But what kind of meditation is that graphic from? There's more than one kind of meditation, and the "clearing your mind of all thought" version does exist. I, personally, find it easier to achieve than the mindfulness version (though I doubt that's true for all that many people; a lot of people get caught by the old…

The headline is deceptive. What the study actually shows is that cramming doesn't work as well, not that it doesn't work at all. For those of us that can recall information fairly well after a single read-through (at least for a certain period of time), reading a chapter the night before a test or reading it two…

It pretty much isn't. None of my friends' kids (ages 6-ish to 14-ish) have been taught it in school. And this is school districts across a few different states.

(The word I was going for was "unintelligible".)

These things happen when you're running on three hours sleep and no coffee.

This. Despite still having to sign credit slips all the time, even my signature is almost completely intelligible at this point. You can pretty much count on being able to make out the R and h in my first name, and the J at the beginning of my last name. Getting anything other than "squiggly line going vaguely up and…

This is completely correct - which is, incidentally, one of the top 3 reasons why I never want to be a manager ever again. I'm terrible at letting go of the important or difficult things well enough to delegate them, which was ultimately bad for the company, my subordinates' growth, and my sanity. Better all around if…

I'm not a fan of this article, as it implies that emotions like frustration, depression, and anxiety are something you always have direct control over. While that may or may not be true for the average person (I'll let others debate that), it doesn't account for the very large number of people suffering from clinical…

I'm not a fan of this article, as it implies that emotions like frustration, depression, and anxiety are something you always have direct control over. While that may or may not be true for the average person (I'll let others debate that), it doesn't account for the very large number of people suffering from clinical…

I'm not a fan of this article, as it implies that emotions like frustration, depression, and anxiety are something you always have direct control over. While that may or may not be true for the average person (I'll let others debate that), it doesn't account for the very large number of people suffering from clinical…