Ongoing research is always adding to the evidence that self-control and willpower are essential ingredients for a successful and fulfilling life. The most famous and well documented willpower study of all time is the ‘marshmallow experiment’. This was an experiment carried out by psychologist Walter Mischel in the 1960’s. He had an idea to test …
With all the distractions, fun things to do, and notifications going off, it’s hard to be productive sometimes. If you’re an entrepreneur or work from home, you will know what I’m talking about. Your concentration, and time is always under threat from distraction. Even if you already do some basic time-management, such as making to-do …
Having good etiquette and manners is a key skill and essential to the smooth operation of any civilization. Having good etiquette means to have good manners and grace in social situations. Coming across well and having good manners can be the difference between being liked or not. Success and failure, and forming good friendships. There …
We all have habits. Whether we are completely conscious to what they are or not, we all have lots of habits. Some habits are good, some are bad, some help others, and some are self-indulgent. There are all types, not all are bad. Habits form a large part of who we are, and how we …
Smoking is a bad habit, and like all habits is hard to break. But you can stop smoking, some of the most hardened of smokers have managed it. Here are some interested stats from a poll carried out in the US: 7 out of 10 smokers say they want to quit each year. 4 out …
Smoking is bad for your health, this is not in debate. Yet so many people still smoke, and struggle to quit. I have dealt with my own addictions that I needed to overcome, and I can honestly say I have been very deep in addictions and managed to dig my way out. If I can …
There are a number of reasons why you should be getting a good night’s sleep. It would be an article on its own for me to run through most of them. But it’s easier said than done to get your 8 hours perfect sleep a night, in fact a lot of people struggle to get …
