Munro Stewart

Exercise every day because it improves your body, your mind, and makes you happier and more productive on the day in which you exercise.

• A recent study from Penn State university shed some light on the matter and the results are more than surprising.
• They found that to be more productive and happier on a given work day, it doesn’t matter so much, if you work-out regularly, if you haven’t worked out on that particular day.
• Think about starting small and then start even smaller: Here is a little secret.
• When I first started exercising, I did it with 5 minutes per day, 3 times a week.
• Can you imagine that? 5 minutes of timed exercise, 3 times a week?
• That’s nothing you might be thinking.
• And you are right, because the task is so easy and anyone can succeed with it, you can really start to make a habit out of it.
• Try no more than 5 or 10 minutes if you are getting started.

What happens to our brains when we exercise and how it makes us happier - Buffer

Spend some time in solitude to think about and create ideas, make plans or goals, and come up with solutions to solve your problems.

• Like many inventors and creative types, Nikola Tesla was an advocate for solitude when creating and working.
• Most famously, he's quoted as saying "The mind is sharper and keener in seclusion and uninterrupted solitude.
• No big laboratory is needed in which to think.
• Originality thrives in seclusion free of outside influences beating upon us to cripple the creative mind.
• Be alone, that is the secret of invention; be alone, that is when ideas are born."

Nikola Tesla's Best Productivity Tricks - Lifehacker

Give people sincere praise about something they have done well or that you appreciate about them before giving them negative feedback or an idea for something they could change or do differently.

• "Sandwich every bit of criticism between two heavy layers of praise."
• One well known strategy for feedback is the “criticism sandwich,” popularized by the above quote from cosmetics maven Mary Kay Ash.
• In the sandwich, you begin with praise, address the problem, and follow up with more praise.
• In fact, the more of the conversation you can frame positively, the more likely your recipient is to be in the right frame of mind to make the change you’re looking for.

How to Give and Receive Feedback at Work: The Psychology of Criticism - Buffer

Don't be a sucker.

• Dramatizes the destructive effects of racial and religious prejudice
• This US National Archives educational film illustrates how extremist ideologies use prejudice to divide populations and dismantle democratic societies. It highlights the importance of protecting the rights of all citizens to safeguard individual liberty and prevent the rise of authoritarian control

Don't Be A Sucker - US National Archives - YouTube

80% of the result comes from 20% of your time, work, or activities, so realize that 80% could be good enough for many tasks or goals by focusing on the essential 20% of your habits and activities.

• This is one of the best ways to make better use of your time.
• The 80/20 rule - also known as The Pareto Principle - basically says that 80 percent of the value you will receive will come from 20 percent of your activities.
• So a lot of what you do is probably not as useful or even necessary to do as you may think.
• You can just drop - or vastly decrease the time you spend on - a whole bunch of things.

16 Things I Wish They Had Taught Me In School - Positivity Blog

80% of the results will often come from 20% of the causes, so focus on finding the vital few inputs or actions that will provide the most benefit or effect.

• The Pareto principle states that for many outcomes, roughly 80% of consequences come from 20% of causes (the "vital few").
• Other names for this principle are the 80/20 rule, the law of the vital few, or the principle of factor sparsity.
• Management consultant Joseph M. Juran developed the concept in the context of quality control and improvement after reading the works of Italian sociologist and economist Vilfredo Pareto, who wrote about the 80/20 connection while teaching at the University of Lausanne.
• In his first work, Cours d'économie politique, Pareto showed that approximately 80% of the land in the Kingdom of Italy was owned by 20% of the population.

Pareto Principle - Wikipedia