7 Steps To Never Procrastinating Again
, you won't do better work by procrastinating. And you will not have more time next week. In fact, leaving things unfinished makes you stupid. Here's what works: Make specific plans. Just setting a date and a time when you're going to do something makes you more likely to follow through. Or write down the steps necessary to do the work. Use short, painless dashes of effort. Just have at it for five minutes and feel free to watch the…
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15 Research Based Secrets To Bulletproof Willpower
ed willpower right now? Clench your fists, cross your arms, tense your muscles, and stand up straight. (Improving your posture can improve your self control.) Mental control is important too. A wandering mind is not a happy mind. Meditation can improve this. Just making too many decisions can leave you depleted and burned out. To reduce this, build good habits and automate behavior as much as possible. Want to eat less at a meal? Wear a tight shirt. Context is…
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10 Ways To Turn Yourself Into A Productivity Dynamo
u're only productive at work three days out of the week. How can you improve that? The secret to getting more done is to make things automatic. Control over your schedule stops you from getting tired at work. Progress motivates us more than anything else. Your mind moves you, but how you move also affects your mind. Superstition can improve performance and when people wish you luck you do better. Mood matters. Happiness and overconfidence both boost productivity. Think positive…
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Achieving Goals: Everything You Need To Know
h? Set goals? Why? Setting goals can improve your life. Goal setting is one of the four techniques the military used to increase Navy SEAL passing rates from 25% to 33%. Studies have also shown it makes you happier. How do you set goals? Initially, the research says, aim high. Set ambitious goals. (But later on down the road don't be afraid to settle to be happy.) Keeping goals vague sometimes produces higher rates of success but being specific will…
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Night Owls vs. Morning People: Here’s Who Comes Out Ahead
eir personalities are definitely different: ...morning types are attracted to concrete information rather than abstract thinking and like to rely on logic rather than intuition. They tend to be introverted, self-controlled, and eager to make a good impression on others. In contrast, evening types have a far more creative outlook on life, are more prepared to take risks, are more independent and nonconforming, and are a little impulsive. Night owls are smarter. And male night owls do better with the…
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When you’re exhausted should you concentrate harder or just trust your gut?
with your gut: Recent studies showed that a period of unconscious thought can help when making complex decisions. Under some circumstances, unconscious thought improves decisions even more than conscious thought. Executive functioning depends on energy provided by glucose, and we know from previous research that the performance of various conscious processes deteriorates when energy is low. Unconscious processes require less energy and may operate unhampered when energy is low. Therefore, we propose that whereas low blood glucose levels impair…
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Here’s The Secret To Amazing Naps
re are 5 ways to improve your naps: If you're a morning person, the best time to nap is around 1 or 1:30PM. If you're a night owl, nap later, around 2:30 or 3PM. The best naps are under 45 mins or 90-120 mins. Anything in between is likely to give you that groggy feeling. Naps don't mean you're lazy: A NASA study showed that in-flight naps improved subsequent performance by 34% and overall alertness by 54%. To make sure…
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How To Be A Great Leader – 5 Insights From Research
udies have shown the traits that correlated most powerfully with CEO success as well as the most common failures of bad leaders. Avoid extremes of assertiveness or passivity. The best leaders are supportive, not controlling, even in the military. Find a balance between tough and nice. Your leadership style must adapt to the environment around you. Understand what things really motivate people. (No, not money.) What's the #1 motivator? Progress. Definitely progress. Want your employees to perform better? It can…
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