we know some of the tricks for teaching kids to become high achievers. For example, research suggests that when parents praise effort rather than ability, children develop a stronger work ethic and become more motivated. Yet success is not…

messy or tidy, which is better. Historically, the evidence has favored the tidy camp. Cleanliness, as the proverb says, is next to godliness. The anthropologist Mary Douglas noted almost 50 years ago, a connection between clean open spaces…

I remember my first boss at J. Walter Thompson and advertising agency gave me a big piece of advice with my first race. He said, Congratulations, Mike, what I have to warn you, the richer you get, the more you worry about being poor. He sp…