This Is How To Never Be Bored Again: 4 Secrets From Research
Fixing the plumbing on a toilet is far from exciting. But Chris didn’t mind... But that’s probably because he was in outer space. It’s not a stretch to assume common household chores take on another level of interestingness when you’re on a space station. And so Chris Hadfield, the first Canadian…
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How To Stop Being Lazy And Get More Done – 5 Expert Tips
George was late again. It was 1939 and math PhD student George Dantzig arrived to find he had already missed much of the lecture. The two homework problems were already up on the chalkboard. He scribbled them down. But this day only got worse. When he got to work on the…
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This Is How To Quit Bad Habits Without Willpower: 4 Secrets From Neuroscience
Why do we do the things we do? Aristotle said everything we do was in service of happiness. We weigh the options and pick the thing that is likely to make us happiest… Boy, was Aristotle wrong. Your brain just does not work like that. How many times a day do…
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This Is The #1 Ritual You Need To Do Every Day
Living a good life means managing your time. Problem is, we don’t understand time at all. Go ahead, explain time to me; I’ll wait. (Eric hums to himself and drums fingers on the tabletop.) Don’t blame yourself. To be fair, the nature of time has been a matter of some debate…
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6 Things The Most Productive People Do Every Day
In case you are just recently visiting Earth, well, things have changed slightly since 2019. (For the record, I checked and 2020 has a “no refund” policy.) Yes, of course, I’m talking about working from home. In the span of roughly two weeks in March, the number of people in the…
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New Neuroscience Reveals 5 Secrets That Will Make You Emotionally Intelligent
How are you feeling? These days it seems like there are only two answers: "Fine" and "Busy." After all, if you did say everything that's on your mind, you'd get strange looks from that barista for the rest of your life. And it's no better at work, where the room for legitimate…
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How To Stop Checking Your Phone: 4 Secrets From Research
If I told you we check our phones 5 billion times a minute you’d probably just shrug and agree. We've seen the shocking stats over and over and at this point no number would surprise us. But there's one study that haunts me... Here's what NYU professor Adam Alter told me: There’s a study…
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This Is The Most Powerful Way To Make Your Life Fantastic
ast year Cal Newport convinced 1600 people to completely change their lives. He asked them to take a 30-day break from the optional technologies in their lives. Unless not using it would get you fired, divorced, or cause the people you love to spontaneously burst into flame, it was out.…
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