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Improve yourself today to become successful tomorrow: tips for development of skills and qualities you need to reach success

Key Differences between Internal and External Locus of Control

By Janey Davies, B.A. (Hons)|2020-02-29T17:17:08+02:00February 26th, 2020|Categories: Personal Development, Self-Improvement, Self-Knowledge & Personality Tests, Success Skills|Tags: behavior, failure, happiness, perception, personality, positive thinking, self-confidence|

When something goes wrong in your life, do you tend to blame yourself or someone else? Psychologists call this type of ‘blaming’ or ‘attribution of success or failure’ our Internal and External Locus of Control. Sounds complicated, right? Well, it’s not, and it can affect how happy your life is. So what is this locus [...]

5 Signs You Could Be an Insecure Overachiever and How It Ruins Your Life

By Becky Storey|2020-02-18T17:24:56+02:00February 18th, 2020|Categories: Personality, Psychology & Mental Health, Success Skills|Tags: criticism, mental health, perfectionism, personality, self-esteem, stress, work|

An insecure overachiever is someone who constantly strives to do better but never feels like they reach it. They tend to believe that their worth is based on their job, work or career. As a result, they are not confident in their achievements and crave praise to remind them that they are good enough. This impaired [...]

How Digital Literacy Sets You Up for Success and Ways to Improve It

By Sherrie Hurd, A.A.|2020-02-07T11:10:12+02:00February 7th, 2020|Categories: Brain Power, Education, Education & Technology, Self-Improvement, Success Skills|Tags: e-learning, Internet, learning, online learning, social media|

Understanding your way around technology improves your chances in life. Digital literacy doesn’t mean reading a book online. The only difference between reading a physical book and reading online is a page versus a screen. There’s little learning in that because anyone can do it. Digital literacy means much more than that. It means learning [...]

The Feynman Technique and How to Use It to Learn and Understand Anything

By Becky Storey|2020-02-03T12:16:40+02:00February 3rd, 2020|Categories: Brain Power, Self-Improvement, Success Skills|Tags: intelligence, learning, memory, students, work|

Studying is stressful. It often leads to feelings of self-doubt and leaves us overwhelmed. We try our best (usually) and still sometimes we just cannot get our heads around a subject. We’re taught dozens of memory tricks and studying hacks, but nothing really sticks. Fortunately, there is a proven technique, used by Nobel-prize winning scientists, [...]

How to Use a Brain Dump Technique to Gain Clarity and Solve Any Problem

By Lottie Miles, M.A.|2020-01-27T20:23:48+02:00January 27th, 2020|Categories: Brain Power, Self-Improvement, Success Skills|Tags: organization skills, problem-solving, self-analysis|

The clutter of thoughts in our brains can sometimes be overwhelming. It can make us feel anxious, stressed, and locked in an unproductive thought cycle that serves to work against us. The brain dump technique is a great way of decluttering your brain and can help you to solve a problem that previously seemed impossible. [...]

How to Think Before You Speak and Why You Need to

By Lottie Miles, M.A.|2020-01-22T16:50:33+02:00January 22nd, 2020|Categories: Personal Development, Self-Improvement, Success Skills|Tags: communication, positive thinking, relationships, verbal communication|

Think before you speak! This age-old adage reminds us that speaking first and thinking second can get us into bother, be it in relationships, or even in our own opinion of ourselves. Indeed, the words we speak don’t just cause a reaction in the here and now. They can also influence how you think and [...]

4 Signs of a Micromanaging Boss and What to Do If You Have One

By Lottie Miles, M.A.|2020-01-11T13:09:29+02:00January 11th, 2020|Categories: Personality, Success Skills|Tags: behavior, communication, decision making, relationships, stress, work|

The day to day grind of working in an office can lead one to think that their experience is the norm. However, having a manager that monitors everything and a lack of freedom at work can harm both your performance and well-being. In this post, we explore the 4 signs that you have a micromanaging [...]

How to Handle Rejection the Way Successful People Do

By Becky Storey|2019-12-28T16:33:13+02:00December 28th, 2019|Categories: Personal Development, Self-Improvement, Success Skills|Tags: behavior, emotions, failure, goals, positive thinking, work|

Being rejected is a horrible feeling that we can all sympathize with. While some rejections may just hurt a little, others leave long-term scars. Learning how to handle rejection, whether its life-changing or a minor inconvenience, is a valuable life skill to have. Having a toolbox full of strategies to help you handle even the [...]