Mistakenly, we blame only outside distractions, thinking that they mess with our ability to stay on task and make it almost impossible to avoid them. However, our inner triggers are what play the biggest role in focused and productive action. While external triggers are cues from our environment that tell us what to do next, inner triggers are cues from within us. For example, when we’re hungry, we are cued to get something to eat, and so on....
When two people have beliefs or habits that differ too much, it creates friction. For example, if one partner is devoutly religious and the other is an all-out atheist, it might be difficult for the couple to find common ground on the way that the universe functions. When a neat-freak has to put up with the habits of a slob, there will be arguments. Opposites may attract, but they don’t always have staying power....
Our phones are beeping and pinging with new alerts to messages, likes and comments and our colleagues are complaining about the latest company initiative is designed to get us to do more work and spend less time at home. All these distractions result in us multitasking where our attention is switching between one crisis and the next. Multitasking is a problem. But how to stop multitasking? How Bad Really Is Multitasking?...
These individuals might seem nice enough on the outside but their intentions, attitude, or behavior are fuelled by the hostility that can negatively impact your mental health.[1] Most of us encounter passive-aggressive people on a weekly, if not daily, basis. It can make you feel like you are on an emotional roller coaster when dealing with an emotional situation. Passive-aggressive people don’t overtly act angry or upset with you, but their passive ways project that anger to you through their eye rolls, not returning your calls, walking out of the room when you enter, or another form of covert hostility....
Naturally, when we follow the advice of someone else, which is tailored to their life goals and personality, we can end up with something that doesn’t deliver on the promise. We don’t get rewarded with our vision of success: we get theirs. This is why I’m a proponent of self-discovery, introspection and personal sovereignty. So how to succeed on your own terms? These 7 essential steps are not going to tell you exactly what to do, but they will provide you with the tools and the questions to ask so that you can discover your own path and know how to succeed in life on your own terms....
Your emotions are your body’s way of signalling whether things are going well or not. And if you’ve have recently felt some of the things that I will mention below, perhaps you should think about changing your life. Ultimately, only you have the power to turn things around. Feeling like nothing ever changes and the prevalence of the day-to-day routine When your friends ask you what’s new, what is your answer?...
Will make you or your employer the most money Will most delight your customers or colleagues Will save you the most time or money Everything else can wait until this task is completed. On an unproductive day, being able to take stock and focus has to be your best friend. It can completely turn things around and turn you from productivity zero to hero. 2. Take a short break. This might sound counter-intuitive, but if you just aren’t feeling it, you could do much worse than take a break....
Professional locksmiths can use several methods to open locked cars. The choice of tools and procedures depends on the type of car and its locking system. Here are a few of the most common tools a locksmith uses to unlock a car safely. Locksmith Wedges To unlock a car, the locksmith has to access its locking mechanism from outside. This requires creating a gap between the door or window and the car’s interior so that another instrument can be inserted to release the lock....
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The app featured in the video is called Pixsta. From my perspective, the app is fantastic and does it’s job very well. One of the main reasons why I support it so much is because it enables me to switch between my Instagram accounts quickly, which as a social media manager, is very handy indeed. There is unfortunately one flaw in the app which is the lack of an upload function....
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Let’s take the first question. It’s easy to feel intuitively that most results arise from a small group of actions. The Pareto Principle feels immediately valid. It also feels like a practical tool. Identify the “magic 20%” of actions and you can more or less dispense with the other 80% without much impact on your results. What a marvelous saving of time and effort. Of course, this only works if you can reliably distinguish the 20% of actions (or people, or events) that produce that disproportionate amount of benefits....
Here are a few tips on how to make your language work for you. The most powerful word in your vocabulary…YET. Often we make statements like “I can’t speak French” or “I don’t know how to lose weight” but by adding one little word, yet, to the end of each sentence you change the sentiment from something you cannot do to something you aspire to do. Your brain recognizes the subtle difference between a hopeless statement and one that suggests that at a future time it will happen....
What is hypnosis? To date, scientists have been unable to explain exactly what hypnosis or hypnotherapy is. The description most often used goes something like this: It is a mental state characterized by relaxation and heightened imagination. Hypnosis is not sleeping as it has so widely been portrayed, but rather daydreaming in a fully conscious state. You are intensely focused on the subject at hand. When you are in a hypnotic state, the critical or conscious side of your brain has been shut off....
1. Google Hangouts 2. LastPass 3. Pocket 4. PushBullet 5. Lazarus 6. Ghostery 7. Hover Zoom 8. Evernote Web Clipper 9. TabCloud TabCloud is a productivity tool that lets you manage your tabs. This may not seem like a big thing but most people surf many, many websites. Using a tool like this, you can manage your tabs and browse more efficiently. For instance, you can create a tab group called “Social Media” and put your Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Pinterest, Tumblr, Instagram, etc in it....
Are Attractive People More Trustworthy? The psychologists who conducted this study were probably not aiming to prove that the unattractive faces of the world are not worthy of trust. What they were trying to prove is that both children and adults have biased opinions about who they should trust in this world. The second part of this study took not only groups of children, but adults as well to see if our perceptions change as we get older....
“Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace, and gratitude.” Denis Waitley 1. Write a daily gratitude list Before you start your day, at the end of each day or whenever you have a spare five to ten minutes, write a list of ten things you’re grateful for. They don’t have to be big things — just look around you and ask yourself, in this moment, what am I grateful for?...
There are many books that are notorious for being tagged as unfinished. These books are left unfinished because of weak writing, slow pace and other such heart breaking reasons. The ones that made it to the finished list are the ones where readers are compulsive, committed to the series, don’t like to judge the book by the cover but by the ending. Want to know more about the books that didn’t make the cut?...
Comment spams can be really annoying. You are excited when you are notified that someone has commented on your blog. You feel valued and see the comment as a sign that people are actually reading and assessing your blog. However, the joy is short lived. You soon find the comment to be nothing more a stupid spamming technique. Sometimes, the comment spams are very easy to identify while at occasions, the spammer may try to act a little bit smarter in an attempt to appear authentic....
What are the reasons for your low productivity level last year? It is because of your attitude, or perhaps because of your work environment? If the problem is your work environment, maybe it is time to tweak and remodel your home office. Here are some creative ways you can remodel your home office and improve your productivity. White-Painted Solid Wood For A Formal Style If you prefer a formal setting while you work on your business, you may opt for a white, cream or ivory color for painting solid wood....
