How Positive Thinking Can Improve Your Focus and Creativity [Mind Hacks] via Lifehacker by Melanie Pinola on 1/25/12 Our brains are pretty easily distracted, especially with all the emails, texts, and other data flying at us constantly. The good news, Harvard Business Review says, is we can train our brain to be more focused and [...]

The Time Value of Money Vs. The Money Value of Time via MintLife Blog | Personal Finance News & Advice by Matthew Amster-Burton on 1/24/12 Last month I did some volunteer work that was equal parts selfless and clueless and which would have made an economist cry. My daughter’s school holds an annual book fair [...]

Do Hard Things via Scott H Young by Scott Young on 1/16/12 I have a rather uncommon mantra for my life: Do the hardest thing you can. Uncommon, because I’ve met exceedingly few people who agree with it. In fact, almost everyone suggests the opposite. When I started my MIT Challenge, one of the most [...]

Do Hard Things via Scott H Young by Scott Young on 1/16/12 I have a rather uncommon mantra for my life: Do the hardest thing you can. Uncommon, because I’ve met exceedingly few people who agree with it. In fact, almost everyone suggests the opposite. When I started my MIT Challenge, one of the most [...]

How to Forgive via Work Awesome by Linda Kiewra on 1/23/12 While relaxing and enjoying my lunch today, I opened the drawer of my desk and rediscovered a leadership tool our company distributes as part of an on-going series in management and leadership development. You know the kind, those short mini-series booklets that all-to-often people [...]

4 Traits of Great Leaders via Inc.com by Matthew Swyers on 1/19/12 Four easy-to-master traits from great leaders such as John F. Kennedy, Sam Budnyk, and Gene Kranz. It is often said that hindsight is 20/20. By looking to the past we can learn how better to adapt and achieve in the future. By learning [...]

3 Ways To Stop Multitasking & Stay Focused To Be More Efficient & Productive [Windows] via MakeUseOf by Tina Sieber on 1/17/12 At MakeUseOf we have written countless articles on how to multitask. As it turns out, however, multitasking messes with your brain. Research shows that people who multitask a lot are “more susceptible to [...]

How to Excel at Anything via Inc.com by Jeff Haden on 1/20/12 Hit a performance wall? Here are four ways to break through it. You’re good. You could be better. Consider a skill you’ve developed: Business, sports, personal, anything. At first you were terrible. Terrible is a great place to start because improving on terrible [...]

How to Work Better via Work Awesome by Jessica Sanders on 1/20/12 Whether they are working in the same position for three months or five years, most people strive to know how to work better. Keeping your job is integral to the way you’ve built your lifestyle — without your weekly paycheck, you would never [...]

5 Critical Mistakes To Avoid When Setting Goals via MakeUseOf by Joel Lee on 1/17/12 Goal setting is a great way to cut down on procrastination and boost productivity. If you don’t have goals, you don’t have direction. Without direction, it’s easy for you to feel lost and confused. Fortunately, there are plenty of ways [...]

Pay Down Your Debt Fast: The Snowball Effect via Stepcase Lifehack by Chris Smith on 1/20/12 Paying for school sucks. You end up getting a decent education (maybe), but come to quickly find out that most of what you learned is not exactly everything you need in the real world. In fact, you may find [...]

Fear: Why We Can’t “Just Be” via Stepcase Lifehack by Chris Smith on 1/17/12 We are busier than ever. Technology is leading us down the road of being able to be busy wherever we go and at any time. It’s a constant stream of information that comes in, is processed in some way, and then [...]

Prepare to Ace Your Job Interview with This Interview One-Sheeter [Job Interview] via Lifehacker by Melanie Pinola on 1/19/12 As you know, preparation is the key to doing well on a job interview and hirers tend to ask the same kinds of questions. This job interview one-sheeter is like a CliffsNotes for getting your strategic [...]

5 Things I Look for In a Great Job Interview via Inc.com by Matthew Swyers on 1/16/12 After years of seeing it all in job interviews, here is what separates a good candidate from a great one. In my career I have reviewed thousands of resumes and conducted hundreds of employment interviews for both The [...]

How to Prioritize When Everything Is Important [Productivity] via Lifehacker by Alan Henry on 1/18/12 You know that sinking feeling you have when there’s too much on your plate? When you try to tackle your tasks by priority, but it feels like everything’s important? Don't get overwhelmed—it's a problem that everyone faces at some point [...]