Do you feel like you're getting more done when you're multitasking?
If you answered "yes", you may want to rethink your perspective.
An article in the newest Harvard Business Review (March 2013) shows that multitasking is counterproductive. Data gathered by a software tool called RescueTime contrasted a day's worth of computer use by two…
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What thoughts do you have that limit your ability to enjoy life?
Have you ever caught yourself saying things like:
"I'm such a failure..."
"No one likes me..."
"I always mess things up..."
Daniel Amen, M.D., proposes that how we think from moment to moment has a huge impact on how we feel and behave. Our negative thoughts often…
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What if there were habits that have the power to start a chain reaction that changes other habits?
What if some habits matter more than others in remaking our lives or how we work?
Charles Duhigg in The Power of Habit explains that these types of habits exist and they are called "keystone habits." He says…
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Even if you answered, "Not very" to that question, the good news is that you have the power to improve your persistence.
We have the power to "gradually strengthen our persistence 'muscle' " according to the research described in the article titled "The Power of Persistence" by Jeremy Mercer in the November/December 2012 issue of The Intelligence Optimist.
Several interesting findings about…
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Did you realize that if you relax, you'll be more productive. Tony Schwartz shares this perspective in The New York Times on Sunday, February 9, 2013.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/10/opinion/sunday/relax-youll-be-more-productive.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20130210
Schwartz, the CEO of The Energy Project, explains that research shows the more time off we take, the more effective we are - even though this perspective is…
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If you wait until you feel like doing something that you really want or need to do, look at the advice from Julius Erving, the great basketball player.
Erving says, "Being a professional is doing the things you love to do even on the days you don't feel like doing them."
To learn more…
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