In design, “white space” is negative space. It’s not blank space because it has a purpose. It is balancing the rest of the design by throwing what is on the page (or the screen) into relief. The white space helps focus our visual attention.

How Powerful White Space Can Affect Our Daily Routine

Time scarcity is like kryptonite for creativity. If we want to create an environment that nourishes innovation and imagination, we need to build quiet counterpoints into our daily rhythm. These small moments of “white space”— where we have time to pause and reflect, or go for a walk, or just breathe deeply for a few moments — are what give balance and flow and comprehension to our lives as a larger whole.

Time Scarcity Of White Space

Think about how we can open up our schedule and let some white space in — the mental equivalent of a light, airy room of one’s own that we allow ourselves to retreat to, and refuel, a few times a day.It should be noted that a “room of one’s own” means that. We are not in a room of our own if we are looking at our phone, or waiting for it to alert us to some development. Skimming our social media feeds while trying to relax is like trying to meditate at a parade. It doesn’t work.So let’s consider it a prerequisite to white space that we must put down our phone and step away from our computer.

White Space: Room Of One's Own

This is a programming concept. “It means that each request is treated a new, without memory of previous requests.” It's the concept about the power of clarity. How we can focus on the task at hand, while not getting weighed down by all the junk we allow to pull at our attention.While it’s not possible to completely clear our minds everyday, like a stateless object in a computer program, a clear mind is a compelling notion.We can get a whole lot closer to this concept, if we create purposefully negative spaces around ourselves. Here's how:

Concept Of The Stateless Mindset By Leo Babauta

Piles of books, half completed projects, reminders taped to our wall—all of which are filling up our physical environment and competing for our attention. Consider tidying up, and at least limiting our office clutter, will help reduce our distraction while lead our work to be more meaningful.

1. Declutter Our Surroundings. 

How much is fighting for our attention when we’re creating—all those devices, all those steams, all that incoming noise? Give ourselves the permission to turn this all off, so we can turn our creativity on, and readily get into flow.

2. Limit Our Distractions

Create systems to hold our tasks, getting all our non-now actions out of our head. Any negative feelings or emotions feel like they are on the tip of our brain, then journal about them, which takes them off the front of our consciousness and frees up our mention load.

3. Download Our Brain

Consider building a few white space blocks directly into our schedule weeks in advance so that no matter what meetings or deadlines come up, we still have time blocked off to take a few moments and think about the big picture — or think about nothing at all.Because if we’re all get up and go, we’re eventually going to go off the rails.

Do We Have Enough White Space In Our Daily Routine?

Have your preserved enough “white space” within your daily workflow? Or does the way that you design your day look extremely busy and cluttered?

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Why You Need "White Space" in Your Daily Routine • Jocelyn K. Glei

There are more effective ways to reach the right decision makers than growing LinkedIn followers and social media posts. Influencer marketing continues to thrive. Most people think of social media influencers as teenagers on TikTok or beauty experts on Instagram. However, a growing segment focuses on C-suit leadership providing B2B initiatives through their social media outlets.

Influencer marketing

Consumers increasingly rely on ratings and personal reviews. As a result, a negative review on Google or Yelp can pose severe consequences for a B2C business. This is true for a B2B too. People are often influenced by their peers' opinions and less by elaborate marketing campaigns. Reaching out to senior leaders can help authenticate you as a major voice in your industry.

Benefits of B2B influencer marketing

In B2B influencer marketing from the senior leadership level, interesting information on social media platforms can provide a unique experience. Your viewpoint can be promoted on topics you have expertise in and help you reach a targeted and engaged audience.

How B2B influencer marketing works

Up to now, you may have focused on blogs on LinkedIn or Medium or use a monthly newsletter. But a successful B2B influencer needs more thought and an organised plan. How to design and implement a comprehensive social media campaign:<ul><li>Define your goals. If you are a great writer, then use it to plan your thought leadership activities.</li><li>Meet your audience. Find which social media platforms draw your potential customers.</li><li>Share your thoughts and expertise. Focus on sharing valuable, actionable insights.</li><li>Engage with your audience.</li><li>Keep an eye on the metrics, then tailor your future content.</li></ul>

Building your industry leadership position

Being a successful B2B influencer takes some initial thought, followed by an organized plan.

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The possibility of failure is always daunting, but with the right preparation and approach, you can push on and succeed. What can you do if you, like Alex, want to face your fear of screwing up on job interviews and push beyond it to success? Here are four steps you can take:

How To Overcome Your Fear of Failure 

By framing a situation you’re dreading differently before you attempt it, you may be able to avoid some stress and anxiety.

