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10 Ways Successful People Deal With Stress Differently

A critical trait that separates successful entrepreneurs is the ability to take setback and after setback without any loss of motivation. Rather than being some innate thing we’re born with, this is a skill that can be developed. Here are some helpful ideas that will help you to deal with stress:

  1.  Avoid Hitting Bottom By Reflecting On Death Daily- very important is taking time throughout the day to do what’s important.
  2. Give yourself compelling reasons not to quit .
  3. Trigger a mindset  reset with  a little  help from Youtube.
  4. Plan out your motivation so it’s there when you need it.
  5. Smile to boost your energy. It’s easy.
  6. Smile at the beginning of meetings.
  7. Do multiple 1-Minute Meditations Daily.
  8. Use The WOOP Framework to visualize – which is backed by  15 years of academic research.
  9. Visualize what you’re grateful for now and in the future
  10. Take very deep breaths.

 

 

 

 

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The World’s Best Kindergarten

At Fuji Kindergarten outside Tokyo, kids make the most of a magical environment designed just for them. The roof of their oval-shaped school, designed by Tokyo-based firm Tezuka Architects, is an endless playground, and trees grow right through classrooms. He made everything  with the help and support of his wife. Their inspiration was their children.

The main thing that the architect did is that he thought like a kid. He  mentioned: “ I built to let children be children”.

The playground lets kids run forever

“We designed the school as a circle, with a kind of endless circulation.”

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Kids can slide to class

“We put in a small mound of dirt at the bottom of the stairs leading from the roof — this was a trick to make the stairs shorter. But then the children started taking away the dirt to make mud bowls — 6oo kids take mud away, and the mound started to disappear! The school had to keep asking the construction company to put mud back. (As the soil got harder, the kids stopped taking it home.)” 

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A chair can be a train

“Every month at Fuji the teachers and kids rearrange the classroom furniture. This little boy and girl were supposed to help make a new configuration, but they’re useless! They’re playing train instead.“

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Safety drills are super cute

“Japan gets ten percent of the world’s big earthquakes, so children have these earthquake drills. They take these cotton hats from under the table to protect their heads in case something falls. It’s a very Japanese thing.”

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Idiom of the week

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Did you know what does  being on the ball mean?

   If you look at this English idiom  literally, it means to be either standing or sitting            on a ball—but  who would do that?

       If you’re on the ball it means that you’re very quick to understand certain things,            very   prepared for something or react quickly (and correctly) to a situation.

       For example, if you’re planning your wedding that is still one year away from now          and you’ve  almost finished with all the planning already, you’re definitely on the            ball because not many  people are that prepared!

       “Wow, you’ve already finished your assignments? There not due until next week,              you’re really on  the ball. I wish I could be more organized.”

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MELTING CARS, THE “WALKIE SCORCHIE” SKYSCRAPER

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    MELTING CARS, THE “WALKIE SCORCHIE” SKYSCRAPER 

 

The 525-foot skyscraper at 20 Fenchurch Street in London, England earned the nickname “Walkie Talkie” thanks to its unique design. Slim at the bottom and wider at the top, locals could not help noticing its similarities to a handheld, two-way radio. However the Walkie Talkie also has another nickname- Walkie Scorchie.

Construction began on the skyscraper in 2011 amidst controversy surrounding its appearance; it was complete enough for its first tenant to take up residence in May of 2014. Construction finished in August of that same year. However, long before completion, in September of 2013, the director of Moderna Contracts, Martin Lindsay, parked his car across the street from the south side of the Walkie Talkie building. His Jaguar XJ was in a parking space there for an hour or two before he returned to find the plastic mirror, Jaguar emblem, and other parts of his car had been melted by sunlight reflected from the Walkie Talkie.

Lindasy told the BBC about his experience returning to his car that day : “I was walking down the road and saw a photographer taking photos and asked, ‘what’s happening?’ The photographer asked me ‘have you seen that car? The owner won’t be happy.’ I said ‘I am the owner. Crikey, that’s awful.’”

