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Matt Cutts: Try something new for 30 days

Matt Cutts: Try something new for 30 days

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6 Habits of True Strategic Thinkers In the beginning, there was just you and your partners. You did every job. You coded, you met with investors, you emptied the trash and phoned in the midnight pizza. Now you have others to do all that and it's time for you to "be strategic." Whatever that means. How To Make A Stylish Photo Frame For Several Photos Here is a simple yet stylish photo frame that can accomodate quite many photos at once. The idea is very simple. Fasten twines on the empty frame and hang photos using clothes pins on them. You can use a frame you bought or a frame you made by yourself. To make it you just need to find some wood strips, sand them, paint or stain them and fasten together with the staples and nails.

» Creating Silence from Chaos Post written by Leo Babauta. We are often afraid of silence, because its emptiness feels idle, boring, unproductive, and scary. And so we fill our lives with chaos, noise, clutter. But silence can be lovely, and therapeutic, and powerful. It can be the remedy for our stress and the habits that crush us.

50 Cool Jewelry Storage Ideas Those of you who already have organized your makeup probably want to organize your jewelry too. We already showed you a bunch of cool DIY jewelry organizers but we want to provide with even more ideas. Here are these cool jewelry storage ideas. Introverts in the Office: How to Work Well in an Extrovert's World Speak up! Promote yourself! Network! It seems like most of the advice out there on how to succeed at work is really great—for extroverts.

Sweetheart Bow T-shirt Tutorial I’ve been slightly obsessed with bows recently in case you haven’t noticed. I’m really digging them. I’m seeing bows pop up in the most fashionable of places like Anthropologie, J.Crew, Ann Taylor Loft and Urban Outfitters. Top 10: Habits That Make You More Productive photo: Jeffrey Beall In the age of YouTube and Facebook, of endless smartphone apps and modes of communication, being productive has become a daunting task. Procrastination used to be a cigarette, now it’s a four-hour navigation through your ex-girfriend or ex-boyfriend’s “Cancun 2010” photo album while you could be working on much more important tasks. There are calls to make, reports to build, a loose screw under the sink, and you were supposed to start your Ironman training three months ago.

Amazing Art Made With Milk I did an art/science project with my 2 year old today and I just had to share. You probably already have the ingredients in your kitchen right now to do it yourself. We were completely mesmerized by this – I heard lots of “wows” from my son. I love it when art and science collide. Here is all you need: Vitamin D milk, food coloring and dish soap. How to Memorize - Learn to memorize and increase memory If you are visiting from StumbleUpon and like this article and tool, please consider giving it a thumbs up. Thanks! Memorizing does not have to be as hard as most people make it. The problem is that most people only know how to memorize by reading the same thing over and over again. You have to learn to memorize. In this post we are going to look at how the brain remembers and then show how to use that knowledge to come up with a method for memorizing verbatim text.

Art From: Plastic Bags + Wood It’s been a while since I’ve done an AFEO (Art From Everyday Objects) post. It’s not been for lack of ideas. It’s been for lack of time. Indeed, this particular idea took up most of my spare night minutes for two weeks.

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