1. Redefine Failure 

Goals can be classified as approach goals or avoidance goals based on whether you are motivated by wanting to achieve a positive outcome or avoid an adverse one. Psychologists have found that creating approach goals, or positively reframing avoidance goals, is beneficial for well-being.

    2. Set approach goals (not avoidance goals).

Author and investor Tim Ferriss recommends “fear-setting,” creating a checklist of what you are afraid to do and what you fear will happen if you do it.Make three lists: first, the worst-case scenarios if he bombed the interview; second, things he could do to prevent the failure; and third, in the event the flop occurred, what could he do to repair it.

3. Create a “fear list"

The chips aren’t always going to fall where you want them to — but if you understand that reality going in, you can be prepared to wring the most value out of the experience, no matter the outcome.

    4. Focus on learning

The possibility of failure is always daunting, but with the right preparation and approach, you can push on and succeed.

How to Overcome Your Fear of Failure

𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲.

𝐑𝐔𝐋𝐄 𝐍𝐎. 𝟏

𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐞𝐥𝐟-𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐦, 𝐒𝐞𝐥𝐟-𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐒𝐞𝐥𝐟-𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞.

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Where there is a Problem there is an Opportunity to Learn Something New.:)

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The Curse of Knowledge: when we are given knowledge, it is impossible to imagine what it's like to lack that knowledge.

There are two steps in making your ideas sticky: Step 1 is to find the core. Step 2 is to translate the core using the SUCCESs checklist.<ol><li>S - simplicity. It is uncomplicated.</li><li>U - unexpectedness. It's surprising.</li><li>C - concreteness. It's easily understood.</li><li>C - credibility. It's factual.</li><li>E - emotional. Making people care.</li><li>S - story. It is wrapped in a story.</li></ol>Compare the CEO phrase, "let's maximize shareholder value", to JFK's idea, "Put a man on the moon and return him safely by the end of the decade." The idea is simple, unexpected, concrete, credible, emotional, and a story.

Six qualities that make an idea stick

To make an idea sticky, keep it simple. The idea should be stripped down to its core, where there is nothing left to take away. Use fewer bullet points. Use easy words. Reduce the ideas. The more we reduce the information, the more the idea will stick.  An example of using the core: Southwest uses "We are the low-cost airline." Every decision involves meeting this concrete yet simple goal.

Make an idea sticky with simplicity

Use the unexpected to keep the attention. Humans thrive on thinking in patterns. When a pattern is disrupted, it is more easily remembered. To make an idea stickier:<ul><li>Identify the core message</li><li>Consider what is counter-intuitive or surprising to your key message. The surprise should make sense after you think about it, but it's not something you've anticipated.</li><li>Interrupt the guessing, then fix it.</li></ul> A TV commercial started as a car commercial with a happy family travelling in a car. Suddenly, a speeding car crashes into it. No one saw it coming. It was really a safety ad.

Unexpected ideas

Concrete ideas are easy to remember. Something is concrete when it can be described or seen with the human senses. A v-8 engine is concrete, high-peformance is abstract. Novices see concrete detail as concrete detail, but an expert sees concrete detail as symbols of a pattern. The problem is that when we know more, we forget that we're shifting into the abstract.   For example, the jury sees the concrete aspects of a trial, the clothing, manner, specific procedure. The judge sees all in terms of legal precedent and past lessons.

Concrete ideas

How to create credibility when you don't have a true authority, such as experts, tradition, etc. <ul><li>Use an anti-authority. A dying smoker can make the point that smoking is bad for you. </li><li>Use concrete details. A person's knowledge of details is often viewed as expertise. Telling fascinating Civil War anecdotes with lots of interesting details can make the narrator credible.</li><li>Use statistics. Use statistics correctly to illustrate a relationship.</li><li>Use the Sinatra Trest. "if I can make it there, I can make it anywhere." Making use of one test case to make the idea credible.</li><li>Use testable credentials.</li></ul>

Credible ideas

The goal of making a message emotional is to make people care. Feelings inspire people to take action. <ul><li>The easiest way to make people care is to form creative associations between something they already care about and something they don't care about (yet). </li><li>Appealing to self-interest. A common mistake is to emphasize a feature over benefits. For example, telling people you have the best seed instead of stating that it will give them the greenest lawn.</li><li>Appealing to identity. Focusing on intangibles such as self-esteem or a sense of duty is more powerful than focusing on money.</li></ul>

The emotional component of stickiness

The right stories make people act. Stories encourage a mental stimulation that burns an idea into the mind. For example, a flight simulator is more effective than flashcards in training a pilot. Good stories are collected and discovered rather than produced. There are three influential stories to look for: <ol><li>The challenge plot: The classic underdog, rags to riches, or triumphing over adversity. </li><li>The connection plot: People who develop a relationship that bridges gaps.</li><li>The creativity plot: Making a mental breakthrough, solving a difficult problem, or creating an innovative solution.</li></ol>

Stories make ideas sticky

How to get someone else to feel a connection to you and your purpose. How to get them to empathise with your story.

