This Is How To Easily Make Your Relationships Awesome: 4 Secrets
elationships are important. Like, more-important-than-Vitamin-C important. Scurvy is no fun but a lack of relationships might kill you faster. From The Relationship Cure: A study of people living in Alameda County, California, for example, showed that people who had close friendships and marriages lived longer than those who didn’t. This…
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This Is What The Best Teams And Families All Do: 3 Rituals From Research
hat makes a team effective? Is it trust? Cooperation? "Chemistry"? You have no idea. Don't worry -- neither did I. Kinda terrifying, isn't it? We're all part of friendships, work teams, and families and we don't really know what builds trust, unity, or makes a group effective. Luckily, one very…
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This Is How To “Work Smarter Not Harder”: 3 Secrets From Research
Work smarter, not harder." Sounds good. But how do you actually do that? *crickets* Well, luckily someone finally took up the challenge of finding a clear answer... UC Berkeley professor Morten Hansen looked at 200 academic papers, interviewed 120 experts, ran a pilot study on 300 subjects, and built a framework…
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This Is How To Be Your Best Self: 3 Secrets Backed By Research
ow should we treat other people? Well, if you look at ancient traditions, they're very often on the same page. Golden Rule for the win: King James Bible: “All things whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you, do ye even so to them.” Hinduism: “Knowing how painful it is to…
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7 Surprising Books That Will Make Your Life Better
read a lot of books. I reference at least one book a week in these blog posts but I have to read a lot more than that -- usually 4 to 5 times as many -- to find the ones worth citing. So a lot of people ask me…
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This Is How To Increase Emotional Intelligence: 5 Powerful Secrets
motional Intelligence. Another "it" theory of the moment. The media's panacea of the week. Another great thing we all need -- that nobody seems to be able to clearly define. I swear I'm going to do a book of psychology buzzword mad libs ("My mindful grit is emotionally intelligent due…
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This Is How To Overcome Anger: 5 Powerful Secrets From Mindfulness
here's a voice shouting. Takes a second before you realize it's yours. You feel energized. Righteous. Driving every point home. It's like the climax of a courtroom drama and you're the hero... Too bad you're saying a lot of stuff you're definitely going to regret in twenty minutes. But, hey, at…
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Changing These 4 Beliefs Will Make You Surprisingly Happy
raffic upsets you. People upset you. Your job upsets you... Wrong, wrong and wrong. Actually, none of those things upset you. Your beliefs about them do. That's what the ancient Stoic philosophers believed. From The Daily Stoic: “People are not disturbed by things, but by the views they take of…
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