CNN — (CNN) — Remember when you told your best friend they didn’t deserve their latest job promotion? Did you also point out how they do nothing right and that everyone secretly hates their guts? That ...

Case in point: the steady drumbeat of evidence showing you’d probably do a lot better in life if you were kinder. Evidence suggests being kind to others helps people get ahead. But science is ever ...

Appeasing others can make us feel worn out and undervalued. Practice saying “no” instead. Most of us enjoy pleasing others. Research even suggests that “agreeableness,” which is a personality trait ...

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A mountain of science shows being kinder to yourself boosts happiness and performance. These books teach self-compassion. One of the perks of writing this column for nearly 15 years is that patterns ...