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The instant classic about why some ideas thrive, why others die, and how to improve your idea’s chances—essential reading in the “fake news” era. Mark Twain once observed, “A lie can get halfway around the world before the truth can even get its boots on.” His observation rings true: Urban legends, conspiracy theories, and bogus news stories circulate effortlessly. Meanwhile, people with important ideas—entrepreneurs, teachers, politicians, and journalists—struggle to make them “stick.” In Made to Stick, Chip and Dan Heath reveal the anatomy of ideas that stick and explain ways to make ideas stickier, such as applying the human scale principle, using the Velcro Theory of Memory, and creating curiosity gaps. Along the way, we discover that sticky messages of all kinds—from the infamous “kidney theft ring” hoax to a coach’s lessons on sportsmanship to a vision for a new product at Sony—draw their power from the same six traits. Made to Stick will transform the way you communicate. It’s a fast-paced tour of success stories (and failures): the Nobel Prize-winning scientist who drank a glass of bacteria to prove a point about stomach ulcers; the charities who make use of the Mother Teresa Effect; the elementary-school teacher whose simulation actually prevented racial prejudice. Provocative, eye-opening, and often surprisingly funny, Made to Stick shows us the vital principles of winning ideas—and tells us how we can apply these rules to making our own messages stick. BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Chip Heath and Dan Heath's Switch.

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The instant classic about why some ideas thrive, why others die, and how to make your ideas stick. “Anyone interested in influencing others—to buy, to vote, to learn, to diet, to give to charity or to start a revolution—can learn from this book.”—The Washington Post   Mark Twain once observed, “A lie can get halfway around the world before the truth can even get its boots on.” His observation rings true: Urban legends, conspiracy theories, and bogus news stories circulate effortlessly. Meanwhile, people with important ideas—entrepreneurs, teachers, politicians, and journalists—struggle to make them “stick.”  In Made to Stick, Chip and Dan Heath reveal the anatomy of ideas that stick and explain ways to make ideas stickier, such as applying the human scale principle, using the Velcro Theory of Memory, and creating curiosity gaps. Along the way, we discover that sticky messages of all kinds—from the infamous “kidney theft ring” hoax to a coach’s lessons on sportsmanship to a vision for a new product at Sony—draw their power from the same six traits. Made to Stick will transform the way you communicate. It’s a fast-paced tour of success stories (and failures): the Nobel Prize-winning scientist who drank a glass of bacteria to prove a point about stomach ulcers; the charities who make use of the Mother Teresa Effect; the elementary-school teacher whose simulation actually prevented racial prejudice.   Provocative, eye-opening, and often surprisingly funny, Made to Stick shows us the vital principles of winning ideas—and tells us how we can apply these rules to making our own messages stick.

Chip Heath is the professor of Organizational Behavior in the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University.He received his B.S. degree in Industrial Engineering from Texas A&M University and his Ph.D. in Psychology from Stanford.He co-wrote a book titled Switch How to Change Things When Change Is Hard with his brother Dan Heath.

Chip Heath

Dan Heath is a Senior Fellow at Duke University's CASE center. Dan has an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School, and a B.A. from the Plan II Honors Program from the University of Texas at Austin.He co-wrote a book titled Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard with his brother Chip Heath.

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Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die

What are you most afraid of?There are many things that we are fearful of, but here are the ten most common phobias:

The ten most common phobias

Social phobias are the most common type of fear.<ol><li>They are considered an anxiety disorder and include excessive self-consciousness in social situations.</li><li>Some people can fear being judged so much they avoid specific situations, like eating in front of others.</li></ol>Up to one in 20 people have a social phobia.

Social phobias

While it is generally understood to be a fear of open spaces, agoraphobia is a much more complex fear. It is a serious anxiety disorder than can trap people in their homes or make leading a normal life next to impossible. Some people with agoraphobia avoid specific places or venues.

