The Happy Secret to Better Work

http://www.ted.com/talks/shawn_achor_the_happy_secret_to_better_work.html

www.ted.com is an amazing resource for learning, and this talk illustrates why.

For 21 days, the challenge is:

1. Write three things you are grateful for
2. Journal 1 positive experience from that day
3. Exercise, even just for a few minutes
4. Meditate to release tension
5. Perform 1 random act of kindness

Alex Galleries: Dupont Circle

I was absolutely blown away by a recent trip to Alex Galleries in Dupont Circle.

Most notable were the works of:

1. David Suter - a psychological masterminded alchemy of wood and paint
2. Rosana Azar - mindbending mood enhancing soliloquy of beauty

http://www.alexgalleries.com/

Decisions Decisions...

Sheena Lyengar gives her 4 techniques for effective decision making:

http://www.ted.com/talks/sheena_iyengar_choosing_what_to_choose.html

1. focus (eliminate redundancy)
2. concretize (make the consequences obvious)
3. categorize for the chooser (not the choice offerer)
4. condition for complexity (warm people up for complex decisions)