Improve your memory with these tips Your brain will remember things that are exciting, out-of-the-ordinary and funny, says Nelson Dellis, four-time USA Memory Championship winner. Create mental images of things and link them to other thoughts to help you remember them. Fast Company online (2/2)Improve yourself to improve your leadership of others Leaders who can't manage their emotions create a workplace ruled by fear and stress unless they address their subconscious behavioral controls, says leadership coach Christine Comaford. "The more fully developed they are, the more a person can operate in what I call the Smart State, where all three key parts of our brain are working together and one has behavioral choice," she says. Skip Prichard Leadership Insights (1/31)
The Landscape
Economy gained 200K jobs last month The US economy added 200,000 jobs to nonfarm payrolls in January, and average hourly earnings were 0.3% higher. The unemployment rate clocked in at 4.1%. CNBC (2/2)
Maintain strong relationships with your boss and colleagues when you leave your job, because you might want to come back to the company in the future, writes Heather Huhman. If you learn your former company is expanding or launching a new product, reach out to your old colleagues to congratulate them. Glassdoor (2/2)
Balancing Yourself
Stay productive after work Read, listen to a podcast or catch up with someone after work instead of slumping in front of the television, writes Alyse Kalish. You could also cook, clean or exercise, she writes. The Muse (2/1)
School's boa constrictor escapes, students sent home About 400 students were sent home early from Brentwood high and middle schools in Missouri when a 9-foot-long boa constrictor escaped from its aquarium on Friday. The snake, which was adopted by a former biology teacher and kept as a class pet, was found later in the afternoon wrapped around pipes beneath the classroom floor. St. Louis Post-Dispatch (2/3)
Cynicism masquerades as wisdom, but it is the farthest thing from it.
