what’s fascinating is that psychologists have realized that burnout isn’t just an acute overdose of stress; it’s pretty much plain ol’ clinical depression. The paper, “Comparative Symptomatology of Burnout and Depression,” said, “Our findings do not support the view hypothesizing that burnout and depression are separate entities.”

“flexible optimism.”

And I can’t help but mention that an informal study showed that ethics books are 25 percent more likely to be stolen than the average library book.

A study of 403 people in the Journal of Happiness Studies showed that managing your free time is associated with higher quality of life. What was fascinating was that increasing people’s free time had no effect on their happiness, but scheduling that time in advance made all the difference.

What defines success for you is, well, up to you. It’s about what you personally need to be happy at work and at home.

said, it’s by dreaming and then doing something about those dreams that we can achieve success. In fact, it’s the only way we can.

Remember, you cannot maximize two things that are both dependent on the same resource:

Remember how I said that working too hard was one of the biggest regrets people had on their deathbed? Definitely true. But what was the number-one regret? “I wish I’d had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life others expected of me.” Career was a solid number two, right behind education and ahead of relationships. We spend so much

Researchers Penelope Lockwood and Ziva Kunda found that the difference between being inspired by a role model and being demoralized by one comes down to two things: relevance and attainability. When you relate to someone you look up to, you get motivated. And when that person makes you feel you can do that too, bang—that produces real results.