Philosophers from Aristotle to Nietzsche have debated whether being virtuous only helps others, or if it benefits the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. author of Chained to the Desk in a Hybrid World: A Guide to Balance. If you’re like most people, you might think self-compassion ...

Imagine you’re coming home from work at the end of a long day. You feel tired and distracted, and you might be looking forward to an evening of relaxing on the couch—but you also know you need to put ...

When we think about holiday compassion, we tend to think about how we treat and talk to people outside of work–like friends, family, servers, and even strangers. But whether you run a company or ...

When I teach self-compassion to kids in schools, I do an exercise in which kids imagine that a friend of theirs has lost or broken something special. How would they respond to their friend? I then ask ...

Comparison and competitiveness can help you grow or hold you back. Learn how these personality tendencies develop, what they ...

People love taking personality tests, but are personality types real? Maybe, and maybe not. Personality development is complicated, and most healthy personality types are not so easily defined. Your ...