How multitasking affects productivity and health of the brain

Mara Schär
"I can do a lot of things at the same time - so I'm much more efficient!" How many times have we heard this sentence - often even expressed with a slightly swinging pride. But is multitasking really positive? What does it mean for our productivity and for our brain?
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How to build a positive mindset

Mara Schär
A positive attitude is of crucial importance for professional and personal success. The power of positive thinking plays a pioneering role and influences our quality of life.
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How self -love increases performance and professional success

Mara Schär
February can be the coolest and gray month of the year. Many people automatically associate this with negative feelings or even depressed moods. At the same time, February is also known as a month of love - a time in which one remembers the meaning of love and compassion for others and themselves.
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Mindfulness - the power of consciousness

Mara Schär

Are you fully aware of the current moment? Can you experience the moment without thinking about the future or the past? Unfortunately, we have to answer too often with no. Because this requires conscious training. The ability to be present at the moment helps us to reduce stress, improve our concentration and even make us happier and more satisfied. Mindfulness means to have increased attention to sensory stimuli (perception of breathing, feeling the body sensations, etc.) and to be in the here and now. ((Source:) Mindfulness can enable us to concentrate on what we have and appreciate it instead of...

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"I'm not good enough" or the high-stapler syndrome

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The term "high-stapler syndrome" (original: impostor phenomenon) was first introduced in 1978 in an article by Pauline R. Clance and Suzanne A. Imes. They observed that many very successful women believe that they are not particularly intelligent and that they were overestimated by others.People who are affected by this phenomenon are often plagued by fear of failure and great self -doubt in terms of their own achievements and skills. Instead of recognizing your own services, you attribute your success to factors such as happiness or chance, factors that you have no influence on.In order to compensate for doubts about their...

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The fine difference between coaching, mentoring and therapy

Mara Schär
In the past ten years, technological progress has revolutionized our lives extremely quickly. The volume, speed and the complexity of what we call "the fourth industrial revolution" today are impressive.
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