How To Deal With Anxiety, Tragedy Or Heartache – 4 Steps From Research
ou don't remember me, but I was in your experiment a year ago. I just wanted to thank you. It changed my life." James Pennebaker has had a number of people say this to him over the years. In the early 80's he came across a study showing that people who experienced personal traumas but didn't discuss them were more likely to get sick. He wondered if just writing about their emotional upheavals could help people recover. And the research he did changed lives. In the 30 years since, hundreds of…
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How To Go From Dreaming To Doing: 4 Steps To Motivation
u have stuff you know you should be doing. But it doesn’t get done. You need to go from dreaming to doing -- but it's hard. You want to accomplish more at work, hit the gym, get a new job or study harder at school… but it’s not happening. I’ve talked about strategies to make challenges easier like the 20 second rule. But what if you’re just not starting in the first place? What gets you going when you’re not motivated to reach those longer term…
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Be More Successful: New Harvard Research Reveals A Fun Way To Do It
e all want to be more successful. But everything you read probably sounds like a lot of work. Isn't there a scientifically proven method that's a little more... fun? There is. Shawn Achor is the bestselling author of The Happiness Advantage and for years at Harvard he studied exactly that: happiness. He gave an…
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4 Things Millionaires Have In Common, Backed By Research
at do millionaires do differently? Are they harder workers? Do they have brains that can bend spoons? Do they exhibit Bond Villain levels of cunning? For their books The Millionaire Next Door and The Millionaire Mind the authors surveyed over 700 millionaires to find out. 80% were self-made, accruing all their wealth in one generation. And they were doing a number of things you and I probably aren't. Here are a few patterns the researchers saw: 1) Most Millionaires Are Self-Employed Got a great idea for a business?…
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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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3 Simple Things That Will Make You 10% Happier
er been really stressed? So stressed you nearly freak out? This happened to Dan Harris... in front of 5 million people. On June 7th, 2004, Dan was a news correspondent on ABC and he had a panic attack on air while reading the news: He knew he had to do something. His career was in jeopardy. By coincidence, he was soon assigned to cover stories about religion. This set Dan on a multi-year quest talking to people of faith -- and…
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6 Things The Happiest Families All Have In Common
mily life is hectic. Most of us play it by ear and hope it works out well. Or maybe you haven’t started a family yet but when you do you want to do it right. Aren’t there some legit answers out there about what creates the happiest families? Yes, there are. To get the facts I called Bruce Feiler, author of the New York Times bestseller, The Secrets of Happy Families. When writing his book, Bruce knew there were answers already out…
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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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