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5 Ways Successful People Tackle Monday Morning

 

Many studies have shown that on Sunday afternoons, most people start to feel depressed. Maybe you’ve felt it. Work is coming. The weekend is over and it wasn’t all you imagined it would be. The pressure of another week of performance begins to hit early. There are hundreds of reasons why, but Sunday afternoon and evening is generally a downer.
No wonder Monday seems to be so, well… Monday.
Over the years, I’ve studied how people can ramp up for the work week. I’ve come to believe that there are not naturally “Monday” people, but that there are disciplines people follow that help them beat the Sunday blues and ramp up for the work week ahead.

1. Sleep, but don’t snooze.

Entrepreneurs are notorious for burning the candle at both ends, but the National Sleep Foundation says that you cannot catch up on lost sleep. There may be no more important night to get rest than Sunday night, and no better remedy for Sunday blues than a solid night’s sleep. The Dalai Lama is quoted as saying, “Sleep is the best form of meditation.”
On the flip side, do NOT hit the snooze button. Dr. Rafael Pelayo of the Stanford Sleep Center says that by hitting the snooze button, you are telling your body “false alarm!” That results in a more groggy and slow wake up than if you just went ahead and got up when the alarm goes off. Monday is enough of a drag on its own. Hitting snooze only digs a deeper hole for you to climb out of.

2. Get Physical.

Getting the body in its proper state often precedes the mind and emotions coming its way. If there’s any day this is most true, it is Monday.

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An article by Ron Friedman of Harvard Business Review sites countless studies that show exercise not only motivates and improves work performance, but also pulls us out of a slump. One study found that when a group of people suffering from mild to moderate depression exercised (i.e. strength training, running or walking) for at least 20 to 60 minutes 3 times a week, they were significantly less depressed 5 weeks later. The benefits were immediate and were maintained for these participants as long as they consistently exercised.

I’ve taken this message to heart and have made it a practice to never take both Sunday and Monday off from working out. If I do skip Sunday, Monday morning workouts are a must.

Want to beat the Sunday blues? This Monday, get out the door and walk or run.

It doesn’t have to be a P90X workout. Cosmopolitan Editor-In-Chief Joanna Coles makes a Monday walk with her dog a must and says it helps her start her week. Many of my best ideas have come on Monday morning walks with Moses, Vanderbloemen Search Group’s Chief Canine Officer.
Mondays can leave you low on energy and more unwilling to workout than normal. Here’s an old trick I’ve used on myself for years:

I lie to myself. 

I’ll head out the door saying “I’m only running 10 minutes, then I’m quitting.” Turns out, I have never wanted to quit once I was out the door and moving for 10 minutes. And I almost always felt better afterward. By releasing some stress, and some endorphins, you will likely kick your body out of the funk Monday can bring.

3. Keep email in check until you get to the office.

Dave Karp, CEO and Founder of Tumblr, says that he will not respond to email until he gets to the office. I’ve found this to be especially effective for Mondays. The beginning of the week is the time when you set your mental state for the week. Stay focused on the big projects ahead and devote brain power there. The distractive power of email can take your brain away from big planning and into minutia that can wait. Honestly, when is the last time you had a Monday email that had to be dealt with right away?

4. Never quit (or make big decisions) on a Monday.

There’s an old saying, “Don’t make permanent decisions based on temporary emotions.” That couldn’t be more true than on Mondays.
In our work helping churches find their key staff, Monday is the number one day for resumes to come to us unsolicited. People get bummed out on Sunday afternoon or evening, come into work Monday, and decide that they have had enough. After working with tens of thousands of candidates, we have come to believe that Monday is the number one day people quit their job.
But quitting on a day you’re down is a really bad idea. In fact, making any major decisions when depressed is almost always counterproductive and later regretted.
Making major decisions on the day when you’re down can have serious consequences. Most big decisions can wait until Tuesday, particularly if you start to shape your schedule around the idea.

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When I was younger (read, when I knew everything) and leading churches, I thought it was a great idea to start Monday with marathon meetings filled with big agendas and decisions. I even scheduled our board and committee meetings for Monday nights. I was dead wrong.  Turns out, not every day was designed for intense decisions.

5. Schedule work that has tangible results on Mondays.

Just like working out will help you out of the low points, so will working on projects where you can see immediate results.