Agoraphobia: fear of open spaces

Some people fear heights so badly the escalators at the local shopping centre give them vertigo. Vertigo is different to the phobia and is the sense of dizziness people can develop. For others a cliff-top lookout or a tall building makes their head spin.

Acrophobia: fear of heights

With all the media coverage of air disasters it is understandable many fear being in a plane crash and hence have a fear of flying. But with more than 100,000 commercial flights around the world each day, the chances of being struck by lightning are higher than dying in a plane crash.

Pteromerhanophobia: fear of flying

Sometimes the fear of flying is actually more closely linked to a fear of enclosed spaces. People with this fear say they feel like the walls are closing on them. Some theories suggest there is a genetic link to specific phobias as a kind of dormant survival mechanism.

Claustrophobia: fear of enclosed spaces

They are small, they crawl and they often bite, so it is understandable why many people do not like spiders and insects. But they are a crucial link in the food chain and we cannot live without them.

Entomophobia: fear of insects

Indiana Jones famously quipped "I hate snakes", and he is not alone. A fear of all things long and venomous is common to many. The great thing about snakes is that if you leave them alone they will leave you alone.

Ophidiophobia: fear of snakes

A fear of dogs is a common phobia, particularly among children and door-to-door sales agents. The fear can be exacerbated by a negative experience with an animal and can be one of the most difficult phobias to conquer given canines can sense people's fear.

Cynophobia: fear of dogs

It is understandable why the booming sound of thunder can send people's hearts racing and a fear of storms is common. Realistically it is lightning that can hurt people, but the chance of that happening is remote.

Astraphobia: fear of storms

Having a sharp piece of metal stuck in your arm is always an unpleasant thought and many people develop a strong aversion to needles. But needles are typically worth the pain with them either delivering vaccinations, delivering blood donations or helping to investigate a potential illness — even creating a tattoo.

Trypanophobia: fear of needles

What are you most afraid of? The ten most common phobias include fears of open spaces, social situations and snakes.

The 10 most common phobias

It’s common to think of <a href="https://www.healthline.com/health/how-to-increase-iq">intelligence </a>as something that you’re simply born with. Some people, after all, make being smart look effortless. Intelligence isn’t a set trait, though. It’s a changeable, flexible ability to learn and stimulate your brain that can improve over time. The key is to practice lifestyle habits that support and protect your brain.

Practicing certain lifestyle habits may help improve your overall intelligence, which includes two types: <ul><li>Crystallized intelligence. This refers to your vocabulary, knowledge, and skills. Crystallized intelligence typically increases as you get older. </li><li>Fluid intelligence. Also known as fluid reasoning, fluid intelligence is your ability to reason and think abstractly. </li> </ul>

Read on to learn what science has to say about the different ways you may be able to boost both your crystallized and fluid intelligence. Staying physically active is one of the best ways to improve brain functioning.

Playing an instrument is a fun and creative way to boost your intelligence. It involves skills like: <ul><li>auditory perception </li><li>physical coordination </li><li>memory </li><li>pattern recognition </li> </ul>

If you’re an experienced musician, challenge yourself by learning new songs or genres. If you don’t know how to play an instrument, remember that it’s never too late to start. You can find plenty of free how-to videos online to get you started. Research shows that <a href="https://www.healthline.com/health/benefits-of-reading-books">reading </a>may also help boost your intelligence.

That’s because it requires multiple cognitive functions, including: <ul><li>attention </li><li>predicting </li><li>working memory </li><li>long-term storage memory </li><li>abstract reasoning </li><li>comprehension </li><li>visual processing of letters </li> </ul>

Continuing your education doesn’t mean you need to get a degree. You can: <ul><li>watch TED talks </li><li>attend lectures or workshops </li><li>pick up a new hobby </li><li>learn a new language </li><li>read books on a new subject </li> </ul>

If you find it difficult to meet new people or create relationships, you may want to consider the following: <ul><li>volunteer in your community </li><li>join a club, gym, or sports team </li><li>take a class </li><li>join a book club </li><li>reconnect with old friends </li> </ul>

Remember, intelligence isn’t about knowing more than other people. It’s about stimulating your brain, being able to solve problems, and learning new things. By staying curious and following the tips outlined above, you may be able to boost your brain health and enhance your intelligence over time.

Practicing certain lifestyle habits may help boost your intelligence and stimulate your brain. Research has shown that when done regularly, these activities and habits may help make you smarter in specific ways.

How to Become Smarter: 10 Ways to Boost Your Intelligence

Color can play an important role in conveying information nonverbally, creating certain moods, and even influencing the decisions people make. Given that 90% of snap judgments are influenced by the psychological effects of color alone, it’s important to know what colors mean and what responses they can elicit.

