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How to Make the Most of Your Intuitions

"The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift."

So said Albert Einstein, one of the greatest scientific minds of all time. He is not ...

Listen to Your Gut. It’s Most Probably Right.

Have you ever been in a spot where you just know something, but you have no rational reason for how or why you know it? You have. I have. We all have, at some point in our lives.

Intuition, gut feeling, hunch - we call it by many names. And ...

Have More Art in Life. It’s Great for Your Brain.

What is the worth of art in a culture that holds productivity as its supreme goal?

Art has always been thought of as a whimsical pursuit - one that has no ‘real’ benefit, at least not as real as money or success. Science, however, would tell us ...

The Key to Effective Goal-Setting: Ask The Right Questions

Goal-setting has become one of the biggest buzzwords in workplaces the world over. Every management trainer will extol the virtues of goal-setting and every corporate house worth its salt will ask you to set down goals and the timeline to achieve ...

The Power of Micro Commitments

How many times have you told yourself that you need to stop eating so much sugar? How many times you have started sketching out ideas for your novel, only to abandon them a few months/weeks/days in?

Change is hard, even if it is for the better. ...

How To Increase Your Willpower

Willpower is the most essential quality to move forward in life. You need it for everything from breaking a bad habit of learning a new skill and achieving your goals. Yet it seems to elude us when we need it the most.

Many of us believe we don’t ...

This is Why Willpower is Crucial for Learning

Different people may be successful for different reasons, but there is one personal trait that runs through all of them: willpower. The best laid plans may fall flat if we don’t have the willpower to strive through difficulties and distractions. It ...

5 tips you can follow to make better decisions

In our passage through life, we have to make countless decisions every day, and all those decisions shape our lives, changing it this way or that based on the consequences of them. Decision making is the process through which we maintain control ...

Swimming is the perfect summer activity for your brain

Is your summer synonymous with hitting the pool? Your brain approves.

It’s a no-brainer that swimming is great for your physical health, as any vigorous physical activity is. But it also has a tremendous impact on your brain, affecting key areas ...

Love Chocolates? So Does Your Brain.

Who doesn’t love chocolate? From the ancient Aztecs to the modern global citizen, it has appealed to the palette and imagination of millions of people through centuries. And yet, it also has the reputation of being ‘sinful’. Not just because of the ...