Signs You’re Burning Out (And How To Stop It): Even the best jobs can lead to burnout. The harder you work and the more motivated you are to succeed, the easier it is to get in over your head. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/signs-youre-burning-out-how-stop-dr-travis-bradberry Posted from WordPress for Android →
Do you have trouble concentrating at work? It’s probably because of all those amazing ideas you have running through your head. A new study claims that intelligent people are more easily distracted at work: Workers who have trouble concentrating on a daily basis may be intellectually superior to their colleagues, according to a new study. →
Change isn’t a bad thing – kick a few bad American habits http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2015/02/five-bad-american-habits-i-kicked-in-finland/385140/?utm_source=SFFB 1. I don’t fear awkward silences. 2. I don’t say things I don’t mean. 3. I don’t leave food on my plate. 4. I don’t take coffee to go. 5. I don’t feel uncomfortable in my own skin. Posted from WordPress for →
New research reveals surprising truths about why some work groups thrive and others falter. Yet many of today’s most valuable firms have come to realize that analyzing and improving individual workers — a practice known as ‘‘employee performance optimization’’ — isn’t enough. As commerce becomes increasingly global and complex, the bulk of modern work is →
Dr. Paul Kelley, a researcher at Oxford University, has scientifically corroborated the claim that nearly every worker to ever live has made: that it sucks to work before 10 AM. “Before the age of 55, the circadian rhythms of adults are completely out of sync with normal nine-to-five working hours, posing a “serious threat” to →
Even your best ideas mean nothing if no one listens to you. We’ve broken down the bad habits you should avoid if you want to be an effective communicator. http://uk.businessinsider.com/7-bad-speaking-habits-to-break-today-2015-7?utm_content=buffer804d3&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer%3Fr%3DUS&IR=T Posted from WordPress for Android →
Our brains are designed to focus on one thing at a time, and bombarding them with information only slows them down. MIT neuroscientist Earl Miller notes our brains are “not wired to multitask well… when people think they’re multitasking, they’re actually just switching from one task to another very rapidly. And every time they do, there’s →
It’s been four-and-a-half years since Japan’s Fukushima nuclear accident. Today, a report in The New York Times notes that, in that time, nobody has died from radiation directly. Nobody’s even been “sickened.” While that seems miraculous, there were, however, 1,600 stress-related deaths in the aftermath of the meltdown https://www.inverse.com/article/6336-panic-caused-more-death-than-radiation-at-fukushima Posted from WordPress for Android →
Feeling sleepy? It’s no secret that a good night’s sleep is key to a good day. Yet, according to the Institute of Medicine, an estimated 50-70 million adults in the United States have sleep difficulties. These side effects include loss of memory, heightened anger, food cravings, hallucinations and loss of memory. Wait, did I already →
A growing pool of research indicates that those of us who dabble in the art of sarcasm are actually much better off than those who can’t take a joke. As it turns out, using sarcasm in daily conversation may mean that you are smarter, found to be more attractive in general and are even more →