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9 Types of Journaling and How They Can Benefit Mental and Physical Health

Success

Research has shown that writing and journaling can improve cognitive function and reduce stress and anxiety. The Videographer Tool: phone or video camera Method: Create a video diary to talk through a problem or share your thoughts on the day. This article originally appeared in the May/June 2023 issue of SUCCESS magazine.

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The Art of Strategic Nothingness

Success

We hadn’t used phones or computers, listened to music, read books, or written. Only my phone knew how many texts and emails awaited me. Sometimes I even like my phone. When it got stressful, I’d pick it up again. The bell rang. Noble silence ended. We hadn’t even looked at each other in the eye. Hence my tears.

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The Cognitive Scientist’s Handbook to Working an Optimal Day

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If you’re browsing social media or checking emails, that’s not mental recovery—that’s like trying to rest your muscles by doing pushups in between bench presses. Have a “digital sunset”: Loney recommends putting your phone or other screens away at least 30 minutes before you go to bed. What you do during this break is critical.

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This Is How You Can Get Better at Reading People

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It also includes every way you communicate, whether it’s in person, by phone, by email, by text or on social media. This article originally appeared in the February 2018 issue of SUCCESS magazine and has been updated. That includes everyone, whether it’s an audience, a colleague, your spouse, your kids or a customer.

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The rise of the pods shows how the workplace pendulum swings

Workplace Insight

Open plan officer workers and workplace professionals moaned about acoustics, stress, and more recently, germs in large open workspaces. As the legend goes, two American office employees were constantly distracted by their boss’s loud phone calls, as he paced their open office. The good news is we couldn’t find a phone cabin.

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Time to put down the devices if you really want things to look up

Workplace Insight

A different Statistica survey found that 31 percent of UK social media users aged between 16 and 24 years reported spending between 1-2 hours per day using TikTok, while 25 percent reported spending between 3-4 hours per day on the social video app. In 2022, data from Statisica revealed UK users spent an average of 4.25

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12 Efficiency Secrets of the World’s Busiest People

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Looking at your phone you find three texts that say, “Hey is this meeting happening?”. Ginkgo biloba may reduce anxiety and stress, and omega-3s can improve sleep and protect you from disease. At the moment we wake, our willpower and creativity are highest and our minds are free from phone notifications, external demands and noise.

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