5 Amazing Life Hacks You ’ve Never Heard Of

Life Hacks are ten a penny with entire websites designed to share them with the world. The only problem is that many have zero basis in science and simply don’t work. Here are 5 that absolutely do work – if that is, you can be bothered to implement them properly. 1. Hacking Procrastination If I had $100 for every client that told me they worked better the nearer they got to a deadline, I’d probably have bought a small island in the Caribbean by now and be lunching on tasty crustaceans with Richard Branson. The reality of the situation is almost everybody works better the closer they get to a deadline and there’s a very good reason backed by lots of hard science. I feel sure you are familiar with the flow state, right? It’s also referred to by some people, especially athletes, as being in the zone. It was made famous by the co-founder of the positive psychology movement, Mihály Csíkszentmihályi, and delivered to the world in his seminal book Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience (al) Very briefly, it is when you are performing at your peak level. Often, time seems to stand still, things seem to be incredibly easy and life is quite frankly, a breeze. Some people erroneously think that stress is absent from flow, but nothing could be further from the truth. What is actually happening is your are experiencing just the right amount of stress to heighten all your senses, improve concentration levels, get blood flowing to your brain and boost y...
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