Behavioral Psychologist Kelly Lambert has done a lot of research that shows handiwork can pull us out of depressed moments. When we knit a scarf, for instance, Lambert says, the brain’s executive-thinking centers get busy planning.

Spend your Mondays with a punch list of attainable goals.

Do tasks and projects that can be completed and have a box to check. Maybe it’s organizing your desk, planning a month of your calendar, writing notes of encouragement to staff, or knocking out some of those menial tasks you never seem to “have time for.” I have learned to keep a running “Monday punchlist” throughout the week so that I have some projects ready to go before I ever get to the office. If you’re anything like me, you will find that finishing a to-do list will do wonders for your soul.

I’m sure there are other tips out there for getting out of a low spot, and maybe some of you don’t suffer from post-Sunday Blues. But if you do, know that you’re not alone, and that they will pass.

I know when I was preaching, as much as I loved it, I often thought, “Sunday seems to come around every seven days!”

The good news is, Tuesday does, too.

Galaxy S7 Giving iPhone 6s Trouble On (At Least) Two Fronts

Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge (L) and iPhone 6s Plus. (Credit: Apple/Samsung)

A new Samsung or Apple AAPL +1.05% phone is a game of one-upmanship. So, it shouldn’t come as a great shock that Samsung’s just-released phone is besting the iPhone 6s in (at least) two key areas.
Among a host of tweaks and improvements, Samsung has come through with a better camera and display. So, how does the Galaxy S7 stack up against the iPhone 6s in these two areas?
Camera: Winner in low-light category. I don’t know about you but most of my photos are taken in low light, either indoors or in low-light outdoor settings. So, Samsung, wisely, is focusing on low-light improvements. Reviews confirm the Galaxy S7 has taken the lead — even Apple enthusiast site iMore says so. “The Galaxy S7 is the clear winner in our low-light shootout,” iMore says, attributing it to a wider aperture than the iPhone 6s and Samsung’s Exynos digital signal processor, among other things (albeit some of the write-up is devoted to defending the iPhone 6s’ camera vis-a-vis the Galaxy S7). Yahoo YHOO +3.02% Tech says pretty much the same thing about the S7′s low-light performance, saying the iPhone 6s’ low-light performance “isn’t even close.”  Yahoo Tech goes a step further and says the S7′s shooter is able to capture more detail than iPhone 6s. And CNET says the “S7 trumps the iPhone 6S” because it produces more “usable” photos in low light.
Display: OLED is advancing faster than LCD: This really isn’t anything new in the Samsung-Apple rivalry but just affirms that the Galaxy S7 continues to lap the LCD-based iPhone here. Organic light emitting diode (OLED) displays allow Samsung to offer the Galaxy S7 Edge with a cool curved display. While the utility of the curves (beyond the cool factor) is still a bit tenuous, it’s the future that’s important. OLED gives Samsung the flexibility (no pun intended) to go beyond the flat-screen smartphones of today. Think: future phones with flexible and even foldable displays, as pointed out by Raymond Soneira, a display expert and CEO at DisplayMate Technologies. But getting back to the here and now, the Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge boast the best OLED displays yet from Samsung, according to DisplayMate. Moreover, OLED tech is advancing faster than LCD (and apparently Apple knows this). OLED displays are typically thinner, lighter, with a smaller bezel (for near-rimless designs), have a faster response time, better viewing angles, more vibrant colors, high color accuracy, and an always-on display mode. 
But not winning across the board: For the record, I use the iPhone 6s Plus (and love it) so I’m not a Samsung Galaxy S7 booster. But facts are facts. Battery: And speaking of facts, Samsung is still struggling to overtake — or even match — the iPhone 6s on battery life and performance. With the S7 — and particularly the S7 Edge with its larger capacity — battery life has finally become acceptable but still doesn’t appear to beat the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus. Performance: Apple seems to have the upper hand here too. Anandtech is one of the best benchmarking review sites and its testing shows that it’s “hard to declare a clear winner” when comparing S7′s Qualcomm QCOM +0.38% CPU to Apple’s A9 silicon on the iPhone 6s. In fact, certain key benchmarks show the iPhone 6s still beating the Galaxy S7′s processor. (Though it should be noted that versions of the Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge outside of North America use Samsung’s own Exynos chip, which is faster than the Qualcomm processor, according to TechRadar.)

