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How to conquer your fear of public speaking
Over the course of my career, I’ve spoken at more than 1,000 events. While I don’t consider myself a five-star speaker, I do pretty well. In fact, …
Public Speaking7 Ways to Capture Someone’s Attention
Your long-term success depends on winning the attention of others. If your boss doesn’t notice your work, how will you get a promotion? If your team doesn’t listen to you, how can you lead effectively? And if you can’t capture the attention of clients, how does your business or career …
Does Your Mind Wander? Here’s Why That Can Be Your Greatest Asset
Wandering minds are associated with creativity. Popular wisdom tells you to live in the moment.<p><i>Huh?</i><p>So is it better to be unfocused or focused?<p>Let’s …
The Five Hidden Benefits Of Procrastination
Is it possible that there are times when procrastination can work in your favor?<p>Are comfortable with fear? Do you like to have a little bit of panic or threat to your survival built into each day?<p>Whether we are consciously aware of it or not, this is what we do to ourselves when we procrastinate, a …
How to Ensure Your Resume Gets Read
Get past the filters to the top of the pile<p>Job seekers fear the resume robots – the automatic filtering of resumes that prevents your application …
Recruitment10 Ways to Reduce Your Stress Right Now
I realize that you are a busy, stressed out person with no time to waste. Respecting that, here are 10 things you can do starting 1 minute from now that will greatly reduce your stress today.<p>I realize that you are a busy, stressed out person with no time to waste. Respecting that, here are 10 …
Work-life BalanceProprioceptive Exercise Improves Working Memory
To boost your brainpower, you could grab a skim cap, or you could go climb a tree. No, really. Doing just that improved people's cognitive skills dramatically, according to new research from the University of North Florida.<p>Researchers had people take a memory test, then spend a few hours doing a …
How to Manage People Who Are Smarter than You
The best managers hire smart people to work for them. But what if your direct reports are smarter than you? How do you manage people who have more experience or more knowledge? How do you coach them if you don’t have the same level of expertise?<p><b>What the Experts Say</b> <br>Getting promoted to a job that …
Interesting
Your smartphone is capable of things straight out of a Sci-Fi movie (13 Photos)<p>By: Martin<p>40 Liked! 14 Disliked 0<p>tech<p>People’s least expensive …
Leonardo Da Vinci10 Free Online Courses To Make You More Successful
You have dreams, aspirations and goals. And as a savvy hacker, you know that what you do day-to-day is directly tied to your future success. So you …
5 terrible social media mistakes you are making
Startups that are just beginning to initiate their social media presence must not reinvent the wheel but simply start smart
8 things all great students have in common
Fewer people remember great <i>schools</i>.<p>Sir Ken Robinson — a 30-year veteran of the education industry who has taught in classrooms, worked alongside governments, and researched educational theory worldwide — finds this troubling.<p>In April, Robinson released a new book called "Creative Schools: The …
Stretching the gifted
by Emily Parkinson<p>NAPLAN's 2015 report card delivered some harsh truths about the state-of-learning in Australian classrooms.<p>For renowned educational …
Education21 Grab-And-Go Teaching Tools For Your Classroom
<b>21 Grab-And-Go Teaching Tools For Your Classroom</b>by <b>Lynn Usrey</b>Every teacher wants to be able to make his or her classroom environment the optimum place …
Study examines top high school students' stress and coping mechanisms
“School, homework, extracurricular activities, sleep, repeat–that’s what it can be for some of these students,” says Noelle Leonard, PhD, a senior …
Google Maps has a new way to find hard-to-find locations
Google has updated its search and Maps apps to support Open Location Codes (OLCs), so it’s now easier to find specific locations that don’t have clear street addresses.<p>The company announced OLCs, also known as plus codes, back in April. Plus codes are short location identifiers derived from …
This might be the Apple Watch of dog collars
Human have their fitbits and Apple Watch devices, so it's only fair that our furry companions get a little tech swag of their own. Enter the Buddy …
Apple WatchCat Scratch Laptop brings the Internet full circle
Cats make the Internet fun one adorable video at a time. So it's about time we give them a treat for all that feel-good feline entertainment.<p>Pet owners wanting to keep their kitties happy with a techie theme might want to consider getting them a personal Cat Scratch Laptop made of cardboard.<p>While …
Digital pens help spot early signs of brain conditions
Doctors frequently check for early signs of brain conditions like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's by looking at irregularities in your drawings, but it's an imperfect art based largely on the doctor's opinion. All too often, the only concrete signs show up by the time you've already been ravaged by the …
Alzheimer's DiseaseMicrosoft Drops Another Windows 10 Update
And then there were three. Earlier this week, Microsoft released a new set of updates for Windows 10 for the third time since the operating system formally debuted in late July. Windows 10 is Microsoft’s attempt to build a single operating system that can function on devices of any size, or input …
Airbnb staff will always call police when you're in an emergency
When you rent a place on Airbnb, you're always taking on some risk. You're trusting a stranger to house you, after all. However, the home-as-hotel company is learning the hard way that it should help out if you're in trouble. Airbnb is responding to the reported sexual assault of a guest in Madrid …
HospitalityThe Elephantine Impact of Technology on Education
to enhance its message, increase its reach, improve its communication. If you haven’t been in the classroom lately, drop by this week when you pick …
Documents confirm Apple is building self-driving car
Photograph: Bloomberg/via Getty Images<p>Apple declined to comment but the move comes as CEO Tim Cook has held a series of meetings with car executives in recent months.<p>84<p>image/jpeg<p>http://media.guim.co.uk/4a1a7243f12bd9af1210b3497e60745fc43bc972/0_111_4000_2395/140.jpg<p>140<p>Photograph: Zero …
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