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Life is a game. This is your strategy guide. 682k shares Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Real life is the game that – literally – everyone is playing.

Life is a game. This is your strategy guide

6 Logical Fallacies That Cost You Money Every Day. Throws Good Money After Bad The competitive instinct is not just a phrase football commentators invented to give words to the tingly feeling they get watching Brett Favre play football.

6 Logical Fallacies That Cost You Money Every Day

Our brain's natural tendency towards competition is arguably the reason your family survived the hunter gatherer knife fight of 2000 BC. 16 things I know are true but haven't quite learned yet. There’s a difference between knowing something and living as if it were true.

16 things I know are true but haven't quite learned yet

At the end of 2013, these truths are all lingering on that awkward threshold, for me anyway. 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. Three Steps to Success for Creative Geniuses. Creative people have it tough in this world.

Three Steps to Success for Creative Geniuses

Despite having the skills and potential to make a tremendous impact, the odds are stacked against us. Unlike our business minded counterparts, the path to the success is not clearly defined. If you are reading this article, chances are you are what I call a genius type. You don’t have to be super-intelligent, super-creative, or super-talented to be one. 26 Personal Finance Books - Ranked From Best To Worst. The Simple Dollar has had an ongoing series of in-depth personal finance book reviews over the last six months as part of an ongoing 52 Personal Finance Books in 52 Weeks project.

26 Personal Finance Books - Ranked From Best To Worst

We now find ourselves at the halfway point and thus now is a great time to reflect on the books that have been read so far in the series. 10 simple things you can do today that will make you happier, backed by science. Happiness is so interesting, because we all have different ideas about what it is and how to get it.

10 simple things you can do today that will make you happier, backed by science

It’s also no surprise that it’s the Nr.1 value for Buffer’s culture, if you see our slidedeck about it. So naturally we are obsessed with it. I would love to be happier, as I’m sure most people would, so I thought it would be interesting to find some ways to become a happier person that are actually backed up by science. How Not to Get Absorbed in Someone Else's Abdomen. 0Share Synopsis Anglerfish are metaphors for how creative communities can eat your brain and kill your creativity.

How Not to Get Absorbed in Someone Else's Abdomen

Male anglerfish are born with an innate desire to not exist. As soon as a male reaches maturity, he acquires an urge to find a female, sink his teeth into her, and grow into her. This evolved because anglerfish live in the dark ocean abyss with few mating opportunities. You must live in the present on today's deposits invest it so as to get from it the utmost in health happiness and success the clock is running make the most of today.

Warren Buffett quotes. List of personality traits. 6 Harsh Truths That Will Make You a Better Person. 7 Steps To Playing A Much Bigger Game (With Free Workbook) (This is a long post, but if you’re committed to taking things to the next level in your life or business, I know you’ll read it to the end.

7 Steps To Playing A Much Bigger Game (With Free Workbook)

Trust me, it’s worth it and you deserve it. ) There’s an old saying that “Nothing works until you do” – and it couldn’t be more true. No matter how much you might wish for heaven and earth to move just because you want it to, you have to cowboy up and take action. The problem is that most of us don’t take actions that match up with our goals - we’re not “congruent” with them and we play small. And that doesn’t get us anywhere. The Unexpected Antidote to Procrastination. By Peter Bregman | 9:00 AM May 10, 2013 A recent early morning hike in Malibu, California, led me to a beach, where I sat on a rock and watched surfers.

The Unexpected Antidote to Procrastination

I marveled at these courageous men and women who woke before dawn, endured freezing water, paddled through barreling waves, and even risked shark attacks, all for the sake of, maybe, catching an epic ride. After about 15 minutes, it was easy to tell the surfers apart by their style of surfing, their handling of the board, their skill, and their playfulness. What really struck me though, was what they had in common. How to Think Like Leonardo Da Vinci. Edit Article Cultivating CuriosityThinking ScientificallyPracticing Creativity Edited by LifeOptimizer.org, Krystle, Teresa, Sondra C and 28 others Leonardo da Vinci was the ultimate Renaissance man: an accomplished scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, painter, sculptor, architect, botanist, musician, and writer. Whether you want to cultivate curiosity, creativity, or scientific modes of thought, using Leonardo Da Vinci as a role model is an excellent idea. 4 Practical Philosophies That Will Empower You.

Philosophy is a fascinating branch of wisdom. However these esoteric ideas are sometimes difficult to translate into practical application. Mohawke's Best of the Best Free and Open Source Software Collection: Mac OS X and Windows software Collection. Most Popular DIY Projects of 2012. 5 Secrets For a Better Work-Life Balance: Inside HootSuite Culture. What It Means to Work Smarter Staying fit and healthy while killing it on the job can be tough. At HootSuite, where things tend to move at a lightning speed, it can be especially challenging for many of us to maintain a good work-life balance. Luckily, our work culture supports us in keeping our health and wellness a top priority. The mentality trickles down from the top. Just Knowing These 8 Facts Will Make You Way More Productive. Whether trying to conquer Mount Everest or just pick up your laundry, learning these quick facts will make it easier to be super productive -- or at least understand why you're not.

And if you're the type of person who is likely procrastinate instead of reading the rest of this article, then you should at least read the first point. 1. Simply starting a task will make it much easier to finish. According to the Zeigarnik Effect, your brain will send signals that effectively nag your conscious mind when you've started, but not finished, an objective. 7 Social Hacks For Manipulating People. Top 10 Ways to Make Yourself Look (and Be) Smarter. How terribly obnoxious of you. Thanks for sharing. The Ultimate Cheat Sheet For Reinventing Yourself. How To Recover From 10 Types of Demotivation. Udacity and 14 Other Free Sites For Online Learning. After seeing the success of a personal experiment offering a free Stanford University-certified artificial intelligence course (23,000 people completed the class!)

, Sebastian Thrun left his prestigious professor position to dedicate himself to teaching on a much larger scale. His new program, Udacity will offer free university-level computer science classes to anyone interested in advancing their tech knowledge. » How I Was Able to Ace Exams Without Studying. Maximum PC. Back in our September 2008 issue, we published a list of 9 Skills Every Nerd Needs – a lighthearted examination of the essential abilities Maximum PC readers should have in their geek arsenal.

11 Promises You Must Make to Yourself. 40 websites that will make you cleverer right now. The indexed web contains an incredible 14 billion pages. Learning Mind.