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Six Scientifically Supported Ways to Crush Procrastination | Mashable | Bidsketch

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Procrastination is something that everyone deals with. It’s hard to place too much blame on ourselves though, as the internet offers an unlimited amount of alternatives to doing our work. Since that’s the case, what are some proven ways to combat procrastination? Let’s take a look!

via Six Scientifically Supported Ways to Crush Procrastination | Mashable | Bidsketch.

The article reviews the following six scientific ways to crush procrastination:

  1. Learn to Pre-Commit
  2. Set Macro Goals and Micro Quotas
  3. Always Hit the Ground Running
  4. The Redirect Technique
  5. Identify the Four Pillars of Procrastination
  6. Do the “Right” Kind of Fantasizing

This Google Trends Visualization Will Mesmerize You | Mashable

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This Google Trends Visualization Will Mesmerize You | Mashable

Google Trends

See Google trends visualizations tool here. You can choose to view the number of trends by changing the matrix size clicking the icon on the top-left of the screen. Definitely mesmerizing!

People Getting Dumber? Human Intelligence Has Declined Since Victorian Era, Research Suggests | Huffington Post

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Our technology may be getting smarter, but a provocative new study suggests human intelligence is on the decline. In fact, it indicates that Westerners have lost 14 I.Q. points on average since the Victorian Era.

via People Getting Dumber? Human Intelligence Has Declined Since Victorian Era, Research Suggest | Huffington Post.

Brandon Zarzyczny: My Dad And His 10,496 Book Reviews | Huffington Post Books

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“He originally bought most of the books he read, and the attic is still filled with boxes of old books, however for the past 15-20 years he’s mostly loaned the books from the library. My Dad loved our local library, the James V Brown Library, where all of the librarians knew his name, and he would leave there with a bag full of books about once a week. For the past year or two, he’d also tried reading ebooks on a Tablet I bought for him for Christmas, and while he loved downloading all of the free indie Kindle books he could get his hands on, he still preferred a good hardcover book.” See full article here: Brandon Zarzyczny: My Dad And His 10,496 Book Reviews | Huffington Post Books.

What a great story! I too keep track of the books I have read within both a database called Bookpedia (print) and Calibre (digital) on my Mac (now I’m thinking I should combine them into one). Not with as much detailed information as Mr. Craig Zarzyczny though! I also used to post reviews to GoodReads, LibraryThing and ChaptersIndigo Community. Reviewing was taking the enjoyment out of reading, so I slowed down around 2 years ago.