Russell H Armstrong

You're reading 6 Strategies for Becoming Less Defensive, originally posted on Pick the Brain | Motivation and Self Improvement. If you're enjoying this, please visit our site for more inspirational articles. If you’ve ever been accused of getting defensive or going on long tangents to prove a point to no end, then maybe you have a quick-to-react personality. Maybe someone told you that you get defensive all the time and you had to take a minute to check yourself. If this sounds like you then you want to keep reading. Being defensive isn’t always a bad thing but when you find yourself doing it over every little thing just for the sake of argument you aren’t doing yourself any favors. On top of that, it’s frustrating and annoying to the people around you. The root of the problem is likely that you have trouble taking criticism, even if it is constructive. Often you have trouble taking responsibility for your actions and you're always finding someone else to blame. Your defens...

You're reading 7 Easy Sleeping Tips to Prevent Sleep Problem, originally posted on Pick the Brain | Motivation and Self Improvement. If you're enjoying this, please visit our site for more inspirational articles. We all know how important the sleep is! Sleep is one of the principals for having a better life. Proper sleep helps us a lot to keep our body healthy and the mind calm. But you know what, about one-third of the total world’s population has sleep problems. There are a lot of reasons behind sleep problem. As the sleep has a deep relation to our lifestyle, it’s really important to have at least 5-8 hours sleep a day. Therefore, having proper sleep is too tough nowadays because of some conditions. But don’t worry, we are here to help. We have included 7 tips here. By following these tips, we hope that you will able to have your required sleeping time daily. Let’s have a quick look. Take Balanced Diet: Taking foods have a great role in the sleeping condition. Proper meal k ...

You're reading 9 Must-Have Products For Busy Entrepreneurs (Without Breaking the Bank), originally posted on Pick the Brain | Motivation and Self Improvement. If you're enjoying this, please visit our site for more inspirational articles. We get it. There never seems to be enough time in the day. There’s always more tasks being added to your to-do list, and more fires to put out. The life of an entrepreneur is certainly not as sexy as the media portrays it to be. It’s a daily grind that comes with amazing highs, and certainly its lows. That’s why it’s crucial for busy entrepreneurs to seek out any products or services that can potentially help you save time, and be more effective. I’m not talking about business tools that are directly related to your business. In my opinion, the best performing entrepreneurs have to do 3 things in order of priority: 1. Take care of yourself: Being a leader in your industry requires thinking about your business as a marathon, not a sprint. T htt...

You're reading 7 Easy Sleeping Tips to Prevent Sleep Problem, originally posted on Pick the Brain | Motivation and Self Improvement. If you're enjoying this, please visit our site for more inspirational articles. We all know how important the sleep is! Sleep is one of the principals for having a better life. Proper sleep helps us a lot to keep our body healthy and the mind calm. But you know what, about one-third of the total world’s population has sleep problems. There are a lot of reasons behind sleep problem. As the sleep has a deep relation to our lifestyle, it’s really important to have at least 5-8 hours sleep a day. Therefore, having proper sleep is too tough nowadays because of some conditions. But don’t worry, we are here to help. We have included 7 tips here. By following these tips, we hope that you will able to have your required sleeping time daily. Let’s have a quick look. Take Balanced Diet: Taking foods have a great role in the sleeping condition. Proper meal k ...

You're reading Three Keys to Manifesting the Life of Your Dreams, originally posted on Pick the Brain | Motivation and Self Improvement. If you're enjoying this, please visit our site for more inspirational articles. I’m not trying to dismiss all the books, courses, movies, and professionals out there who claim they can teach you how to turn your life around and attract the love, the wealth, the success, or the happiness that you long for. Some of their methods may be effective, and their fundamental premises are generally sound. Like them, I am a firm believer that our destiny is in our own hands, and that we each have the power to co-create a life of fulfillment and meaning, no matter where we’ve come from. But I also know that this is not a quick-fix problem that can be solved by some magical secret. Based on my study of numerous approaches, I believe that there are three essential elements that need to be included for effective manifestation. The reason many “law of attract...

You're reading The reasons why parents refuse vitamin K for their little ones, originally posted on Pick the Brain | Motivation and Self Improvement. If you're enjoying this, please visit our site for more inspirational articles. There is an alarming trend that has been witnessed by doctors in recent times. More parents refusing vitamin K for newborn. It would lead to an increase in bleeding of the intestines or brains in the little ones. Vitamin K is one of the essential components that do help the body in blood clot formation. You can find them in the digestive system of adults or old people. It has been also observed that breast milk does not go on to produce enough amount of Vitamin K to keep off the infections. A host of bleeding disorders does arise when you are confronted with vitamin K deficiency. It is not only brain bleeding, but if a baby is prone to vitamin K disorder they are likely to have specks of blood in their stool. Anemia of the highest order and the babies ...

You're reading 7 Straightforward Ways to Strengthen Your Prefrontal Cortex (hint the most important part of the brain!), originally posted on Pick the Brain | Motivation and Self Improvement. If you're enjoying this, please visit our site for more inspirational articles. If someone asked you to describe the defining characteristics of “human being”, you would most likely talk about how we can speak, walk upright, have opposable thumbs, etc... All of that stuff is great. But you know what the most defining characteristic is? The ability to choose. What is the Prefrontal Cortex? We are the only animal on the planet that possesses a rational, conscious mind. This has been responsible for the growth of our civilization over the ages. The prefrontal cortex is the seat of this rationality and without it, we would only act on instinct. It's called the “executive portion” of the brain. Our prefrontal cortex is responsible for logic, reason, willpower, creativity, decision-making pr...