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Are your notes scattered all over the place? What is the most effective method for indexing notes? An index is helpful for note-taking because it provides a quick reference to all the notes you’ve ever written. This way, you won’t struggle to find your notes while you’re conducting research. Let’s look at how to index notes using the slip-box method, according to Dr. Sönke Ahrens.
What do you do when things don’t go your way? Do you blame external circumstances, or do you take it on your own account? What does it mean to take responsibility for your life? Taking responsibility, Nathaniel Branden says, means taking ownership of your life, behavior, and well-being. In other words, you stop the external factors for your misfortunes—you take responsibility where it’s due. Keep reading to learn what taking responsibility is, why it matters, and how you can facilitate it by completing practical exercises.
Was Stephanie Land abused? How did abuse contribute to her poverty? After getting pregnant with her daughter, Land’s boyfriend began verbally and emotionally abusing her. When she left him, she couldn’t make enough money to get herself out of poverty. Continue reading to learn about Stephanie Land and the connection between abuse and poverty.
Do you struggle to stick to a regular exercise habit? What is the key to making exercise stick? Maintaining a regular exercise habit can be hard when there are so many things vying for your time and attention. Among work, family, and social life, exercise is often the last consideration, but it shouldn’t be—regular exercise is essential for both mental and physical well-being. Here’s how to make exercise a habit you can stick to.
What makes a person evil? Is it easy to become evil? The Lucifer Effect dives into the circumstantial factors that Philip Zimbardo believes can influence anyone to do evil. These factors include identity cues, social pressures, and losing awareness of individuality. Keep reading to learn what makes someone evil.
Do your customers bring up objections? Do you need to know how to handle objections in sales? In his book Secrets of Closing the Sale, salesman and author Zig Ziglar goes over three techniques to address customer objections. These techniques include addressing objections immediately, appealing to logic and emotion, and staying calm. Below, we’ll go over the three techniques on how to handle objections in sales.
What is decision hygiene? How can following the decision hygiene principles help you filter out noise and bias and make the best choices? The term “decision hygiene” comes from the book Noise by Daniel Kahneman, Olivier Sibony, and Cass R. Sunstein. The book focuses on how to improve the judgments that affect some of the most important aspects of our lives, including our justice system, medical care, education, and business decisions. Here’s how to practice good decision hygiene, according to Noise.
Is aging an incurable disease? Or can aging be treated? Scientists are moving to the idea that aging is not, in fact, an inevitable doom that we’ve so far believed it to be. Rather, aging is a treatable disease. Biologist David Sinclair suggests a number of different ways to treat aging, either by delaying the symptoms or (in some cases) actually reversing the damage. Here’s how to reverse aging, according to David Sinclair.
What is the difference between empathy and sympathy? Can you feel empathy and sympathy at the same time? According to Brené Brown, empathy vs. sympathy is an important distinction. Empathy is the ability to relate to how the other person feels, while sympathy is feeling bad for them, but failing to relate to them emotionally. Keep reading to learn about the difference between empathy vs. sympathy, according to Brené Brown.
How do you respond when people compliment you? Do you often shy away from accepting praise? Many people don’t know how to take a compliment because they feel like they don’t deserve it. If you feel uncomfortable when people compliment or praise you, you likely have a self-limiting belief that the compliment contradicts. Here’s why you may feel uncomfortable when being praised or complimented.