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  • Do you SLEEP LESS and frequently SKIP LUNCH breaks?This is why you should stop doing so.

    “Until about ten years ago, we admired those who could survive on only four hours of sleep and those stalwarts who worked through the night. They were heroes, people whose fierce devotion and commitment revealed everyone else’s fecklessness and frailty. Then, as sleep science reached the mainstream, we began to change our attitude. That sleepless guy wasn’t a hero. He was a fool. He was likely doing subpar work and maybe hurting the rest of us because of his poor choices. Breaks are now where sleep was then. Skipping lunch was once a badge of honor and taking a nap a mark of shame. No more. The science of timing now affirms what the Old World already understood: We should give ourselves a break.”

    Adopted from Daniel Pink’s book When

  • Are you one such GREAT LEADER?

    “Great leaders don’t see themselves as great. Great leaders see themselves as human.”

    Adopted from Simon Sinek’s great leadership quotes

  • How to make BEST USE of free time?

    “If you’ve got an extra minute left, send someone—anyone—a thank-you e-mail.”

  • How often do you feel LOW during AFTERNOONS?This is what research has to say

    “Afternoons are the Bermuda Triangles of our days. Across many domains, the trough represents a danger zone for productivity, ethics, and health.”

  • Do you want to start planning your day better?Listen to this tip..

    “All of us experience the day in three stages—a peak, a trough, and a rebound. And about three-quarters of us (larks and third birds) experience it in that order. But about one in four people, those whose genes or age make them night owls, experience the day in something closer to the reverse order—recovery, trough, peak.”

    Adopted from Daniel Pink’s book When

  • Did you know your DAILY MOOD SWING follows a pattern?

    “Positive affect—language revealing that tweeters felt active, engaged, and hopeful—generally rose in the morning, plummeted in the afternoon, and climbed back up again in the early evening.”

    Adopted from Daniel Pink’s book When

  • How is our DAILY PATTERN similar to OCEAN TIDES?

    “Across continents and time zones, as predictable as the ocean tides, was the same daily oscillation—a peak, a trough, and a rebound. Beneath the surface of our everyday life is a hidden pattern: crucial, unexpected, and revealing.”

  • How do we make our LUNCH BREAKS more productive?

    “Most powerful lunch breaks have two key ingredients—autonomy and detachment.”

  • What is that common pattern with FULFILLING JOBS?

    “The most fulfilling jobs share a common trait: They prod us to work at our highest level but in a way that we, not someone else, control.”

  • As a LEADER how TRUSTWORTHY are you?This is a big indication..

    “The longer it takes for a boss to respond to their e-mails, the less satisfied people are with their leader.”