4 Ways To Keep Your Hard-Working Self From Becoming A Workaholic

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The term “career-driven” has essentially become synonymous with “workaholic.” Upon hearing those two little words, most people assume you eat, sleep and breathe only your work. They have no doubt about the fact that it makes up the entirety of your life. And, apologies to dear ol’ mom and dad, but you have a hard time caring about anything that falls outside the four walls of your office.
Now, don’t get me wrong—I don’t see any problem with being particularly motivated. After all, work is a huge part of your daily life, and it’s hard to find fault with someone who gets an incredible sense of satisfaction and fulfillment out of his or her job. I mean, that’s the ultimate goal, isn’t it?
However, when you turn into a red-eyed, stressed out robot who forgets to eat dinner three days in a row because she’s so involved in constantly refreshing her inbox? Well, then you’ve got a whole new set of problems.

Luckily, I’m a firm believer in the fact that you can be driven, without it overtaking every other aspect of your life. Here are a few tactics that I implement that have helped me strike a balance and avoid that red-eyed robot syndrome.
1. Determine Other Priorities
I’ve hustled like nobody’s business to get to where I currently am in my career, and that progress isn’t something I intend on letting slide any time soon. However, one night during a particularly late (and all too common) work session, I realized something. I’d become so absorbed in moving forward this this one aspect of my life, that I’d lost sight of all of the other things that mattered to me. Time spent in front of my computer always ranked first.

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“Well, surely my job isn’t all I care about,” I thought to myself. I knew I couldn’t have possibly fallen that far down the rabbit hole already.
So, I grabbed a notebook and a pen, sat down at my kitchen table and jotted down the other things that truly mattered to me. My list included things like time spent with my family and friends, my personal health and working on the various DIY projects my husband and I constantly have going on in our home.
Once I had those staring back at me on a piece of paper, it became blatantly obvious how much I had been ignoring those other aspects of my life. Even better? I now knew that I wanted to be better about divvying up my time between these things—and I also knew exactly where I wanted to focus more of my energy and attention. This helped me to stop being so zoned in on that single piece of the puzzle and forced me to step back and take in the whole picture.
2. Schedule Your Downtime
I’m one of those people who lives and dies by her planner. If it’s listed there, it’s getting done that day—no matter what.
So, I decided to use my planner obsession to my advantage. How? I began scheduling in my downtime. Now, before you roll your eyes and brush me off as a classic Type A personality who couldn’t possibly be of any help to you, hear me out. I promise you, this scheduling tactic works.
Let’s say I want to exercise three days per week or reserve an hour each evening just to relax with my husband—whether that’s taking the dog for a walk or vegging in front of the television. I literally write these activities down in my planner and then honor them as I would any other meeting or work-related commitment.
This forces me to take leaving time for my personal life more seriously. Something that used to pale in comparison to my career is now put on the same level—even if it’s just symbolic.

3. Know When It’s Time To Unplug
I was seated across from my husband in a booth at one of our favorite restaurants, and he was doing his best to strike up conversation. Me? I was absorbed in my phone. A few minutes later, he was finally desperate enough to get my attention that he snapped his fingers in front of my face. When your husband employs that exact same tactic to reprimand the dog? Well, you know you need to take a good, hard look at some of your choices.
I could rant and rave for days on end about how much I love the convenience of technology. However, it’s made truly leaving work that much more difficult. We’re constantly connected, and we feel immense pressure to address everything immediately.
Being readily available and in touch can be a good thing—but not when it means completely neglecting any other aspect of your daily life (like your poor husband seated directly across from you). So, be self-aware and recognize when it’s time to step away from the screen and unplug.
Now? I try to pack away my phone and computer by 8 PM at the latest every evening. Sure, it means I still work later than I likely should most days. But, my career is still important to me and it’s a vast improvement over where I used to be. Baby steps.
4. Celebrate Your Wins—Even The Small Ones
Here’s the thing about being career-driven—you’re likely focused on one big end goal. Whether that’s a promotion, the completion of a huge project or even your dream job, you’ve got your eyes on the prize.

