Simple snacks for razor sharp thinking

By on May 5, 2013 in Focus, Food, Lifestyle

Have you seen the snickers commercial with grumpy Joe Pesci? He’s handed a snickers bar, eats it and suddenly everything is better. It’s a clever ad because we can all relate to feeling grumpy when we’re hungry. But the snickers ad is misleading and doesn’t actually tell the full story. A snickers bar or any [...]

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Saying more with less: A simple way to boost essay marks

By on April 28, 2013 in Writing

Have you ever found yourself looking up a thesaurus in an attempt to find a more complex or sophisticated word to use in an essay so you looked more intelligent? I’ll admit, I’ve done it. But it turns out, I’m not alone. 110 Stanford students were asked if they had ever looked up a thesaurus [...]

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Adiós Laptop: The Power of Pencil and Paper

By on March 26, 2013 in Creativity, Focus, Self Control, Study Techniques, Technology

Call me old school but sometimes I like to get away from my computer screen and work with a pencil or a pen and some paper. In fact, I think humans create some of their best ideas when they work in this way as opposed to working within the rigid confines of a word document [...]

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Boost your brainpower with a dose of nature

By on March 17, 2013 in Creativity, Focus, Motivation

Picture this. A clear blue sky. Fresh clean air. Old ancient trees. Beautiful birdsong. Nice, eh? Now imagine this. Noise from traffic. Pollution. Dirty plastic waste. A sea of concrete. Let me ask you this – which scenery do you prefer? Judging from the huge digital image of a blue sky and mountains in the [...]

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Want more motivation and energy? Try some peppermint gum

By on February 3, 2013 in Motivation

I’ve never been a fan of peppermint chewing gum or any flavor gum for that matter. After an incident in high school where I sat on a piece and it destroyed my only pair of school shorts, I became repulsed by the stuff. But I’m forcing myself to chew on a piece of peppermint gum [...]

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