Madonna's 'Simplistic' but True Advice

After the Paris massacre, we heard some unexpected wisdom from an unlikely source—the singer Madonna. During a concert, Madonna paused in between ...

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 ...

IRS Agent Serves as a Parable of the Church

Christian leader Mark Labberton relates a personal story about when he had a seemingly unsolvable problem with the IRS. Labberton writes:

After several ...

Man Organizes Volunteers for Paint Job

Josh Cyganik, a 35-year-old man from Pendleton, Oregon, used to show up for work and wave to Leonard Bullock, the old man sitting on the porch across ...

Random Acts of Paying Parking Tickets

Sometimes life kicks you when you're down—and sometimes someone comes along to lift you up. That's what happened to an unidentified woman ...

Civility Pays Off

Parents used to always tell their children, "Now you play nice." But rudeness and bad behavior is growing, especially in the workplace. As The ...

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 ...

Happy Birthday from a Bunch of Strangers

One of the downsides of celebrating your 100th birthday is that you might not have many of your friends around to sing "Happy Birthday." An ...

Workplace Ostracism Is Worse than Bullying

A study from University of British Columbia's Sauder School of Business concludes that being ignored at work is worse than being harassed or bullied ...

Simple Act of Kindness at Costco

Has this ever happened to you? You head to the grocery store checkout and your credit card is declined. Now you have to take the walk of shame back to ...