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But, when you’re so absorbed in reaching the finish line, it’s all too easy to let all of your other accomplishments and achievements go totally unnoticed. And, that’s a surefire way to drive yourself straight into burning out.
Make sure that you take time to celebrate your wins—even the ones that seem insignificant to you. Perhaps that simple, “Way to go!” from your boss pales in comparison to the booming “Hallelujah Chorus” and fireworks you’ll surely experience when you finally achieve that big objective. But, your success is still worth recognizing.
There’s nothing wrong with being motivated in your career. In fact, most would say that’s a good thing. However, despite popular belief, there’s actually a big difference between being driven and letting work completely overtake your life. Put these tips to use, and you’re sure to find that happy medium!

6 Reasons Why a Man Falls Out of Love

  

Falling in love is one of the most amazing feelings in the world. Falling out of love, on the other hand, can be one of the worst. And it begs the questions: What causes us to fall out of love? If your feelings for your partner have started to fade and you’re wondering why, these 6 reasons might help shed some light on the situation.

1. You realize that you and your partner are incompatible

eHarmony knows a thing or two about compatibility. According to an article published on the site, compatibility is paramount in a relationship. Sure, this sounds incredibly obvious, but it’s easy to overlook when you’re in love. It’s possible that you could be avoiding facets of your personality from your partner, because you’re worried about what will happen. Another warning sign is if you find yourself avoiding discussing certain topics with your significant other. But eventually reality sets in, and you begin to clearly see the differences between the two of you. Things such as political views, different levels of messiness, and thoughts on starting a family can cause a rift in your relationship.

2. Passion in the relationship diminishes

Passion, attraction, and sex are three incredibly important components to a relationship. Best selling author and relationship expert Margaret Paul, Ph.D, writes in the Huffington Post that passion changes when you both “get caught up on your protective, controlling behavior, your excitement and passion for each other may start to diminish. You might not feel turned on by your partner if he or she is angry, blaming, resistant, compliant, needy and so on.”
Paul notes that learning feeds liveliness and newness in the bedroom, which ultimately affects the entirety of the relationship. Without the curiosity and discovery the relationship can become boring, which “can affect the vitality of the sexuality” between partners. Ultimately, this all leads to the loss of that loving feeling because you’re not even interested in making love anymore.
So many couples don’t know how to work together and struggle for control of the relationship instead, says Orenstein.  “These couples are in high-conflict relationships, often finding themselves yelling, saying hurtful comments to and about their spouse, and even becoming physically aggressive.”
When this happens, you can begin to view your partner as the enemy, leading to feelings of insecurity and not feeling safe. Orenstein adds that any warm feelings of affection you have for your significant other are taken over by feelings of shame and anger.
All my not be lost though. Orenstein recommends that both partners “Go see a trained couples therapist who can help you and your partner establish ‘rules of engagement’ to stop the dirty fighting and instead share your frustrations in a constructive manner.” In addition, Oprah suggests that when you’re feeling upset, you should take 15 minutes to calm down and then discuss with your partner. This could prevent you from saying something you’ll regret.

3. Your partner has become a complainer

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A man may not realize the extent to which it affects his loving feelings toward his significant other. Relationship expert Debra Macleod writes in the Huffington Post that if your significant other is a nag or likes to complain about the things you do and don’t do around the house or if they text incessantly to see where you are and what you’re doing, your partner can come across as an annoying parent or boss — and seem less like your lover. This can cause you to view your partner in a completely different way.

4. As a couple, you avoid conflict

Alternatively, avoiding conflict altogether can be detrimental to your loving feelings toward your partner. The reason? Keeping things inside is a breeding ground for resentment. Susan Orenstein, a licensed psychologist and relationship expert, tells Psych Central that some couples swallow their feelings because they’re afraid of stirring up conflict. The consequences though mean that over time, frustration and hurt builds to resentment, which “crowd[s] out the love and joy that they used to feel.” This all equates to a loss of love toward your partner. If you’d like to save the relationship, Orenstein suggests that instead of getting defensive, thank your partner for their feedback and learn about their needs in order to ultimately satisfy him or her.

