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Money Resources. In the more than two years since we published our first article, we've found quite a few resources that can save you money and headaches.

Money Resources

Here's the ultimate guide to 190 of the best budgeting tools, deals & coupon sites, rate comparison engines, and personal finance resources online. This list has everything you need to start saving money immediately. Tweet This Page Award Categories: Best Online Money Management. No Thought Suppression. How pushing a thought out of consciousness can bring it back with a vengeance. It sometimes feels like our minds are not on the same team as us. I want to go to sleep, but it wants to keep me awake rerunning events from my childhood. I want to forget the lyrics from that stupid 80s pop song but it wants to repeat them over and over again ad nauseam. This internal battle can be anything from the attempt to suppress an occasional minor irritation (did I turn off the cooker?) Detect a Lie. Interesting Info -> Lying Index -> How to Detect Lies Become a Human Lie Detector (Part 1) Warning: sometimes ignorance is bliss.

Detect a Lie

After gaining this knowledge, you may be hurt when it is obvious that someone is lying to you. The following deception detection techniques are used by police, forensic psychologists, security experts and other investigators. Introduction to Detecting Lies: This knowledge is also useful for managers, employers, and for anyone to use in everyday situations where telling the truth from a lie can help prevent you from being a victim of fraud/scams and other deceptions. This is just a basic run down of physical (body language) gestures and verbal cues that may indicate someone is being untruthful. If you got here from somewhere else, be sure to check out our Lie Detection index page for more info including new research in the field of forensic psychology. Beating Clutter. Yoga Poses. Someone's Philosophy. Healthy Relationships. I think it's easy to make things more complicated than they need to be.

Here are some basic rules of the relationship road that will keep you headed in the right direction. 1. Successful relationships take work. They don't happen in a vacuum. They occur when the couples in them take the risk of sharing what it is that's going on in their hearts and heads. 60 Ways / 100 Days - Improve Your Life. 26 Years 26 Lessons. Today, I turn 26 years old.

26 Years 26 Lessons

[pause for cheering] A little over a month ago, I wrote the post “3 Lessons I’ve Learned in 3 Years of Marriage“. 15 Types of Distorted Thinking. 15 styles of Distorted Thinking Filtering: You take the negative details and magnify them while filtering out all positive aspects of a situation.

15 Types of Distorted Thinking

Polarized Thinking: Things are black or white, good or bad. 51 Healthy Living Cheat Sheets. A Fractured History. Tackle Any Issue With a List of 100. The List of 100 is a powerful technique you can use to generate ideas, clarify your thoughts, uncover hidden problems or get solutions to any specific questions you’re interested in.

Tackle Any Issue With a List of 100

The technique is very simple in principle: state your issue or question in the top of a blank sheet of paper and come up with a list of one hundred answers or solutions about it. “100 Ways to Generate Income”, “100 Ways to be More Creative” or “100 Ways to Improve my Relationships” are some examples. “One hundred entries? Isn’t that way too many?” Bear with me: it’s exactly this exaggeration that makes the technique powerful. 29 Ways to Stay Creative. Lists to Write Before You Die. 50 Questions to Free Your Mind. TED - How the Mind Works. 60 Ways To Make Life Simple Again. 42 Ways to Improve Yourself.

Top 40 Learn New Skills Sites. 50 Tips for College Students. I did the "extended tour" of college. From about 1991-2002. I did get 4 degrees, so at least I have an excuse. :) I've also been an adjunct professor, so I've also been at the other side of the classroom. 1) The Freshman Fifteen does exist. 100 Inspiring Quotes + Sites. So many people have said so many things so much better than I will ever be able to.

100 Inspiring Quotes + Sites

Here are 100 of them. I hope you find at least a few that speak to you. If you want to be happy, be. – Leo Tolstoy The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up. – Mark Twain Happiness is excitement that has found a settling down place. But there is always a little corner that keeps flapping around. – E.L. Konigsburg Man is fond of counting his troubles, but he does not count his joys. Several of these came from Louise Hay, who is pretty terrific. Tags: lists , quotes. The Top 10 Psychology Studies of 2010.

The end of 2010 fast approaches, and I'm thrilled to have been asked by the editors of Psychology Today to write about the Top 10 psychology studies of the year. I've focused on studies that I personally feel stand out, not only as examples of great science, but even more importantly, as examples of how the science of psychology can improve our lives. Each study has a clear "take home" message, offering the reader an insight or a simple strategy they can use to reach their goals , strengthen their relationships, make better decisions, or become happier.

If you extract the wisdom from these ten studies and apply them in your own life, 2011 just might be a very good year. Leadership Body Lnguage. Your Body Language. Art by LaetitziaAs we all know, communication is essential in society.

Your Body Language

Advancements in technology have transformed the way that we correspond with others in the modern world. Because of the constant buzz in our technological world, it's easy to forget how important communicating face-to-face is. When conversing old-school style, it's not only speech we verbalize that matters, but what our nonverbal gestures articulate as well. Life Insurance Explained. Simple Discussion On All The Fine Print Home After purchasing your life insurance policy and having it approved you finally get the document in your hand.