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Illustration of a team in a meeting taking a one-minute intentional silence, devices face down, to boost creativity

Money & Productivity

November 20, 2025

The intentional-silence minute boosts creativity: how brief quiet lets new ideas surface

Discover how a one-minute intentional silence resets attention, sparks creative insight, and improves meetings, learning, and writing—with simple, proven steps.

Illustration of a person pausing to write three verifiable truths—facts, personal control, and options—to calm self-doubt and stabilise thinking

Psychology

November 20, 2025

The “three truths” exercise eases self-doubt: how quick reality checks stabilise thinking

Discover the three truths exercise: a fast, factual reality check that calms self-doubt, restores agency, clarifies next steps at work, home, under pressure.

Illustration of a person holding a pocket-sized handwritten compassion note and reading it to soften self-talk

Psychology

November 20, 2025

The compassion-note exercise softens self-talk: how a written line rewires inner dialogue

Discover how a one-line compassion-note can soften self-talk, retrain your inner critic, and boost calm focus with a five‑minute routine and why it works.

Illustration of the tiny-goal technique using micro-steps to build consistent momentum and improve follow-through

Money & Productivity

November 20, 2025

The tiny-goal technique improves follow-through: how micro-steps build consistent momentum

Discover how the tiny-goal technique turns micro-steps into lasting momentum. Learn to design small actions, protect streaks, and measure progress wisely.

Illustration of a person practising a sensory-scan by focusing on external sights, sounds, and touch to break a mental spiral

Psychology

November 20, 2025

The sensory-scan habit stops overthinking: how focusing outward interrupts mental spirals

Discover the sensory-scan habit: a quick, portable way to stop overthinking by focusing outward, with steps, real-world uses, evidence, and habit tips.

Illustration of a person sitting quietly at a desk, eyes closed and phone muted, taking a brief silent break to reset concentration and improve focus

Money & Productivity

November 20, 2025

The quiet-break ritual improves focus: how brief silence resets your concentration

Discover how a two–five minute quiet-break ritual reduces sensory load, resets concentration, and boosts productivity, with science-backed steps and tips.

Illustration of a person splashing cold water on their face to activate the vagus nerve and boost alertness

Health & Sleep

November 20, 2025

The cold-face splash boosts alertness: how temperature shocks activate your vagus nerve

Discover how a cold-face splash triggers the vagus nerve to boost alertness. Learn the dive reflex science, safe steps, benefits, cautions, and timing tips.

Illustration of a person writing a five-minute daily reflection in a notebook to improve decision-making

Money & Productivity

November 20, 2025

The reflection-microhabit improves decision-making: how daily review sharpens thinking

Discover how a five‑minute reflection microhabit boosts decision-making, curbs bias, and improves calibration with simple daily prompts, metrics and tools.

Illustration of a person using a timer to declutter a desk in five minutes to reduce visual stress

Home & Cleaning

November 19, 2025

The five-minute declutter resets your day: how quick wins reduce visual stress

Five-minute declutters reset your day: quick wins reduce visual stress, boost focus, and build lasting tidy habits with simple tools, timers, and tiny routines.

Illustration of a person overcoming procrastination by taking a first small step, such as opening a laptop and typing a title, to reduce task anxiety

Money & Productivity

November 19, 2025

The “first small step” rule ends procrastination: how minimal action overcomes task anxiety

Discover how the ‘first small step’ rule ends procrastination by shrinking tasks to micro-actions, easing anxiety, building momentum, and handling setbacks.

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