5. If you do fight, you fight really dirty

 

So many couples don’t know how to work together and struggle for control of the relationship instead, says Orenstein.  “These couples are in high-conflict relationships, often finding themselves yelling, saying hurtful comments to and about their spouse, and even becoming physically aggressive.”
When this happens, you can begin to view your partner as the enemy, leading to feelings of insecurity and not feeling safe. Orenstein adds that any warm feelings of affection you have for your significant other are taken over by feelings of shame and anger.
All my not be lost though. Orenstein recommends that both partners “Go see a trained couples therapist who can help you and your partner establish ‘rules of engagement’ to stop the dirty fighting and instead share your frustrations in a constructive manner.” In addition, Oprah suggests that when you’re feeling upset, you should take 15 minutes to calm down and then discuss with your partner. This could prevent you from saying something you’ll regret.

6. Your partner stops trying

This can definitely be considered one of the more common, superficial gripes that can lessen your attraction to your partner. When you first started dating your partner, your significant other made it a point to look their best — he or she exercised regularly and paid attention to his or her appearance. However, when you’re in a relationship for a long time, those efforts may go down the drain, says sex and relationship/Your Tango expert Heather Baker. Encourage your partner to take care of themselves — not for you, but for them.

6 Ways Running Can Make You Smarter

 

Running is either your best friend or your worst enemy. Whether you’re a total newbie who cringes at the thought of a two-mile run or a veteran marathon runner, a new study came out that running can actually make you smarter, encompassing both ends of the spectrum. So how exactly does it make us smarter?

“Aerobic exercise, such as running, has positive effects on brain structure and function, for example, the generation of neurons (neurogenesis) in the hippocampus, a brain structure important in learning,” the study reads.
Researchers found that sustained aerobic exercise increases adult neurogenesis in the brain. When the neuron reserve increases we are able to learn much more, thus making us smarter. Other research says that children perform better on tests after exercise and that cognitive function increases by 5% to 10%.
“Exercise improves attention, memory, accuracy, and how quickly you process information, all of which helps you make smarter decisions” says Charles H. Hillman, Ph.D., an associate professor of kinesiology and community health at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
We’ll give you more reasons to blow the dust off your running shoes and hit the pavement (or treadmill) with these 6 ways that running can make you smarter.

1. Sharpens mental focus

Running can very well be the cure when you have trouble paying attention, be it at work, school, or in your relationships. If you seem easily distracted, there is evidence that sticking to a structured aerobic exercise routine may help you focus. Psychotherapist Alex Giorgio says his patients had overcome attention deficit issues with aerobic exercise. To test this out for yourself, try running a little bit before heading to the office.

2. Improves ability to process information

When you workout, your body breaks a sweat. But inside your body, there is blood that bathes your brain cells in oxygen and glucose and the more they get, the better they perform. Also when you workout, muscles send hormones to your brain that promote mood regulation and learning. Without these hormones your body would have a hard time taking in new information.

3. Makes you more productive 

 

The International Journal of Workplace Health Management found that employees were 23% more productive at work following bouts of exercise. Olympic triathlete Tim Weeks said, “Running acts as a catalyst to improve productivity. It pumps you up, improves your confidence, it increases your capacity, it inspires creativity, and it builds momentum.”

Exercise brings our motivation, attention, mood, and stress levels back to equilibrium. It rebalances everything in our body making for a more fulfilled and motivated life.

4. Promotes creative thinking

Do you have writer’s block, or trouble coming up with new ideas at work? Running may help you think out of the box according to David Blanchette and his team of researchers. Published in the Creativity Research Journal, they found that people were more creative up to two hours after exercise. More research found that performing activities like running or aerobic exercise gives our mind a break, so when we come back to our task we may connect things we never did before according to Keith Sawyer, PhD.

5. Natural anti-depressant and stress reliever

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Running releases endorphins, the feel-good chemicals in the brain. It enhances neurotransmitters that elevate your mood which can sometimes eliminate the need for anti-depressant medications. Running helps you reduce mental fatigue and feel less stressed, which can sometimes lead to depression. Running helps keep negative thoughts at bay, distract your mind from problems in your life and be able to make clear-headed decisions.

6. Slows the aging process

Ever wonder why you see 90-year-old marathon runners? Running keeps them young! Marathons are the one event they say gets easier as you age. Mental functions decrease as you get older because there is a decline in neurogenesis (or birth of neurons) and a decrease in the size of the hippocampus. As we just learned, running increases the size of the hippocampus which helps slow down the brain’s aging process. Up to 50% of neurogenesis can be restored through running or aerobic exercise.

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