Feeling Nervous? Don’t Try to Calm Down—Get Excited
2013
Bloomberg Businessweek
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Get Excited: The Best Way to Conquer a Fear of Public Speaking
2013
The Wall Street Journal
Overcoming Performance Anxiety: Get Excited
2013
The Boston Globe
Getting Excited Helps with Performance Anxiety More Than Trying to Calm Down, Study Finds
2013
American Psychological Association
Feeling Anxious? Why Trying To “Keep Calm” Is A Terrible Idea
2013
Fast Company
Work Up a Sweat, and Bargain Better
2013
The New York Times
Want people to trust you? Apologize
2013
CBS: Money Watch
The Weird Way to Earn People’s Trust
2013
Men's Health
What you really, really want
2015
The Economist
Smart Workers Seek Out Advice, Study Suggests
2015
The New York Times
Stress Can Be a Good Thing If You Know How to Use It
2015
Harvard Business Review
Why Lonely People Stay Lonely
2015
The Huffington Post
Why Lonely People Stay Lonely
2015
New York Magazine
Gender, looks hold sway in venture capital funding
2015
Mint
The Isolating Effects of Anxiety
2015
Scientific American
Use Stress to Your Advantage
2015
The Wall Street Journal
Our Women Mean Business: Encore Careers After 40
2015
The Huffington Post
Rebrand Stage Fright to Overcome It
2014
Scientific American
Living Big in the Little Moments
2014
Huffington Post
Harvard Study Finds We Undervalue The ‘Mundane Moments’ In Our Lives
2014
WBUR: Radio Boston
Why asking a contact for help benefits you both
2014
World Economic Forum
Asking for Advice Makes You Seem More Competent, Not Less
2014
New York Magazine
Wrapping a Present for the Future
2014
We're Only Human Blog (Association for Psychological Science)
Venture Investors Prefer Funding Handsome Men
2014
HBS Working Knowledge