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How to Become a Masterful Note-Taker: 8 Lessons From Research
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The value of note-taking–or notebooks at least–gets a stock market capitalization in the coming weeks with Moleskine’s planned IPO. The Italian stationery firm has boosted the profile of note-taking at companies around the world. But is all of the scribbling on nicely bound paper actually helping business people? And what are the best ways to use note-taking–in notebooks and on digital devices–to actually boost your productivity?...

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10 Ways to Overcome Creativity’s No.1 Crusher
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“The worst enemy of creativity is self-doubt,” wrote Sylvia Plath in her journal. And she couldn’t have been more accurate. Self-doubt can persuade us to stop creating or keep us from sending our work out into the world. It can be so influential that it colors how we see ourselves, ensuring we don’t pick up a pen, paintbrush, camera or other tool for decades....

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10 Things you can do to become more happier
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Happiness–in your business life and your personal life–is often a matter of subtraction, not addition. Consider, for example, what happens when you stop doing the following 10 things: 1. Blaming. People make mistakes. Employees don’t meet your expectations. Vendors don’t deliver on time. So you blame them for your problems. But you’re also to blame. Maybe you didn’t provide enough training. Maybe you didn’t...

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Because looking at beautiful things increases happiness.
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Dr. Sam is a Clinical Instructor in Psychiatry, Public Health and Assistant Attending Psychiatrist at Weill-Cornell Medical College, a contributing writer to Everyday Health and The Tory Burch Blog, and a Masters candidate at the University of Pennsylvania’s Applied Positive Psychology program.   Link to the...

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Geeks from all around the world… read and learn…
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A hobbyist programmer proposed to his lady by creating an old-school Final Fantasy-style RPG where each boss dropped the keys to his heart. When it comes to marriage proposals, some people really go all out to create a memorable experience. One such is Alex Marchak. As both he and his lady love gaming — and since Marchak likes to tool around with programming in...

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The Ego by Nicolas Jaar
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Nicolas Jaar & Theatre Roosevelt – The Ego   For Nicolas Jaar, 2012 has been a year of gradation rather than graduation. Working on his live show, the producer has played a number of stunning sets, while Jaar’s label Clown & Sunset has delivered some thought provoking electronics. OK, his idea to release music as a cube didn’t exactly take off but overall, 2012 has...

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Don’t Be Afraid of a Pencil
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“Oh, I can’t draw.” This is invariably the thing I hear when I’m having a conversation with someone, probably in a work context, and probably with someone who’s trying to explain to me how something would work in their head that we’re going to try and build together. It’s what I hear when I ask them if they could sketch out the idea they’re...

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How to Increase Your Creativity in 9 Easy Steps
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Who among us hasn’t dreamed of discovering the next big thing or designing a breath taking product or at least solving a personal situation creatively and brilliantly. The problem is, most of us just dream about it. The truth is that you CAN turn that dream into reality. Unfortunately, there is a common myth that you are either born creative or doomed to a mediocre...

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