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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The One Word Key To Happiness
all want to be happy. That's obvious. But how much would people pay for a moment of happiness? Researchers did a survey -- and the answer was about $80. Other than pure love and dodging discomfort, people were willing to pay the most for happiness. Via The Upside of Your Dark Side: $ 44.30 for calm tranquility, $ 62.80 for excitement, $ 79.06 for happiness, $ 83.27 to avoid fear, $ 92.80 to avoid sadness, $ 99.81 to avoid embarrassment, $ 106.26…
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The 5 Daily Rituals That Will Make You Happy
u know what percentage of people are really happy? Not "oh, life is pretty good", I mean people who are flourishing. They feel their lives are fulfilling, meaningful and brimming with potential. 17%. Via The Sweet Spot: How to Find Your Groove at Home and Work: Only 17 percent of the adult population is said to be flourishing, fulfilling their potential for happiness, success, and productivity. Less than one in five. And the question that follows is, of course: how do I…
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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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