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How to Encrypt an Android Phone Running ICS & Above. PrivacyFix Makes Finding Privacy Settings Simple, Optionally Blocks Tracking. Take control of your privacy by quickly finding settings Facebook, Google and other companies bury deep in their labyrinth of options. PrivacyFix is an extension for Firefox and Chrome that points out settings you’ll want to change and also helps you stop ad networks from tracking you.

Managing your privacy online can be a hassle. PrivacyFix won’t completely solve the problem, but it makes finding key privacy settings for Facebook and Google trivial. Even more important: it’s incredibly simple to use. Just follow the step-by-step directions, deciding which privacy settings do and do not matter to you. It’s not a perfect fix for all of your privacy woes, but it’s a good start – and a great reminder of settings that should be of concern to you. Privacy Settings Fire up PrivacyFix and it will scan your settings on Facebook, then immediately show you what you should probably think about changing: Once you’re done with Facebook it’s time to move on to Google.

Advertising Trackers Conclusion. 5 Easy Ways to Stay Motivated. No matter what you do for a living, the key to success is superlative performance, day after day after day. And that’s only possible if you make optimism, expectancy, and enthusiasm part of your daily experience. That’s easy if you’re pursuing your life’s dearest dreams. But what if, like almost everybody else in this world, you’ve got a job that’s not exactly perfect. Here’s how to remain a go-getter, even when the getting gets tough: STEP #1: Realize That YOU Are in Control Your attitude isn’t controlled by the outside world.

That’s an illusion, a fantasy that, if you believe it, you’re simply using to escape responsibility for managing this all-important part of your career. For example, if you run into snowstorm that’s making you late to a customer meeting, you can get frustrated and start cursing..., or you can look forward to the appreciation that the customer might feel because you were committed enough to fight the weather to make the meeting. It’s all in how you see it! Motivation & Learning. Index of Articles. True Secret to Success: Gratitude. I'm utterly convinced that the key to lifelong success is the regular exercise of a single emotional muscle: gratitude.

People who approach life with a sense of gratitude are constantly aware of what's wonderful in their life. Because they enjoy the fruits of their successes, they seek out more success. And when things don't go as planned, people who are grateful can put failure into perspective. By contrast, people who lack gratitude are never truly happy. If they succeed at a task, they don't enjoy it.

Therefore, if you want to be successful, you need to feel more gratitude. Practice Nightly The best time to exercise gratitude is just before bed. Did you help somebody solve a problem? What you're doing is "programming your brain" to view your day more positively. Reprogramming Your Brain More important, you're also programming your brain to notice even more reasons to feel gratitude. The more regularly you practice this exercise, the stronger its effects.

This method works. How to Be Happy at Work. Let me start off with a little story. I once knew a saleswoman–young, divorced–who got a diagnosis of breast cancer. She had to work and raise two kids while fighting the cancer. Even so, she managed to be happy at work, noticeably happier than her co-workers. In fact, she not only won her battle with cancer but subsequently became one of the top salespeople at Bristol Myers.

She was not, as it happens, naturally cheerful. That saleswoman once told me: When you're unhappy, it's because you've decided to be unhappy. Maybe it wasn't a conscious decision; maybe it crept up on you while you weren't looking–but it was a decision nonetheless. What Are Your Rules? Happiness and unhappiness (in work and in life) result entirely from the rules in your head that you use to evaluate events. Many people have rules that make it very difficult for them to happy and very easy for them to be miserable. I once worked with a sales guy who was always angry at the people he worked with. 1. 2. 3.

How to Motivate Yourself: 14 Easy Ways. 10 Questions That Create Success. Think that success means making lots of money? Think again. Pictures of dead presidents have never made anybody happy. And how can you be successful if you're not happy? And buying things with that all money isn't much better. A new car, for instance, might tickle your fancy for a day or two–but pride of ownership is temporary. Real success comes from the quality of your relationships and the emotions that you experience each day. Ask them at the end of each day and I absolutely guarantee that you'll become more successful. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Here's the thing. These questions force you to focus on what's really important.