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You might think that creatives as diverse as Internet entrepreneur Jack Dorsey, industrial design firm Studio 7.5, and bestselling Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami would have little in common.

10 Laws of Productivity

http://99u.com/tips/6585/10-laws-of-productivity/
post written by: Marc Email A question that makes you think is worth asking…

25 Beautifully Illustrated Thought-Provoking Questions

http://www.marcandangel.com/2010/03/29/25-beautifully-illustrated-thought-provoking-questions/
http://www.howtowakeupearly.com/Take-a-nap-in-the-afternoon.aspx

Take A Nap In The Afternoon

This tip may not work for all - some people just can't fall asleep quickly enough at day time.

How to Hack Your Brain - StumbleUpon

http://lifehacker.com/5747213/how-to-hack-your-brain You are not who you think you are. Your personality and identity is significantly more malleable than you realize. With a few simple tricks, you can exploit your brain's innate functionality to change just about anything about yourself. Here's how. You Are Not Necessarily the Person You Think You Are
http://www.spring.org.uk/2011/01/how-to-commit-to-a-goal.php Psychological experiments demonstrate the power of a simple technique for committing to goals. Here's a brief story about why we all sometimes get distracted from the most important goals in our lives. Perhaps you recognise it?

How to Commit to a Goal

How To REALLY Get Over A Breakup | Dating Tips and Dating Advice by David Wygant - StumbleUpon

http://www.davidwygant.com/blog/how-to-really-get-over-a-breakup/1675/ The phone rings and you hear the dreaded words “We need to talk.” Then you get the knock on the door, your significant other comes in, and everything spirals down from there. The next thing you know, you’re hearing “We just aren’t connecting the way we need to be” or something similar to that. Whatever the specific phrase is, someone has just broken up with you. Let’s face it, it’s never good to hear any form of the words “We need to breakup.”
The Misconception: If you are in a bad situation, you will do whatever you can do to escape it. The Truth: If you feel like you aren’t in control of your destiny, you will give up and accept whatever situation you are in. In 1965, a scientist named Martin Seligman started shocking dogs. He was trying to expand on the research of Pavlov – the guy who could make dogs salivate when they heard a bell ring.

Learned Helplessness

http://youarenotsosmart.com/2009/11/11/learned-helplessness/
Learn more about the science of success with Heidi Grant Halvorson's HBR Single , based on this blog post. Why have you been so successful in reaching some of your goals, but not others? If you aren't sure, you are far from alone in your confusion. It turns out that even brilliant, highly accomplished people are pretty lousy when it comes to understanding why they succeed or fail. The intuitive answer — that you are born predisposed to certain talents and lacking in others — is really just one small piece of the puzzle. http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2011/02/nine_things_successful_people.html

Nine Things Successful People Do Differently - Heidi Grant Halvorson

http://www.lifehack.org/articles/productivity/13-strategies-to-jumpstart-your-productivity.html Looking to increase your productivity?

13 Strategies To Jumpstart Your Productivity

The end of 2010 fast approaches, and I'm thrilled to have been asked by the editors of Psychology Today to write about the Top 10 psychology studies of the year. I've focused on studies that I personally feel stand out, not only as examples of great science, but even more importantly, as examples of how the science of psychology can improve our lives. Each study has a clear "take home" message, offering the reader an insight or a simple strategy they can use to reach their goals , strengthen their relationships, make better decisions, or become happier. If you extract the wisdom from these ten studies and apply them in your own life, 2011 just might be a very good year. 1) How to Break Bad Habits If you are trying to stop smoking , swearing, or chewing your nails, you have probably tried the strategy of distracting yourself - taking your mind off whatever it is you are trying not to do - to break the habit.

The Top 10 Psychology Studies of 2010 | Psychology Today

Are you usually punctual or late? Do you finish things within the time you stipulate? Do you hand in your reports/work on time? Are you able to accomplish what you want to do before deadlines? Are you a good time manager? If your answer is “no” to any of the questions above, that means you’re not managing your time as well as you want.

20 Quick Tips For Better Time Management - Stepcase Lifehack

The following list of values will help you develop a clearer sense of what's most important to you in life, as explained in the article Living Your Values . Simply print out this page, mark the values which most resonate with you, and then sort your list in order of priority. As you scan the values list below, you may find that while most values have little or no significance to you (and some may even seem negative to you), there are those values that just jump out and call to you, and you feel, "Yes, this value is part of me."

List of Values

How to Tell a Loved One 'I'm Angry'

"Darling, can we talk? "I know you didn't mean to upset me, but you did. I'd like to clear the air so we can quickly and maturely move on to enjoying our relationship again."

How to Plant Ideas in Someone's Mind

If you've ever been convinced by a salesperson that you truly wanted a product, done something too instinctively, or made choices that seemed entirely out of character, then you've had an idea planted in your mind. Here's how it's done. Note: We've gotten a lot of emails about how to do this in specific situations. Although some of those situations have been legitimate, this post was written to teach you to detect these tactics rather than use them on others. If you want a good way to convince people to do what you want that doesn't involve the dark side of manipulation, read this .