Archive for October, 2013

Sleep and Rest: Your Brain Needs More Downtime

Do you ever seem to crash around 3 PM in the afternoon?  This happens to me religiously; and it is my cue, if my schedule permits,  to do my afternoon 20 minute meditation.  Although I have been practicing TM since the 70’s,  I don’t always do it the best way.  Sometimes my dog interrupts me or insists on getting on my lap,  or perhaps I need to work through that mid-afternoon period because of scheduled appointments.  But when I do ...

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OCT
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For Better Social Skills, Read Literary Fiction

If you are thrown into a new situation, a project with a new team, or a promotion to a new job, how should you prepare? Researchers have recently discovered that reading literary fiction for as as little as three to five minutes can make you perform better when it comes to empathy, social perception and emotional intelligence. These skills are especially important when you are trying to determine what someone is thinking or to gauge their body language.  And these ...

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OCT
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