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As the first full week of 2020 comes to a close, we're looking into the best ways to keep up with our resolutions (rather than set a goal, get pumped about it, and ultimately give up). If you feel the same, check out our tips on how long it takes to form a habit and how you can better set your mind to achieve your goals.

How to Be Productive when the Organization Isn't

What do you do when your personal productivity is high but the company you work for is dragging its feet? Anything but nothing.

Science Says It Takes This Long to Form a Habit

Here's what goes on in your brain when you make a resolution, and how long it might take for it to stick. (Hint: It's not 21 days.)

4 Psychology Hacks to Help You Stick to Your Goals

Facing the perennial cycle of setting goals, getting pumped, and then giving up? These four hacks that will help you rock your goals instead of abandoning them.

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When was the last time you listened to someone, or someone really listened to you?

Despite living in a world where technology allows constant digital communication and opportunities to connect, it seems no one is really listening or even knows how. And it’s making us lonelier, more isolated, and less tolerant than ever before.

In this always illuminating and often humorous deep dive, Murphy explains why we’re not listening, what it’s doing to us, and how we can reverse the trend. She makes accessible the psychology, neuroscience, and sociology of listening while also introducing us to some of the best listeners out there (including a CIA agent, focus group moderator, bartender, radio producer, and top furniture salesman). Equal parts cultural observation, scientific exploration, and rousing call to action that's full of practical advice, You're Not Listening is to listening what Susan Cain's Quiet was to introversion.

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