Darya Sinusoid

Darya’s love for reading started with fantasy novels (The LOTR trilogy is still her all-time-favorite). Growing up, however, she found herself transitioning to non-fiction, psychological, and self-help books. She has a degree in Psychology and a deep passion for the subject. She likes reading research-informed books that distill the workings of the human brain/mind/consciousness and thinking of ways to apply the insights to her own life. Some of her favorites include Thinking, Fast and Slow, How We Decide, and The Wisdom of the Enneagram.

Overcoming Procrastination: Reclaim Control of Your Time

Why do we put off things that matter to us the most? More importantly, how can you stop procrastinating once and for all? Overcoming procrastination is not an easy feat, especially if you procrastinate for reasons that are beyond your control. However, you can put an end to procrastination if you first accept some realities as being beyond your control and then focus instead on controlling what you can: your behavior. Let’s also explore how you can work within the constraints of realities beyond your control by practicing healthy behaviors that replace procrastination.

How to Train New Employees: Tips for Managers

What is the most effective way to train new employees? How can you ease new hires into their roles faster and more effectively? Taking the time to develop an efficient training process for new employees will help them settle into their roles faster so they can start making meaningful contributions to the company. As a rule of thumb, it’s best to show rather than tell when training new hires. Here are some tips for how to train new employees faster and more effectively.

How to Motivate Team Members: Focus on Their Strengths

Is your team suffering from a motivation slump? What can you, as a leader, do to motivate your team? There’s no better way to motivate employees than to assign them motivating tasks. When people perform tasks that fit their inclinations and skill level, they’re naturally driven to perform their best. Here’s how to motivate team members by assigning them good-fit tasks.

Why Can’t Women Be Priests? The Real Reason

Why can’t women be priests? What does paganism have to do with the exclusion of women from church leadership? To this day, the Catholic Church remains staunch on its policy that women cannot be ordained into the priesthood. According to Brian Muraresku, the exclusion of women from the priesthood and other official church leadership was a way to eradicate all traces of paganism. Keep reading to learn about the history of the exclusion of women from church leadership.

Clockwork: Book Overview (Mike Michalowicz)

What is Mike Michalowicz’s Clockwork about? What is the key message to take away from the book? In his book Clockwork, Mike Michalowicz presents a process entrepreneurs can follow to become hands-off visionaries. A hands-off entrepreneur trains her employees to take care of the hands-on work instead of overseeing the daily operations herself. Below is a brief overview of Clockwork: Design Your Business to Run Itself by Mike Michalowicz.

Brian Muraresku on Mysticism and Christianity

What is the connection between mysticism and Christianity? Why did the early church want to overthrow mystical practices? At the time of the birth of Christianity, the Greeks practiced a polytheistic religion, which included a rich mystical element. Practitioners sought to attain a profound spiritual connection with the supernatural through a direct mystical experience, which was facilitated by the ingestion of psychedelic brews. Here’s how Christianity put an end to Greek mystical traditions and overtook the Greco-Roman world.

How to Create a Must-Have Product or Service

How do you create a must-have product? What are some of the characteristics of products that are considered “must-haves”? To create a product or service that won’t go out of business, you need to ensure that your customers won’t want to miss out on it. A must-have product delivers so well on a target market’s needs that people would be unhappy if they lost it. Here’s how to create a must-have product.

How to Transition to a Hands-Off Management Style

What are the benefits of hands-off management? Is the hands-off approach right for your business? Adopting a hands-off approach to running your business enables you to reorient your focus from getting mired in the daily work towards improving your company’s framework. However, there are many things to consider before you relinquish your management responsibilities and hand them over to your team. Mike Michalowicz shares three steps for switching to a hands-off management style.

Why Did the Church Reject the Gnostic Gospels?

What is Gnosis? Why did the Church reject the Gnostic Gospels? The Gnostic Gospels are a collection of books purportedly written by followers of Jesus, likely between AD 120 and 150. Although the writers themselves professed to be devotees of Jesus and claimed to be revealing truths from him, leaders of the early Christian church omitted these books from the Biblical canon. Here’s why the Gnostic texts were excluded from the official Christian canon.

How to Build a Growth Hacking Team

What are some things you should consider when putting together a growth hacking team? What roles should your growth team include? A dedicated team is a key component of hacking your business’s growth. According to Sean Ellis and Morgan Brown, a growth hacking team should be interdisciplinary and involve members from multiple departments of your business. Here’s how to build a successful growth hacking team that will help you skyrocket your business’s development.