Small Touches Can Make A Huge Difference
When rearranging your living space:
- Consider the colour. Blues create calm while greens encourage creativity.
- Bring in nostalgia with old objects that can remind you about what's important to you. Rotate the objects regularly if your space feels cluttered.
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The spaces we spend most of our time in have a significant impact on our mindset. That's why many people are redoing their homes to become cosier, calming and efficient.
It is named "comfort decorating" and restores a sense of normalcy since the pandemic started.
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With everything that is happening around us in the world, concentrating can feel impossible.
- We then resort to multitasking. But multitasking distracts our brains and prevents us from enjoying true focus. The more tasks we try to do at a time, the more cognitive energy we burn.
- Another problem is overfocusing. Unfocusing - purposefully letting your mind wander - is key to improving focus. The brain works best when we toggle between focus and unfocus.
Every activity we do uses a different set of cognitive resources. Sending an email uses one set of cognitive resources. Reading a report uses another.
The more tasks you try to do at any given time, the more cognitive energy you burn. 🤯
- Most of us haven't been taught how to apologise
- Our efforts tend to be harmful: vague, intrusive, demanding, or full of warnings that can leave the recipient of an apology feeling even worse.
- When the apology is absent or it's a bad apology, it puts a crack in the very foundation of a relationship and can even end it.
- That's why it is critical to get an apology right.