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Are You an Optimist or Pessimist About Our Changing World?

You can also read this article in Psychology Today here I am very happy to share my two latest books, The Myth of Happiness: How Your Definition of Happiness Creates Your Unhappiness and The Myth of Friendship: How YourMisunderstandings about Friendship Keep You Lonely, for free with all members of The Art of Living Free community. A link to […]

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Nothing Blinds Like Success

Like most of you reading this article, I was initially dismayed and stunned by the Slap Heard Around the World at the Oscar awards ceremony this year. As someone who studies the motivations of leaders and how they influence the people they lead, upon further reflection my surprise gradually ebbed away. In this article, I’ll […]

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How We Became So Divided and Lonely | Anthony Silard’s latest series in Psychology Today

Have you ever experienced how lack of empathy in our decision-making process becomes a recipe for disastrous actions? Read more here.

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Breaking Addiction to Heal True Connections | Psychology Today

Wanting to be more in control of your time and relationships? Check out this read in Psychology Today here.

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How to Reduce Time Online and Develop Strong Relationships

This is Part Seven of a nine-part series published over nine consecutive weeks.  So set up your daily Online Entry Points (OEPs) and you’re all set, right? If only.  Starting Strong and Finishing Weak  Despite their initial practicality and usefulness, many OEPs subsequently lead to Digital Drift. They begin strong (in terms of their alignment […]

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Success Without Surrender | Part Two

This is Part Two of a nine-part series published over nine consecutive weeks.    The solution to too much CO2 in the atmosphere that was agreed upon by 169 nations in the Kyoto protocol, with the striking exceptions of the US and Australia, has been called “cap and trade.” This international covenant requires a cap, or […]

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Success Without Surrender | Part One

This is Part One of a nine-part series published over nine consecutive weeks.    What does it mean to be successful in our modern world? Many of us subscribe to the belief that success requires us to be tethered to our phones and digital devices 24-7 so others trust and want to interact with us. If […]

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What does it mean to be successful in our modern world?

Anthony Silard’s latest in Psychology Today explores how to flourish without being a slave to your phone. Read more here.

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Are We Really Self-Interested Narcissists Only Out for Ourselves?

“This American system of ours . . . call it Americanism, call it capitalism, call it what you like, gives to each and every one of us a great opportunity if we only seize it with both hands and make the most of it.” – Al Capone Do most people, while not becoming notorious gangsters, follow Capone’s […]

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The Pandemic is a Wake-up Call: Never Have We So Needed Each Other’s Kindness

A good friend who is a professor at the Universitá del Piemonte 75 km west of Milan wrote to me two months ago about her experience with Italy’s nationwide lockdown:  My family, friends, colleagues and I are all well but things are indeed quite difficult here, especially from a psychological point of view. Now we all live in a red […]

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