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10 Articles That Changed My Life · LifeReboot.com. It’s easy to find a well written article.

10 Articles That Changed My Life · LifeReboot.com

It’s not always easy to find a well written article with genuine value. That’s because the Internet has nearly limitless value — you can use it to look up the correct spelling of a word, or to translate text between languages, or even figure out “what’s the name of that guy from that movie who was in that other movie?” Memorize.com - The Flashcard Wiki. 11 Great Online Tools for Students. What single book is the best introduction to your field (or spec. Psychology Today: How to Get Great Sleep. Blame it on the Industrial Revolution.

Psychology Today: How to Get Great Sleep

Or maybe on the light bulb. But ever since man met machine, sleep has been on the skids. In 2001, 38 percent of U.S. adults said they were sleeping less than they were just five years earlier. Americans now average seven hours in bed per night, and close to 60 percent now report they have trouble sleeping at least a few nights every week. Seduced by 24-hour casinos, reruns and the Internet, Americans have plenty of diversions to keep them wired and alert. The biggest sleep robber of all, however, is work—the puritan ethic gone haywire in an era of global markets. Concise Learning™ How to Do What You Love. January 2006 To do something well you have to like it.

How to Do What You Love

That idea is not exactly novel. We've got it down to four words: "Do what you love. " But it's not enough just to tell people that. Doing what you love is complicated. The very idea is foreign to what most of us learn as kids. And it did not seem to be an accident. The world then was divided into two groups, grownups and kids. Teachers in particular all seemed to believe implicitly that work was not fun. I'm not saying we should let little kids do whatever they want.

Once, when I was about 9 or 10, my father told me I could be whatever I wanted when I grew up, so long as I enjoyed it. Jobs By high school, the prospect of an actual job was on the horizon. The main reason they all acted as if they enjoyed their work was presumably the upper-middle class convention that you're supposed to. 11 steps to a better brain - being-human - 28 May 2005 - New Sci. By Kate Douglas, Alison George, Bob Holmes, Graham Lawton, John McCrone, Alison Motluk and Helen Phillips It doesn’t matter how brainy you are or how much education you’ve had – you can still improve and expand your mind.

11 steps to a better brain - being-human - 28 May 2005 - New Sci

Boosting your mental faculties doesn’t have to mean studying hard or becoming a reclusive book worm. There are lots of tricks, techniques and habits, as well as changes to your lifestyle, diet and behaviour that can help you flex your grey matter and get the best out of your brain cells. And here are 11 of them. Does getting old have to mean worsening memory, slower reactions and fuzzy thinking?

AROUND the age of 40, honest folks may already admit to noticing changes in their mental abilities. A few drugs that might do the job, known as “cognitive enhancement”, are already on the market, and a few dozen others are on the way. In fact, with the help of modafinil, sleep-deprived people can perform even better than their well-rested, unmedicated selves. How to Be a Leader in Your Field. How to Be a Leader in Your Field: A Guide for Students in Professional Schools Philip E.

How to Be a Leader in Your Field

Agre Department of Information Studies University of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles, California 90095-1520 USA pagre@ucla.edu Version of 7 October 2005. 4600 words. Hacking Knowledge: 77 Ways to Learn Faster, Deeper, and Better. If someone granted you one wish, what do you imagine you would want out of life that you haven’t gotten yet?

Hacking Knowledge: 77 Ways to Learn Faster, Deeper, and Better

For many people, it would be self-improvement and knowledge. Newcounter knowledge is the backbone of society’s progress. Great thinkers such as Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas Edison, Benjamin Franklin, Albert Einstein, and others’ quests for knowledge have led society to many of the marvels we enjoy today. Your quest for knowledge doesn’t have to be as Earth-changing as Einstein’s, but it can be an important part of your life, leading to a new job, better pay, a new hobby, or simply knowledge for knowledge’s sake — whatever is important to you as an end goal. Life-changing knowledge does typically require advanced learning techniques. Health. Craft and Musings: Google reader and notebook. Maybe I am a bit behind on this but have you used Google reader?

Craft and Musings: Google reader and notebook

You need to create a google account for yourself, but that is easy and just requires your email address and a password. Go to This nifty app lets you keep track of all the blogs or websites that you like to visit and updates you when they change - kindof like an email inbox for the web. Even cooler is Google notebook at This lets you.

Use the Snowflake Method to Achieve Saving Goals, Not Just Reduc. Implement Advanced "Siestas" for Improved Sleep - Nap - Lifehack. 10 Benefits of Power Napping, and How to Do It. “No day is so bad it can’t be fixed with a nap.” - Carrie P.

10 Benefits of Power Napping, and How to Do It

Snow College students and kindergartens love them. Now, there may be proof that catching a few zzz’s in the afternoon can be beneficial to your health. Researchers have found in recent years that the human body requires only as much sleep as the brain will allow it. These short 20-minute power naps for people who are really engrossed in their work, almost always provide a fresh burst of new ideas and energy. Here’s what you need to know about the benefits of sleep and how a power nap can help you: 1. Curling up in a sunny patch on the floor or even lying your head down on your desk for a quick snooze brings relaxation.