If you’re like most people, drinking the healthy beverage is not an everyday practice. In fact, fruits are usually the last food group to be prioritized, over vegetables and meat. There are numerous reasons why you should be drinking more natural juice. First, it can save you time. No more cooking and washing pots and pans. All you have to do is blend a day’s worth of fruits and put it in the fridge....
How is Mailbox different? The developers behind Mailbox saw how people were using email as a task manager. Think about it, if you receive an email from your editor or boss about an upcoming meeting or a new assignment. Chances are, you’ll take that task and add it into whatever tool is needed to complete that task. Mailbox prevents you from having to do that last step. When we go a bit deeper into this review, you’ll understand what I mean by this and how Mailbox has way more to offer as well....
Kelly Forrister at DavidCo has some ideas for you to try that all include taking back some time at work so you can have some breathing space. Being selfish with your time – [DavidCo]
Have a heart to heart with yourself I asked myself recently “What story is writing through me?” What is the void in my soul? The precise answer that I am waiting for hasn’t come quickly. The chapters are still unfolding, but no doubt there is a pen moving. Don’t assume just because something is difficult that it is not of a greater purpose. The challenges you may face are very real....
It is a good piece of reading for the weekend! Managing with Aloha Manifesto – [ChangeThis.com via Slackmanager] Related resoures: Managing with Aloha Book Managing with Aloha blog Say Leadership Coaching blog
Businesses have been using the press release as a marketing tactic for forever. So why haven’t you used it for your blog or business yet? Maybe because the press release lives in the old offline world. It’s important to remember that there are many people who are still plugged into this world, so why not go after this area? Most blogs and many small businesses overlook this marketing element. This article will show you how to gain maximum exposure for your blog or business through a complete press release strategy....
Shamanism And Yoga It is believed that yoga is an eight-limb structure and has its origin in Shamanism from the Stone Age. The shaman is considered a precursor to the yogi. Related to the yogic culture, the shamanistic culture adored the sacred art of altering one’s awareness or consciousness. Both these practices hold spiritual ideals and were focused on the well-being of humans.Like yoga, shamanism was executed to heal and alleviate human suffering....
Carry 3×5 cards and a pen– At all times, I have a stack of 3×5 cards and a pen on my person. I write down thoughts, ideas, follow-up tasks, and contact information from people who don’t have a business card on hand. Transfer this to electronic format quickly– I’ve learned that keeping info on the cards never helps me. Instead, I move all to-do items into Google Calendar, all contacts into Gmail’s contact list, and all ideas into 37Signals’ Backpack....
The thing about this category is that it doesn’t just have an impact on your life outside of work; it impacts your style of life – that includes your work and your life outside of work. In a time where we seem to dive deeper into work and less into life outside of it (as the two seem to be coming more and more intertwined), these tools are meant to connect you with your overall “lifestyle”....
Deficit thinking is an ingrained habit of focusing on gaps and weaknesses (the deficit) instead of what’s working (and can be made to work still better). It’s focusing on what you can’t do, not what you can. Instead of your dreams and ambitions propelling you forward, you let the gap between your current state and your desires become a source of frustration and depression. It’s the old business of seeing the glass as half empty....
Okay, well it’s not exactly bad, but by displacing leaves from where they naturally fell, you’re not doing your yard any favors, either. And it makes sense. Think about it: For hundreds, thousands, even millions of years, leaves went un-raked when they fell from their lofty heights. The whole idea of clearing your yard is a relatively new phenomenon, and the only reason we really do it in the first place is to make our yard look cleaner....
No one can make you fell inferior without your consent.
Review of Virginia Postrel, The Substance of Style (2004, Harper Perennial, Paperback) Virginia Postrel’s The Substance of Style is a book I’ve been meaning to read for a long time. Postrel has a rare combination of talents: her writing is fluid, vivid, and memorable, her writing is informed by careful economic reasoning, and despite her expertise she doesn’t assume that her aesthetic and cultural choices are self-evidently better than anyone else’s....
Overview of Windows Graphical Brainstorming Tools – [John Buckman]
2. You fully get to experience living in and for the moment. 3. There are many different cultures that you come across and the more you discover, the more you want to find out about the world. 4. You learn to go with the flow because that is, quite literally, all you can do. 5. As you discover other ways people live their life and open your eyes to what is going on to the world, your problems seem a lot smaller....
While there are many management skills for us to acquire, the ability to foresee the future is unquestionably the number one ability everyone longs to possess. Fortunately, it’s not some inherent talent only available to an elite few. With the right tools and resources, you too can make accurate business projections. What Is PEST Analysis and How It Can Help You Predict the Future One of the best tools to use is the PEST analysis....
People who wear glasses on a daily basis know how difficult it can be to keep them in place. Contacts come with their own set of problems when it comes to maintenance, making them an unfit alternative for many people. Don Hejny came up with a solution for this growing concern. It’s called Nerdwax. At first glance, it looks like lip balm. After reading the instructions, it does a lot more than provide a safe coating for the skin....
Here are 5 habits that will turn your credit cards into money earning power houses. 1. Free Loans Did you know there are two ways you can get a bank to lend you money for free? A credit card’s grace period essentially lends you money with no interest from the time you make a purchase to 21 days after you receive your credit card statement. That’s free float that can bridge a short term cash flow issue or allow you to earn interest (although not much nowadays) on the banks dime....
The problem is, at the end of the day when everything is quiet and you can listen to your soul. It’s telling you, yes, you smile when you receive the renumeration, but deep down inside you’re not happy. Deep down, there’s only emptiness. The truth is you don’t have self fulfilment doing the job. And you say, “what’s the point in staying stuck with the job and the company when I’m not fulfilled”....
