Mastering your time management skills will boost your productivity and personal effectiveness, which in turn will enhance your life. Time is money – the old adage that every cliché businessman has been using since time immemorial – bears more than a nugget of truth. After all, at work we're paid for the hours we devote to any task. When we buy goods or…
Introverts are often mistaken for shy or boring, but it couldn't be further from the truth. The quiet ones can teach the rest of us important life lessons. According to human personality theories, all people can be divided into two types: extroverts and introverts who have a different approach towards life. Extroverts are considered to be sociable people while introverts prefer to stay…
All of us are familiar with negative self-talk. Is it possible to turn it into a positive and encouraging inner voice? We all have some critical points in our lives. The moments when we need to make the right decision, to motivate ourselves to do something, to perform to our fullest. At such moments, it is perfectly normal to hesitate. When we do,…
Did you know that some of the things you do daily are a total waste of time? As a child you probably found yourself waiting often. Waiting for a new movie to come out, waiting for your first kiss, waiting for your parents to get home with pizza. Just waiting. Now it seems like instead of trying to kill time when waiting, we…
We all have good intentions when it comes to staying healthy, but when you're working full-time it's not easy. Sadly, those good intentions soon become distant memories and you don't even notice life passing you by. The biggest problem people working full-time have is the expectations they put on themselves. Working hard on your health every hour of the day is important, but…
Monday to Friday. 9 to 5. That's the dream. Eight work hours. Although, it's not always 9 to 5. Not really. You could just be sitting down after dinner and you get an email. Suddenly you're on your laptop for an hour or two trying to sort it out before you get to work the next day. You shut the computer down and…
Do you know that most of the successful people in the world get up early every morning? Several studies done globally have correlated being an early bird to success. They have also shown that the ideal time to wake up is 4 AM. The benefits associated with the good habit of getting up early every morning are both physical and mental. In this…
Are you looking for ways to increase your productivity? Staying productive is hard, especially when you have to do it day in and day out for long hours. It’s easy for the mind to get distracted, or even just to reach a point where you burn out of creativity or inspiration. But there are some ways to increase your productivity – and the…
The power of music provides a number of benefits related to our health. Most of us have heard the expression, “music soothes the savage breast.” What is stated in poetry is sometimes validated by reality. Many people can attest to the power of music to improve their state of mind, release stress, and foster self-expression. Some studies have shown that music also has…
Your closet is a cluttered mess, your inbox is full of unanswered correspondence, you have a presentation coming due that you haven’t started. You haven’t gone to the gym in a month, and you feel absolutely no motivation to change your attitude. Worse, nothing excites you and your attitude is full-on negative. What you do feel is guilt, embarrassment over your sluggishness, and…