What is Power Posing?
I’m going to present 2 short videos here. One is a strong endorsement of the practice of power posing. And the other offers a more measured view. Bullish View Balanced View The videos above discuss 3 popular power poses illustrated in the header image for this post. Apparently…
Are Dopamine Detoxes a Scam?
The article, Dopamine Detoxes Don’t Work: Here’s What To Do Instead, seems to me to be another link in a chain of catchy but misleading titles on the subject of general impulse control. But after stripping away the noise, I think we can learn something from the article.…
Plan Your Day the Night Before
This is a simple hack. It only takes a few minutes before going to sleep at night. In the video below, Jack Canfield, American author and motivational speaker, explains the power of planning your next day the night before. For some, this might seem overwhelming. Perhaps you have…
First Thing in the Morning
Lemon water, yoga, journaling, exercise, affirmations, ice bath, etc. These are some of the things that gurus recommend doing to start your day for maximum performance. But this type of routine can take so long that no actual productivity occurs before lunchtime. Rian Doris, co-founder & CEO of…
Selecting a Morning Routine
“Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the fastest lion or it will be killed. Every morning a lion wakes up. It knows it must outrun the slowest gazelle or it will starve to death. It doesn’t matter whether you…
What Is a Novelty Drain?
I recently discovered the expression, “novelty drain”, coined by Chase Hughes. Chase is founder and CEO of Applied Behavior Research, leading behavior expert, and author. In Hughes’ usage, a novelty drain refers to the idea that frequent, unmanaged novelty (new experiences, changes, stimuli, etc.) can deplete your attention…
