{"id":1383,"date":"2013-10-24T23:29:54","date_gmt":"2013-10-25T03:29:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/simplelifecorp.com\/simplelifeblog\/?p=1383"},"modified":"2013-10-24T23:29:54","modified_gmt":"2013-10-25T03:29:54","slug":"eight-success-strategies-you-probably-didnt-think-of","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/simplelifecorp.com\/simplelifeblog\/2013\/10\/eight-success-strategies-you-probably-didnt-think-of\/","title":{"rendered":"8 Success Strategies You Probably Didn’t Think Of"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve been immersed in finishing out this year’s tax season, which had the government shutdown as a grand finale, so haven’t been posting as much these last few weeks.\u00a0 I’ll be caught up soon and be able to write more.<\/p>\n

For now, I’ll share a summary of an article from Oprah.com that caught my attention:\u00a0 8 Surprising Things That’ll Make You Wildly Successful.<\/a><\/p>\n

Wildly successful sounds very appealing.\u00a0 Especially when you have been working nearly non-stop for days.<\/p>\n

\"Businesswoman<\/a><\/p>\n

8 Surprising Success Strategies (That Will Make You Wildly Successful)<\/h2>\n

Here is a summary of the Oprah.com article.<\/p>\n

1. There is a bacterium in soil, which are often inhaled while gardening, that may help the body produce serotonin, an anti-anxiety chemical.<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0 Don’t share your goals … verbalizing them gives you the false sense of having accomplished them which reduces your drive.<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0 Asking yourself questions, rather than giving yourself commands or self-praise (‘is it possible I can complete this?’ rather than ‘I will conquer!’) may make you dramatically more effective.<\/p>\n

4.\u00a0 Looking at cute puppies, kittens, or other sweet baby animals may afterwards make you better able to focus – yes it works even for men.<\/p>\n

5.\u00a0 Having a short,\u00a0 friendly conversation with someone you don’t know tends to make you better at planning and self-discipline as well as having better recall.<\/p>\n

6.\u00a0 The best person to get career advice from is often someone in the first third of their career, rather than someone who has been on the job for a great number of\u00a0 years.<\/p>\n

7.\u00a0 A few chugs of a naturally sweet drink, such as fruit juice or even non-diet soda, may give you the ability to strive for a goal rather than quickly settle for less.<\/p>\n

8.\u00a0 Turning the thermostat to 72-79 degrees Fahrenheit makes most workers more productive and error free.\u00a0 (At 68 degrees, productivity dips and errors soar!) (I love this one!)<\/p>\n

Try one or two of these.\u00a0 Who knows, maybe you’ll even experience wild success!<\/p>\n

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Resources:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.oprah.com\/spirit\/How-to-Be-Successful-Success-Research\/1<\/p>\n

Photo courtesy of FreeDigitalPhotos.net by imagerymajestic<\/p>\n

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For now, I’ll share a summary of success strategies from an article at Oprah.com that caught my attention ….did you know that turning the thermostat up should increase your productivity? Oh yeah!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[276,55],"tags":[390,373,388,389],"yst_prominent_words":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/simplelifecorp.com\/simplelifeblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1383"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/simplelifecorp.com\/simplelifeblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/simplelifecorp.com\/simplelifeblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/simplelifecorp.com\/simplelifeblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/simplelifecorp.com\/simplelifeblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1383"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/simplelifecorp.com\/simplelifeblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1383\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1396,"href":"http:\/\/simplelifecorp.com\/simplelifeblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1383\/revisions\/1396"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/simplelifecorp.com\/simplelifeblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/simplelifecorp.com\/simplelifeblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/simplelifecorp.com\/simplelifeblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1383"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/simplelifecorp.com\/simplelifeblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=1383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}