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5 Harvard-backed habits that add years to your life (and success to your career)

People chase shortcuts to success: the right morning routine, a “productivity hack,” or the single book that will change everything. Harvard researchers don’t hand out magic bullets. What they do offer, after decades and decades of careful study, is something more mundane but far more powerful: repeatable habits that stack up over years to produce …

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Neuroscience Explains Why You Need To Write Down Your Goals If You Actually Want To Achieve Them

I’m sure you’ve heard that if you want to achieve a goal, you need to write it down. I know it sounds a bit cliché, but it actually does work. One of my studies, called “The Gender Gap and Goal-Setting,” found that both men and women need to do a much better job of writing down their …

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Treating Challenges as a Marathon

Planning to run a marathon (or taking on any task that requires a lot of time, discipline, and energy) can be overwhelming.  The mere thought of the work that lies ahead may lead to procrastination. Whether our task is literally training for/running a marathon, creating a new habit, or tackling a work challenge, it can …

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