In today’s fast-paced and technology-driven world, our attention spans are shrinking. With never-ending distractions, it can be a real challenge to stay focused. The good news is that there are strategies you can implement to combat the negative effects of a shortened attention span and reclaim your focus and productivity. These techniques will help you…
The Art of Prioritization: How to Figure What to Focus On and Boost Your Productivity
Mastering the art of prioritization is crucial in today’s fast-paced world. It holds the key to unlocking one’s productivity potential and managing one’s time and energy effectively. While prioritization is an effective tool for increasing productivity, many people struggle to apply it because of the tasks, responsibilities, and distractions competing for our attention. By applying…
The Compound Effect: How Small Habits Can Create Big Changes in Your Life
The compound effect is the principle that when we consistently engage in small actions or habits, they compound over time to produce remarkable results. Contrary to popular opinion, lasting change and success are rarely an overnight phenomenon. Instead, the small, seemingly insignificant habits we cultivate can create significant and lasting transformations over time. Learn more…
Zanshin: How it Can Help You Be More Focused and Conquer Scattered Thinking
In today’s information-overloaded world and always-on, staying focused throughout the day can be hard. Yet, we need our minds to be still, focused, and alert to achieve anything lasting. Many Eastern cultures that practice martial arts teach and embrace this way of being, including the Japanese, who call it “Zanshin,” which means “the mind with…
Opportunity Costs in Life: How to Determine if Your Sacrifices Are Worth it
Every day, you make several decisions, big and small, that impact your life and the lives of others, even if you don’t realize what you give up by choosing one option over the other. These missed benefits are what economists call the opportunity costs of your decisions. Whenever you say “yes” to an option, you…
6 Reasons Why You Should Choose Quality Over Quantity
We’ve all heard the age-old advice, “You should choose quality over quantity.” It states that value is more important than volume. In our culture of excess, this can be challenging advice to follow. In our quest for perfection, we risk focusing too much on the chase for more – more money, status, material objects, and…
Why We Make Bad Decisions and How to Avoid Them
Research reveals that adults make an average of 122 informed decisions every day. Most of them are inconsequential, but many of our decisions have severe and far-reaching consequences, which require a robust decision-making skill set. A significant part involves not making bad decisions. Learn eight causes behind why we make bad decisions and how to…
Why Spending Time Alone Makes You a Better Friend and Partner
Many people find being alone hard to endure, especially for extended periods. It can make people feel lonely and unloved. But there are many benefits from spending time alone when done in moderation and with intention. With these tips, you’ll learn how to schedule enough alone time to regroup and replenish so that you can…
Attention to Detail: How it Turns Us From Good to Great
Most people overlook attention to detail because it’s not always fun – it requires hard work and fully applying ourselves to a task. Others believe that the excess information provided by paying attention to detail often goes unnoticed. But to be truly exceptional, we must devote ourselves to the quality of our work because people…
The Goldilocks Principle: How to Use it to Achieve Peak Performance
The Goldilocks principle is named as an analogy of “The Three Bears” and states that something must fall within certain margins and stay away from extremes for it to be “just right.” It speaks to the idea that we feel satisfied and at ease when things are balanced, not in excess or lack. The Goldilocks…