Tracking Wonder

How to cultivate this elusive emotion

The Benefits of "Negative Thinking" for Goal Attainment

Research shows that the power of positive thinking may not be so powerful after all. Sometimes we need a healthy dose of "negativity."

How to Combat Seasonal Affective Disorder in the Digital Age

Winter blues got you down? While it's easy to turn to Netflix or Instagram scrolling, the key to improving our mood lies beyond the screen.

How to Advance Your Goals Through Uncertainty and Doubt

Research shows we can train ourselves to respond to crises & challenges with greater openness, flexibility, and fluency so that we can advance our creative work.

Fed Up with Tech Fatigue? Look to Nature

Between global crises and digital temptations, it's no wonder we're feeling burnt. out. Luckily, research shows that admiring nature can lift us out of our tech-fueled malaise.

How Moods Influence Your Creativity and Work

Don't let bad moods impact your flow. New studies show that negative emotions can cultivate a different kind of creativity.

Cultivating Curiosity for More Fulfilling Relationships

When relationships go stale or social anxiety seems to take over, curiosity may be the key to breaking out of your comfort zone and deepening your relationships.

Flexible Minds and Organizations Could Thrive in Crises

Do you find yourself more anxious lately? Creativity may be the key to overcoming uncertainty and thriving in crisis.

The Bias Against Difference

How can we be more mindful of our unconscious biases and crack ourselves open to the unfamiliar? By living life on the edge.

How Creativity Builds Resilience in Times of Crisis

How can we learn to bounce back from our hardships? Creativity may be the key.

Creativity in Quarantine

Quarantine and the resulting boredom we face have proven to be profound catalysts for innovation, revealing how creativity thrives even under the constraints of crisis.

Finding Perspective in the Pause

Research shows that mindfulness can help us gain perspective to overcome our cognitive biases and become better teachers, mentors, colleagues, and confidants.

4 Tips to Effectively Ask for Help—and Get a Yes

In an era of self-help and individualism, learning how to ask for help is a valuable skill. Luckily, new research shows that it’s easier than you think.

How Openness to Experience Boosts Creativity and Well-Being

How open to new experiences are you? If you ever feel as if you're in a cognitive rut, consider how open (or not) you are.

The Practice and Habit of Happiness

If you want to form new desirable habits this year, you’d do well to foreground your happiness, your desire for delight, and your capacity for wonder.

In Praise of the Idle Mind

Strategic idleness and our inclination toward ease may actually be powerful tools and great assets for innovation.

How Brain Fog Can Boost Creativity and Spark Innovation

We tend to think of brain fog as a bad thing, but what if we could use this fogginess to our creative advantage?

Creative Ways to Override Anxiety During Radical Change

Wonder is a quiet disruptor of our own biased ways of seeing ourselves and our world. So rather than succumb to the anxiety and pessimism of our time, get curious.

Owning Your Authority in a Permission Culture

In a permission culture, how do you embrace innovation and find your true purpose and voice?

Finding Purpose in Work and Life Through Fertile Confusion

By cultivating a state of fertile confusion, you can shed your habitual biases, foster divergent and cross-disciplinary problem-solving, and pave the way for professional growth.

The Paradox of Expertise

10,000 hours of practice doesn't ensure success. Studies indicate that generalists tend to be more creative, perceptive, and better at problem-solving than specialists.

How to Advance Your Deep Work in a Noisy World

In this age of distraction, possibly the most important move for you to take as a thought leader or creative professional is to carve out time alone with your thoughts.

Incentives + Incubation = Better Insights

There’s no direct path to bringing an idea to fruition. However, new studies corroborate that one key factor of the creative process boosts the capacity to gain insights.

You Are Not Your Work

Often, we identify ourselves based on our work, believing our work title is our identity. You are not your work. Your work is simply a part of you.

Adjusting Your Mindset When Facing the Unknown

You have a vision. You have an idea. You have a business plan. You have an opportunity sitting in your inbox, waiting to be answered. All you have to do is adjust your mindset.

A Mindful Approach to Decision-Making

Do you struggle with decision-making? Are you expected to make consequential decisions on a daily basis? It’s not always as simple as saying, “yes” or “no."