Smart vacations lead to greater happiness and energy at work and, therefore, greater productivity, intelligence, and resilience.

Too many people limit their happiness and success by assuming that taking time off from work will send a negative message to their manager and slow their career advancement.

You've probably noticed how when someone says hello or smiles at you, your automatic reaction is to say hello or smile back.

The idea of investing in the positivity of employees is often low down on companies' priority lists.

I always noticed that in art school, that grief was considered more profound than happiness. But why?

I was in my second year at NYU. I knew what I wanted to do, and I just walked out of college. So, from the age of 17, I've been able to do what I wanted, and that makes for a kind of contentment, a fairly pleasant demeanor.

To play opera, to play Wagner, it's a great joy.

To love the one who loves you, To admire the one who admires you, In a word, to be the idol of one's idol, Is exceeding the limit of human joy; It is stealing fire from heaven.