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Jobs. Grafer. Typeonline - free online touch typing course in five lessons. Real Life Example on Personal Finance. Mice, Antelopes, and Your To-Do List. You are a wolf.

Mice, Antelopes, and Your To-Do List

At your job, you spend much of your day chasing, capturing, and eating field mice. At the end of your busy day, you feel exhausted but strangely unfulfilled. Why? Because the energy required to catch a field mouse is greater than the caloric content of the mouse. You can’t live on a diet of field mice. Eyes Sore? Here are 22 Solutions. Computer Vision Syndrome, or computer eyestrain, can be caused by a variety of things.

Eyes Sore? Here are 22 Solutions

Most commonly it is a result of bad lighting and/or long hours. Since I’m getting a strain right now, how about we explore how was can prevent, or ease, eyestrain. This [very well organized] list from The Lighting Blog provides 22 ideas to keep your eyes focused and reading right. The first few are good to do even if your eyes are fine but want to keep your productivity up. Try taking a break. 1. 2. 3. 4. Good Lighting: How to read fast. Rain Gutters as Cable Management Tools - Cable Management. Eight Keys to a Happier Marriage. Editor’s note: This is a guest post from Collis Ta’eed of FreelanceSwitch.

Eight Keys to a Happier Marriage

Newly weds are often asked ‘how’s married life?’ As with everything in life, the answer depends on you. For some, marriage is another word for frustration and even misery. For others it is the bedrock of strength and support they build the rest of their lives around. Summer Express: 101 Simple Meals Ready in 10 Minutes or Less - N. How to Make Sure That Nothing Gets Between You and Your Good Hab. Scientific Speed Reading: How to Read 300% Faster in 20 Minutes. (Photo: Dustin Diaz) How much more could you get done if you completed all of your required reading in 1/3 or 1/5 the time?

Scientific Speed Reading: How to Read 300% Faster in 20 Minutes

Increasing reading speed is a process of controlling fine motor movement—period. This post is a condensed overview of principles I taught to undergraduates at Princeton University in 1998 at a seminar called the “PX Project”. The below was written several years ago, so it’s worded like Ivy-Leaguer pompous-ass prose, but the results are substantial. In fact, while on an airplane in China two weeks ago, I helped Glenn McElhose increase his reading speed 34% in less than 5 minutes. I have never seen the method fail. The PX Project The PX Project, a single 3-hour cognitive experiment, produced an average increase in reading speed of 386%. It was tested with speakers of five languages, and even dyslexics were conditioned to read technical material at more than 3,000 words-per-minute (wpm), or 10 pages per minute. Toward a New Vision of Productivity, Part 3: The Trouble with GT. This is the third part of a 12-part series I am posting through the end of December and into January 2009, examining the current understanding of productivity and where the concept might be heading in the future.

Toward a New Vision of Productivity, Part 3: The Trouble with GT

I invite Lifehack’s readers to be an active part of this conversation, both in comments here and on your own sites (if you have one). I will also soon announce some other venues where I and several others will be discussing some of the issues raised in this series. Stay tuned… How to Write a Self Evaluation. Edit Article Self-Evaluation HelpWriting a Self-Evaluation Edited by Sondra C, Krystle, Kene, Chris Hadley and 19 others.

How to Write a Self Evaluation

Martin Seligman on positive psychology. How to nap. How to Make Accurate Time Estimates. How to Sleep in Airports - Tips and Advice - The Guide to Sleepi. So you've come to realize this site is not a complete joke and people DO actually sleep in the airport to save money on hotels or just to make sure they don't sleep in and miss their flight.

How to Sleep in Airports - Tips and Advice - The Guide to Sleepi

Every Workday Needs a Game Plan. From Where I Sit: How to Shave Ten Hours Off Your Work Week. Almost everyone I know is working more time than they would like.

From Where I Sit: How to Shave Ten Hours Off Your Work Week

That’s why a book like The 4-Hour Work Week by Timothy Ferriss has been such a big bestseller. This is a great book, but the promise is a little over the top. I don’t know of anyone, including Tim Ferriss, who really only works four hours. Would You Blog Differently If You Had Money? The Ultimate Guide to Freezing Food. This two-part article looks at the many ways to freeze food (including specifics for common food types), as well as a few suggestions for getting the most out of your freezer itself.

The Ultimate Guide to Freezing Food

It can be a wonderful piece of equipment. Chances are that when you buy a new refrigerator, the freezer just comes along for the ride. It’s a part of the kitchen that most people don’t spend much time thinking about. It can be, however, an extremely efficient tool for putting aside excess food for later use. Understanding hype cycles. Interpreting Technology Hype When new technologies make bold promises, how do you discern the hype from what's commercially viable?

understanding hype cycles

And when will such claims pay off, if at all? Gartner Hype Cycles provide a graphic representation of the maturity and adoption of technologies and applications, and how they are potentially relevant to solving real business problems and exploiting new opportunities. Theo Jansen: The art of creating creatures (video) 30+ Tools For The Amateur Writer. NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) is almost upon us. On November 1st, brave souls everywhere will embark on a month long endeavor to write a story of at least 50,000 words. We've gathered 30+ tools to help those folks who want to try their hand at it. Collaborative Writing Coventi.com - A site offering several different packages, with the cheapest being free for the personal user.