Posts tagged: Stress

The Uses And Abuses Of Setting Deadlines

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?

Writing As Meditation

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

How To Combat Work Overload

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.

Believe That Nervousness Is A Good Thing – And It Is!

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.
The study (PDF download) was done by [...]

Six Aspects Of A Well-Balanced Person (Part 2)

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.