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Now, who hasn't had a crisis in their life? I've had more than a few.  Cancer, then my husband developing it, too.  Losing jobs.  Not being invited to neighborhood parties (just kidding, but how come, peeps?). A new study claims that a crisis can derail efforts to meet a goal. Setbacks are to be expected when pursuing a goal, whether you are trying to lose weight or save money. The challenge is getting back on track and not giving up after a difficulty or crisis, says a marketing professor in Iowa State University’s  Ivy College of Business . Now, this may sound like Captain Obvious (my favorite is him holding a bucket of ice and saying, "This is cold"!), but s taying committed to a long-term health goal (these experts researched this on behalf of J osé Rosa 's sister, a team member, who sister was struggling with diabetes) is, as those of us who have suffered life's little slings and arrows, is challenging. It may often feel as if there is no lig...

I may have written about this before but a new study is saying that too much hard work may cause you to screw up your team. How so?  Experts claim that taking breaks  may improve not only your own performance but the chances of your team winning overall, says a new study by a team of USC computer scientists. Researchers from USC Viterbi’s Information Sciences Institute (ISI) crunched data from thousands of players in a popular online video game to analyze individual performance in teams over time. They also examined the impact of expertise on performance and other factors influencing player behavior, such as continuing to play versus ending the session, according to newswise.com. “We’re trying to understand what drives certain patterns of behavior in real social environments and online gaming allows us to study this question from different perspectives in a natural setting,” explains the study’s lead author Anna Sapienza, an ISI postdoctoral research associate.  ...