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Counterclockwise Aging

Your beliefs affect how you age—for better or worse You can adopt a positive mindset about getting older In 1979, Harvard psychologist Ellen Langer and colleagues created a study whose outcomes were so astounding that she hesitated to publish them fearing that she would be castigated. In 2009, Langer summarized this study in her intriguing…
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Mindset Matters in Defusing Chronic Stress

A person with a stress-is-enhancing mindset believes that stress can improve stress-related outcomes such as performance and productivity. On the other hand, a person with a stress-is-debilitating mindset believers that stress worsens stress-related outcomes.
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