Dream Do Live Love logo - on dark
Dream Do Live Love logo - on darkWork at home & small business tips + inspiration
  • Dream
  • Do
  • Live
  • Love
  • |
  • MAIN
  • Starting out
  • Biz basics
  • Goals
  • Money
Home
Do
Studies & research
Latest
  • Latest
  • Oldest
  • Random

Studies & research

Moms working at home (4)

How your interests can turn into successes

Maintaining an interest in the goals you pursue can improve your work and reduce burnout, according to research from Duke University.
Business and self-employment (25)

Practice doesn’t make perfect — but it comes pretty close

A researcher demystifies this game of success, and shows that exceptional performance is not necessarily the direct result of special talent, experience, or sheer luck.
Isaac Newton

Overthinking and creativity: The plus side of neuroticism?

People who score high on neuroticism in personality tests tend to have negative thoughts and feelings of all types - but often have bonus creativity.
Woman working from her computer at home

Why telecommuting may work best in moderation

A report revealed that telecommuting can boost employee job satisfaction and productivity, but only when it's carefully implemented.
Woman sleeping

Let me sleep on it: Creative problem solving enhanced by REM sleep

Research led by a leading expert on the positive benefits of napping suggests that Rapid Eye Movement (REM) sleep enhances creative problem-solving.
Business and self-employment (8)

Want to get more creative? Take a walk

When the task at hand requires some imagination, taking a walk may lead to more creative thinking than sitting.
Business success tips from the pros (2)

Why willpower alone is not enough to motivate you

Unconscious motivation plays a substantial role in how we respond to challenges. Find out how much.
Small business resources (24)

Career tools: Learning the art of self-promotion

Tips and tools for professional development include making your aptitudes and accomplishments more visible.
Creative genius ideas - Lightbulb

Genius or not, here’s what makes us try harder

Were Albert Einstein and Leonardo da Vinci born brilliant - or did they acquire their intelligence because they knew to try harder?
Business and self-employment (15)

Want to boost your creativity? Give yourself a break. Here’s why.

Creativity is not instantaneous, but if incentives promote enough ideas as seeds for thought, creativity eventually emerges. Find out a big creative workaround here!
A man sleeping on a sofa

How power naps can really help boost your memory

Science has shown that even a brief sleep - a power nap - can significantly improve your ability to remember what you've learned. Here's how.
Woman napping on the grass

There are some surprising connections between sleep & gratitude

We all know that getting a good night's sleep is good for our general health and well-being. But new research is highlighting a more surprising benefit of good sleep: more feelings of gratitude for relationships.
Office - business and personal development (6)

Strategies to boost donations at crowdfunding sites

Computer scientists have shown how crowdfunding websites can use data science to boost cash value of donations. Their research confirms,...
Business and self-employment (39)

Does planning interfere with achieving your goals?

It seems really simple: If you want to achieve something, set a goal and then make specific plans to implement it.
Great ideas (3)

How the brain creates the ‘buzz’ that helps ideas spread

How do ideas spread? What messages will go viral on social media, and can this be predicted?
Work and entrepreneurs (4)

Red? Blue? Yellow? How logo color affects feelings about your brand

A researcher has found that the specific colors used in a company’s logo have a significant impact on how that logo, and the brand as a whole, is viewed by consumers.
Office - business and personal development (11)

Understanding & integrating different learning styles

Educators have tried to boost learning by focusing on differences in learning styles. Management consultants tout the impact that different...
Office - business and personal development (1)

Do experts seek negative feedback to get motivated?

The authors of this study looked closely at the ways beginners versus experts respond to negative or positive feedback.
Moms working at home (7)

Trade secrets: How freelancers can land more virtual jobs

As an increasing number of freelancers depend on the virtual workplace, how can they make themselves more attractive to potential employers?
Business success tips from the pros (3)

Getting creative outside work can boost your on-the-job performance

Employees who pursue creative activities outside of work may find that these activities boost their performance on the job.
Laptop computers (1)

Media multitasking is really multi-distracting

Multitaskers who think they can successfully divide their attention between the program on their television set and the information on their computer screen proved to be driven to distraction by the two devices.
Office - business and personal development (11)

Let it go… but not in the boardroom

Study by USC Marshall School of Business and USC faculty illuminates how facial expressions affect cooperation While Disney’s Frozen Academy...
People with success and business (5)

It looks like success really does breed success

For decades, it has been observed that similar people experience divergent success trajectories, with some repeatedly succeeding and others repeatedly failing.
Business success tips from the pros (6)

How motivated are you? Depends on your personality

For some people, neither the carrot nor the stick will serve as a motivational tool
VR Virtual reality goggles

The lure of entertainment & work is hard to resist

Trying to resist that late-night tweet or checking your work email again?
Business and self-employment (7)

Award-winning books get more negative ratings

Looking for a good book? Stay away from the award-winning section of the bookstore or library.
Laptop computers (3)

Too many chefs: Smaller groups make more accurate decisions

The trope that the likelihood of an accurate group decision increases with the abundance of brains involved might not hold up when a collective faces a variety of factors -- as often happens in life and nature.
People at work - small business (30)

Going with your gut: Making decisions based on instinct

For centuries, scientists have studied how we go about the difficult task of choosing A or B, left or right, North or South - and how both instinct and intellect figure into the process.
People at work - small business (12)

Be specific to maximize your chances for happiness

The paradox of happiness is that chasing it may actually make us less happy, a Stanford researcher says.
Small business resources (1)

To ‘think outside the box,’ really think outside the box

Researchers had students think up solutions to problems while acting out various metaphors about creative thinking - and found that the instructions actually worked.
Load More

The latest

Woman with mask - About Imposter Syndrome

About Imposter Syndrome – and how you can get over it

Photo by pavonne via Twenty20

The #1 habit of highly-creative people

Moms working at home (4)

How your interests can turn into successes

Business and self-employment (25)

Practice doesn’t make perfect — but it comes pretty close

Isaac Newton

Overthinking and creativity: The plus side of neuroticism?

  • Main page
  • Contact
  • Privacy policy
  • Disclaimer, Disclosure & Terms of Use
  • About
© Copyright Synchronista LLC and/or the original copyright holders | Thanks for visiting!
Start typing to see results or hit ESC to close
psychology university social behavior motivation goals
See all results
Login with ajax is not installed (or active). To use this feature, please install it. Alternatively remove this icon from this location in Zeen > Theme Options.