How To Improve Self-Esteem: A New Secret From Research
seems we all want to know how to improve self-esteem these days. Life can be hard. And who is usually hardest on you? Yourself. There's that negative voice in your head criticizing you. And sometimes you can't shut it up. So the answer is to boost your self-esteem, right? We've seen an explosion of this kind of thinking lately, that self-esteem is the answer to everything. But it's had some negative effects on the world too -- like an epidemic of…
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How To Get Organized: 2 Solutions From Philosophy And Kindergarten
ing disorganized causes huge problems. Via Organizing from the Inside Out: • Americans waste nine million hours per day searching for misplaced items, according to the American Demographics Society. • The Wall reported that the average U.S. executive wastes six weeks per year searching for missing information in messy desks and files. • Cleaning professionals say that getting rid of excess clutter would eliminate 40 percent of the housework in an average home (National Soap and Detergent Association).…
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3 Things Psychopaths Can Teach You About Being A Happier Person
u're a good person. Or at least you're trying to be. Me too. But that doesn't mean we can't learn a thing or two from the bad guys. And I mean the really bad guys -- psychopaths. So let's give the devil his due. And that's why I gave Kevin a call. Dr. Kevin Dutton is a researcher at Oxford and author of The Wisdom of Psychopaths: What Saints, Spies, and Serial Killers Can Teach Us About Success. You might be wondering what…
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The Secret To Never Being Frustrated Again
e all get frustrated. The guy in front of you is driving like an idiot. Your boss is being a jerk. Your partner isn't listening. And sometimes these all happen to you on the same day. What's the fix for this? One guy came up with a solution that deals with all of these problems…
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How To Find Happiness In Today’s Hectic World
ying to find happiness in a world so busy and complicated can seem impossible. What's weird is that in so many ways our lives are objectively better than our grandparents' lives were. We have more... yet we often feel worse. Don't you wonder if life was happier when it was simpler? I do. Who has the explanation for this? And more importantly, who has answers on how to fix it? I don't. But I know someone who does. So I gave Barry Schwartz a call. He's…
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A Navy SEAL Explains 8 Secrets To Grit And Resilience
metimes you just want to quit. You know you shouldn't but nothing seems better than crawling back into bed and hiding under the covers. (I am there right now, actually, with my laptop.) The emerging science of grit and resilience is teaching us a lot about why some people redouble their efforts when the rest of us are heading for the door. Research is great, but it's always nice to talk to someone who's been there firsthand, and to see how…
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How To Be Motivated: 4 New Insights From Research
metimes there is not enough coffee in universe to get you going. How to be motivated is something we all struggle with at some time or another. Or, um, daily. Motivation is such a mystery. It's a feeling and we understand it so poorly it feels impossible to do anything about it. Is there anyone who can unravel the science of how motivation works and tell us what to do? Yes. Dan Pink wrote the book on motivation. Literally. He's…
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How To Eat Healthy: 5 Easy New Tips From Research
u know you should eat healthier. But it's not easy. Temptation is all around and willpower, well, isn't. The solution is in making better choices. Psychology. But most of the answers we hear aren't legit. So I called a guy who knows the real deal: Brian Wansink. He leads food psychology research at Cornell University and the White House chose him to revise US dietary guidelines. He has a great website and is author of two smart books on the subject of tricking yourself into…
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