Think Tank: The Neuro Blog
How Caffeine Revs Up Your Metabolism
We know that caffeine helps us to wake up in the morning, which is a common reason for consuming it. It’s jump-starting our metabolism. Boosting your metabolism also means burning more fat (provided that you aren’t piling your coffees full of sugar and fatty milk) and more available energy.
Learn moreYour Art Matters
Your excuses have got to go. They’re safe. They’re a way for you to wrap your jaded sense of self in a warm blanket of cognitive dissonance. You can continue to justify whatever mumbo gumbo that you feel is holding you back by spitting out excuse after excuse. Or, you can learn from it, get to the steaming hot, rotten core of the opportunity (not problem), and change the way that you approach your art.
Learn moreImprove Your Life with the Pareto Principle
The 80-20 Rule. The Law of the Vital Few. The Principle of Factor Sparsity. The Pareto Principle is a business law and principle created by an Italian economist named Vilfredo Pareto. It is a rule that in summation says that 80% of results come from 20% of the efforts put into it.
Learn moreHow To Wake Up
Waking up is something that some people are just great at. They're born great at it. Springing out of bed, ready for a chat or to jump straight into work. They're alert and attentive. I'm not great at it. I need help, desperately.
Learn moreOur Top 5 Episodes of WTF with Marc Maron
Marc Maron's Podcast has emerged to the mainstream as one of the most listenable interview forums in the media, so much so that standing President Barack Obama appeared on the show. His willingness to break down and deconstruct his own flaws and vulnerabilities has led to some incredible one on one conversations with some of the most popular figures of our time, and if you've been listening, you know he has a way of drawing genuine, real talk from his guests.
Learn moreWhy You Should Drink More Water
If you haven't really been keeping track of your water intake, it might be time to keep a log or track it with an app for the next few days. You might be surprised to find that you aren't as well hydrated as you thought.
Learn moreHow to Build Self Discipline
Through school, there were always two kinds of smart kids. There was the kind that were just normal kids, with really good work ethic and strong parenting. They got smart because they worked for it. They earned their grades, made sure their homework was A+ material. Then there was the other kind of smart kid...
Learn moreHow to Prepare for a (Emergency) Vacation
With the shifting climates, there are places around the US seeing a lot more frequent threats from nature than they have in the past century. Hurricanes, tornadoes, droughts. They can be scary things, but many of us are utterly unprepared.
Learn moreDecluttering Your Home Like Marie Kondo
Who is Marie Kondo? She's an organizing consultant, but truthfully who she is doesn't matter. She's like Batman. It's the idea of Marie Kondo that matters now.
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