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In the Media
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Want to reward employees? Show gratitude
GGSC Science Director Emiliana Simon-Thomas on why showing gratitude at work is so important.
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Public radio to air the many ways to say ‘thank you’
As the holiday season begins, appreciation in its many facets is the topic of a one-hour radio special on “The Science of Gratitude” produced by UC Berkeley’s Greater Good Science Center, UC Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism and Ben Manilla Productions.
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Is our fear hurting us?
Greater Good web editor Jeremy Adam Smith writes about how our brains are hard-wired to exaggerate threats and what that may mean for foreign policy.
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How gratitude can change lives
Studying how gratitude impacts lives is some of the most important research being done today because gratitude costs so little compared to the benefits it offers.
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Mindfulness at work: the body, mind, bottom-line connection
Encouraging employees to take time out of a busy workday to enjoy some deep breathing and self-compassion seems antithetical to the hard-charging, high-tech nature of modern American business. Then again, the hard-charging way, mindfulness proponents say, has made many American workplaces…