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  By Bryan Wish Rich Diviney is the author of The Attributes: 25 Hidden Drivers of Optimal Performance. During his twenty years as a Navy SEAL Officer, Rich was intimately involved in the world-renowned SEAL selection process, which whittles exceptional candidates down to a small cadre of the most elite optimal performers. But Diviney was often surprised by which recruits washed out and which succeeded. Someone could have all the right skills and still fail, while recruits he might have initially dismissed would prove to be top performers. The seemingly objective criteria weren’t telling him what he most needed to...

[TAG0]Katherine’s sitting room before and after adding wallpaper with coordinating paint. Featured design: SMALLER Rust Brown and Blue on Cream Annie by danika_herrick. Featured substrate: Peel and Stick wallpaper. Featured paint: Good Jeans by Clare Paint.  Ever wonder how some people manage to flawlessly decorate their homes? That journey begins once you find clarity on both the energy you want your home to have and the story you want it to tell. Two big ways to change how your home looks are by adding pops of color and design through wallpaper and paint. Clare Paint ambassador Ashley Whiteside is here...

Wedding photographers have a unique opportunity to experience what has the potential to be one of the most beautiful days in our lives. The reverse side of that coin, however, is that they can also experience disastrous weddings as well. When one online community asked wedding photographers to share stories of weddings where they knew the couple wouldn’t last, they delivered! This list has it all - from trashy drunken flops to toxic family feuds and heartbreaking infidelity. Grab your popcorn and settle in for some good stories!#1When the groom told the bride she couldn't have cake because she was...

As Johnny Carson used to say (this, or some variation, often enough that he was made fun of for doing it), “That was weird wild stuff.” Adding: “I did not know that.” (It’s a four second clip on YouTube now.) This reaction offers a way into Frederick Barthelme’s story, “Box Step,” though when it was written in the early 80s, it would not have been particularly weird. It’s the author’s handling of the somewhat weird that’s interesting, his writing a story that undermines the status quo of literary weird. A quick and inadequate summary of the story: It’s about Henry...

I was waiting for the J train when I found out my husband was dead. I had left work earlier than usual, and the underground Embarcadero Muni Station, which was so jammed during rush hour that it was difficult to walk down the platforms, was nearly empty. My phone had only one bar of reception, and the ringing from my phone had startled me. The screen read “San Francisco, CA” below the unknown number. “Mrs. Anderson?” said the voice on the phone. “Yes?” I said, remembering the first person who’d called me that: the bellhop at the hotel where we...