Music to avoid if you want to focus
Two-thirds of us listen to music while working. But if it’s music that stimulates you or turns you on, you may be listening to the wrong music, says Will Henshall, founder of Focus @Will. I recently listened to a Ted Talk he gave on music for productivity a few years ago. Music that stimulates could...
How to expand your comfort zone
If you’ve ever put off doing something new, because it made you uneasy, you’re not alone. Most people have trouble taking goal-oriented actions that take them out of their comfort zone, says Jaime Masters, a business coach and host of the Eventual Millionaire Podcast. At a recent webinar, she said that the more we...
What holds you back
Most people don’t achieve their goals. The problem is that they don’t know how to define progress, according to Ajit Nawalkha, cofounder of Evercoach. We tend to think all we need to do is: 1) define the goal, and then 2) achieve the goal. “But our progress is really three different steps,” says Nawalkha. First,...