Your doctor just told you that you were suffering from high blood pressure and you need to make some changes. Hypertension is one of the biggest diseases our country faces. It has become a matter of government concern. High blood pressure is the underlying cause of many other life-threatening diseases. Besides taking any medications your … Read more
Are you looking for ways to improve your finance IQ? Then a great habit to build is to subscribe to an investment newsletter and read it daily. Investment newsletters are becoming popular these days as a way of growing your knowledge about the finance and business world. The appeal of financial newsletters lies in the … Read more
Have you started a walking habit in order to lose weight? The truth is walking can be a great long-term solution to shedding weight, but it’s not an overnight solution. So even if you’re getting thousands of steps per day, you might wonder: “How many steps does it take to lose a pound?” In this … Read more
Let’s face it: Nail biting is a bad habit. But if this is a habit that you have, you’ve likely noticed that it isn’t easy to stop. Nail biting is common in children and teenagers. In fact, it is the most common nervous habit worldwide, and it’s a popular habit among adolescents because the teen … Read more
Have you ever made a mistake at work and then thought you were surely going to be fired? I was recently in a bind at work and my boss asked to have a meeting with me the following morning. I was positive I was going to get fired–or, at least get into big trouble. I … Read more
Americans place a lot of stress and importance on being on time. Whereas you go to almost any city in Europe or a Caribbean island… and business owners are shutting down in the middle of a day to go have a meal with their family and take a nap, at times leaving only a sign … Read more
Not sure about the distance you’re covering with a daily walk or run? Many people who exercise, count their steps but don’t know how many miles they’ve covered. Normally, this isn’t a big issue. But as Peter Drucker once said, “What gets measured, gets managed.“ So how many steps are in a mile? Generally speaking, … Read more
Did you know that you can improve your capacity to think deeply? You’ll learn to do just that in Daniel Kahneman’s book Thinking Fast and Slow. The main premise of this book is a deep delve into the intricacies of human decision-making and cognition. Once you learn how these systems work in the human mind, … Read more
At the end of your workday, do you ever feel like you could’ve done more? Maybe written more words. Completed more tasks. Or simply just did more work. And does it leave you feeling a little… incomplete? Like you’ve wasted your day? …Sound familiar? Well, it doesn’t have to be this way. You can leave … Read more
When it comes to a habit change, we all start with the best of intentions. We promise to make a change, commit to it every day and imagine a perfect future where we’re no longer doing a bad habit. Then what usually happens? Failure. The question is: Why do people fail when they start with … Read more