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This might be dangerous territory we're getting into but I'm willing to take the risk. When you get home at the end of the day and walk through the door, what's the first thing you do? That thing determines your personality. I'd act like I do something other than change into comfy clothes but it would be a lie. Yoga pants for me (no yoga, mind you). In fact, I'm wearing this today. Classy, right? 

If you’re a man with a pleasant personality, you’re probably not going to get paid as a much as a man with a less agreeable personality. Researchers from University of Notre Dame’s Mendoza College of Business were able to determine, using information gleamed from three large scale longitudinal studies, that men who who have agreeable personality types — meaning they test high for warmth, kindness

In a study that anyone who works in an office will heartily embrace, researchers found that spending small parts of the day wasting time on the Internet makes workers more productive because it acts to mentally refresh them. “Browsing the Internet serves an important restorative function,” concludes the report from the National University of Singapore.

The communal offices that were introduced during the ’50s to boast creativity and problem solving are actually reducing productivity, according to new research. Neuroscientist Dr. Jack Lewis conducted brain scans on office workers and found that those who work in spaces with few walls are plagued by intense bursts of distraction.