Fortunately for Lindsay, the construction company owned up to the damage and left a note on his windshield asking for him to give them a call.  They paid for the repairs, costing £946, or about $1,400. But Lindsay’s luxury Jaguar was not the only casualty of the Walkie Talkie’s so-called ‘death ray.’ A van owned by heating and air conditioning engineer Eddie Cannon received similar treatment. He stated of the inside of his van“… every bit of plastic on the left hand side and everything on the dashboard has melted, including a bottle… that looks like it has been baked.”

Certain businesses on the southern side of the skyscraper also sustained heat damage, including cracked tiles and singed carpets. One business owner even fried an egg and toasted a baguette in the light from the building.

So what’s going on here? The south side of the Walkie Talkie curves into a concave shape, resulting in light reflected from a large area being concentrated into a small one.

Architect Rafael Viñoly designed the building, knowing that the concave on the south side would have this problem. (In fact, another building he designed in Las Vegas has a very similar problem scorching hotel guests, more on this in the Bonus Facts below.) But he and his team did not expect the building to produce nearly as much heat as it does at certain times on sunny days. Viñoly told the Guardian: “When it [the problem] was spotted on a second design iteration, we judged the temperature was going to be about 36 degrees [Celsius]… But it’s turned out to be more like 72 degrees [Celsius].” (That would be about 161 degrees Fahrenheit.)

After paying to fix the damages done by their building, the owners of the Walkie Talkie installed a temporary sunshade in early 2014. This device consisted of a dark screen that prevented the reflected sunlight from causing damage. The permanent fix consisted of installing horizontal aluminum fins throughout the offending south side, which diminished the view a bit from inside the building, but also killed the “death ray”.

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Quick And Healthy Back-To-School Breakfasts For Kids

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It’s hard to believe that summer is nearly over and school will be starting soon. Breakfast has been proven to raise IQ scores, and now is the best time to get your children used to waking up early for a healthy meal before heading to class.

 

(As an additional bonus, take the time to sit with your children and they’ll also be less likely to be obese.)

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Classic breakfast favorites get a healthy makeover. 

Almond Pancakes with Sour Cherry Syrup

Corn Meal and Oat Waffle Mix

Fruit and Nut Pancakes

Buckwheat Crepes with Honeyed Ricotta and Sautéed Plums

Once you’ve tried homemade yogurt, we promise you’ll never go back to store-bought. Prepare this in the evening and you’ll have delicious breakfast ready for you the next day.

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Popped Fool

Skip cereal and try one of these whole grains with yogurt for a healthier start. 

A Better Granola

Popped Amaranth and Toasted Wheat Berry Fool

Cinnamon-Scented Breakfast Quinoa

Chia Seed Porridge with Orange & Yogurt

Quick Omega-3 Granola

Nutty Bars

Bake one of these breads, bars or muffins ahead of time for a portable breakfast or snack that lasts for days.

Muesli Bread

Nutty Grain and Oat Bars

Golden Raisin Oat Bran Muffins

Chewy Nut and Cereal Bars

Frittata

 

Don’t forget the incredible, edible egg. 

Vegetable and Feta Baked Frittata

by Louise Hart

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Professionals

Here’s How to Make Money Doing Anything

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Reflect on what matters to you
The first barrier to pursuing an interest — especially one outside our mountain of daily responsibilities — is recognizing that it’s worth our time. We get trapped in the flurry of to-dos and even when we have a free moment, a Netflix binge tempts us more than working on self-improvement. But disconnecting from routine is crucial in assessing whether you’re really satisfied or ignoring your needs. Take a walk or weekend away and ask yourself some tough questions. Are you burying what you want to do under what you “should” do? If you were unshackled from the choices you’ve made, what would you do with your time? Your answer might be “working with animals,” or it might in fact be “watching bad reality TV until my eyesight worsens.”

