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Why is Reading Important? 17 Benefits of Books

It’s not surprising that as the amount of time people spend on activities such as browsing social media and playing online video games increases, the amount of time people spend reading books decreases. The truth is, Americans between the ages of 20 and 34 spend only an average of 7 minutes reading per day. However, […]

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The Two Wolves Story: 3 Lessons You Can Apply to Life

When you are faced with negative or disturbing emotions, can you still be productive at work or remain focused on your everyday obligations? If you’re answer is yes, this means that you have high emotional self-control. While having emotional self-control does not mean that you completely ignore your negative emotions, it does mean that you’re […]

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37 Best Free Udemy Courses for Personal Development in 2019

Wondering what course to take at Udemy? In this article, we’ll give you an overview of the top-rated free courses at one of the largest learning platform on the Internet. (And if you want to learn more about this website, then check out this extensive Udemy review.) To date, Udemy offers over 130,000 courses in […]

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The 15 Best Habit-Tracking Apps to Help You Stick to Your Goals

You may not realize it, but habits shape the quality of your life. Once habits are set, they are very difficult to break. The brain clings to habits so tenaciously. Nearly half of the actions we perform daily are not based on thought-out decisions, but are well-entrenched habits instead. Considering that our actions are mostly […]

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How to Be More Self Aware: 8 Tips to Boost Self-Awareness

Having self-awareness means that you have a sharp realization of your personality, including your strengths and weaknesses, your thoughts and beliefs, your emotions, and your motivations. If you are self-aware, it is easier for you to understand other people and detect how they perceive you in return. Many people assume that they have a healthy […]

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125 Habit Tracker Ideas for Your Bullet Journal or Favorite App

You’ve done your research to pick out your ideal bullet journal. You’ve compiled all of the pens you want to use and have decided on a color-coding system. Or, you’ve finally found an app that works just right for you to help you track your progress with your habits. But now what? One of the […]

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How to Use the Zeigarnik Effect to Improve Your Life

When you are faced with a task, whether it’s a project, a paper that you have to write, or even something simple on your to-do list, are you able to power through it, mark it as being completed, and move on? I know when I’m able to cross things off of my list–whether it took […]

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What is the Planning Fallacy (and How Can It Derail Your Time Management Efforts)?

How often do you find yourself racing at the last minute to meet a deadline? Do you often find that you end up finishing projects after you had promised they would be complete?Have you let people down because you didn’t have enough time to fulfill your obligations? If these questions sound familiar, then you may have […]

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How to Overcome the “Sunk Cost Fallacy” Mindset

Do you often find yourself continuing on a path that doesn’t feel right, only because you’ve already invested so much time or money into it?You might strongly dislike what you’re doing, but you feel like you have to stay the course because you can’t imagine doing anything differently. If this sounds familiar, then you’re probably dealing […]

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How to Deal With Impostor Syndrome and Celebrate Your Accomplishments

Do you know that sudden feeling you get when you are assigned a new project at work and you think you are in way over your head?Or when people around you are talking about their careers, and you feel quietly ashamed because you don’t think your success measures up? Maybe you beat yourself up over every […]

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