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When you're heading into a high-stakes situation like a job interview or a big presentation, it can be easy to feel intimidated. But don't succumb to those feelings of powerlessness. There are plenty of easy ways to boost your confidence and, in turn, your performance. We rounded up seven of those science-backed strategies, all of which can be done in just a few minutes.

*takes long drag of a cigarette*

While a great shift from simply making a resolution that you know you won’t keep, a problem still exists. Actually implementing new behaviors and setting up successful systems to support that behavior seem to be the missing link between starting and maintaining that new healthy habit you’ve committed to. Changing behaviors really is a process that involves a sort of planning in advanced. You have nine mental process that you must go through when changing a behavior, and six actual stages in the implementation of the change.

Walk, Don't Run by Rusty Johnson is one of the most fun books I've read in a very long time. If you are a fan of 60's era music, particularly what was coming from the West Coast, you do not want to miss this read.

I have spent the last 16 years advising some of the most amazing, successful, and yes, wealthy families in the US. These enterprising families have worked most of their lives to be the best at what they do and bring the same talent to managing their wealth. Wealth does not build itself, but it can be built, nurtured, and preserved. Based on that understanding and my experience, here is my list of the top 10 strategies for building and growing wealth.

In 2013, Bowie posted his 100 favorite books on his public Facebook page. The list is a characteristically eclectic list featuring everyone from Junot Diaz and George Orwell to Angela Carter and Muriel Spark.

We all have memories of our favorite lunch boxes growing up. Whether its displayed your favorite Saturday morning cartoon or favorite band — a lunch box was the ultimate expression of who you were in school. And while your lunch box probably didn't make it through adolescence, there are quite a few still out there. Even better, some of them go for a lot of money! We scoured the web to find some pretty distinctive lunch boxes that go for a pretty penny. Some of the highest sellers might surprise you.

Walt Disney was an American businessman, animator, voice actor, producer and cartoonist, creating the well-loved cartoon character – Micky Mouse.

Many rulers of the Middle Ages got nicknames, ranging from the Magnificent to the Crazy. Some monarchs got the title ‘The Great’ – what did they do to deserve such an honour. Here is a little information about 15 ‘Great’ medieval rulers, arranged chronologically:

I’ve always been skeptical of this claim, so I decided to check to see if this really happens: Do pilots put the pedal to the metal when their flights are delayed, even if the strategy is more costly because it uses more fuel?

When it comes to B2B businesses and corporate YouTube pages–and why you might want to optimize them to take full advantage of all SEO benefits–consider this: YouTube is the second largest search engine on the Internet. The only larger search engine (today anyway), is The Google, YouTube’s parent company. In fact, according to Alexa and SimilarWeb, YouTube attracts the third highest amount of traffic of all websites in the world.

Andrew Carnegie was a Scottish-American industrialist whom led the American steel industry in the late 1800’s. Andrew Carnegie also sparked and stimulated philanthropy with his article “The Gospel of Wealth”. Here are some great Andrew Carnegie quotes to live by...

In July 1648, during the final clashes of the Thirty Years’ War, the Swedish army looted the city of Prague. Among the treasures they stole and brought with them when they returned home was a book called Codex Gigas. Not only is Codex Gigas famous for being the largest medieval book in the world, but because of its contents, it is also known as The Devil’s Bible.

It’s 2016. There’s one thing that you should make a point to do this year in order to make it the BEST YEAR EVER: Read more books.

People don’t have the time or the attention span to read any more words than necessary. You want your readers to hear you out, understand your message, and perhaps be entertained, right? Here’s a list of words to eliminate to help you write more succinctly.

I’m here to tell you there are proven ways to improve your self-confidence that will drive real, long lasting change in your life.

Enticing combinations like avocado, goji berries and lime juice or chocolate chips and peanuts can quench any kind of hankering you may be having while at the same time complementing -- not wrecking -- your weight loss goals. Check out some of the other delectable snack options in the video above, then feel free to thank us.

Let’s face it: You have competition. There are other companies that provide an offering similar to yours. Chances are, you’re not the only one who can offer the benefits you provide. In the world of entrepreneurship, success depends greatly on your ability to stand out from the crowd. Achieving your goals requires you to differentiate yourself from the others who are vying to achieve the same objectives.

Shortening the learning curve is a topic that’s been studied for many years, and this guide will cover the fundamental core principles of learning faster. Were these principles perfectly in place, you could leverage them to push yourself to learn faster and master any category of learning, including languages, business skills, musical instruments and more. To quote Tony Robbins: "One skill you want to master in this day and age we live in, if you want to have an extraordinary life, is the ability to learn rapidly."

Here are some techniques and tips I’ve learned from sending out successful cold emails as well as tricks of the trade I’ve learned from receiving great cold emails.

Joel Haddley and Stephen Worsley, from the University of Liverpool came up with a previous method for cutting the perfect slice, known as monohedral disc tiling, which results in 12 identical slices.

What’s driving their success? One factor is the growth of the internet, which has enabled individual entrepreneurs to plunge into a vast, global marketplace cheaply and quickly. “It’s provided a whole set of capabilities and tools these entrepreneurs can access,” says Andrew Karpie, a principal analyst at the Research Platform in San Francisco, who studies online platforms used in the labor area.

