Have you heard of yoga before? Have you heard of its super-awesomeness? By this point, we’ve all been informed; I’ve been informed, many times. But the idea of doing something so hipster and female has been so ridiculous to my subconscious mind that I had never actually consciously considered doing it. I’m a man. I like sports & […]
Continue readingEmotions are contagious. Scientists are still debating the how and why, but we all know this intuitively. When we talk to someone sad, we tend to get depressed ourselves. When we talk to someone filled with joy, we just can’t help but feel a little better. A long-term network study of 4,739 connected individuals put numbers […]
Continue readingAcross six studies, the authors of this article create and then attempt to prove the predictive validity of a shorter version of their previous, 12-item Grit Scale. In study one, using data from an older study, the 12-item grit scale was successfully shortened into the 8-item grit scale (Grit-S). In study two, using an online sample of […]
Continue readingIn this study, the specific reasons why grittier spelling bee finalists reach higher rounds was assessed. The observation that grit correlates with spelling bee performance had already been made. Grit was found to predict two behaviors which in turn lead to increased performance – more practice, and better practice. More practice is self-explanatory – the […]
Continue readingAs a reader of this blog, can I assume that you want to increase your levels of happiness and overall life performance? If so, ‘good’ sleep is not optional. Do you think you get ‘good’ sleep? According to a poll by the National Sleep Foundation, less than 37% of Americans routinely get high-quality sleep.1 I […]
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Dream big dreams; only big dreams have the power to move men’s souls.-Marcus Aurelius, Emperor of RomeIt’s a paradox. It’s the big goals that excite us and get us to stop hitting the snooze button. They make us feel alive. They make the boring interesting, and the frustrating exciting. But it’s the big goals that are […]
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