20 Smart Apps For Enterpreneurs To Use Running a successful business is hard, especially if you don’t have the right tools at hand. Razor sharp time management skills and keeping your productivity levels high are essential when you have a lot on the plate. Don’t forget: Time is Money. If there’s a tool or an app that can help you do things faster, it’s worth paying for. Here are 20 killer tools recommended by entrepreneurs to cater all your needs – from effective social media marketing to sales and networking. 1. Streak will power up your gmail and turn it into an actual CRM that will channel all your discussions into actions. 2. A neat new app, re-inventing the way how you manage your projects. 3. An excellent browser add-on for outreach and networking. 4. Slack brings team communication on the next level. 5. Yes that’s another new website builder. 6. Ever struggled with finding the right way of connect with someone from a higher-league or a well-known company? 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20.
The 10 Coolest Jobs You Can Get By Learning a Foreign Language Knowing a foreign language can help you in many aspects of your life, including travel, family connection, and even mental health. But did you know that you can find some of the coolest jobs just by knowing another language? Before we talk about the 10 top language jobs you can get, let’s talk about the most useful languages to learn. Which foreign languages helps you find the top language jobs? a. Spanish. b. c. Spanish — 1.5 percent bonusFrench — 2.3 percent bonusGerman — 3.8 percent bonus While German won’t give you the wide reach that a language like Spanish provides, Germany is the home to some of the top corporations in the world, particularly the top automobile brands like BMW. d. e. What industries are these top language jobs from? While you can benefit from knowing a foreign language with nearly every industry, here are the main highlights: The 10 Top Language Jobs You Can Get With a Foreign Language 1. Industry: Gaming Did you grow up playing Nintendo? 2. Industry: Technology 3. 4. 5.
12 Reasons Why Disorganized People Are More Intelligent The clutter continues to accumulate—it has all of your life. You can’t find your car keys or your cell phone; you get in the car to go somewhere and you find yourself going in the wrong direction; if you have a workspace, it’s a mess; nothing is ever “where it’s supposed to be.” You “suffer” from what psychologists now call “chronic disorganization.” But, what these psychologists also now tell us it that chronically disorganized people have higher intelligence and greater creativity. 1. IQ tests have two parts—verbal and performance. 2. There are actually several normed tests for creativity, the most well-known being the Torrance series. 3. Disorganized people evidently need to be involved in a variety of activities simultaneously. The disorganized person loves the variety of new experiences and challenges. 4. Disorganized people do not think in straight lines—one solution for one problem, use the factual information and apply it to new situations. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12.
11 Websites You Can Use to Speak a New Language Course Learning 5. FluentU Time commitment: MediumEngagement: MediumPersonalization: LowEffectiveness: Medium FluentU refers to itself as immersive online learning. It provides a series of videos and courses to teach you basic and advanced conversation phrases. 6. Time commitment: LowEngagement: MediumPersonalization: LowEffectiveness: Medium Michel Thomas is a well-established language teacher who has created dozens of audiotape programs to help you learn new languages. 7. Fluent In 3 Months is a popular language learning website created by Benny Lewis. Human Learning 8. Time commitment: LowEngagement: HighPersonalization: HighEffectiveness: High Although more languages are coming, they’re currently offering Spanish with plans to introduce French, German, and Italian in the near future. 9. Time commitment: HighEngagement: MediumPersonalization: MediumEffectiveness: Medium Conversation Exchange is a place where language lovers meet online to help each other learn their native language. 10. 11.
19 Websites That Will Make You Smarter in Every Way It’s almost unbelievable that in this day and age almost everyone is carrying around a library of knowledge, richer in resources than that of the Library of Alexandria. So it comes as no surprise that many want to utilise this resource, the internet, to become a better, smarter, productive being! With this in mind, 19 of the top websites that will make you a smart person, in every way, has been compiled for you. Academic 1. Want to test your writing ability? 2. If you’re a fan of TED Talks, this is basically the TED Talks of the university world. 3. Flash cards, mixed with the addictive nature of gaming. 4. Don’t have the time or money to read a book, but still manage to sit and read on the internet for an obscene amount of time every day? 5. Treehouse basically has something for everyone. 6. A vast compendium of educational resources, on literally hundreds of different topics. 7. Udacity is almost like the vocational learning place of the Internet. 8. Classes streamed live. 9. 10. 11.
10 Great Platforms To Learn Languages For Free I honestly feel quite insecure every time someone tells me that they can speak more than one language. One of the disadvantages of English being your first language is that you’re more likely to be a “monolingual” unlike countless others around the world who can speak at least two languages—if not more. What’s more is that in the diverse, multicultural, and relatively global marketplace these days, knowing more than one language always puts you at an advantage in businesses that are not defined by geographic boundaries—which is characteristic of most businesses. With more and more research proving bilinguals are more likely to get a job, earn more, and score better on standardized tests, we’re only wondering what we need to do learn another lingo! Luckily, unlike the past we don’t have to read through piles of books in a library or take expensive courses to learn a language. So, here’s a list of 10 platforms where we can not only learn a lingo, but also do it for free! DuoLingo: Busuu Byki
9 Tips To Surf The Web Like A Hacker Have you ever watched your grandma use the Internet? If she is anything like my grandmother, it’s painful, slow process—she always does everything the hardest way possible with the most clicks. Don’t be like your grandma. Use the following pro tips to surf the web like a hacker. 1. Use Command+Shift+T for Mac OS and Control+Shift+T for Windows. 2. According to Microsoft in 2011, the average person in the US had 3 email accounts; chances are, that number has only gone up since then. 3. Password managers like LastPass and Mitro are great ways to save time and frustration. 4. Have you ever been browsing deep in to a website at work and found something interesting that you want to share? 5. Is your bookmark bar in Chrome getting a little too crowded? 6. Sick of advertisements on your favorite content sites like Mashable and Digg? 7. Simply hover of a hyperlink in Chrome, then look at the bottom left corner to see where the link will take you. 8. 9. Read full content
10 Lists To Keep If You Want To Be Successful The human mind is truly incredible, and we should all strive towards creating a tenacious memory we can rely on. Many lucrative professions or hobbies require such a trait—actors, musicians, artists and entertainers in general do countless drills, just so the required information can be embedded in the memory with certainty. Clearly numerous doors that lead to a successful future are unlocked if one has a great memory. Although beneficial, it is not an essential ingredient within the success formula—what you lack in memory can always be compensated with diligence. Keeping track of crucial elements in your life through list-making is still an unrivaled tactic for counterbalancing feeble recollection. 1. “What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.” Goals and ambition is what drives us and motivates us, but we need to ask ourselves what is it that we want in order to feel truly accomplished. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.