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What role does confidence play in academic performance? What can teachers do to boost their students’ confidence? Healthy self-esteem and confidence are important prerequisites for academic success. Therefore, teachers must ensure that their classroom is an environment that supports these qualities. Here are five tips for building student confidence in the classroom.
Does exercise help with stress? How can exercise relieve stress if exercise itself is a stressor? Exercise has a powerful role in controlling the brain’s stress response system. Specifically, exercise induces mild acute stress (which makes you stronger) and helps combat chronic stress (which wears down your body over time). Keep reading to learn about the benefits of exercise for stress relief.
What are sirtuins? What function do sirtuins serve in the body? How can sirtuins help reverse the effects of aging? According to biologist David Sinclair, sirtuins—enzymes that regulate the epigenome—are the key to reversing aging. He believes he can reverse many of the effects of aging by bolstering our sirtuins because they’re involved in everything from repairing DNA to suppressing inflammation—all of which they accomplish by activating or deactivating certain genes in response to certain stressors. Here’s how sirtuins can help combat aging.
How do you deal with emotional vampires? How does feeding emotional dependency compromise your own happiness? It can be hard to cut off emotionally dependent people but may be necessary to keep your sanity. Emotionally dependent people are like energetic vampires—they suck out your energy by burdening you with negativity. Here’s how to deal with emotional energy vampires.
What are the four levels of success? What’s the highest level of success you can achieve in life? According to Gay Hendricks, there are four distinct levels of success people occupy. These levels can be described as 1) stagnancy, 2) adequacy, 3) high achievement, and 4) state of fulfillment. As we accomplish more in life, we move through subsequently higher levels. Keep reading to learn about the four levels of success and their key characteristics, according to Hendricks.
Do you often feel stressed and/or anxious? What exactly is stress, and how is it different from anxiety? Many people use stress and anxiety interchangeably, but they actually stem from different places. You feel stressed when there’s more on your plate than you can handle. You feel anxious when you don’t have control over your future. Keep reading to learn about the difference between stress versus anxiety.
What does it mean to “live life to the fullest”? Are you making the most of your life? Let’s face it: Your life is finite and extremely brief in the context of the universe. If you live to be 76, you’ll only have about 4,000 weeks on Earth. The implication of a finite life is that you must use your time carefully and in service of projects and activities that matter to you and make you happy. With that in mind, here’s how to live life to the fullest.
Do you lack a sense of control over your life? Do you feel your life is ruled by circumstances as opposed to your conscious choices? Taking control of your life starts with taking responsibility for your life and your actions rather than blaming other people or external circumstances. If you don’t take responsibility, you’ll never feel like you control your life—so you can’t feel capable or worthy. For example, if you don’t take responsibility for your finances as an adult and instead rely on your parents to fund your life, you won’t feel like you can do things they dislike—so
Are you holding yourself back from reaching your full potential? Do you know you could do so much more with your life, but you just can’t break through a certain threshold? Many people regularly engage in behaviors that they know are holding them back, yet they can’t seem to help themselves. If this sounds like you, you likely have some deep-seated self-limiting beliefs. Because these beliefs are so deeply embedded in your psyche, you don’t even notice how they are holding you back, preventing you from living up to your full potential. Here are three signs that you are holding
Do you want to learn about investing but aren’t sure where to start? What are the best investing resources to learn from? Investing can be a daunting subject. There are so many investing gurus pitching their advice and “winning formulas” on the web. Their advice is varied and often contradictory. No wonder, many wannabe investors are at a loss. If you feel like you don’t even know where to start, you’ve come to the right place! We’ve scoured the web for the best resources to learn investing including books, blogs, and podcasts. It’s not an exhaustive list by any means,