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5 Reasons Why You Should Take a Nap Every Day. I am a habitual nap-taker.

5 Reasons Why You Should Take a Nap Every Day

I take one almost every day and have for years. I used to feel a little guilty about it—like I was slacking off or something. Then Sam Moore, my predecessor at Thomas Nelson, admitted to me he too was a napper. “Every day after lunch, I lie down on the sofa in my office,” he recounted. “I hold my car keys in my right hand and let my hand hang toward the floor. Napping Celebrities I then discovered many other successful people who were nappers: Leonardo da Vinci took multiple naps a day and slept less at night. Could these successful leaders know something you don’t? Are you ready to stop drifting and design a life you love?

Napping Benefits I suggest you seriously consider taking a daily nap for the following five reasons: A nap restores alertness. Napping Tips I typically take a twenty-minute nap right after lunch. While working in a motor shop in college, I would eat lunch in my car and then lie down in the back seat. 7 cosas que tienes que dejar de hacer para ser más productivo; respaldado por la ciencia — En español. Fuente: Ranking de los medios en YouTube— Octoly Ser un gran vendedor de contenidos no significa crear el mejor contenido, si no ser capaz de crear una gran comunidad que pueda crear contenido de gran calidad para ti.

7 cosas que tienes que dejar de hacer para ser más productivo; respaldado por la ciencia — En español

Es importante que nos demos cuenta de que podemos buscar ayuda cuando la necesitemos. No podemos hacerlo todo solos. Es mejor para ti dejar que alguien que pueda hacer un trabajo mejor, tome algunas de tus tareas. Te dará más tiempo para centrarte en las tareas más importantes. Muchas veces, incluso cuando tus amigos no pueden ayudarte, tenerlos al lado puede ayudarte a ser más productivo. El simple hecho de tener amigos cerca puede impulsarte a ser más productivo.

Fuente: Friendfluence: The Surprising Ways Friends Make Us Who We Are [Amigoinfluencia: las maneras sorprendentes que tienen nuestros amigos de hacernos como somos]. 4. «Nos encontramos con que el perfeccionismo hace tropezar a los profesores en su camino a la investigación de la productividad. 6 Inspiring Websites That Teach You To Code. Your Youth Is A Time To Embrace Patience; Don't Rush It. There’s no hiding the fact that we live in a society that glorifies two words: “busy” and “now.”

Your Youth Is A Time To Embrace Patience; Don't Rush It

When asked, “How are you?” It seems that many of us have traded “Good, how are you?” For “Ugh, SO busy.” As we make our way through our 20s (and probably our 30s, too), we’re doing all we can to figure it out what we want in life. It can be hectic. In many ways, our society has actually devalued the art of stillness and waiting. The most popular 20 TED Talks, as of now.

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The most popular 20 TED Talks, as of now

As 2013 draws to a close, TED is deeply humbled to have posted 1600+ talks, each representing an idea worth spreading. So which ideas have had the most widespread impact? Below, a look at the 20 most-watched talks as of December 2013. These viewership numbers include all the platforms we track: TED.com, YouTube, iTunes, embed and download, Hulu and more. How to find your passion and purpose.

You may have seen a picture similar to this before about how to enjoy a purposeful life if you only focus on work in the intersection between money, talent and passion.

How to find your passion and purpose

Simple right? Well, not really. How many people do you know that are paid to live out their passion? So where and why does people stumble? If you’re not pissing someone off, you probably aren’t doing anything important. March 5, 2014 252k shares Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Meaningful achievements are, perversely, more likely to annoy the world around you.

If you’re not pissing someone off, you probably aren’t doing anything important

Are you losing weight? “You should be happy with your own body!” Saving children in Africa? Whatever you do, you’re going to annoy someone, and annoying someone can be a good thing. Rule 1: There are more important things than other people’s feelings One of the reasons successful people can sometimes come over like assholes is because they’ve learned there are far more important things in this world than what other people feel. It’s an uncomfortable truth. Which is deadly if you want to accomplish anything of significance. If your mission is to lead, create, or better the world, surrendering to the emotional concerns of others will paralyse and kill you. This is not to say that being an asshole will make you successful.

How I Was Able to Ace Exams Without Studying. Editor’s note: This is a guest post from Scott Young of ScottYoung.com.

How I Was Able to Ace Exams Without Studying

In high school, I rarely studied. Despite that, I graduated second in my class. In university, I generally studied less than an hour or two before major exams. However, over four years, my GPA always sat between an A and an A+.