Let’s get past procrastination by addressing emotional and cognitive overload

By Axialent | July 18, 2024 |

Pro­cras­ti­na­tion is a com­mon strug­gle many lead­ers and work­ers face, par­tic­u­lar­ly in the con­text of mod­ern, men­tal­ly demand­ing jobs. But what is the under­ly­ing cause, and how can we bet­ter under­stand it and effec­tive­ly address it? Pro­cras­ti­na­tion, defined as “the act of unnec­es­sar­i­ly and vol­un­tar­i­ly delay­ing or post­pon­ing some­thing despite know­ing that there could be…

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5 Key Insights to Empower Minds and Optimize Culture in the AI era

By SharpBrains | June 28, 2024 |

In today’s fast-paced busi­ness envi­ron­ment, fos­ter­ing a cul­ture of empow­ered minds is essen­tial for suc­cess. Explore five key insights that can trans­form lead­er­ship and orga­ni­za­tion­al approach­es: #Adopt­ing a Growth Mind­set to Enhance Cog­ni­tive Engage­ment #Lead­er­ship Inter­ven­tions #Work­ing Mem­o­ry #Pro­tect­ing and Opti­miz­ing Work­ing Mem­o­ry #Mind­ful­ness Keep read­ing 5 Key Insights to Empow­er Minds and Opti­mize Culture…

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June 5–7th, Madrid: Healthy Living & Longevity Globalizer Summit by Ashoka and the Fit for Life Foundation

By SharpBrains | May 28, 2024 |

  Imag­ine liv­ing a life brim­ming with ener­gy and pur­pose, even as you age. The Healthy Liv­ing and Longevi­ty Glob­al­iz­er Sum­mit cel­e­brates the trans­for­ma­tive poten­tial of longer lifes­pans and explores how they reshape our world. With more peo­ple over 65 than under five years of age, and a pro­ject­ed three­fold increase in those over 80…

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Harnessing mindfulness and virtual reality simulations to maximize sports performance

By The Conversation | April 3, 2023

Ath­letes at the very high­est lev­el of their sport face the chal­lenge of per­form­ing con­sis­tent­ly under pres­sure amid many poten­tial dis­trac­tions, includ­ing per­for­mance anx­i­ety, crowd behav­iour, their own and oth­ers’ expec­ta­tions, and the respons­es of their oppo­nents. The per­for­mance of play­ers in the 2023 Aus­tralian Open, for exam­ple, demon­strat­ed the psy­cho­log­i­cal fac­tors need­ed to succeed…

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The 7 Habits of Highly Stress-Resilient Minds

By Greater Good Science Center | March 7, 2023

Are you suf­fer­ing from chron­ic stress? Many of us are—whether we’re stressed out by our jobs, com­pli­cat­ed rela­tion­ships, care­giv­ing respon­si­bil­i­ties, or the gen­er­al state of the world. That’s where Elis­sa Epel’s new book, The Stress Pre­scrip­tion, comes in. A health psy­chol­o­gist and direc­tor of the Aging, Metab­o­lism, and Emo­tions Cen­ter at the Uni­ver­si­ty of Cal­i­for­nia, San…

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