Ukraine, a European democracy of 44 million people — its land and people were attacked by Russia, under Vladimir Putin’s order in the past weeks. The ongoing war sparks agony, pain, and injuries in the civilian population. Among the consequences of invasions, the impact of war on civilians’ mental health…

In Malcolm Gladwell’s blockbuster book Outliers, he tells a rule of thumb of learning anything — it takes 10,000 hours of practice to achieve mastery of any complex skills. But is that really the case? Josh Kaufman, the author of The Personal MBA: Master the Art of Business says otherwise…

It’s hard to introduce myself. Why? I’m from Taipei, Taiwan. I moved to the United States when I was 16 as an exchange student. Around the same time, my parents decided to expand their business in California. I subsequently moved to California and completed my high school education there. After…

From time to time, I came across the term ‘burnout Millennials’ on social media. We’re trying to build a solid foundation on quicksand — Anne Helen Petersen, author of Can’t Even: How Millennials Became the Burnout Generation. But what is burnout? Burnout describes an extreme mental and physical exhaustion caused…

In the last few decades, companies have been driven by capitalist economics. As companies exist to make a profit, the profit motives provide individuals opportunities. However, on the other side of the profiting spectrum is sacrificing workers’ values and health. Work ethics becomes an honorary badge for the workers, and…

Here’s the thing — you do not need to wait until a new year comes to make a list of goals you want to achieve. If you want to accomplish something, you can do it anytime. According to statistics, only 8% of individuals achieve their New Year’s goals. With that…

Have you noticed something? Sometimes you spend less time reading online articles. Instead, you spend more time reading the comments. On average, a consumer spends 15 seconds on a blog post. …

Homo sapiens are creative animals. In fact, according to American psychologists Robert Sternberg and Todd Lubart, creativity is the ability to produce original and useful work. In other words, creativity allows humans to invent and progress. Among different archetypes of creativity, the relationship between knowledge and creativity opens a controversial…

Why do people fear failures? Fear of failure, also known as Atychiphobia, reflects the negative emotional consequences in achieving goals. According to the American psychologist John William Atkinson, negative cognitions and emotions arise from a discrepancy between a current state and an undesirable outcome. …