It’s time to decide what Christmas books to read this holiday season! The holiday season is upon us once again. I like to theme my reading, so every year I pick a Christmas book to read for the month of December. This year, as I was contemplating which Christmas book to read for 2023, I […] The post Christmas Books: 14 Books to Read This Holiday Season appeared first on .|
WOOP is a research-based method you can start applying right away to achieve your goals. WOOP is an acronym that stands for Wish, Outcome, Obstacle, Plan. It’s a method for achieving goals, setting preferences, and changing habits that is based on 20 years of sccientific research in the science of motivation. The WOOP method was […] The post The WOOP Method – A Scientifically Proven Method to Achieve Your Goals appeared first on .|
You can increase your happiness by applying practices from the science of happiness. I came across an online course from Yale University–an Ivy League research university in New Haven, Connecticut–on “The Science of Well-Being“. It’s taught by Professor Laurie Santos, and it became the most popular class ever taught at Yale. I took the course […] The post 5 Scientific Ways to Be Happier – Tips from Yale University appeared first on .|
Although often overshadowed by the Ancient Greeks, the Ancient Romans also had a rich culture and produced many must-read books. As I’ve mentioned before on this blog, one of my goals in life is to be well-read. I’m making a list of the books I feel that I need to read to achieve that goal, […] The post 3 Must-Read Books by Ancient Roman Philosophers appeared first on .|
What do you do when you want to travel, but can’t? People love to travel for many reasons. Here are some of them: We crave knew experiences. We may have read, or heard, of a place that sounds like it would be fantastic to visit. We want to discover new ways of doing things and […] The post 9 Ways to Cure Wanderlust When You Can’t Travel appeared first on .|
You need unwavering commitment to achieve your goals. A while back I wrote a post on Ten Must-Watch TED Talks for lifelong learners. One of the talks that I highlighted in that post was by Connor Grooms. Grooms is a young man who learned to speak Spanish in a month. In his talk, Grooms explains […] The post How to Increase Your Goal Commitment to Achieve Anything You Want appeared first on .|
Being able to cope during hard times, such as these, is an invaluable skill. Life moves in cycles. Sometimes we’re up, and sometimes we’re down. The upcycles are great, but the downcycles can be difficult to deal with. Unfortunately, due to COVID-19, humanity is currently going through a downcycle. This makes the question, “What’s the […] The post How to Cope When Things Are Tough: Coping During COVID-19 appeared first on .|
There are plenty of ways to have fun even if you have to stay at home. It’s mid-March, and the world finds itself in the throes of a pandemic. If there’s one thing that most experts agree on when it comes to the best way to stay safe from the COVID-19 virus, it’s that we […] The post 12 Fun Things to Do At Home appeared first on .|
Stop self-sabotaging your learning efforts. I’m a weightlifter. One of the most difficult weightlifting exercises to perform properly—if not the most difficult—is the barbell back squat. This is for several physical reasons, including the following: In order to squat properly you must have good flexibility and mobility. This includes ankle mobility, hamstring mobility, hip mobility, […] The post How You Sabotage Your Ability to Learn (and How to Stop) appeared first on .|
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