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When it comes to sleep can having too much of it be a good thing? We all complain about NOT getting enough sleep. Every weekend, we foolishly try to sleep in to catch up with our sleep deficits accrued over a work week of sleeping poorly. So, getting too much sleep is a good thing, […]

Mothers all over the world have always believed in the power of warm milk (and a few cookies) to help put their children to sleep. Warm milk seems to be the universal prescription for sending us off to sweet dreams. What is the magical ‘secret” ingredient that makes warm milk a potent sleep inducer? Is […]

You’re motivated, you feel that you’re well rested, and you love your job immensely. But why do you feel like you’re dragging yourself to work? Why do you find yourself fighting back a yawn, 10 minutes after the start of your workday? Why do you keep nodding off at your desk even though you’ve already […]

We all know what happens when we don’t get enough sleep. We become moody. Our attentions gets shorter and we can’t concentrate. Our reaction time is greatly reduced. Our memory becomes bad. And those are just some effects. The effects of sleeplessness are different for everyone. And while most working adults are sleep deprived, it […]

The term “partners” takes on new meaning when married couples venture out of the family home and work closely together in business or as office workers. There are immeasurable benefits to working closely with a spouse and there are just as many drawbacks. As married couples know all too well, relationships take a lot of […]

Congratulations on a new baby! I bet your baby is the cutest baby ever. I’m sure you would never want to leave him or her. I’m sure you wish you could just stay home to take care of your baby and watch him/her grow up. You wouldn’t want to miss his first steps or her […]

No matter how intent we are at trying to deliver a project on time all the time, there will always be causes for delay that are due to forces that are beyond our control. The possibility of delay can stem from various reasons, some of them are terrible lack of foresight, some are due to […]

As the cliche goes: the only thing constant in life is change. We go through it all the time. It is how we grow. For example, we are not the same person we were yesterday. Nor are we the same person we were an hour ago, a minute ago. We know we must embrace change […]

No one wants to wish it on others. One of the hardest thing anyone has to go through is loss. But at one point in our lives, we all have experienced loss. It could be the death of a loved one, the loss of a friend, or the end of an important relationship. When something […]

We should never stop finding our own way. This is how we grow and develop into the person we hope to becoming. Learning should not stop after leaving school and life teaches us so much more than what we could learn in the confines of the four walls of a classroom. Planning a career is […]

How do you know if you’re stressed? Most of us have a “tell” – that’s poker speak for signals that disclose your cards. In this case, a Do you sweat a lot? Is your heart racing, like you just ran up a flight of stairs? Do you feel an itch at the back of your […]

During olden times, businesses were a family affair. The business is usually run by the patriarch and he trains his sons and daughters to take over the business someday – thus, they are passed from generation to generation. This business model has been successful for some, especially small businesses and family enterprises. But for a big […]

We all know that securing our future is important. To be able to take care of ourselves and our families in our old age, we should have savings, investments, or a retirement plan. But if we all know that, why aren’t we doing it yet? Too many of us aren’t putting as much effort into […]

People all are all about balancing things: work, family, and everything else in between. Sometimes, we drop the ball. Sometimes, something happens that make us lose our balance. Sometimes we fail at small things: keeping our New Year’s resolution, staying on a diet, starting an exercise regime, or controlling clutter in our homes. Sometimes we […]

Budgeting – Every adult must have this skill. When you’re young and living with your parents, you take for granted having to budget your money. After all, mom and dad can always bail you out when you need extra money. But when you’re out of the house and living on your own, things get to […]