Study Shows Rudeness Can Actually Kill

We all know bad manners are toxic. But new research now shows that bad manners can kill. In this study, when doctors spoke rudely to their staff, both ...

'Esquire' Claims We've Become More Angry

An article on Esquire magazine begins with this quote in bold capital letters:

WE THE PEOPLE ARE PISSED. THE BODY POLITIC IS BURNING UP. AND THE ANGER ...

Anger Is the 'Poison' of Our Planet

The actor, comedian, and author Patton Oswalt was recently asked the by The New York Times, "If you could require the president to read one book, what ...

NYPD's Hostage Negotiator on Empathy

Lt. Jack Cambria has spent more than a decade talking people down from the ledge. Until his retirement in 2015, he was the commanding officer of the NYPD's ...

Maybe 'Nice Guys' Finish First

We've all heard the saying, "Nice guys finish last." Well, David Rand and his group of researchers at his Human Cooperation Lab at Yale ...

Research Shows Power Really Does Corrupt Us

In the early 1970s, a psychologist at named David Kipnis wanted to know if power really does corrupt people. So in a series of experiments, Kipnis had ...

Woman Ministers to Telemarketers

Once, while speaking on the topic of grace in Toronto, I asked the audience about their own experiences conveying grace to others. One woman shocked us ...

Policeman's Kind Deed to a Homeless Man

In 2012, on a cold November night in Times Square, Officer Lawrence DePrimo was working a counterterrorism post when he encountered an older, barefooted ...

Doctor Learns How to Be a Patient

Skye Jethani writes in “Dreaded Exam”:

When I was 18, my father, a doctor, learned what it was like to be on the receiving end of medical care. ...

Tough Guy Math Teacher Has Tender Heart

At St. Francis High School in La Canada, California, math teacher Jim O'Connor is known for his tough, no-nonsense approaching to algebra, pushing ...