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Unproductive Day? Here's How to Make Tomorrow Better

Article by Kat Boogard | Featured on INC.COM We've all had those days -- when no matter how much you try to focus on the task at hand, you just can't seem to make any progress. You type just one sentence of that important email, only to…
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How to Kill a Corporate Zombie

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Article Found on The Economist WHAT is the best way to kill a zombie? Fans of Daryl Dixon, a character in “The Walking Dead”, a television series, will know the answer: a crossbow bolt to the brain. Getting rid of corporate zombies,…
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Three Ways To Stay On Track When Feeling Overwhelmed

Article by Chris Meyers | Found on Forbes Entrepreneurs are no strangers to the odd bout of existential terror. Usually, these period of stress and fear flair up only to die down rather quickly. Sometimes, however, these stresses persist…
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Lots of Rich, Successful People Don't Work on Weekends. Here's How to Take a Break

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Article by Martha C. White | Found on TIME Do you wind up being so exhausted by Monday that going back to work almost seems like a relief? Canadian writer Katrina Onstad thinks she's discovered the secret to making weekends great again. Her…
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Exercise Is One Thing Most Successful People Do Everyday

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Article by Jennifer Cohen | Found on Entrepeneur.com What do Cher, Warren Buffet, and OKCupid founder, Christian Rudder, all have in common? While you might have guessed that they’re professionals at the top of their game, it’s not…

Intuition Is The Highest Form Of Intelligence

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Article by Bruce Kasanoff | Found on Forbes Intuition, argues Gerd Gigerenzer, a director at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development, is less about suddenly "knowing" the right answer and more about instinctively understanding what…

Stop Robocalls to Your Cellphone With Nomorobo

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By Greg LaFollette, CPA/CITP, CGMA | Found on Journal of Accountancy Many people claim privacy is dead, and more and more of us tend to agree. As much as some aspects of technology seem to hasten the probable demise of privacy, other…

Hooked on Our Smartphones

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By Jane E. Brody | Found on New York Times The many men, women and children who spend their days glued to their smartphones and social media accounts might learn something from Lin-Manuel Miranda, creator of the groundbreaking megahit…

The Biggest Secret to Success: Spend at Least 10 Hours a Week Just Thinking

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By Quora | Found on INC.COM   You've heard of people like Elon Musk and Jeff Immelt (General Electric CEO). Reading about them leads us to assume that business greatness requires little sleep and even less time with loved ones. Immelt,…
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I quit these 3 bad habits and it doubled my productivity

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Article by Ramit Sethi | Found on CNBC Let's start off with an uncomfortable truth: You don't need yet another New Year's resolution. If we're honest, didn't we do the same thing last year? What happened with "writing a blog post every…