Take small steps
Even after you’ve vowed to allot time to an interest, maintaining momentum can be a challenge — particularly when you’re first starting out and the end goal feels light years away. When momentum lags, remember that accomplishments are the aggregate of small steps. Start by doing one small thing a day in the vein of your interest. It could be following someone on Twitter who does what you love, writing a blog, making a craft or just watching a YouTube tutorial. This will allow you to slowly incorporate more of what compels you into your daily life — and with the cumulative power of tiny actions, you’ll soon find you’ve made progress.

Tell people what you’re doing
When someone is watching us, we hold ourselves to a higher standard. Stay on track by cultivating a community of supporters to keep you accountable. Join an online group of people with like-minded interests, attend Meetups, go to conferences or just announce to Facebook you’re starting a new pursuit. Not only will it keep you beholden to your goals, but it can also lead to jobs, collaboration and opportunities you wouldn’t have otherwise known about.

A career is a container, nothing more. The traditional model forces you to commit to a career in high school or college and then reverse-engineer yourself into it. The interest-based approach suggested here is the opposite. It’s expansive. Instead of leaving with a narrowed-down version of what you could be, this approach broadens the scope of what’s possible for you.

Professionals

Hey, You! Try These 5 Ideas to Stay Focused While Working Online

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Let’s face it, we’re surrounded by distractions. Whether you’re working from the quiet of your office, your dining room table or the local coffee shop, things are going on all around you that try to capture your precious attention.

Even in the most quiet of places our own technology seems to be working against us with obnoxious popups, noisy alerts and new tabs opening with almost every click of the mouse. What can we do to remain focused amidst the barrage of distractions on our senses?

1. Use technology to keep on track.
There are some interesting technologies, built specifically around focus, that can help keep you engaged on your tasks. One that is particularly helpful is called Momentum — which displays a beautiful scenery shot on the new tabs that you’re opening and has a spot for you to define your particular area of focus throughout that particular day.

The beauty of Momentum is that it distracts you when opening new tabs with an incredible landscape photograph, while reminding you of your focus point for the day, all in attempt to keep you from opening 23 subsequent tabs — which is clearly a focus disaster.

2. Close your email.
This is one that is a big struggle for everyone. Close your email when you’re not specifically working on reading or sending emails. The problem is, when your inbox remains open you’ll see the little icon that tells you you’re receiving new email, which is going to naturally pull you away from whatever you’re working on, and thus, kill your focus.

3. Say no to social.
This seems like a pretty straightforward one, but it’s important to bring up. Stay away from social networks. Yes, that video of the tiny Chihuahua playing with the giant dog is highly entertaining, but all you’re going to end up doing is meandering through the wormhole they call Facebook, only to realize that all of your “friends” are lying to the world about how awesome their lives are — and now it’s been two hours and you’ve accomplished absolutely nothing.

4. Turn off your cell phone alerts.
The noises that our pocket computers make throughout a given day are like a little electronic orchestra of distraction. Unless an alert is of immense importance — meaning that if you don’t respond to the particular need in five minutes or less, you’re going to spontaneously explode — just turn them off. It may be a bit uncomfortable at first but you’ll get used to it and your focus will improve greatly.

5. Tape your computer.
Take a 25-centimeter-long piece of masking tape and write yourself a question on it with a marker, then stick the tape along the top edge of your computer screen.

Examples of a question could be, “Is what you’re doing productive?” or “Is this going to grow your business?”

This may seem a bit ridiculous, but there isn’t a more simple way to remind yourself to stay on task than have an obvious question that has an obvious answer smacking you in the face every time you look at your monitor.

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8 Ways to Radically Increase Your Productivity

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1. Change your environment.

Making slight changes in your working environment will make a huge difference in your willingness to work. When you shift things around it makes work feel new again which is great for re-igniting motivation.

To be more productive do some of your work outside of the office or redecorate your office and add more color. See what would happen if you sat on the other side of your desk to face a new wall or window. Try adding soft music or white noise. It is also of great benefit to add some form of life such as plants, fish or a fountain for the sound of water.

Changing the appearance and location of your working space helps you to think in different and more innovative ways. The more innovative you are the more you thrive in business.

