When More Isn’t Better…It’s Worse
Why more money probably won’t make you happy – and what will. Study after study has shown that wealth has surprisingly little effect on how happy you are. Most of us tend to think that if we just...
View ArticleHow You Are Sabotaging Your Self-Control
Why thought suppression is a bad way to deal with temptation. Have you ever tried to lose weight by just not thinking about food? How about trying to play it cool and stop yourself from calling (or...
View Article3 Tips for Avoiding Weight Gain Over the Holidays
The holidays are a difficult time for those of us who both enjoy eating and worry about our waistlines. Chances are good that if you overindulged a bit at Thanksgiving, you are now looking ahead to...
View ArticleThe Simple Reason Why Some of Your Plans Work, and Others Backfire
Regular readers of my blog, and of my new book SUCCEED, know that I am a big fan of planning. If-then planning, in particular, is a really powerful way to help you achieve any goal. Well over 100...
View Article5 Easy Tips for Spending Less
Everyone knows that if you want to get your finances in order and start being smart about your financial future, you need to make a financial plan. And there is lots of terrific advice out there from...
View ArticleHow Long Will This Take? 3 Steps to Being a Better Judge of Time
From my Fast Company blog: Every Saturday morning, while my husband JD is eating his cereal and attempting to fully awaken, I ambush him with the list of household chores and errands I’ve been making...
View ArticleNine Things Successful People Do Differently
Cross-posted from the Harvard Business Review Why have you been so successful in reaching some of your goals, but not others? If you aren’t sure, you are far from alone in your confusion. It turns out...
View ArticleWant to Double or Triple Your Own Productivity? Here’s How.
From my Fast Company blog: Very few of us are as productive as we could be. We want to be focused with laser-like precision on critical tasks and make the best, most efficient use of our time....
View ArticleFive Ways to Increase Your Productivity
From HRM Today You just have too much on you plate. Chances are, your employees do as well. You suspect that you could all be making better use of your time, completing more projects and achieving...
View ArticleYou Won’t Stick To Your Diet – Unless You Know These 3 Facts About Willpower
Most of our New Year’s resolutions have one thing in common: resisting temptation. Trying to ignore the powerful allure of the forbidden cigarette, doughnut, or latest budget-blowing buying impulse...
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