But if you leverage your strengths, embrace your weaknesses, assert your

If you want to run a marathon successfully without getting injured, spend four days a week doing short runs, one day a week running long and hard, and two days a week not running at all. Now, that seems like a pretty smart schedule to me if you want to do anything challenging and sustain it over a long period of time. A few moderate days, one hard

Here’s what I do: After I’ve filled my calendar for the day, I review what’s left on the list. If there are new items I added that day or the previous two days, I leave them on to see if they make it onto my calendar tomorrow. But for everything else—anything that’s been on my calendar for three days—I do one of four things:

In another study, two groups of drug addicts in withdrawal (can you find a more stressed-out population?) agreed to write an essay. One group was tasked to write the essay sometime before 5 PM on a certain day. The other group also had to write the essay before 5 PM on a certain day but were asked to first decide when and where on that day they

It’s not enough to see yourself in a certain way; you need to act on it. Build it into your year. Your day. It won’t help if you identify as a father but rarely spend time with your children. Or if religion is a big part of your identity and yet you rarely engage in religious activities.

Some people already have the first list—a to-do list—though there’s usually too much on it. Very few have the second—the ignore list.

According to the data, most of us spend a total of almost 20 hours of each day sleeping (8.68 hours/day), working (7.78 hours/day), and watching television (3.45 hours/day). I know: Shocking, right? I mean, who sleeps that much?

Are you relating to other people at work or socially—people you like and to whom you feel close? 3. Do you feel recognized for the work you are doing—paid or unpaid? Can you influence decisions and outcomes?

The problem with most time management systems is that they don’t help solve the problem: They’re focused on how to get it all done in less time. But that’s a mistake. Just like tasting from a buffet is a mistake. Because we can’t possibly get it all done and not end up frantic, depleted, and overwhelmed. The secret to surviving a buffet is to eat