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Neuroscience supports the notion that mindfulness and meditation should become essential assets in our workspaces.
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
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“The very same time that’s making you anxious is actually your most valuable asset. You can always create more energy and more money—but you can never create more time.”
The nature of “the mind” is always vast and clear no matter how swamped by information we feel — and leaders can learn to embrace this space.
You got your promotion — but managing the pressure inherent to your elevated role is now a crucial part of your job.
The road to “uncaged leadership” means reimagining your professional identity and value. Here’s how.
When plans fall apart, adaptability can build something better.
Performance psychology reveals the mental techniques elite athletes use to build and maintain their confidence.
8mins
Many of us wake up each morning with something Oliver Burkeman calls “productivity debt.” The bestselling author and journalist explains this term as “a sense that you’ve got to work […]
Major League Baseball and Ivy League research confirm that tackling well-being is hard work — but well worth the effort.
Upskilling all managers and leaders is imperative if we are to solve the global challenge of poor management.
An alternative vision of the future of work for senior executives might hold a solution to relentless workplace stress.
Resilience isn’t just about pain and perseverance — it’s about embracing the journey.
We have it in our power to forgive a debt — and learning to use this power in the workplace can be golden.
Leaders ideally intertwine their own success with that of their teams — if that’s not the case at your workplace, here’s what to do.
Psychotherapist Israa Nasir explains how a “value-aligned life” can help us crush our goals — without being crushed by the need to accomplish more.
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“Part of what's happening now in the world is tension between organic animals and an inorganic digital system which is increasingly controlling and shaping the entire world.”
"Amid the chaos, he remembered his life being eerily calm as he knew it wasn’t if, but when they would be hacked to pieces. He just kept kicking."
To maintain momentum and flow, the great novelist Ernest Hemingway didn’t burn himself out — but learned when to put his work down.
Why would someone who has spent their entire career following orders become a great leader overnight?
These practical strategies can help you conquer burnout and achieve a state of calm and focused productivity.
In a major shift, psychologists now view an out-of-control compulsion to work as an addiction with its own set of risk factors and consequences.
"When you feel the isolation setting in at times, you have to reframe your mindset."
7mins
Challenging the loneliness stigma can change your life. Here’s how to start.
Unlikely Collaborators
Meg LeFauve and Dave Holstein drew inspiration from psychologists as well as their own children, becoming more understanding parents in the process.
A-list lessons for better work-life collaboration — direct from the movie set.
Big Think Business columnist Eric Markowitz prefaces his new series on long-term thinking with the experience that almost cut his life short.
9mins
Dr. Aditi Nerurkar on toxic resilience and the importance of gratitude and breathing.
Unlikely Collaborators
Ryan Condal, who worked in pharmaceutical advertising before Hollywood, talks with Big Think about imposter syndrome, "precrastination," and Westeros lore.
Take a seat. Take a breath. Take a break.