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Perspective is everything, especially when it comes to examining your beliefs.
In this interesting TED Talk, Julia Galef examines the motivations behind different mindsets and how they shape the way we interpret information, interweaved with a compelling history lesson from 19th-century France.
In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: it goes on.
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Giving clear understandable instructions is one of those things that sounds easy to do but in real life can actually be more complex, especially in an office environment or within a business. Mixed messages, assumptions and multiple options mean that the message received might differ from what we actually meant.
This article, provides 7 useful tips to give instructions that are clear and get the job done:
1. Don’t assume everyone know what you mean: An imperative when delivering clear instructions is to not assume the recipient knows what you mean, and this can be for anything from industry acronyms to who to contact in different departments or organisations. It will only take you a few seconds more to explain the details, but this will give a crucial help for achieving the result.
2. Be clear and specific: Whilst you don’t want to ramble on in your set of instructions, you do want to ensure that your instructions are clear, specific and concise. Using bullet point reduces the temptation to waffle on and it helps your instructions and actions be more focused.
4. Give examples: Whenever possible, make sure you give examples. This will be especially beneficial if they are new to the role, or if they haven’t carried out the task before. This will help to add clarity to you instructions and help form a clearer picture of what it is you mean and want.
5. Give alternatives: When delivering your instructions it is worth considering giving some alternatives just in case our preferred option of instruction is not viable or available. By giving alternatives you are empowering your staff to get the job done with minimal fuss and constant checking back in with yourself.
6. Set boundaries: Once a task is set, the instructions should be clear enough that further confirmation and clarification is not needed. If this rings true with you then you need to make sure that your instructions are clear so that they are certain what they are doing and don’t feel the need to keep coming back with questions.
7. Get clarification: Before you let your staff loose on the basis of your instruction, it wouldn’t hurt to seek clarification from them to ensure that they understand what the task at hand is and what is expected.
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An expert is a person who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field.
A day off from work should mean a day that is unlike all other days of the week. Unfortunately, with technology and persistent bad habits, we have lost the art of truly enjoying a day off as it just seems to be a continuation of our every day routine.
This article provides some tips to help appreciate our day off on a whole new level:
1. Disconnect from work
We are pretty much always connected to our work 24/7. Although it can be great for productivity, it doesn’t allow us to take a step back and refuel our energy and creativity. This is why, to really have a good day off, you need to not be affected by anything from your job.
2. Stay away from routine
On your day off, don’t do the same things that you do every day. Your day off needs to be a completely unique day, far different than anything remotely similar to your routine. If you do the same things you always do, you will only feel like it’s the same thing over and over, and you will not appreciate or embrace your day off in the same way.
3. Remain composed
On your day off, do not get angry, mad, stressed, or annoyed no matter what. Stay away from negativity and don’t let things get to you on that specific day.
4. Get some fresh air
Your day off is the perfect opportunity to get some fresh air outside and do some outdoors activities. Such things as simple as taking a 20-30 min walk in a park can make a huge difference, not only on how you feel that very day, but it will help your psyche as you go through your everyday grind. Being in nature is very good therapy to release all kinds of stress and anxiety.
5. Treat yourself
Do something nice for yourself, such as getting a massage, go shopping, eat at your favorite restaurant, and the likes. When you associate your day off with a reward, regardless of what it may be, you will not only look forward to your day off, but you will increase your appreciation of it.
6. Take your time
You shouldn’t be in a hurry on your day off. You should be calm, relaxed, and just appreciating every minute of it.
7. Spend it with people you care about
You should spend your day off doing activities with the people that mean a lot in your life. This will bring meaningful joy to what you are doing, and make it not only even more rewarding, but something that you can look forward to during the week.
Don’t spend time beating on a wall, hoping to transform it into a door.
People like to weigh their next decisions in three contexts:
It is wise to take all of these contexts into account: persistently planning ahead makes life so much easier in the long run.
Here are 5 useful tips to increase the success of your future-self:
1. Invest in yourself — Financially and personally
2. Commit to something
3. Embrace the habit of effort
4. Make a 10 year plan
5. Gain perspective
I can’t give you a sure-fire formula for success, but I can give you a formula for failure: try to please everybody all the time.
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Stress makes our heart pound, our breathing quicken and our forehead sweat. But while stress has been made into a public health enemy, new research suggests that stress may only be bad for us if we believe that to be the case.
In this TED Talk, Psychologist Kelly McGonigal urges us to see stress as a positive, and introduces us to an unsung mechanism for stress reduction: reaching out to others.
The best way to predict the future is to create it.
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