By Yvonne Milosevic Number 1,642 on the list of things the pandemic has deprived us of this past year: our beloved coffee shops. Specifically, the joy of working and socializing in situ accompanied by a steaming cup of (insert favorite coffeehouse beverage here). Something about this…
Happiness is a Skill You Can Learn By Yvonne Milosevic As we head into a new, post-pandemic reality, many of us are clearly living in a perpetual state of “meh.” We don’t yet know what long-term toll COVID-19 will have on our collective well-being. Psychologist…
By Yvonne Milosevic What’s your salary? When are you planning to have kids? How much do you pay for rent? Have you ever gone to therapy? We consider questions like these sensitive—and quite possibly rude or inappropriate. But a trio of business school researchers has…
By Yvonne Milosevic “Patience attracts happiness; it brings near that which is far.”—Swahili proverb. Since long before that famous “marshmallow test” (now debunked, by the way), we’ve heard that patience is a virtue and that good things come to those who wait. Yet biding our…
By Yvonne Milosevic Here at the Blacklight, we’re always on the lookout for tips that can improve our personal and professional lives. We’ve now done a full lap around the sun living with a pandemic and could still use some hacks to make our days…
Heed these flashing red signals before it’s too late. By Yvonne Milosevic Know anyone who likes to humble brag about their 80-hour workweek or how they get by just fine on four hours of sleep a night? Is that someone you? We can’t all be…
“Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for a kindness.” – Lucius Annaeus Seneca By Yvonne Milosevic If ever there was a moment the world could use a little more kindness, now is the time. The pandemic has caused unprecedented stress on our…
By Yvonne Milosevic Dress for success. The clothes make the man. Dress for the job you want, not the one you have. You can never be overdressed or overeducated. As those popular sayings suggest, a smart dresser will likely go farther in life than a…
By Yvonne Milosevic Having a healthy level of confidence is a beautiful thing. Overconfidence, on the other hand, can have serious--sometimes life-threatening--consequences. Look no further than the U.S. government's initial response to the COVID-19 pandemic to understand how disastrous overconfidence can be. Unlike those who…
By Yvonne Milosevic Want to get better at a foreign language/playing the piano/giving presentations? The not-so-secret method for improving performance in almost any area of life is practice. And lots of it. But a study shared in Insights by Stanford Business found that practice does…