THE EXXXOTIC TRAVEL FIRM Cost of blunder: $10 million In the 1988 Yellow Pages, an ad purchased by the Banner Travel agency was meant to espouse the company’s ‘exotic travel’ options—instead, thanks to a typo by Pacific Bell, it advertised ‘erotic’ travel destinations. Banner’s owner said the error cost her 80 percent of her business …

Sure, your endless to-do list and lack of a work-life balance have a lot to do with the fact that you’re stressed, but the culprit of the pressurized feeling we’ve all experienced is none other than a hormone called cortisol. Commonly known as the stress hormone, cortisol is a steroid hormone that’s produced in the …

1. Appreciate the things you have. Coach John Wooden emphasized the importance of being thankful by quoting Lao Tse: “Freedom from desire leads to inner peace.” He also added his own words of wisdom: “The great secret of life is to cultivate the ability to appreciate the things we have, not compare them.” Coach often …

How to Have Super Relaxing Weekday Mornings Nobody likes starting their days in a hurry. “Being time-challenged is the norm today,’”says Ellen Smith, life coach and founder of En Course. “Mornings are particularly tough,” she adds. Getting dressed, eating well, and zipping out the door to wherever our day is taking us is a lot …

Happiness—real, sustained happiness—isn’t just something that you stumble upon. And it isn’t something that you should only experience on the weekends and on vacation. It’s something that we all can achieve, but we’ve been going about it the wrong way, says Kristi Ling, happiness strategist and author of Operation Happiness. Ling explained in a recent …