2. Strive to be your best.

Always envision yourself as being your “ideal successful self,”  that part of you which is out in front encouraging you forward. This part of you is holding up the guideposts, ideas and possibilities for your growth, happiness, expansion and success.

Work backward from your “ideal self” by setting small, incremental goals for each area of your business. Keep your mind focused on the positive. Before you know it, you will be thriving at higher levels than you ever anticipated were possible.

To succeed at these levels you must not only be a great starter but an even better finisher. Accept that you may get redirected on your path, but strive to have the resilience never to quit. Hold the belief that if you can dream it, you can achieve it.

3. Change your patterns.

When you break routines you essentially create new life. Habits are easy but there is no risk because habits are lazy. You cannot succeed stuck inside the traps of familiarity and comfort. To increase your productivity you must be creative and brave.

Make healthy changes to your diet. If you go to the gym after work, try raising your heart rate before you get to the office. If you feel tired during the day get up, move around and change your scenery. Spend time outdoors. Leave your cubical and go out for lunch.

Expand your perspective by changing patterns and breaking outdated habits.

 4. Shift your priorities.

Your daily schedule is a reflection of your deepest priorities. If your calendar is booked up with meetings and other responsibilities, with no free time for fun, family and friends, you are missing out on the juiciest parts of life.

To inspire your passion for work, make sure to schedule time for yourself. On a plane they always tell you to put your oxygen mask on before helping someone else. Once you have scheduled personal time to refuel, then block times to enjoy with family and friends, adding joy and vitality to your life.

In your last moments of life, you are not likely to look back and wish you had spent more hours in the office.

5. Invest in personal growth.

The responsibility for achieving success is on you. Make the effort to keep yourself in a place of personal expansion, whether that means going to seminars, meeting weekly with a coach or therapist, reading books and writing down goals, or making the commitment to become fully knowledgeable in your field of service.

Life is your greatest mentor. View every challenging situation as a necessary lesson. Utilize people and sitautions, which are against you, to create such a deep stirring within you that they serve as a counterforce motivating you to be even more successful. Allow people and situations to help refine your skills and, ultimately, drive you towards levels of success you may not have been able to reach without those types of pressures.

6. Change your circle of influence.

The people with whom you surround yourself profoundly influence you. If you are lacking motivation and feeling down, it might be time to upgrade your circle of influence. Negativity is contagious, as is positivity. Those closest to you should bring out your best qualities and inspire you to work harder.

The best-of-the best, have the best-of-the best as mentors, friends and partners. Learn as much as you possibly can from other successful, fulfilled people who want to share their wisdom with you. When you spend time with successful, happy, fulfilled people you elevate your own personal productivity, so choose wisely.

7. Change your thoughts.

You are what you think. You cannot think negatively and have unlimited success. If you think negatively about business and finances, your subjective experience will be a lack of both, whether or not that is true in reality.

Discipline your mind towards the goals of what you want your productivity to look like and start putting the effort in right now to get there. Keep in mind that suffering over your own suffering doesn’t work.

Know the negative thought patterns you hold which require change and be deliberate in changing them.

8. Be authentic.

There is nothing more success promoting than having a natural and understated charisma about yourself. When you are committed to respecting yourself you exude a quiet confidence. Your focus is on being genuine, kind, strong, courageous, intelligent, successful, steadfast and fulfilled.

Be successful, not boastful. All successful businesses are built upon the foundation of good relationships. In being authentifc, you are who you are and who you are doesn’t change from person to person or situation to situation. This authentic quality builds trust into your relationships. In business, take care to cultivate relationships that can be depended upon and which serve both parties equally.

These changes are not easy. Each requires a deliberate change of habit. However, because reaching for those higher levels of business productivity is critical to your overall success, it is certainly cause for some radical changes and the outright shattering of your outdated habits. Great things can come only from feeling passionate and motivated every day for your work, for your family and for yourself. In this way, your success is a win for you and a win for those who depend on you.