So, what to do in free time? Put those little chunks of time to their most productive use. Everyone works differently, so the best use of your free time really depends on you, your working style, and what’s on your to-do list. But it’s handy to have a list like this in order to quickly find a way to put that little spare time to work instantly, without any thought....
But bosses can break you down, too. Research shows that three out of four employees report that their boss is the worst and most stressful part of their job. In fact, a boss’s actions account for 67 percent of an employee’s productivity. Feel the pressure yet? While you may believe you have your whole career to find a great boss, your first one is a crucial part of your professional future....
Within your company, very different people with amazingly different backgrounds can produce astounding results providing they work together. This is the opposite of companies where a lack of diversity can lead to monolithic thinking. It is up to you, the leader within your organization, to make sure diversity works well. This provides you with the largest of talent pools to hire from and the most rapid integration of ideas. In this article, I will look into the reason why some leaders are reluctant to workplace diversity and how you can embrace it for success....
Why Do Babies Spit Up? When babies are first born, the pyloric sphincter (which lies between the stomach and the esophagus) is still fairly weak. This means that it cannot always open and close properly. This also means the contents of the baby’s stomach can easily go back through the sphincter and up into the throat and mouth. This can happen when a baby is feeding, and also when she is crying or coughing....
But, unfortunately, everything changes with time, including the way we view people. The one we love is not immune to this, sadly. Those tiny habits you liked about your partner as their “cute quirk” in the past might begin to grate on you in the present. Things you used to agree on can now lead to arguments, as you, or your partner, might have changed views on the subject. You may feel you have grown while your partner has stayed the same and is becoming boring....
Grant Snider of Incidental Comics has created a wonderful comic that illustrates six origins of ideas. Snider suggests you build on old ideas rather than discarding them, and that you explore all of your ideas even the small and abstract ones amongst! We are all filled with and surrounded by inspiration, ideas are always present in some shape! The Of Ideas | Incidental Comics Featured photo credit: Sebastiaan ter Burg via flickr....
Benefits of exercising in the morning The study A study has shown that exercising in the morning is best for reducing blood pressure and improving sleep. Dr. Scott Collier from Appalachian State University looked at the effect that exercise has on blood pressure. Together with research assistants Kimberly Fairbrother and Ben Cartner, Collier tracked the blood pressure levels and sleep patterns of a group of people between the ages of 40-60....
However, this is far from the truth. Chasing happiness only leaves you feeling unhappier. Why should that be? There is a familiar feeling that accompanies the chase for happiness. You end up feeling overwhelmed and anxious. That pressure to be happy all the time could take a toll on you. The truth is, we don’t really understand what happiness truly is. Societal misunderstandings have fed us with a lot of pressure and anxiety surrounding discussions about happiness, so making happiness an end goal can leave us feeling frustrated and unfulfilled....
Failure. It’s a word that has a negative connotation affixed to it, but the more that it’s understood, the more it can be regarded as something positive. Below are seven reasons why failure is a necessary element in our lives, how it benefits us and why it is especially necessary before achieving ultimate success. 1. It helps to deliver some necessary perspective. How can you enjoy the view from the top without having crawled your way up from the bottom?...
A study at the University of California, Irvine, found that a typical office worker’s focused quiet time is only 11 minutes in-between interruptions on average,[1] and it actually takes 25 minutes to resume to work after any interruptions. The noise and interruptions are badly affecting our work efficiency, and in fact, our life too. Our brains will be overloaded and their normal functions can be affected with too much noise....
1.Enhanced Memory There are definitely times when we suffer mental blocks and can’t remember an English word we want to use and for most of us, it’s probably the only main language we speak. But for a multilingual, that struggle is multiplied especially when they need to use the right word, grammar rules and structure when shifting in culture and context. So it is no surprise that multilinguals are blessed with better working memory than monolinguals....
While this idea seems counterintuitive and is not likely to show up on a bumper sticker, it turns out it’s true. To be clear, the loners in this case are those who like to be alone. They are loners by choice. They should not be confused with those whose negative life experiences or biological predisposition (or both) have resulted in certain neuroses or pathologies that render them a better fit for “reality” television than for social interaction....
While it’s not always practical to pack up and leave for extended periods of time, there are a lot of opportunities to travel both domestically and overseas. Traveling is easier than ever. With the right planning, it can be done on even the tightest of budgets, and the payoff is definitely worth the investment. Here are the top 10 reasons why you should make traveling a priority. 1. It’s refreshing....
1. You let distractions interrupt you constantly. I’d like to emphasize the word LET. People like to complain about how “distracted” they are, and most of them aren’t willing to accept that they are responsible for that reality. No one is holding a gun to your head and demanding you to answer texts the second you receive them or accept more responsibilities than you could possibly handle. If you feel overwhelmed, you need to deal with the fact that it is your fault....
1. Hacker Hacking is a word now synonymous with the dark side of the internet. It’s a common tech term that describes a computer user who breaks into software and uses its data. However, the origins of the word ‘hacking’ are remarkably different. In the past, it was used to describe someone who was a tech guru. The book ‘Piracy Cultures‘ says that the term was first applied to tech in the 1980s and meant someone who “works like a hack at writing and experimenting with software, one who enjoys computer programing for its own sake”....
1. You refuse to play the victim for life We all have battle scars and they hurt at times. But you have decided that the painful past must not lame you for life. The rationale is simple. You will not play the victim or let people know the awful truth because that means you are somewhat addicted to your pain. You were exploited and defenseless. Instead you have decided to forgive, forget and move on....
It isn’t just one thing that pushes someone to success, but a series of attitudes and habits that they adopt over the years, developing habits that can help push them further, in order to achieve more. What I have learnt personally and observed from others over the years, is that when you feel like quitting, taking a break or simply not sure of how to reach your goal, it is important to know how to spur yourself back on....
86 year old Tinney Davidson makes students feel warm by waving at them in the morning as they walk to high school. She started doing it with her husband, and she decided to continue the tradition after he sadly passed away. Tinney loves waving at the children, and it fills her with joy when they wave back. However, she never expected them to do something to surprise her. On Valentine’s Day the students invited her to their high school, where they showered her with Valentine’s cards and gifts to show their appreciation....
The 5 People You Meet In Heaven by Mitch Albom Eddie is your ordinary 9-5 guy; he’s an old amusement park maintenance worker – a wounded war veteran – who thinks he has lived an uninspired life. When he is met by death while trying to save a little girl on his 83rd birthday, Eddie discovers that Heaven is a place where your life is “explained to you” by five people you met in your life on Earth....
In the words of Lao Tzu: If we want to live a fulfilled life of realized potential and personal growth, we need to give in to the vulnerability and allow ourselves to feel weak and fragile, since it is also part of our nature. More honest friendships Our relationships with our loved ones will become more genuine and sincere, once we open up to them and show our “negative” sides we’ve been hiding from them....
