USA) Recommended Books for Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us by Daniel H. Pink. USA) Recommended Books for The Art of Fielding: A Novel by Chad Harbach. OmHarmonics.
Be Present In The Moment. Will Power: How To Improve Your Personal Self Discipline. “I am, indeed, a king, because I know how to rule myself.” Pietro Aretino Willpower. Self-control. Self discipline. These are many names that all mean the same thing: having the mental strength and attitude to consciously do the things you know you must do; even when you don’t emotionally want to. Higher willpower is associated with being happier, scoring higher on standardized tests and earning more money.
Willpower is also highly correlated with accomplishing personal goals. What you may not know however, is that willpower is a resource that you can call upon – and at the same time, it is also a skill that you can improve. I’ll show you seven scientific, research backed way you can improve your own personal self discipline today #1: Remove Temptation Willpower is a limited resource – so don’t waste it. For example, if you know that you watch too much TV, and need to focus on a project for the next month – cancel your cable, or physically unplug your TV from the wall.
. #3: Sleep. Brainwriting is Brainstorming on Steroids. Wherever you ask, when it comes to group problem-solving, brainstorming is always the default tool of choice. Brainstorming certainly gets all the fame and glory, but is it the most effective tool for groups to generate ideas? Not necessarily. Traditional brainstorming pales in comparison with a technique called Brainwriting.
Brainwriting can easily lead to more than double the ideas generated in a typical brainstorming session. The Shortcomings of Brainstorming Brainstorming is by far the most widely used group idea generation tool. One of the reasons brainstorming is so popular is because of the widespread notion that grouping people together is always more effective than letting participants work in isolation. That’s not what some recent research shows. The fact is that brainstorming, the way it’s carried out, has some fundamental shortcomings that are hard to overcome. 1. This is by far the number one deficiency in traditional brainstorming: only one person can speak at a time. 2. 3. The most watched and most highly-rated TED talks at the moment. Inspiration. Organization & Productivity. Procrastination/Motivation. Reykjavik. 02-2012-01-41-35-thedalailamawhenaskedwhatsurprisedhimmostabouthumanityansweredmanbecausehesacrificeshishealthinordertomakemoney.jpeg (720×490)