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New research shows looking at cute images of baby animals may actually improve your work performance, inspiring more fine-tuned attention and careful behavior. Perhaps unsurprisingly this new study comes from researchers in Japan, where kawaii (Japanese for "cute") reigns. From the characters of "Hello Kitty" and "Pokémon's" Pikachu, cute creatures stir positive feelings, researchers say, [...]
The bottom line is that leaders must be more emotionally intelligent to be more effective and efficient at maximizing outcomes and desired results. Here are 5 ways to get started. via 5 Ways to Lead with Emotional Intelligence -- and Boost Productivity - Forbes.
If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you; If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, But make allowance for their doubting too; If you can wait and not be tired by waiting, Or being lied about, don't deal in lies, Or being [...]
A new study says white Americans with low educational levels have already lost an average of four years from their life expectancy. That's the loss of 5 per cent of the average lifespan for an American who lacks a high school diploma, and it's happened at astonishing speed - between 1990 and 2008, says the [...]
“The search for happiness is one of the chief sources of unhappiness.” — Eric Hoffer As soon as an American baby is born, its parents enter into an implicit contractual obligation to answer any question about their hopes for their tiny offspring’s future with the words: “I don’t care, as long as he’s happy” (the [...]
When a person performs an act of self harm, the medical professional's first priority is to get him or her safely past that immediate event. But research published Monday evening in the British medical journal 'The Lancet' finds that people who harm themselves — by intentionally injuring or poisoning themselves, with or without suicidal intent, [...]
Large Europe-wide study confirms work stress linked to greater risk of heart disease People who have highly demanding jobs and little freedom to make decisions are 23% more likely to experience a heart attack compared with their counterparts without such work stress, according to a study of nearly 200 000 people from seven European countries [...]
It started in July 2009. I'd been on Twitter for over 2 years at that point having joined in May 2007, and I'd never had a problem. My account was followed by a fairly innocuous looking one which I followed back and within 10 minutes I had received a Direct Message (DM) calling me a [...]
Today, many more people are living much richer, longer lives than ever before. So is all well and good? Not exactly. There is growing evidence that quality of life is not the same as standard of living, and that how well we live is not just a matter of how long we live, especially in [...]
Assuming you and your school place student welfare/wellbeing high on your list of priorities, here are three questions to consider. Who is the significant adult in the life of a 21st Century student? How and where do they spend most of their time? With whom do they converse most? Is it their parents? Is it fair [...]
