How To Get Respect: 5 Points Backed By Science
all want to know how to get respect. Research shows respect is key to both your love life and your career. But it's difficult. Others size you up very quickly. For instance, people evaluate how attractive you are in 13 milliseconds. Yes, milliseconds. And first impressions matter more than you think. They’re the most important part of any job interview. And once set, they're hard to change. So how do you get respect? Let’s look at the research and see what works --…
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6 Things The Most Organized People Do Every Day
ur life is busy. Work/life balance is a challenge. You feel like you’re spreading yourself so thin that you’re starting to disappear. Most of us feel that way. But not all of us. The most organized people don't. As NYT bestselling author and neuroscientist Daniel J. Levitin explains, the VIP's he's met don't seem scattered and frantic. They're calm, cool and "in the moment", not juggling nine things and worried about being done by 7PM. It's not hard to figure out why:…
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How To Stop Being Lazy And Get More Done – 5 Expert Tips
ome days the to-do list seems bottomless. Just looking at it is exhausting. We all want to know how to stop being lazy and get more done. I certainly want the answer. So I decided to call a friend who manages to do this -- and more. Cal Newport impresses the heck out…
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How You Can Have A Fulfilling Career – 10 Scientific Steps
s your job not really doing it for you? Doesn't have everything you need to feel satisfied, challenged and proud? Or are you job-hunting but the options don't seem that appealing? You’re not alone. In fact, it’s an epidemic. Job satisfaction is at its lowest rate since anyone started measuring…
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10 Networking Tips That Will Make You A Success
veryone needs to network. And I mean everyone. What determines whether a drug dealer dies or becomes a kingpin? Yup -- the size of his network. Networking is one of the 10 things I recommend people do every week. Research shows networking is vital to staying employed, salary growth and job satisfaction. It…
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7 Ways You Can Easily Increase Your Willpower
general, people have an overly positive vision of themselves and their abilities. But what's the one thing surveys show most everyone will admit they have a problem with? Self-control. And who is most likely to give in to temptation? Ironically, it's the people who think they have the most willpower. Via The Willpower Instinct: How Self-Control Works, Why It Matters, and What You Can Do To Get More of It: Research shows that people who think they have the most willpower are actually the…
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How To Be Resilient: 8 Steps To Success When Life Gets Hard
tick with it!" "Be resilient!" "Never give up!" I see a lot of stuff about resilience, persistence and grit. What I don't see is a lot of legitimate info on how to actually increase those qualities. How can we be more resilient? How can we shrug off huge challenges in life, persist and -- in the end -- succeed? So I looked at the most difficult scenarios for insight. (Who needs resilience in easy situations, right?) When life and death is on the line,…
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How To Motivate Yourself: 3 Steps Backed By Science
u make goals... but then you procrastinate. You write a to-do list... but then you don't follow through. And this happens again and again and again. Seriously, what's the problem? Why are we so good at thinking of what to do but so terrible at actually doing those things? The problem is you're skipping an essential step. Here's what it is... The Mistake Every Productivity System Makes Productivity systems rarely take emotions into account. And feelings are a fundamental and unavoidable…
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