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1. It makes your brain work better At Northumbria University (UK), a research team performed some experiments on students’ brain functioning when doing tests while they listened to Vivaldi’s Spring concerto. They were answering faster and better than when they listened to the sadder Autumn concerto. The conclusion was that brain activity is improved when listening to pleasant and arousing stimuli. If you want to refresh your memory on the uplifting Vivaldi Spring concerto, you can listen to it here....

At some point, however, your small business grows to the point that you have to think about moving out of your home and into an actual office space. How do you know the time is right to do this? Here are the telltale signs that your small business can make the move from home office to office space: 1. You Are Scheduling Too Many Meetings With Clients Off-Site Your workspace at home is pretty small....

1. Scratch Your Ear To Cure A Scratchy Throat! I didn’t believe it either ‒ until I tried it and it worked. As it turns out, Scott Schaffer, M.D., the president of an ear, nose, and throat specialty center, gave this expert advice to Men’s Health. His exact words were, “When the nerves in the ear are stimulated, it creates a reflex in the throat that can cause a muscle spasm....

What’s the most common excuse you make as to why you don’t meditate? If you’re like most people, it’s time. Meditation takes time – precious minutes that most of us perceive ourselves not to have. However, this is only an issue if you perceive meditation in a super-traditional sense. For example, you must meditate for an hour each day, in complete silence, in a sitting position. We think of ancient sages sitting cross-legged, eyes closed, serenely zoning out beneath an old beautiful tree....

1. Start Your Team With A Powerful Partnership When you’re choosing between Charmander, Squirtle, and Bulbasaur you should remember that whoever you pick is the critter who is going to be with you for your entire journey. Usually they’re the ones you spend the most time training and the ones that produce the best results for your team. When you begin a team outside of a Pokemon video game it’s equally important to start your team-building with a solid partnership so that the team is built on a strong foundation....

In addition to giving incredible energy, Chia seeds also provide many amazing health benefits, especially when consumed frequently. The following things will happen if you eat Chia seeds every week: 1. You’ll improve your digestion No need to worry if you’re getting enough fiber if you have Chia seeds! Just 80 grams will give you 100% of your daily requirement for dietary fiber, which helps to keep your digestive system running smoothly....

1. Create Your Own Love Story Book or Comic With Pictures and Drawings This is the most creative gift you can give your partner, and you’ll both end up shedding tears of joy. In order to make this gift, you need a nice blank notebook or just papers that you can bind together with nice hard covers, as well as pictures of you and a few different pens. The point of this gift is to tell your life story, and include some humorous situations, as well as romantic ones....

It can seem an overwhelming task, but there are some effective team management strategies that you can employ to make your life easier. So what exactly is “team management”? For our purposes, we can define it as: In the traditional business model, organizations were typically set up in a hierarchy with each person in the organization having a well-defined role and set of responsibilities. In today’s world, organizations are becoming much flatter, with more of an emphasis on cross-functional and cooperative problem solving....

Can you choose whether you are an interesting person or a dull person? To a large extent you can. There are things you can do to make your company and your conversation interesting and there are things you can do that will make you boring. If you want to be dull try the following list. If you want to be interesting do the opposite: How many of these dull rules are you following?...

As the world anticipates the return of the Millennium Falcon and Han Solo, let’s reflect on the wisdom of the Jedi, The Force, and the Sith Lord himself, in order to glean nine lessons Star Wars teaches us about life. 1. Commit to the life you want to live – and live it! “Do or do not… there is no try.” – Yoda in The Empire Strikes Back We can spend our entire lives debating this and that, frozen in fear, fighting uncertainty....

At first glance, it’s easy to attribute their success to their charismatic personality or their incredible ability to articulate a clear and concise vision. But if you look closer, you’ll realize that the only thing that sets them apart from the rest is their servant leadership. These leaders have a deep understanding of what it means to serve their team, and they use that knowledge to build a community that’s dedicated to achieving greatness, inclusion, and respect....

1. Please Others Successful people know that in order to get where they want to be, they need to get things done for others. In fact, you could make a good argument that wanting to help people is a requirement for true success, but it’s also a dangerous personality quality. If you try to please everyone all the time, you will become completely overwhelmed and unable to get accomplish anything. The most successful people know that saying “no” all the time is not the answer, though....

No one deserves abuse. We all deserve safety, freedom, and love. The numbers across the world, including within Western societies, confirm beyond a shadow of doubt that women (and trans folk, we must always be mindful to add) face the overwhelming brunt of violence, brutality, murder, and abuse at the hands of their partners. Of course, there are always exceptions and we all are responsible for eliminating gender-based violence and abuse....

Merely existing in life is like being on automatic pilot; eyes wide open yet not seeing anything, arms out in front, yet never really feeling or experiencing anything and you travel one foot in the front of the other going in only one direction. There is no feeling, no challenge and certainly no excitement you simply go through the motions doing what you have always done, yet expecting something different....

1. The Use of Metaphors and Illustrations. Giving great examples and illustrations is a powerful way to sway someone, even when the illustration has nothing to do with the point in question. For example, using the metaphor of, “A seed needs to die in order for new life to come,” to argue for inhabiting protected land may sound good, but the illustration does not correspond to the desired means or end....

What do you think? Have you heard or try such method? The power of the Sleep Cycle – [GlenRhodes.com]

Wearables have transitioned from a flickering trend to a stable market. Due to increasing demand and consumer consumption for new and functional technology, wearables are finally here to stay. These days, companies are aggressively releasing different types of gadgets that aim to boost monitoring, productivity and functionality. Wearables initially started in the fitness industry. Bands and small devices were being used as trackers for jogging. These gadgets could be inserted in one’s shoe or worn as a wrist watch....

It is a fun piece to read, but I think I may find it useful as well. Reserach Phrase: It is clear that much additional work will be required before a complete understanding of the phenomenon occurs… Translation: I don’t understand it. Research Phrase: It is hoped that this study will stimulate further investigation in this field… Translation: This is a lousy paper, but so are all the others on this miserable topic....

In a nutshell Talk about motivation for learning about money and saving. The process After signing up for a SaveUp you are directed to your Home area where you can view some of the prizes as well as start to put some of your credits towards them. When I first signed up I started with 30 credits and 3 plays. When playing a prize it will tell you how many credits you are going to use....