Do this instead Are you ready to stop obsessing about who you’re becoming or what you want to be and start enjoying who you are now? With so much uncertainty around us, happiness thoughts can be overwhelming if we are focusing on how things were before, or even worse, waiting to bring back the joy […]
Attain clarity with these 4 steps and reclaim your nights and weekends because once you have clarity on what to do the overwhelm will disappear.
Have you ever noticed how weirdly productive procrastination is? You really don’t want to do this one thing so you opt for ten others while you avoid and try to work up the mental energy required to focus on what you should be doing in the first place. The problem is that the tasks we […]
It seems crazy, but it’s true. The exact same product, with the exact same functions and statistics, will yield varying results depending on how it’s first introduced to the market. As demonstrated in a research study led by Benedetto De Martino from the Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience at Cambridge University, ‘human choices are remarkably susceptible to the […]
Do you suffer from a failure to launch? Not rockets or big, grand openings of some special event, but a simple and consistent launch into the next chapter of your own life. You see, most of us have the whole dreaming thing figured out. We know exactly what we want to be in the future, […]
You’ve probably heard about the marshmallow test. A small group of preschool children between 3 to 5 years old are each offered a marshmallow and given two choices; eat the treat immediately, or wait until the researcher returns and receive a second marshmallow. No threats of punishment on failure, just the promise of reward if […]
A to-do list can be a great companion for productivity — helping you to plan ahead, making sure that you don’t forget anything, and freeing up your mind to focus on the important stuff. On the flip side, an excessively long to-do list could kill your motivation before you even get started, limit creativity and […]
No, really. There is such a thing as “bad’’ rest. Did you know, for instance, that whatever you choose to do during off-duty periods like evenings, weekends, and vacations should ideally be as different from your work as possible? And not just different in the sense that one activity earns you money and the other […]
Are you struggling to stay motivated, follow through with your plans or commit to the things that you know will be good for you? It might be time to look outside for the help you need! “The American Society of Training and Development (ASTD) did a study on accountability and found that you have a […]
You know how sometimes you’re not really in the mood to do something until it starts and suddenly it’s great and you’re glad you pushed yourself? the meet-up you didn’t want to attend but ended up enjoying and even offering to help organize the next one the workout session that took all your willpower to […]