The most surprising, provocative, and inspiring findings from the last year.

The 1970s was a time for big change. From innovative sitcoms like The Mary Tyler Moore Show, to President Nixon visiting China, the country was ready for new ideas. Looking back, it seemed like nothing changed more than the radical fashion of the 1970s. From hot pants to platform shoes, closets were unrecognizable from just a decade earlier. And looking back, a lot of these trends seem wild. Here's a look back at the fashion trends that seemed so hip back then.

But some people – lucid dreamers – have the ability to experience awareness during their dreams by “re-awakening” some aspects of their waking consciousness. They can even take control and act with intention in the dream world (think Leonardo DiCaprio in the film Inception).

Find a comfy nook and bring your favorite book... because these tips make it easy for you to start reading more right now.

At the festival each year we run a legal clinic with lawyer Julian Wilkins. Slots are by application and a number of questions get asked repeatedly, so we thought we would ask Julian these questions as a podcast you can listen to here.

This week Flavia Frigeri, assistant curator of our Matisse cut-outs exhibition, takes a closer look at the honest friendship and open rivalry between the two masters of modern art, Matisse and Picasso.

If you run a one-person business, you know how hard it is to get everything done, even if you’re super-efficient. To help you amp up your personal productivity, I asked owners of some of the million-dollar, one- and two-person businesses I’ve profiled in this blog to share some of the tools and hacks they use to automate their work and extend their reach. Here are some of their favorites:

No matter how busy you are it is always possible to find spiritual practices that fit within the confines of a hectic day. Here are some practices I personally use. They require consistency but not complexity.

But why exactly do we have food cravings? And what do they mean?

You need two things to break the smoking habit: The reason WHY you wish to cease the habit. The will to do so.

In her new book Mathematics and Art, historian Lyn Gamwell explores how artists have for thousands of years used mathematical concepts - such as infinity, number and form - in their work. Here she choses ten stunning images from her book that reveal connections between maths and art.

If you're in the market for an update to , old Strunk and White, it's probably a good buy. But if you just want to spot-check that you've not been making embarrassing language mistakes for years, a monster list of 58 commonly misused phrases covered in the book that recently appeared in the UK's Independent newspaper is probably a good place to start.

Instead of following a similar futile pattern for your focus in 2016, make this the year you are going to be more intentional about where you spend your time, your energy and your resources. Follow these 12 habits that successful leaders adopt to create explosive growth in their business:

Though "Star Wars" takes place in a galaxy far, far away, some locations are much closer to home.

Illustrator Yao Xiao thinks people are overly apologetic when they should be thankful instead. “A few friends of mine would always say ‘thank you for hanging out with me’ and I couldn’t figure out why it was so nice to hear it,” she told A Plus. “When I thanked people, it brought to light the fact that we just did something together—and that realization made us both happier.”

Consumer experience these days is not simply designed; it’s engineered. Research determines the ads you see, the scents and sounds you encounter in stores, even the way a salesperson might casually touch your arm. It’s not all high-tech brain science, but here are some of the tricks companies use to entice you to spend more.

These are the 8 key factors that made my book a best seller. If you’re a current or prospective self-published author, you’ll want to bookmark this one. This is what made my book a mini-phenomenon… one which continues to grow.

In 2013, mathematician and science author Ian Stewart published a book on 17 Equations That Changed The World. We recently came across this convenient table on Dr. Paul Coxon's twitter account by mathematics tutor and blogger Larry Phillips that summarizes the equations. (Our explanation of each is below):

I've already posted most of the advice below but scattered among five or six posts. I thought it would be useful to collect all of my happiness and success rules in a single place. Enjoy!

One former Apple and NeXT employee told Business Insider what it was like to face Jobs and tell him one of his assignments was impossible.

“If you can fall in love again and again… if you can forgive as well as forget, if you can keep from growing sour, surly, bitter and cynical… you’ve got it half licked.”

Even the most brilliant minds need to unwind.

Infinity is a powerful concept. Philosophers, artists, theologians, scientists, and people from all walks of life have struggled with ideas of the infinite and the eternal throughout history.

I’ve worked with many clients who can afford personal training, even a personal chef or tailored meal delivery services designed for weight loss, and yet despite these resources they wind up sabotaging themselves through emotional eating. If you find yourself in the same boat, focus on your feelings first, not your diet and exercise plan. Here are the top four emotions that tend to derail healthy intentions, along with strategies for altering how they impact your habits.

Franklin, as well as other almanac writers, peppered his book with witticisms and proverbs. “Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise” is one of the sayings he used. This proverb actually originated long before Franklin’s time. It was seen in print as early as 1496, in a piece called The Treatise of Fishing with an Angle. There it is referred to as an old English proverb:

The Wall Street Journal describes how marketing is becoming increasingly automated as a result of new technologies. "It's not that the goals of marketing have changed, but the means to achieve them." A wide-variety of automation tools are available to enhance your small business's digital presence and marketing campaigns. These business automation tools can make your business reach a success by leveraging email, social media and web services.

Art works of Johannes Vermeer.

It’s New Year’s. You want to set goals, and achieve them. But, realistically, you’re probably not going to. Researchers find that anywhere from 40% to 8% of Americans who set New Year’s resolutions successfully stick to them.