Here's a little secret you might never have guessed: The people who can accomplish incredible mnemonic feats like memorizing the order of a shuffled deck of cards or hundreds of random numbers in minutes don't have photographic memories. They have normal brains like you and, yes, me. This past weekend I competed...
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Rough week at the office? No plans for the weekend? Here are 10 projects that'll ease your mind and give yourself a break.
10. Turn Off Your Work Brain
You'll never be relaxed if you can't get your mind off the work that stressed you out in the first place. If you still have work to do, see if you can get some of it...
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First off, let me just say that the Microsoft Surface RT is the coolest tablet out there. It puts the iPad to shame and has become, in a very short time, everything HP had hoped for when they had released a tablet computer with the now-defunct HP WebOS. It's fast, seriously sleek, and comes with full-blown Windows 8. Well,...
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In 2009, I was a very senior executive celebrating my fourth anniversary at a brokerage firm. I was working about 70 hours a week, managing 80 people, and traveling to the company’s other offices (two of which were cross-country) 3-4 days a week, twice a month. Even when I wasn’t at the office or on the road, my Blackberry...
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Parenting can be stressful. That’s probably one of my bigger understatements, but as the father of 6 kids, I’ve learned a little about handling these stresses so that it’s not such a big deal anymore.
Kids throw tantrums, demand to have their way, don’t see anything but their own point of view, break things, always need...
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Have you ever had a long amazing conversation with a friend, that took all kinds of turns neither of you could possibly have expected when you started the conversation? Wasn’t it awesome, to riff off each other, to explore unforeseen territory, to be free to wander and enjoy the time together?
What if, instead, you had a definite...
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