Distraction & Lost IQ Do you feel distracted at work? Do you see your colleagues as distracted? Chances are, you answered yes to both. I’m sure distraction has been a problem since the beginning of time, but I have a hard time believing it has ever exceeded the distractions of today. We have technology like [...]
[Continue reading…]Tips for Working from Home
January 16, 2012 By Leave a Comment
I’ve been working from home for 3 years now. I used to teach high school Spanish, so switching from a classroom to my living room was quite a change. It was definitely more peaceful and filled with a lot less drama and certainly fewer bad accents, but working from home has it challenges too. Part [...]
[Continue reading…]Productivity Add-Ons
January 11, 2012 By Leave a Comment
These days, we’re all looking for ways to boost our productivity. There just isn’t enough time to get it all done- for anyone. You are not alone in your frustration as you search for ways to avoid the seemingly inevitable time sucks that common distractions make. Did you know that the average worker loses more [...]
[Continue reading…]Treating SAD Naturally
January 9, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Dreading January & February? I had never heard of Seasonal Affective Disorder before I moved from Texas to Iowa. That makes sense since Texas is a fairly warm state down south. Iowa, on the other hand, was a 13-hour drive north and had much more severe winters with shorter days than I had ever known. [...]
[Continue reading…]Treating Tinnitus with Sound Therapy
January 4, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Ringing in Your Ears If Christmas is over, but you’re still hearing bells, you’re not crazy. Ringing in your ears is a common problem that has nothing to do with people still celebrating the holidays. The ringing is called tinnitus, a fairly uncomfortable, sometimes painfully distracting nuisance that millions of Americans suffer. While tinnitus can [...]
[Continue reading…]How & Why To Make New Year’s Resolutions
January 2, 2012 By Leave a Comment
It’s past the first of the year, so why are we talking about New Year’s Resolutions? We’re talking about them because you didn’t make them. Whether you put them off, or weren’t in the mood, or felt they weren’t worth the time, it’s no surprise that a lot of people just skip the entire making New [...]
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