Heidi Grant Halvorson Ph.D.

If you're like me, and you find that your life has become more about pursuing peace and relaxation than giddy excitement, rest assured that you aren't missing out on happiness.

The 1-Minute Trick to Negotiating Like a Boss

To be successful, you really need to know how to negotiate well. But the truth is, this particular skill doesn't come naturally to many people.

To be successful, you really need to know how to negotiate well. But the truth is, this particular skill doesn't come naturally to many people.

Should We Parent Like Jefferson, or Adams?

Thomas Jefferson and Abigail Adams parented their children in very different ways – and psychologists have spent the last twenty years studying and understanding the impact of these differences on the adults we eventually become.

Thomas Jefferson and Abigail Adams parented their children in very different ways – and psychologists have spent the last twenty years studying and understanding the impact of these differences on the adults we eventually become.

How to Get Better at Spotting Opportunities

To be successful at anything, you need to be able to recognize an opportunity when you see one.

To be successful at anything, you need to be able to recognize an opportunity when you see one.

How to Boost Your Creative Output

Promotion focus heightens your creativity, while prevention focus gives you the analytical tools you need to assess your work.

Promotion focus heightens your creativity, while prevention focus gives you the analytical tools you need to assess your work.

Do you know what almost never attracts the attention it deserves? When things go the way they are supposed to. And because of this, roughly half of us — people we call prevention-focused — rarely get the credit we are due.