Does studying your area of expertise too much limit creativity?
tal opposite is true. Via Talent Is Overrated: What Really Separates World-Class Performers from Everybody Else: If we’re looking for evidence that too much knowledge of the domain or familiarity with its problems might be a hindrance in creative achievement, we have not found it in the research. Instead, all evidence seems to point in the opposite direction. The most eminent creators are consistently those who have immersed themselves utterly in their chosen field, have devoted their lives to it,…
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Can you bench press your way to a pay raise?
ople who exercise regularly make 5-10% more money. This paper investigates whether engaging in regular exercise leads to higher earnings in the labor market. While there has been a recent surge of interest by economists on the issue of obesity, relatively little attention has been given to the economic effects of regular physical activity apart from its impact on body composition. I find that engaging in frequent exercise is associated with a five to ten percent wage increase. This finding…
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Here Are The 3 Steps For Getting People To Pay Attention To You
her excellent book 100 Things Every Presenter Needs to Know About People, Susan Weinschenk lays out a research backed 3 step process that really impressed me: 1) Start with what you know they believe. If you start your presentation with the opposite of what they believe, they may turn you off right away. For example, if you start a presentation to me by saying how amazing Android phones are or that Android phones are superior to iPhones, then you’ve…
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5 Things You Need To Know About That Wonder-Beverage, Coffee:
terms of what we desire throughout the average day we wish for coffee slightly less than sex and a bit more than alcohol. Regular drinkers don't really get a boost from coffee, they just get their fix. In fact when you haven't had your coffee everything with caffeine tastes better. The strategic use of coffee can make you more persuasive. The smell of coffee actually makes people nicer to one another. The smell of coffee makes women more likely…
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How To Speak With Power
a The Charisma Myth: How Anyone Can Master the Art and Science of Personal Magnetism: Speak slowly. Visualize the contrast between a nervous, squeaky teenager speaking at high speed and the slow, emphatic tone of a judge delivering a verdict. Pause. People who broadcast confidence often pause while speaking. They will pause for a second or two between sentences or even in the middle of a sentence. This conveys the feeling that they’re so confident in their power, they trust…
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The Best Way To Dress When You Want To Influence Someone
search shows you should either: 1) Dress formally or, 2) Dress like they do: Via The Charisma Myth: How Anyone Can Master the Art and Science of Personal Magnetism: In the 1970s, when young adults’ dress styles tended to fall into either the “hippie” or the “straight” category, researchers experimented with the effects of clothing choice. They approached college students on a campus, sometimes wearing hippie clothes and other times wearing straight clothes, and asked for change to make a…
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Here’s What Your Voice Tells Others About You
ople judge you by your voice in many ways. Via Subliminal: How Your Unconscious Mind Rules Your Behavior: The result: speakers with higher-pitched voices were judged to be less truthful, less emphatic, less potent, and more nervous than speakers with lower-pitched voices. Also, slower-talking speakers were judged to be less truthful, less persuasive, and more passive than people who spoke more quickly. “Fast-talking” may be a cliché description of a sleazy salesman, but chances are, a little speedup will make…
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Are fist bumps, high fives, chest bumps, head grabs and half hugs the key to team performance?
he teams that touched the most cooperated the most, and won the most." Via Subliminal: How Your Unconscious Mind Rules Your Behavior: So are touchy-feely people more successful at getting things done? There is no data on whether bosses who dole out the occasional pat on the head run a smoother operation, but a 2010 study by a group of researchers in Berkeley found a case in which a habit of congratulatory slaps to the skull really is associated with…
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