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How 5 Post-It Notes Can Make You Happy, Confident and Successful. How to Win Every Argument. 8 Science-Backed Reasons Why Dads Deserve More Credit. Yes, dads are more involved in their childrens' lives than ever.

8 Science-Backed Reasons Why Dads Deserve More Credit

But that doesn't mean they're not still the butt of almost every parenting joke. Just think about the 2012 Huggies ad claiming that the brand's diapers were the ultimate "Dad Test" -- a joke that landed flat, as a backlash prompted the diaper company to pull the campaign from Facebook. 7 Ways To Tell If You're A <em>Truly</em> Humble Person.

How Technology Is Destroying Your Sleep. How to be less busy: Too Busy? 7 Ways To Increase Leisure Time. How To Make Friends Easily And Strengthen The Friendships You Have. How To Stop Worrying. A tendency to excessive worry has been linked to eating disorders, paranoid thinking, drug dependence and post-traumatic stress disorder.

How To Stop Worrying

Photograph: Ted Foxx/Alamy Are you weary of "new year, new you" positive thinking exercises? Tired of trying to feel Tiggerish in the cold, dark, midwinter mornings? Why not try this quick experiment to redress the balance. 20 Free E-Book Resources For iPad. Free is my favorite price!

20 Free E-Book Resources For iPad

There are many different ways to score free e-books for iPads. Some books that have a charge in the iBookstore are available for free elsewhere, so check out the sites below before purchasing anything. Chances are the e-books you want to read are also available to borrow at the local library. Simply download the Overdrive Media Console App, register your library card, and start borrowing! Family is the Most Important Thing in the World. - Princess Diana. Less Thinking, More Doing: Develop the Action Habit Today. “One day you will wake up and there won’t be any more time to do the things you’ve always wanted.

Less Thinking, More Doing: Develop the Action Habit Today

Do it now.” – Paulo Coelho Everybody wants advice but nobody wants to do the work. Sarah Elizabeth Richards: Men's Fertility Should Be Scrutinized Too. TIME 30 Under 30: World Changers. Age: 29About: Humans of New York Follow: @humansofny Brandon Stanton is the brain behind storytelling blog turned New York Times bestseller, “Humans of New York.”

TIME 30 Under 30: World Changers

15 of Nelson Mandela's best quotes. Nelson Mandela, former president of South Africa and Nobel Peace Prize winner, has died.

15 of Nelson Mandela's best quotes

During his long life, Mandela inspired countless individuals. Here is a collection of quotes that personify his spirit: 1) "Difficulties break some men but make others. No axe is sharp enough to cut the soul of a sinner who keeps on trying, one armed with the hope that he will rise even in the end. " 2) "It always seems impossible until it's done.

" 20 Places to Educate Yourself Online for Free. It seems like these days you can learn just about anything online for free, but of course some of that information is better than others. The good news is there are plenty of reputable places to educate yourself online for free, and here’s a good 20 of them to get you started. 1. Coursera The coolest thing about Internet learning is that you can take college courses which in the past were only available to people who forked over immense sums of money to attend elite colleges. Coursera brings a bunch of those classes together into one site, offering nearly 400 courses ranging from Introduction to Guitar from Berklee College of Music to Constitutional Law from Yale. Courses typically include videos and certain coursework (such as online quizzes) that must be completed in a certain amount of time, as these courses are monitored by a professor. 2.

Home to more than 3,000 videos on subjects ranging from SAT prep to cosmology, art history to calculus, Khan Academy is a great place to learn. 3. How Writing Things Down Can Change Your Life. What do you write down?

How Writing Things Down Can Change Your Life

For most of us, writing consists of emails, task lists, and perhaps the odd work project. However, making time to write down certain things, such as our daily experiences, our goals, and our mental clutter can change the way we live our lives. Business Travelers Gone Wild: Does Business Travel Lead to Divorce and Alcoholism? National Geographic Traveler. The Imperishable City New Orleans, like Rome or hope, is eternal.

National Geographic Traveler

Visit Louisiana’s filigreed, fleur-de-lis city twice or 20 times, and the scent will be as unchanging as the air is unmoving: a humid mix of confederate jasmine and fried shrimp, diesel fuel and desire. The French Quarter? Always rolling. At Galatoire’s, Uptown lawyers still get “liquor-store-robbing drunk” on five-hour Friday lunches of oysters Rockefeller and Pouilly-Fuissé, while farther down Bourbon Street, exhibitionists hooched-up on Hurricanes play to the balconies. The music remains unrivaled. The Most Boring Article You'll Read Today. Who knew boredom could be so interesting?

The Most Boring Article You'll Read Today

But it's not just being bored; it's what kind of boredom you are experiencing that has researchers intrigued. According to an article published in the journal Motivation and Emotion, there are five types of boredom—which is one more than the research team expected to identify. The boredom varieties range from a calm and pleasant experience to something more like depression. The research team, led by Thomas Goetz of the University of Konstanz and the Thurgau University of Teacher Education in Konstanz, Germany, collected real-time data from university and high-school students multiple times a day over a two-week period.

They found that boredom is not only widespread—every student in the study experienced some level of boredom—but it's also more common than other emotions. Students reported if they were bored, answered questions about their positive or negative feelings, and rated how calm or fidgety they felt. The Woman Who Has As Close To A Superpower As We Can Get. How Long to Nap for the Biggest Brain Benefits. Mentally Strong People: The 13 Things They Avoid. 25 Killer Websites that Make You Cleverer.