Is that ticking clock in the background really helping us work harder and more efficiently? Or is it giving us incentives to rush, slack off, or feel frustrated? In what context do deadlines help us or hurt us?

How do both writing and meditation make us better attuned to ourselves and help us to recognize our own divinity?

Businesses are still cutting down their staff hoping to maximize profits with as few workers as possible; for those of us who are lucky to have a job, now is not a good time to slack, or we could be next on the cutting board. Thankfully there some strategies we can take to combat with a busy work schedule and still maintain sanity.

I just finished reading the latest edition of Psychology Today and came across a very interesting experiment. The results showed that students who were told that nervousness would improve performance ended up scoring better on their Graduate Record Exam (GRE) than students who were told nothing at all.
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By focusing on these different dimensions of life we can determine which areas need work and which areas we already have a good handle on.

The good life necessitates that we find balance. Whether it is physical, mental, emotional, spiritual, social or financial, how do we keep our lives together without drifting too far one way or another?

It seldom happens when we go through a day without experiencing stress. We are especially familiar with these feelings when they build up after a long day at work or while studying for a difficult final exam. In our modern industrialized world, it is more difficult now than ever to avoid stress, and some experts say this is leading to many unforeseen health-related problems.

Life is filled with hardships, but we don’t need to be a zen master to experience unconditional love and content.