Mahmood Rattansi

The author of this Time Management system has a cruder name for it…what ever works for you, I guess…

Getting Sh*t Done

“What happens when a teen spends a lot of time playing violent videogames is the aggression center of brain activates but the emotional regulation center of brain deactivates,” says teen brain specialist Walsh, who also directs the National Institute on Media and the Family. “Exactly the combination that we would not want to see.”

This Is Your Brain Online, How Video Games, Multitasking And Blogging Are Shaping The GenTech Brain - CBS News

How you can incorporate coffee chain chairman Howard Schultz’ persuasive communication skills in your workplaceStarbucks’ Secret Ingredient

Cool article on making a four day week happen for you

A List Apart: Articles: The Four-Day Week Challenge

Really funny article I came across today…

Things That Make Me Angry

You’ve no doubt heard of this creativity booster before: take a different route to work, eat at a new restaurant or take an outside break – anything to change your environment. In fact, if you Google the word “creativity,” most of the articles will instruct you to practice some type of displacement technique. They’ll urge you to “stray off the beaten path” because changes in your surroundings will stimulate your senses and enhance your ability to generate new ideas.

How to motivate your creative muse via displacement - from InnovationTools.com

http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/14.06/start.html?pg=9

The precise moment at which a group of independently milling locusts loses its chaotic aspect and transforms into a highly aligned swarm has been pinpointed by researchers. The finding could provide a new weapon in the campaign to control the pests which devastate vegetation in Africa and Asia, with dire impacts on agriculture, health and economies.

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn9255-how-locusts-decide-its-time-to-swarm.html