Love can change the world. Here are 5 ways to make an impact in your community and improve the lives of others. Open Your Eyes and Ears to Understand the Needs of Others It’s easy to get caught up in the hustle and bustle of life and to overlook the need for help that’s all around us. When we open our eyes and focus our minds on love and empathy, we see opportunities to make an impact in someone else’s life....

1. Start a dream journal The key to becoming lucid is dream recollection and consistent thought about your dreams. Keeping a dream journal accomplishes both of these things. A dream journal can be as simple as a spiral notebook or as personalized as a leather bound journal. The purpose is the same regardless. Store your journal and a pen somewhere very close to where you sleep each night. As soon as you wake up, initiate dream recall....

Let’s be clear. Your email is not your work; it is simply a tool to help you do your work. But like any tool it can be ineffective or even dangerous when used wrongly. Here is how to make email your servant not your master. 1. Check your email inbox at set intervals. Do not have your email on and active in front of you all the time. For most people it is better to check email no more than three or four times a day....

For example, your sales team may be close to their end of quarter and is committed to delivering the best results possible. While this is a worthy goal, the team members run the risk of pushing themselves too far and leaving themselves drained of energy and filled with tension. It’s at times like these that all your employees can be negatively affected. It’s not new that stress can lower productivity or even work quality One of the symptoms of stress, is that it can lead to lower productivity....

Meeting Planner | Organizer | Worksheet – [studentl.inc] Meeting Purpose – This helps the student leader identify the answer to the question: “Why do we need to have this meeting?” If one can’t define the purpose, one shouldn’t be calling a meeting. 2. Meeting Preparation – There are certain things that must be in place as one gets ready for a meeting. This section helps the student leader to make sure that he or she is ready to go once the meeting is called to order....

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The trimesters Having a headache during pregnancy is not abnormal. Out of the three stages, the first symptom of headaches start to appear during the first trimester. This happens due to the increase in blood flow and circulation, and the overflowing of hormones in the body. Cutting down on caffeine is also considered to be another factor. Meanwhile, the body of the mother is getting accustomed to the new changes that is taking place....

The Pros of A Morning Workout When you wake up, all of your muscles are relaxed and you’re likely to feel lethargic – exercise is the perfect remedy for this. Furthermore, a morning workout wakes you entire body up, including your metabolism. This means you’re more likely to lose weight when exercising in the morning as opposed to the evening. Moreover, if you don’t eat a big breakfast (especially not carbs) you will burn even more fat, according to PubMed studies....

In reality the main purposes are different for everyone, but sadly lots of people are heavily influenced by other people. This can mean that they have the wrong purpose for their life as instead of following something that they feel passionately about, they are following something someone else feels passionately about. One of the main problems with this is that most people who are easily influenced don’t realize how easily they can be influenced!...

Who’s At Risk of Deficiency? Magnesium deficiency is quite common, but most folks aren’t aware they have it as the symptoms are quite subtle. The interesting part of magnesium deficiency is that unless you have severely low intakes of magnesium or have one of a few different medical conditions, you probably wouldn’t even notice. If you have dangerously low intakes, alcohol dependency, have Type 2 diabetes, or gastrointestinal diseases or are a little older, then some symptoms may start to pop up sooner then you want them to....

Now there’s a wearable that is discreet, reliable, and incredibly small. The MOTA SmartRing is THE gadget that the average smartwatch could only hope to be. This device can display notifications like an electronic headline. You can push various social media and SMS messages to your finger without needing to pull out your phone. Charging the MOTA SmartRing is incredibly easy. Through the wireless charging pad, users don’t have to mess with messy cords or extra battery packs....

Happiness and contentment are often states that take a while to cultivate. However, there are things you can do to find a quick boost of happiness if you’re having a bad moment. While these things likely won’t fix your problems, they may help you approach them with a greater sense of ease. If you want to get started improving your mood, here are 5 go-to mood boosters to get happier in a minute or less!...

Either in Settings or next to Gmail’s search box, is a link to Create a Filter. When adding a filter we enter some parameters like who the email is from or what the subject line contains etc. Next step, we check Skip the Inbox, add the Label we want the email to be sorted to, check Apply to conversations below and Create Filter. That’s a simple process that we will repeat for the following hacks....

Nooch is commonly used as a topper for dishes like popcorn, pasta, and French fries. It is often used to mimic cheese in vegan dishes and to thicken sauces and dressings. Though it allows for some amazing variety in a vegan diet, nutritional yeast is not reserved just for vegans. It is delicious with a cheesy, umami-like flavor and is a healthy addition to anyone’s diet. Nutritional yeast is popular as an ingredient in cheese substitutes as it has a strong flavor that is often described as nutty, cheesy, or creamy....

1. “Hella” 2. “The City” 3. “SoCal” 4. “I’m stoked!” 5. “420” 6. “Janky” “Janky” means “performing below normal standards.” So if your iPhone is being slow and unresponsive, you’d say “Dang, my phone is being real janky today.” It’s not something I heard being used everyday in NorCal, though it definitely was used, especially compared to SoCal where I never heard it. I’d stick to using this phrase in Northern California, because elsewhere they might think you’re talking about an exotic new narcotic....

How to Break-Up With a Friend

This is part one, and Stevey promises the “HOW TO” stuff in the next post, but it’s really interesting reading, and you’ll want this under your belts for context before you get the next post. Of course, you’ll need to be more than a quivering blob of empathy to be a good manager, so I have a few more tips coming your way. But first, if you’re reading these tips with an eye towards practicing them, let’s revisit why you’re interested in management in the first place....

11 Signs That Tell You It’s Time to Let Go

This inclination to judge before you’ve even met someone is natural. They say that the first impression is important, but sometimes you can make an impression before even meeting someone. A judgement call is made at light speed Impressions are instant. It only takes 100 milliseconds to make an impression. When forming a first impression, two areas of the brain are utilized: the amygdala and the posterior cingulated cortex (PCC)....

Did you know that 64% of teens post photos or videos of themselves, while more than half (58%) post info about where they live? The first step to ensuring cyber security is to acknowledge how the youngest ones’ online behavior and anticipate the principal dangers. The infographic also visualizes interesting facts on smartphone addiction such as ‘iPhone separation anxiety’ and statistics on ‘sexting’ which is sending or receiving sexually explicit or sexually suggestive images, messages or videos via a cell phone or the internet....