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Tips for lazy people. I don't think so. Lazy people would not bother to read the list. If they do, the won't put in the effort. These are tips to help us focus.
Taking breaks increases your effectiveness. (As long as you don't take too many.)
Neuroscience Says 1 Brainless Move Will Boost Your Memory and Focus (and Lower Stress) (Inc.)
So many are unable to learn to live below their means.
Millennial couple making $230,000 will 'constantly feel poor' unless they change their habits (CNBC)
Look beyond the first impression to understand data analysis. This article provides and example.
Retail sales figures are flat but a deeper dive shows consumer resilience (Marketplace)
I have never liked the idea of energy drinks. Rather than rely on stimulants, it is better to eat well, exercise, and get the proper sleep.
Energy drinks are everywhere. How dangerous are they? (Vox)
I make sure that I am close to my gate. I rely on the airline app to keep me informed. If you arrive with time to spare and you do not wander too far away, travel stress is greatly reduced.
Why You Feel The Urge To Find Your Gate When You Get To The Airport (Huff Post)
Interesting history about the D-Day invasion.
A war meteorologist's riveting account of how the Allies averted a D-Day disaster (Aeon)
A leader cannot make their team members happy. A leader's job is to inspire people to work together to achieve a common goal. Whether that achievement makes someone happy is up to the individual.
3 Ways to Make Your Team Happy (Medium)
I remember reading a book a long time ago about what would happen if a giant undersea volcano disrupted the Atlantic currents and triggered the beginning of the next ice age. It wasn't a great book, but it may have been on to something.
How Soon Might the Atlantic Ocean Break? (Wired)
Science is endlessly fascinating.
'Dark Oxygen' Discovered Coming from Mineral Deposits on Deep Seafloor (Scientific American)
Paintings and their real live locations.
20 Famous Paintings Seen Side by Side With Their Real-Life Locations (My Modern Met)
Why is this guy picking on Abilene? For many, it is home. If you create a team where everyone ends up in a place they do not want to be, you have failed as a leader.
The Abilene Paradox at Work (Medium)
Perhaps cursive will make a comeback—I hope it does. However, it may be more important to look at grammar. I have noticed a decline in good grammar since text messaging and social media have become common. I try to write text messages in complete sentences. (I'm also weird in many other ways.)
Iowa requires schools to teach cursive handwriting (Axios)
There are multiple dimensions to luck.
Arnold Palmer said, "The harder I practice, the luckier I seem to get."
The Dali Lama points out that a short-term negative is not always bad when he says, "Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck."
You feel lucky when you choose to look at things that happen with a positive attitude.
Only People Who Believe in Luck Have It (Nir and Far)
Ever since the beginning of the industrial age, we have been more and more dependent on technologies as they are introduced. What is new in the 21st century is the amount of invisible technology that affects what we do.
Technology's grip on modern life is pushing us down a dimly lit path of digital land mines (AP)
"It is better to deserve honors and not have them than to have them and not deserve them." – Mark Twain
Tomb of the Unknown Celebrity (GoComics - Non Sequitur)
It is not possible to completely avoid processed foods. We can reduce their role in our diet and dramatically improve our health.
Why we might never know the truth about ultra-processed foods (BBC)
When you say something stupid, it usually comes back to haunt you.
One Thing At A Time (GoComics - Non Sequitur)
Many things we view today as classical or traditional were revolutionary when they first appeared.
Being aware of behaviors, ours or someone else's, enables us to react appropriately.
6 Dark Psychology Tricks To Be Aware Of (Medium)
Quotes
"It's useless to hold a person to anything he says while he's in love, drunk, or running for office."
- Shirley MacLaine
"Computers make it easier to do a lot of things, but most of the things they make easier to do don't need to be done."
- Andy Rooney
"Three o'clock is always too late or too early for anything you want to do."
- Jean-Paul Sartre
"The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese."
- Steven Wright
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