After the Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris nearly burned down in April, the French luxury-goods magnate François-Henri Pinault was celebrated for committing €100 million to reconstruct what he called ...

Ah, praise. It can lift us up and send us flying to lofty heights. It can validate, it can motivate, and it can inspire. And, as is true of anything with the power to make us feel so good, praise has ...

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A word of encouragement is not just reassuring. At times, it is the very thing that changes the outcome of a struggle. It's a nudge that pushes us forward, or a spark that rekindles the fire to pick ...