...

Resilience Isn’t Fixed—It Can Be Learned and Strengthened It is common to think of resilience as an inborn personality trait. Many people assume that some individuals are simply wired to handle stress better than others. However, a substantial body of research challenges this assumption, suggesting ...

What It Really Means to Savor In a private notebook entry from around 1840, a young Gustave Flaubert—then roughly eighteen years old and years away from writing Madame Bovary—wrote a striking reflection on happiness. “The secret of being happy consists of knowing how to enjoy yourself—enjoy being at...

The Hidden Cost of Productivity: Why Managing Yourself Matters More Than Managing Your Calendar For decades, the productivity industry has promised that the secret to accomplishing more lies in mastering calendars, email, meetings, and task lists. Every few years, a new system emerges to help people...

The Power of Mary Pickford's Quote on NegativityMary Pickford, once the most famous woman in the world, faced a career collapse and a crumbling marriage. In 1934, she wrote, "All the water in the world cannot sink a ship unless it gets inside the ship. All the negativity in the world cannot sink a p...

Kurt Vonnegut once said, “The truth is, we know so little about life, we don't really know what the good news is and what the bad news is.” This emotional intelligence quote of the week challenges how quickly we judge events. Instead of immediately calling something “good” or “bad,” Vonnegut urges u...