Reading Time: 4 minutes Hearing the word “leader”, what first comes to mind is often “managers”. But what about Martin Luther King and Mother Theresa? They were great leaders though they weren’t managers. Both won the respect of millions, both started important social movements, and both are remembered as key influencers. Real leadership isn’t about managing people actually, it’s …
How Clutter Drains Your Brain (and What You Can Do About It)
Reading Time: 4 minutes You’re sitting on the subway or bus, trying to read something. It could be related to a work project or it could even be for pleasure. A person comes and sits down next to you. They’re in the middle of a loud personal conversation about their friend’s romantic antics. Now, instead of focusing on your …
High Achievers Are the Ones Who Make the Most Mistakes
Reading Time: 4 minutes The impact mistakes have had on most people’s lives is tremendous. At school, you were taught to answer questions with model answers. At home, you were taught to be disciplined, have good manners and follow social etiquette. And at work, you’ve become accustomed to a constant expectation that you operate in a mistake-free manner! The problem …
Stop Being Mediocre Because of Picking the Wrong Battlefield
Reading Time: 4 minutes I believe many of us, either consciously or subconsciously believe that life is a quest for self-improvement, a quest that only ends in death. This is a popular notion, after all, consider the abundance and popularity of self-help books and sites.The focus on improvement is so strong that, according to this graph The use of …
How Jotting Down Ideas in 30 Seconds Boosts Creativity
Reading Time: 3 minutes An adult has an average of 50,000 thoughts every day. Now try to recall 100 of those thoughts from earlier today. Pretty hard, right? It’s normal to forget most of them as our brains have to filter out unnecessary information so that we don’t go insane. [1] The problem is that we forget a lot of great ideas …
A Declutter Formula to Help You Throw Stuff Away Without Regret
Reading Time: 3 minutes In the average American home, there are over 300,000 items.[1] That’s true even though 1 in 10 Americans (and rising) rent offsite storage[4] and even though the size of the American house has tripled in the past 50 years.[2] Do some math too: the average American home ownership tenure is about 9-10 years, meaning people …
Why Work Life Balance Is a Curse
Reading Time: 4 minutes Kate is a hardworking manager working at a startup company. She toils at work but gets that nagging feeling that she’s missing out on living her life. And then perversely, when she’s not working, she tries to switch off ‘work-mode’ to enjoy her passions, friends, family… but eventually, she finds that she just doesn’t have the …
How Not to Give a Boring Presentation
Reading Time: 3 minutes The usual approach when preparing a presentation is putting the points into slides. But the best presentations do not seek to merely inform. They make a lasting mark. Martin Luther King’s 1963 “I Have A Dream” speech inspired a nation to reconsider their assumptions around race and social justice. Ronald Reagan’s speech in Berlin, delivered …
Why We Keep Doing Things That Are Bad for Us
Reading Time: 5 minutes As you’re reading this, you may be checking your phone or social media, slouching in your chair, or snacking without thinking. Perhaps you’re reading this right before bedtime even though you know that the light from your electronics can negatively impact your sleep pattern.[1] We are all guilty of some of these things from time …
How to Grow Your Own Indoor Herb Garden #infographic
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