Inner Strength: This Is The Research-Backed Way To Increase Grit
er feel like you just wanna give up on something? How can you develop the inner strength necessary to achieve your long term goals? Turns out that grit -- the perseverance that keeps us going -- is a lot more important than you might think. In fact, it's the best predictor of success among West Point cadets. From Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us: The best predictor of success, the researchers found, was the prospective cadets’ ratings on a noncognitive, nonphysical trait…
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This Is The Most Fun Way To Improve Every Part Of Your Life
u don’t celebrate enough. I’m not talking about just having fun for the sake of having fun. Plenty of scientific research shows that celebrating is the key to a better life. We need more high-fives, more parties, more chocolate consumption, and a lot more saying, “Wow, that’s great!” Sound too simple and cheery? Wrong. Here's why... Relationships Are you trying to fix things in your romantic relationship so it will last? Stop right now. Why? Because you have it backwards. Studies…
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Bad Habits: How To End Them With 8 Secrets From Research
d habits; we all got'em. You know what they are. You know you should stop. But... it's hard. In fact, sometimes you feel downright powerless. And you're not crazy... Research from Duke University shows 40% of what you do every day isn't a decision -- it's a habit. From Charles Duhigg’s excellent book The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business: One paper published by a Duke University researcher in 2006 found that more than 40 percent of…
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This Is The #1 Way To A Happy, Healthy, Long Life
o wants to live a happy, healthy, long life? Yeah, everybody. Turns out an incredible amount of scientific evidence points to one simple answer: Relationships. But why? And what do we really need to do on a regular basis to see the benefits? Turns out we're all doing a lot of things wrong. Let's learn four big insights from the research and start living that great life, shall we? 1) Relationships = Health If there's a viral pandemic going on, by…
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This Is The Most Fun Way To Make Your Life Awesome
orking on your goals" is usually not fun. It's way too formal and serious. And that's one of the reasons we quit. So how can you build good habits, improve yourself and have a great life -- while still having a blast? I decided to call an expert on the subject. Steve Kamb is the bestselling author of Level Up Your Life: How to Unlock Adventure and Happiness by Becoming the Hero of Your Own Story. Steve meshes psychology with video games, movies and pop culture…
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How To Get More Energy: 8 New Secrets Backed By Research
'd all like to know how to get more energy when life throws curve balls at us. These ideas from psychology research can help you keep going and overcome a terminal case of I-don't-feel-like-it. Let's get started... 1) Do The "Obvious Trio" Yeah, yeah, I said this would be "new" secrets but we have to get these three obvious ones out of the way now. Everybody says you should get more sleep, exercise and eat better. And, of course, they're right. But…
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How To Focus: 5 Research-Backed Secrets To Concentration
question a lot of us are struggling with these days is "how to focus." Concentration seems hard. Why does everyone joke about having ADD? There's a reason... Ed Hallowell, former professor at Harvard Medical School and bestselling author of Driven to Distraction, says we have “culturally generated ADD.” Via CrazyBusy: Overstretched, Overbooked, and About to Snap! Strategies for Handling Your Fast- Paced Life: Having treated ADD since 1981, I began to see an upsurge in the mid-1990s in the number of…
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Neuroscience Discovers 5 Things That Will Make You Happy
what's going to make you happy? Let's get more specific: what's going to make your brain happy? And let's focus on things that are simple and easy to do instead of stuff like winning the lottery. Neuroscience has answers. I've discussed this subject before and it was so popular I decided to call an expert to get even more dead simple ways to start your brain feeling joy. Alex Korb is a postdoctoral researcher in neuroscience at UCLA and author of The Upward Spiral.…
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