If you can't seem to find yourself motivated because of several reasons, take a deep breath and try to motivate yourself with these simple yet effective tips: 1.Close your eyes, and visualize yourself reaching your goals. 2.Try something new today. 3.Take a walk in a park, and let nature reset your mind. 4.Make a to-do list. You'll feel encouraged as you cross off items. 5.Get more sleep. Sleep deprivation could be making you less motivated. 6.Drink coffee for a quick jolt. 7.Start exercising, and you'll feel like yourself 8.Take a small step. You don't have to immediately immerse yourself in the project and see it until completion right away. Just make baby steps, and take it one day at a time. 9.Wake yourself up from your slump with a cold shower. 10.Have a reward system, so you'll have something to look forward to. 11.When doing a task you don't want to do, play energizing music to help you get through it. 12.Get the hard stuff done first thing in
Americans are not known for their ability to balance work and life. We are more known for our nonstop “business hours” and cultivating environments alive with the strain of anxiety. While we like to look to Europe for work/life balance inspiration, it seems that we could overcome our tendency toward stress by listening to neuroscientist and primatologist Dr. Robert Sapolsky. Dr. Sapolsky has spent the last 30 years specializing in the universal human ailment of stress. Surprisingly, his main research subjects are the wild baboons of Kenya. Even more surprisingly, it turns out we really aren’t much different than those baboons. Except for one crucial difference: We stress more, and for more reasons. Read on to understand why humans are so addicted to stress, and to find out how we can overcome this particular ailment. 1 / 9 In 2004, Dr. Sapolsky published a very well-received book, Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers. In his book, Dr. Sapolsky used zebras as a point of comparison to show