We’ve been talking alot about journaling lately and the benefits that it can bring to your life, as well as the lives of your loved ones. But, what if you could turn your digital journaling into an awesome, automated digital tracking and logging system? Well, with a little geekery, the new Slogger 2, and Day One for the Mac, that automated digital logging system can be yours. So, what the heck does this do?...
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It doesn’t really matter where you live, what your age is, or whether you’re single and uncommitted or married with kids, most – if not all – of these tips are achievable for everyone. Just think how much better you could feel by the time summer rolls around if you’ve found the courage to jump into completely different pursuits that will lead to a healthier, happier life. 1. Find Fitness That’s Fun Bored with your current exercise routine?...
It is called sitting. While sitting isn’t a totally bad idea, spending the larger part of our day doing it can damage our productivity significantly. Unfortunately, in the digital age we are today, we now spend more time sitting than ever before; the average human being spends around 9 hours sitting every day, when sitting down for just 6 hours a day increases your risk of dying in the next 15 years 40% higher than that of someone sitting for just 3 hours a day....
Find out the important success tips in this episode of The Lifehack Show.
This principle can also be applied to your business, where the people that you employ and partner with have a huge impact on future success or failure. With this in mind, you need to beware of the following five personality types and their potential to destroy your business: 1. The Flat-track Bully As a general rule, bullies are loud, aggressive and outwardly confident individuals who are have an ability to initially stand out from the crowd and earn recognition from their superiors....
Identify the purpose in your own mind Let the reader know the purpose Set the context Know what you want to tell the reader Organize your points in logical order Before you close, repeat the purpose of the letter Get rid of the mistakes Think about whether the letter is too long Watch out for that nasty computer! Put it down. Have a drink of water. Come back and read it again Reconfirm that you’ve done the job...
I don’t need to be told to relax. I need tools. So, through research and practice, I’ve come up with the following four ways to successfully reduce stress, and help me induce that wonderful state of relaxation. They’re almost as good as a day on the beach. 1. Relax…Take a deep breath Do you know when a stressful situation is going to hit? How do you prepare yourself? When I know a stressful situation is inevitable, I stop and take a deep breath....
If you’re planning to found a startup, though, time is the most important asset you have — you need as many hours as you can invest in coding, marketing and all the other details of operating a new business. The same is true, by the way, of most big projects you can think of in your life. You can’t be running around, worried on whether your day-to-day chores are getting done....
Use Confidence Boosters One of the confidence boosters that we used in the Green Berets was that we trained for success. Don’t get me wrong, we had contingency plan upon contingency plan in case something went wrong. We used the acronym PACE – Primary, Alternate, Contingency Emergency. Each critical step of the mission had a PACE sequence. If the primary way in would not work, we went to the alternate, then to the contingency, and finally to the emergency....
Yesterday, I asked you about the hardware and software you use to get things done. TOday, I want to expand on that: How have the new web technologies – social media, web 2.0, interactivity, cloud computing, etc. – affected the way you do your job? Or even created your job? Today’s winner will be ready to attack the Web with two years of web hosting from powerMonster and a copy of PhraseExpress to automate repetitive tasks....
That’s where Tabman comes in. If you use Chrome, you can download the extension and quickly and easily sort through your tabs using a drop down menu that appears on the top left of the browser. While the extension is open, you can navigate tabs by using your up and down buttons or the scroll button on your mouse. You can even rearrange the order of your tabs by clicking and dragging them....
Bellingham, WA Cost of Living: 9 points above national average State Sales Tax: 6.5% If the Pacific Northwest is your dream retirement spot, you could hardly find a better town than Bellingham, WA. Aside from the breathtaking views of the Pacific Ocean complete with a resident orca whale population, Bellingham boasts above average air quality, low crime, and a high walkability rating. The only downside to this college town is a price with a cost of living 9% above the national average....
Now, we can’t all go out and design our own school, and hire our own personalized teachers, but here are 3 things we can all emulate, as students, when it comes to educating ourselves: As Socrates discovered long ago, true discovery happens when we present ourselves with intelligent questions, rather than adhere to pre-determined answers- and this couldn’t be more true for students. As Elon recognized, teaching students by giving them answers to problems that they haven’t yet had a chance to explore (or even understand) destroys creativity, narrows the mind, and leads to boredom....
Take fat for example. For years it has been painted as an evil monster and the root cause of high cholesterol, heart disease and obesity. But scientific studies now show that there are many benefits of eating more fat, and it’s time we started rethinking this essential part of our dietary regime. In short, fat has gotten a bad rap. In Grain Brain Dr. David Perlmutter describes our ancestor’s diet as being 75% fat, 20% protein and 5% carbs compared to our current diet of 60% carbs, 20% protein and 20% fat....
Prof Richard Wiseman explains the 90 minute rule in this video from In59Seconds. According to him, the key to waking up all charged up and hitting the ground running, is the 90 minute sleep cycle in which you wake up. Intriguing? Watch on to learn more! Featured photo credit: In59Seconds via goo.gl
And most of the time, it’s boring. Many times it feels far better to just do nothing. Sometimes you feel like relaxing in the backyard but you have a business meeting you really have to attend. So you get up and go. Other times you feel like watching that game on the couch, but you promised yourself you’re going to run 5km today. So you get up and go. You don’t enjoy it, but you finish it....
Productivity Hacks of 8 Famous Thinkers and Leaders
Man with a special gift The movie follows the lives of guards at death row, whose lives have been affected by one of their prisoners, who serves a sentence due to accusations of child murder and rape. The prisoner has a mysterious gift which catches the attention of the prison guards. The story set in the 1930s follows the tale of Paul Edgecomb (Tom Hanks) and Brutus ‘Brutal’ Howell (David Morse), whose lives are turned around when they receive John Coffey (Michael Clarke Duncan) as a prisoner on death row....
Experimenters, their studies, and their results are far from perfect. We have all heard of the academic misconduct, intentional manipulation, and researchers who blatantly lie in their research. However, it is safe to assume that most researchers have good intentions when performing experiments and writing publications. Despite good intentions, it is important to understand that all researchers are subject to one major downfall: experimenter bias. Understanding Experimenter Bias [1] In its simplest form, bias is when our mind tends to favor something....
