The following self help and motivational insight has been adopted from Daniel Pink’s book When
“Afternoons are the Bermuda Triangles of our days. Across many domains, the trough represents a danger zone for productivity, ethics, and health.”
Thus it makes all the more sense to be aware of our productivity drop during the afternoon.
Our daily positive motive STARTS on a HIGH , DIPS in the AFTERNOON and RISES again in the evening. This has been proven by research and beautifully illustrated by Daniel Pink in his book When.
Thus being aware of this pattern helps us control our lives better.
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Avoiding a FALSE START by shifting the EXAMINATION of something from AFTER to BEFORE can help avoid PITFALLS.This technique is known as PRE MORTEM.
Daniel Pink mentions the same in his book When.
“A Life that is SHORT but INTENSELY EXCITING is seen as very POSITIVE by the human psychology.”
If this has happened to you then you have experienced this effect.
Adopted from Daniel Pink’s book When
“Group Timing requires BELONGINGNESS which is enabled by CODES , GARB and TOUCH.”
Adopted from Daniel Pink’s book When.
Research has proven that taking the right amount of breaks can improve performance and prevent burn out.
Daniel Pink mentions in his book When that along with a TODO list we should thus maintain a BREAK LIST to make the todo list more effective.
Very insightful and should be adopted by us for improved performance..
The human tendency to remember UNFINISHED tasks better than FINISHED tasks is known as ZEIGARNIK effect.
This thus means that when we take a break it would be easier to start if we finish with some unfinished task.
Daniel Pink mentions the same in his book When
Research has proven that short naps between 10 to 25 minutes in the sfterycan be highly beneficial
They have TWO key benefits namely
1) Increase COGNITIVE PERFORMANCE
2) Increase MENTAL and PHYSICAL health
Daniel Pink mentions the same in his book When
The three most essential aspects are –
1) SYNCHING to the BOSS of the group
2) SYNCHING to the TRIBE
3) SYNCHING to HEART
Daniel Pink mentions the same in his book When
Research has proven that singing in CHORUS calms HEART RATES and boosts ENDORPHIN levels
Daniel Pink mentions the same in his book When