How To Find Happiness In Today’s Hectic World
Trying to find happiness in a world so busy and complicated can seem impossible. What’s weird is that in so many ways our lives are objectively better than our grandparents’ lives were. We have more… yet we often feel worse. Don’t you wonder if life was happier when it was simpler? I do. Who has the explanation for this? So I gave Barry Schwartz a call. Barry’s work explains why more choice can actually make us miserable and what we can do to simplify our lives and become happier. Here’s what you’ll learn in the post below: Why a world of so many choices can make us unhappy.Why always wanting the best can be a path to clinical depression.How gratitude and relationships can be the key to fixing these dilemmas.The one sentence you need to remember to start on a path to a simpler, happier life. Less really is more. The Paradox of Choice Economics tells us that more choice is better. But research is showing that more choice is not always better. How Choices Are Making Your Life Unhappy Tags:
The Daily Routines of 7 Famous Entrepreneurs & How to Design Yours
Our daily routines can make a huge difference to how healthy, happy and productive we are. I’ve recently tried adjusting my own routine in the hopes of getting more done and wasting less time in-between tasks or activities. While it’s important to understand how your own brain works and what routine will suit your body best, I always find it interesting to see what works for others when planning something new for myself. Amazing routines of 7 successful entrepreneurs In the hopes of building the best routine I could, I did some research on the daily routines of some of the most successful people I know of. Jack Dorsey, CEO Square & Founder of Twitter In this video interview with Twitter and Square co-founder, Jack Dorsey, he explains his daily routine as he juggles a full-time role at both companies. To get everything done, Jack puts in an 8-hour day at each company, every day. Back then, when he wrote the post however, it meant that he’s doing 16-hour workdays, Monday-Friday. 1.) 2.) 3.)
The hidden toll of workplace incivility
Research shows that hurtful workplace behavior can depress performance, increase employee turnover, and even mar customer relationships. As the workplace becomes faster-paced, more technologically complex, and culturally diverse, civility matters. Among other things, it helps dampen potential tensions and furthers information sharing and team building. Yet workplace incivility is rampant and on the rise. The accumulation of thoughtless actions that leave employees feeling disrespected—intentionally ignored, undermined by colleagues, or publicly belittled by an insensitive manager—can create lasting damage that should worry every organization. Whatever the underlying causes, the costs of incivility rise as employee stress levels increase. Workplace performance. To be sure, the magnitude of the costs and disruptions will depend upon the degree of incivility. Make it clear to employees that they need to hold their managers and colleagues accountable for living up to your norms of civility.
How Zappos Uses One-Week Work Sprints To Launch Big Projects Fast
Zappos Labs is the small R&D arm of the online retailer, whose charter is "to explore the future of retail and build new things that are the next generation of retail experiences," according to Senior Product Manager Adam Goldstein. "It might be in the next few years, but usually not tomorrow." Some of Zappos Labs' projects do, however, see the more immediate light of day, such as Ask Zappos, which was soft-launched in early June. The service allows people to take a picture of anything--someone's pair of shoes on the street, a scarf on a billboard model--and have a Zappos staffer find it, on Zappos.com or another site. "We're building on Zappos' customer-service reputation by taking it beyond Zappos products," says project manager Virginia Ruff. What's notable about Ask Zappos, however, aside from it being a useful service, is that the entire project was created start to finish in 12 weeks, using a process of "one-week sprints." "It's not person A dictating to person B," adds Ruff.
10 Courageous Ways to Live Life Without Regrets
Email by Naïby Jacques “Life is inherently risky. Have you ever wondered what gives some people the willingness to move without fear or hesitation? They do things you believe you can’t do because you’re afraid of the outcome, of the unknown, of the pain. You see people who can let go of things that might matter to them, and move on with their lives without struggling too much. Sometimes you regret not trying harder to follow in the footsteps. What do these people have that I don’t? Well, I’ve studied the lives of dozens of courageous (and also successful) people over the years, and I’m happy to share these time-tested strategies for courageously living your life without regrets: Reminder: Have you checked out our book? Be as weird as you are. – Don’t be afraid to provoke the status quo. Closing Thoughts Life is not about maintaining the status quo. Life is not about playing it safe. Life is not about standing still. That’s why you were put here on this earth: to grow. Be daring and courageous!
10 Creative Rituals You Should Steal
Benjamin Franklin made sure to end every day by asking “What good have I done today?” Maya Angelou only wrote in tiny hotel rooms. Jack Kerouac made sure to touch the ground nine times before writing. Sustained creativity doesn’t come from a flash of brilliance or a single afternoon of inspiration. Venture capitalist Brad Feld takes a week off every three months: The most impactful thing I’ve done is to take a week off the grid every quarter. Read the entire interview here. Former Obama campaign CTO Harper Reed the importance of the daily “retrospective”: [The presidential campaign] had a really good team dynamic that relied quite a bit on the “retrospective” meeting at the end of a project that allowed us to stop and say: “What was it like to launch? Read the entire interview here. Best-selling author Cheryl Strayed on the importance of writing daily: I often recommend writing as a tool for self-discovery because it’s helped me so much. Read the entire interview here. How about you?
How Reframing A Problem Unlocks Innovation
Editors’ note: The following is an adapted excerpt of InGenius (Harper One) by Tina Seelig. What is the sum of 5 plus 5?" "What two numbers add up to 10?" The first question has only one right answer, and the second question has an infinite number of solutions, including negative numbers and fractions. Mastering the ability to reframe problems is an important tool for increasing your imagination because it unlocks a vast array of solutions. A classic example of this type of reframing comes from the stunning 1968 documentary film Powers of Ten, written and directed by Ray and Charles Eames. Starting at a picnic by the lakeside in Chicago, this famous film transports us to the outer edges of the universe. This magnificent example reinforces the fact that you can look at every situation in the world from different angles, from close up, from far away, from upside down, and from behind. You can open the frame even farther by asking why I want to get to the other side of the river.
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