How To Be Calm Under Pressure: 3 Secrets From A Bomb Disposal Expert
'd all like to know how to stay calm under pressure. Sure, I could pull a bunch of research studies on it and just summarize those for you. But that always leaves the lingering question: "But does this stuff work in the real world?" So who really knows about being cool as a cucumber under the most intense pressure imaginable? I'd read that when top bomb disposal experts approach a device designed to kill them, their heart rate actually goes down. Folks, I think…
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Stoicism Reveals 4 Rituals That Will Make You Mentally Strong
it. Resilience. Mental toughness. We hear a lot about them these days. But maybe we shouldn't. Why? Because there have been good solutions to the underlying problem for about, oh, 2000 years. The ancient Stoic philosophers really knew what they were doing when it came to building mental toughness. In fact... What's the most effective psychological tool we have today? Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. What's it based on? Stoicism. From Stoicism and the Art of Happiness - Ancient Tips For Modern Challenges: Stoicism provides…
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10 Things The Most Successful People Do Every Day
at habits, tactics and routines do the most successful people use to achieve their earth-shaking accomplishments? One guy wanted to know. So he talked to over 200 world-class achievers to learn from them. Now I happen to enjoy interviewing experts to get insights -- but if somebody wants to do all the heavy lifting for me, well, I'm not gonna say no. So I figured I should give that guy a call... Tim Ferriss is the bestselling author of The 4-Hour Workweek. His new…
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Research Reveals 5 Powerful Rituals That Will Make You Resilient
ery now and then, life punches below the belt. How can you be resilient when times get tough and you feel bad? There are all kinds of strategies for feeling happier and showing grit. But most of them are very conscious and deliberate. And the truth is, most of what we do every day isn't all that conscious and deliberate. Ever since Freud, we've known that a lot of our behavior is unconscious. If that's the case, shouldn't you leverage your…
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4 Easy Tricks That Will Make You Productive: Proven Secrets From Robert Cialdini
er needed to be productive... but you just don't feel like it? And you literally end up negotiating with yourself in order to get things done? I end up there all the time. So I wondered: what's the best way for me to convince me to be more productive? What's the best way to use the science of persuasion... on myself? I knew the answer was a bit beyond my pay grade, so I called an expert... Robert Cialdini is the Undisputed Heavyweight Champion of persuasion.…
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3 Proven Rituals That Will Make You Motivated
u know what you're supposed to be doing... but you've come down with a really bad case of "I-don't-feel-like-it." You just don't have any motivation. Ever feel like that? Well, you're not alone... Research shows lack of motivation is at a record high. Today more than 50% of American workers feel disengaged at their jobs. From Payoff: The Hidden Logic That Shapes Our Motivations: According to Gallup, which has been collecting data on employee engagement for many years, American workers are generally…
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How To Live The Good Life: 4 Easy Secrets Backed By Research
ch of being an adult is about controlling your emotions -- or even dampening them. But in the end, you want all these adult-y things you do to lead to positive emotions, right? "The good life" is all about how you feel. Yet feelings aren't very welcome in the workplace and they're not taught much in schools. So as adults we get plenty of practice in controlling emotions but little info when it comes to boosting them. How do we learn about feeling good and…
7 minutes
This Is How To Master Your Intuition: 4 Research-Backed Secrets
u're really good at what you do and you've been doing it a long time. You've got a hunch about this big problem you're facing... Should you trust it? All those smarty-pants books (and smarty-pants blogs, for that matter) are telling you to be rational. Use this or that fancy logical system. Or a framework developed by the really smart professor at the prestigious University of Wherever. But your Spidey-Sense is tingling. There's a disturbance in The Force. This hunch just feels right...…
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