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February 17, 2015
How To Trick Yourself Into Meeting Deadlines
Could the secret to finally meeting your deadlines be as simple as setting it for a particular weekday?
Serial procrastinators know one of the hardest things about getting things done is getting started.
6 Ways Your Office Design Is Bumming Everyone Out
If you're making people sit in poorly lit, scrunched-together spaces with no potential for chance encounters, it's time to rearrange.
Today, the average worker is working in a space with 1960s design and thinking, says Rex Miller, coauthor of the book Change Your Space, Change Your Culture, because most organizations can't connect the dots between office design and innovation. In fact, according to a recent Gallup poll, 70% of the workforce is disengaged and a lot of it has to do with the shrinking office space we are working in.
How The Larry Pages Of The World Get Their Big Ideas
Pro tip #1: Play with Lego.
In a February 2014 interview with Dr. Paul Jacobs, the then CEO of the wireless technology company Qualcomm and now its executive chairman, it dawned on me that there were common threads among the world's leading innovators that no one had yet defined.
The Freelancer's Guide To The Complicated Mess Of Tax Deductions
What can you claim, and how much? These tips on filing taxes for independent workers will help you avoid mistakes.
The only sure things in life may be death and taxes, but when you work for yourself, you can also be sure that filing your taxes will be complex and confusing.
February 14, 2015
The Science--And Art--Of A Brain In Love
What's love got to do with brain chemicals? A lot, according to brain artist Brent Hoff—but there's more.
Are you in love or in lust? Neuroscience would say the difference is in whether or not your brain is producing oxytocin, the bonding chemical that scientists associate with monogamous relationships. To oversimplify, love includes the production of oxytocin and dopamine in the brain, while lust elicits simply the production of dopamine.
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February 13, 2015
Here's How Meditation Boosts Your Health Beyond The Brain
A new study clues us into how meditation can improve our physical health.
One of the most interesting things about mindfulness meditation is how its benefits seep beyond our brains and into our bodies. So not only does it help decrease stress and improve focus, but it can have an impact on your physical health as well. But how?
Want To Know What Love Is? 1980s Heroes And Villains Mashed-Up With Pop Music Stars
That time a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle joined forces with Foreigner and Stay Puft melted with Modern English.
On the ever-expanding list of dream mash-ups, these are way up there.
Google, Facebook, and Yahoo Shun Obama Cybersecurity Summit
Obama wants companies to share cyberthreat data with the federal government and each other, only most industry heavyweights aren't interested.
Today President Obama spoke at Stanford University at the Summit on Cybersecurity and Consumer Protection. In a wide-ranging conference, which touched on everything from biometric passwords to the economics of technology, the urgent theme that surfaced was the importance of the public and private sectors working together to crack one of the 21st century's biggest challenges. The last six months have read like an A-Z of cybersecurity breaches ripping across industries, from retail (Target), to entertainment (Sony), to insurance (Anthem). According to U.S. Homeland Security, cybersecurity attacks have multiplied fivefold since 2009, with the seriousness of these breaches rising each year.
Join Our Month-Long Networking Challenge!
Are you prepared to go from wallflower to superconnector?
When it comes to networking, there are two ends of the spectrum. On one side is the guy at the party who seems to know everyone and thrives on helping you meet meaningful connections—we call them superconnectors.
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These Tables Can Be Assembled With Magnets, No Tools Needed
Throw away your torx wrenches: Dock 312's Artesian line of end tables join themselves together with magnetic joints.
Magnets! How do they work? Don't answer that. Like Shaggy 2 Dope, I don't want to talk to a scientist. We all know they're magic.
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