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Einstein's Law of Focus: How to Be More Productive, Accomplished, and Fulfilled, Starting Today
According to Einstein, what you decide not to do can make all the difference.
6 Habits of People With Exceptional Mental Focus
Here's how to stay focused and increase your attention span in a demanding digital age.
How the World Cup Is Putting the Power of A.I. on Display
New artificial intelligence tracking systems aim to make the game fairer--and provide inspiration for entrepreneurs in the audience.
4 Rare Workplace Habits of Exceptionally Happy Employees
Happy workers are more productive workers.
Can't Stop Feeling Anxious? Neuroscience Says Your American Brain is to Blame
Over-analyzing everything is part of our American mind and history. You can fix it.
Inc. on Anxiety
How the 3-3-1 Rule Can Help You Fall Asleep Quickly — and Reduce Anxiety
Sleep is key to productivity -- but it also helps calm chronic anxiety. I've found a series of simple tactics that almost assures a good night's sleep (while reducing angst).
«Here's how I reverse-engineered this: I struggle to believe I accomplish much on any given day, and the accomplishments I can acknowledge I always downplay. My sleep prep activity forces me to change that habit, slowly but surely.»
5 TED Talks That Will Help You Manage Anxiety and Build Resilience
Get inspired to learn some new ways to practice mindfulness, and manage your emotions.
Inc. on Bill Gates
Bill Gates Says You Must Offer This Perk if You Want to Hire the Best People
As generations get younger, so does the demand for this workplace benefit.
Bill Gates Said You Must Offer This Perk in Order to Hire the Best Workers
The Microsoft co-founder was spot on when he predicted what is now becoming the norm for happier employees.
Inc. on Books
This Is How Reading Rewires Your Brain, According to Neuroscience
Reading doesn't just cram information into your brain. It changes how your brain works.
«Not according to neuroscience. Reading, science shows, doesn't just fill your brain with information, it actually changes the way your brain works for the better. »
16 Great Books for Anyone Who Wants to Get Ahead in Life
When you read non-fiction penned by smart people who've learned important lessons you can accelerate your own path to wisdom and success.
Inc. on Brain
This Everyday Device Literally Scrambles Your Brain
If you constantly need an alarm to get out of bed, you're inhibiting your ability to think clearly.
Want to Remember More of What You Read? Do These 4 Things, According to a Linguistics Professor
How you read makes a big difference.
Inc. on Elon Musk
This Email From Elon Musk to Tesla Employees Is a Master Class in Emotional Intelligence
When the going gets tough, true leaders take action.
This Email From Elon Musk to Tesla Employees Describes What Great Communication Looks Like
A newly acquired email from Musk outlines a brilliant philosophy. But it's easier said than done.
Inc. on Jeff Bezos
Jeff Bezos Banned PowerPoint in Meetings. His Replacement Is Brilliant
Three reasons why narrative memos replaced PowerPoint at Amazon.
25 Books Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, and Other Top CEOs Recommend
Here are 25 books recommended by some of the top CEOs in the world to kick off your reading list.
Inc. on Leadership
37 Years Ago, Steve Jobs Said the Best Managers Never Actually Want to Be a Manager. Science…
According to the Apple co-founder, the best leaders are great individual contributors, not 'professional managers.'
Bill Gates Explains What Separates Successful Leaders From Everyone Else in 2 Words
If you call yourself a leader or aspire to be one, the Microsoft co-founder has some plain advice for you.
Inc. on Memory
Want to Improve Your Memory? A Decade-Long Stanford Study Suggests You Should Stop Doing This 1 Thing
Researchers find that spending less time multitasking may be the key to improving cognitive performance and memory.
Keep Forgetting Things? Neuroscience Says These 5 Habits Improve Memory and Leadership
Let's go to the neuroscience: five specific tricks to improve memory and recall things better.
«the brain organizes memories spatially, so creating a rarer experience—like walking backward—leads to memories being stored differently.»
Inc. on Psychology
How Emotionally Intelligent People Turn Frustration and Stress Into Fulfillment and Achievement, Backed By Considerable Science
Sometimes a frustrating problem turns out to be a solution when viewed from a different perspective.
Yale Psychology Professor on the 6 Ways You're Thinking Wrong--and What You Can Do About Them
Our species adopted a host of cognitive strategies to survive and thrive. These lessons can help you avoid their pitfalls.
«But rather than blaming the athletes themselves, the jinx may be explained by a purely statistical phenomenon known as regression toward the mean.»
Inc. on Steve Jobs
20 Years Ago, Steve Jobs Demonstrated the Perfect Way to Respond to an Insult
In 1997, Steve Jobs was answering developers' questions when one audience member took a shot at him. What happens next is remarkable.
Steve Jobs Says There Is 1 Simple Habit That Separates The Doers from The Dreamers (and Leads…
Today is the eighth anniversary of Steve Jobs' death, and he is still teaching us priceless lessons that led to his success.
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7 Smart Phrases People With High Emotional Intelligence Keep Saying Over and Over, and Why
Shared by 933, including Deirdre Breakenridge, Tinamarie, Marjorie Martinez, Nrupal Akolkar, Marsha Collier
«I want you here because you're amazing, and I need to know I can rely on you."»
4 Ways to Learn Anything
It comes down to these four timeless principles.
«This is in reference to the popularized Pareto's Principle, where the goal is to generate 80 percent of results by putting in 20 percent of the effort.»
20 Online Courses That Will Make You More Successful in 2020
From study skills to systems thinking, these super popular courses will help you get ahead this year.
How to Use 'Monk Mode' to Change Your Life in Just a Week
A writer makes the case now is the perfect time for bringing back the Monk Mode approach to changing your life.
«ung male entrepreneurs called 'Monk Mode.' Everyone had a different idea of what that term meant, but generally it referred to taking a definite period of time -- a week to three months or more -- to focus with unusual intensity on certain important and fruitful pursuits, while abstaining from certain distracting or self-defeating activities," he explains. So basically, Monk Mode i»
How to Use the Two-Week Rule to Become Remarkably Successful (and Optimize Your Bucket List)
Two weeks is all it takes to find out what a goal means to you. And what you're willing to do to achieve it.
«But if you can do it for two weeks, then the odds are good you can, with time and effort, achieve what you really want to achieve»
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