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Spring has arrived here in North America, and with it comes the perfect opportunity to reset, recharge, and get ready for the heavy speaking seasons ahead. Whether you’ve been hibernating a little too comfortably this winter or you’ve been grinding through back-to-back engagements, now is the time to build some sustainable habits that will keep you sharp, energized, and on your game through the spring, summer, and fall speaking seasons. And the good news? Some of these are practically guaranteed to bring a smile to your face right away. First off, don’t obsess about happiness. A study showed something you…

In what was likely his final home appearance for Argentina’s national squad, Lionel Messi scored a goal and provided an assist in a 5-0 rout of Zambia on Tuesday night in a farewell friendly ahead of the World Cup.The 38-year-old Messi set up Julian Alvarez in the fourth minute and then scored in the 43rd at La Bombonera stadium in Buenos Aires.The crowd gave him a standing ovation and pleaded with him to help Argentina win another World Cup. The global tournament kicks off June 11 in the United States, Mexico, and Canada.Nicolas Otamendi and Valentin Barco also scored for…

It is widely known and supported in clinical research that people living with certain personality disorders including narcissistic personality disorder (NPD) often have significant difficulties falling and staying asleep. Many self-identify as “night owls,” demonstrating a preference for late-night wakefulness that is closely correlated with heightened cognitive and emotional activation during the overnight hours. Individuals with NPD tend to experience increased rumination related to perfectionism, self-image and public perception, along with experiencing severe anxiety in maintaining their “social mask”, all of which have been correlated with insomnia.1, 2 Similarly, many with more malignant forms of narcissism typical of the Dark…

SHUDDER ANNOUNCES KILLER “HALFWAY TO HALLOWEEN” LINEUP OF NEW STREAMING PREMIERES: “Shudder, the #1 streaming service for horror fans, today announced a monster lineup for its annual “Halfway to Halloween” programming event, kicking off on April 1. Halloween is too much fun to celebrate just once a year, so Shudder commemorates the halfway point every April with new film premieres, weekly viewing parties, an all-new special of The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs, and more. “Halfway to Halloween” comes on the heels of Shudder’s new app refresh, featuring enhanced streaming capabilities, allowing for fans to further connect with the passionate genre community as they indulge in new scares together. Fans…

Therapy has been called a gift. For many, it’s a path to greater fulfillment and meaning—even liberation. But therapy can also have a shadow side. Research has revealed that not everyone who engages in treatment is better off for it. What are the most common negative experiences in therapy? This question was at the center of a meta-analytic study led by psychologist Zbyněk Vybíral of Masaryk University in the Czech Republic. More specifically, given the substantial concerns around harm in therapy, he and his team wanted to identify negative experiences in therapy from the perspective of clients. To that end,…

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Think about the last time you checked a leaderboard at work, glanced at your kid’s class ranking, or scrolled through your fantasy football standings. Where you landed in that list probably shaped how hard you pushed next. But not in the way you might expect. Most people assume that the higher you rank, the harder you try, and the lower you rank, the less you care. The reality is more interesting. Motivation does not rise smoothly with rank. It bends. The Race to Stay First, the Scramble to Escape Last Consider what happens every quarter inside companies that use stack…

[Editor’s Note: Ahead of Clay McLeod Chapman’s latest release, Bodies of Work, from Titan Books on April 7th, we are thrilled to have him return for a brand-new guest article. Just for Daily Dead readers, Chapman digs into the inspiration behind his latest book and gives us an incredible insight into his own creative process that brought Bodies of Work to life.]   Maggots On Your Body Of Work: Clay McLeod Chapman On Finding His Own Muses written by Clay McLeod Chapman   Let’s just get this out of the way up front:  Winston Kemper is not Henry Darger.  If…

ADI IGNATIUS: I’m Adi Ignatius. ALISON BEARD: I’m Alison Beard, and this is the HBR IdeaCast. ADI IGNATIUS: So Alison, look, as you know, there has been increased scrutiny in the past year or two over sustainability efforts, particularly in the U.S. Many companies have doubled down on their commitments, but some have deprioritized it under stakeholder and even political pressure, and given everything else that they need to worry about. ALISON BEARD: Yeah, I think with all the geopolitical turmoil, economic uncertainty, and the rise of AI and everyone figuring out what they need to do about it, it…

There’s so much we don’t say out loud, not because it’s not true, not because it doesn’t matter, but because somewhere along the way, we were taught that strength looks like silence and that if we’re struggling, it must mean we’re doing something wrong. Or maybe we just forgot in the brain fog of the postpartum hormones and the blur of sleepless nights. I’m a family physician. I’m also a mother to an amazingly bright and wildly entertaining 2.5-year-old. I’m a wife and daughter. There are so many more identities that I hold: Asian American, physician coach, entrepreneur, advocate, lifelong…