Important Role Of Color

Colors can affect what we remember. If there’s lots of red around, we’re more likely to recall negative words. Green, on the other hand, tends to make us hold on to positive ones. That may help us have a happier view of our life and a healthier state of mind.

Color And Our Memory

It is important to note that colors can be subjective—what might make one person feel cheerful can make another person feel irritated depending on the viewers’ past experiences or cultural differences.Color is not completely agreed on universally and can appeal differently to individual countries. But colors and emotions are closely linked no matter what, so we need to take their effects into account whenever we are using colors.

Colors and Feelings Are Inextricably Linked

Cool colors include green, blue, and purple. Cool colors are usually calming and soothing but can also express sadness. Purple is often used to help spark creativity as it’s a mixture of blue (calm) and red (intense). If a company wants to display health, beauty or security, incorporate these colors.

Cool Colors

Red, orange and yellow are next to each other on the wheel and are all warm colors. Warm colors often evoke feelings of happiness, optimism and energy. However, yellow, red and orange can also have an attention grabbing effect and signal danger or make we take action (think stop signs, hazard warnings and barrier tape). Red can also increase a person’s appetite.

Warm Colors

1. YELLOW: HOPE Yellow is carefree and confident. It’s not on the defensive. It acts as a shield against despair and feelings of humiliation. It’s eager for our attention. 2. ORANGE: VITALITY Orange is a little more mature, strong and threatening than its neighbour and sibling, yellow. It almost tips over into something frightening. 3. LIGHT RED: ADVENTURE A bright, light red is adventurous, witty, even a touch heartless. It’s not too bothered by what others think. It isn't harsh, just independent. It’s more interested in being followed than in being a follower.

Pt. 1: Universal Meaning Of Colors

4. DARK RED: POWERThis is the color of thrones, of cardinals, of power and pomp, of ceremony and feasts. Dark red is sympathetic to authority, favours the idea of maturity, assertive and assured.5. VIOLET: AMBIGUITYThe color evoked the idea of an infinite ‘beyond’ that was not threatening or dangerous, somewhere we could long for but which remained always just out of sight.6. LIGHT BLUE: CLARITYIt’s a color for being active. It’s undaunted, cheerful, ready to get on and face all the things we’ve been putting aside. It is logical, clear. It wants you to tidy your desk.

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7. DARK BLUE: DISCIPLINE This is the color of order and discipline. It tells us not to give up, to search for reserves of resilience. It is resolute, reliable.8. LIGHT GREEN: SANITYLight green has the fresh, natural feel of sanity. It is summoned when we are grateful rather than envious.9. DARK GREEN: REALISMThe soothing realms of deeper, greyer green are about realism. It pulls us back to sobriety, to patience and moderation.

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10. LIGHT BROWN: MELLOWNESSThis is a color that does not want to draw attention to itself. It is conscious of times past, and feels their wistful tug. It likes quiet. It is meditative and gentle.11. DARK BROWN: DIGNITYDignity means not having to try to impress. It's not glamorous, but deeply good and reassuring. It is solid and dependable.12. BLACK: AUTHORITYBlack is the perennial colour of fashion and sophistication in the modern world. It is strong, without illusions. It flirts with cynicism. We need black when we want to keep our cool. Black is lean.

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While a perfectly flat universe would extend out to <a href="https://www.livescience.com/counting-beyond-infinity.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">infinity </a>, a flat universe with a multiply-connected topology would have finite size. If we could somehow determine whether one or more dimensions are wrapped in on themselves, then we would know that the universe is finite in that dimension. We could then use those observations to measure the total volume of the universe.But how would a multiply-connected universe reveal itself?

Look to the light

The team found that a multiply-connected universe about three to four times larger than our observable bubble best matched the CMB data. While this result technically means that you could travel in one direction and end up back where you started, you wouldn't be able to actually accomplish that in reality. We live <a data-component-tracked="1" dir="ltr" href="https://www.livescience.com/what-is-dark-energy.html">in an expanding universe </a>, and at large scales the universe is expanding at a rate that is faster than the speed of light, so you could never catch up and complete the loop.

Imagine a universe where you could point a spaceship in one direction and eventually return to where you started. If our universe were a finite donut, then such movements would be possible and physicists could potentially measure its size.

Astrophysicists say our universe might be shaped like a three-dimensional donut, meaning you could point a spaceship in one direction and eventually return to where you started.

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Our universe might be a giant three-dimensional donut, really.

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