Posts Tagged ‘myth’

The Biggest Myths of the Workplace

The Brazen Careerist, Penelope Trunk, wrote of 9 myths associated with the common workplace. Her most interesting concept, that she’s written about before, is the myth that if you enjoy your job your life is improved so much.

I happen to think there is a lot of truth in that myth, however, Penolope’s argument that there is more importance in a positive attitude towards any work and good relationships in… » Continue

May 22 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: myth, office, office-politics, officelife, workplace, workplaces | 1 comment»

Productivity & Organizing Myths Recap

Since the beginning of the year we have looked at 10 of the top Productivity & Organizing Myths. They have been collected, examined, and refuted so that you can recognize when your thinking or actions are moving into they mythical. Myths seldom serve you. Realizing you’re operating in the mindset of a myth can help you to change course to reality where results really come to the front and center… » Continue

April 18 2007 | By Susan | Tagged: myth, organization, Productivity | 3 comments»

The Top 10 Nutrition Myths Busted

Medical News Today turn Mythbusters in this rundown of ten well known nutritional mottoes. Just because you hear it a hundred times doesn’t mean they’re entirely true.

10. Eating carbohydrates makes you fat.
9. Drink eight, 8-oz. glasses of water per day.
8. Brown grain products are whole grain products.
7. Eating eggs will raise your cholesterol. This myth began because egg yolks have the most concentrated amount of cholesterol of any

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March 30 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: myth, nutrition | 14 comments»

Productivity & Organizing Myth #2 – Can’t stop influx

As a new guest author to lifehack.org and an experienced productivity consultant I would like to start by naming and dispelling common productivity and organizing myths. This series will be posted each week until we cover the top 10.

Myth: I cannot stop the email, paper mail, and physical things from coming at me

Reality: You can stop much of the paper mail, email, and ‘stuff’ (items, articles, things) from… » Continue

February 1 2007 | By Susan | Tagged: myth, organizing, Productivity | 3 comments»

Productivity & Organizing Myth #1 – Born Organized

Myth: Some people are born with an organizing gene or are natural organizers and others will never be organized.

Reality: Organized and productive people have a set of skills that lead to… » Continue

January 24 2007 | By Guest | Tagged: myth, organizing, Productivity | 9 comments»

Top 25 Personal Finance Myths

Credit Advisor mentions some myths and perceptions could hold you back from being rich. They may set you off to the wrong course. You may have the wrong focus because of them. Take a look their 25 finance myths and positive about how you manage your finance. Here are couple of good ones:

4. Those with obvious material wealth must be rich.
Experience suggests we humans get jealous or resentful for so… » Continue

January 11 2007 | By Leon | Tagged: finance, Money, myth | 1 comment»

Top 5 myths about workplace stress

Workspace stress happens quite usual in modern workplace. The condition is usually triggered by change of work patterns or conflicts. We may encounter stress in work before, however there are some misconceptions on causes and cures of workplace stress. Alexander Kjerulf at Chief Happiness Officer shares his view on those misconceptions: