This Is How To Be Resilient: 4 Secrets To Grit When Life Gets Hard
"I quit" is rarely said flatly. Whether it's said to yourself or others, it's usually "I QUIT!" or "Ugh. I quit..." (cue *sad trombone*). And that's because quitting is rarely done at the height of rational deliberation. It's usually based on feelings in the moment. You feel fear, anger, anxiety, impatience or…
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How to Be Happier Without Really Trying: 4 Odd Secrets From Research
GOOD GOD, WILL YOU SHUT UP? Sorry. Wasn't talking to you. I was talking to the voice in my head... Don't look at me like I'm crazy; you have one too. That Inner Critic. Sometimes it’s worried and you get play-by-play color commentary on how everything could go wrong. Other times…
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How To Stop Checking Your Phone: 4 Secrets From Research
If I told you we check our phones 5 billion times a minute you’d probably just shrug and agree. We've seen the shocking stats over and over and at this point no number would surprise us. But there's one study that haunts me... Here's what NYU professor Adam Alter told me: There’s a study…
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This Is How To Rewire Your Brain For Happiness: 4 Secrets From Research
Someone compliments you and you think, "They don't mean it." Something good happens and you hear, "I don't deserve this." You're meeting new people and it's, "They won't like me." And you usually accept those words because they're coming from inside your head. It's like the horror movie where the calls…
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3 Mindfulness Rituals That Will Make You Happy
Why is it so hard to be happy all the time? Why can’t our lives be more like the joyous families in insurance commercials and less like the lives of people making insurance claims? So what does the research say can make us happier? Mindfulness. It comes from Buddhism but we…
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New Neuroscience Reveals 5 Rituals That Will Make You Happy
ou want to be happy. Unfortunately, your brain is not always in a cooperating kind of mood. What gives? Honestly, happiness is not a helpful goal. Yeah, you heard me. It's too vague and abstract. Ask people to define happiness and you'll either get unhelpful, cliche answers or it will…
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11 Secrets That Will Make You More Secure On The Internet
acked accounts in the news. Endless robocalls. Online ads that eerily seem to read your mind. Do I hear Alexa and Siri gossiping about your secrets? It almost feels like paranoia is a totally appropriate reaction. In 2018 alone, data breaches exposed four-point-five billion records to hackers. Three months into…
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This Is The Most Powerful Way To Make Your Life Fantastic
ast year Cal Newport convinced 1600 people to completely change their lives. He asked them to take a 30-day break from the optional technologies in their lives. Unless not using it would get you fired, divorced, or cause the people you love to spontaneously burst into flame, it was out.…
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