How to get better at managing your time
A new study out of the University of California, Irvine, found that the typical office worker is interrupted every three minutes and five seconds. The problem is that after a disruption, it takes an average of 23 minutes and 15 seconds to get back on track. We’re prone to wasting a lot of time Read More...
Is your houseplant leaning to one side? Here’s how to fix that
When a plant is outdoors and surrounded by 360-degrees of sunlight, its auxin (plant hormone) levels are evenly distributed, and it can grow straight up towards the sky. But when you put a houseplant indoors by a bright window, it only gets light from one side. This causes the plant to grow Read More...
3 ways to kick a bad habit
You can’t break a habit by trying to stop yourself from performing the habit. The brain systems that stop a behavior require a lot of effort. In addition, you don’t learn anything when you don’t perform any actions, and so even when you successfully stop yourself from performing a behavior, Read More...
How to be a more humble person
Humility has long been an ancient virtue to be praised, but in the age of social media, the trait is often overlooked and devalued. However, recent scientific research has begun to reveal what our ancestors already knew—that humility has the transformative power to change people’s lives, Read More...
How to overcome laziness in your life
You may be an intelligent soul, but if you’re also inherently lazy, it can be a major obstacle to achieving what you really want in life. So, how do you snap out of laziness and become more diligent? From his decades of experience as a personal coach in the San Francisco Bay Area, Marty Remko, Read More...
4 ways to boost your physical, mental, and social well-being
Recently, life has certainly been stressful, but if you’ve been feeling particularly on edge in recent days, it might just be time to make self-care a priority in your life. You shouldn’t see caring for yourself as self-indulgence. Rather, look at it as a way to preserve your strength and Read More...
Lost your job? This expert advice will help you stay grounded
One of the most painful aspects of the coronavirus pandemic is seeing friends or loved ones lose employment as service industries and nonessential businesses close. If you or a loved one is coping emotionally with unemployment, here are five tips from financial psychology Ted Klontz and financial Read More...
The creative benefits of being a perfectionist
There’s nothing perfect about being a perfectionist. You waste time on relatively unimportant decisions, you get excessively annoyed with yourself over small mistakes, which drains you, and, because you expect others to conform to your standards, you sometimes make collaboration more difficult. Read More...
How to fight Zoom fatigue with comedy
The novelty of these lockdown days has worn off and many of us are at our wits’ ends—especially with all these video calls that are meant to replace in-person interactions. Last week, we shared some structural advice on how to deal with “Zoom fatigue”, the phenomenon of feeling mentally Read More...
How to be a better conversationalist
A meaningful conversation is the best way to build a connection with someone, but simply conjuring up such a conversation is not always easy—especially if you’re shy by nature. With that in mind, here are four ways to become a better conversationalist. Express genuine interest It’s Read More...