What Successful People Do With The First Hour Of Their Work Day Remember when you used to have a period at the beginning of every day to think about your schedule, catch up with friends, maybe knock out a few tasks? It was called home room, and it went away after high school. But many successful people schedule themselves a kind of grown-up home room every day. You should too. The first hour of the workday goes a bit differently for Craig Newmark of Craigslist, David Karp of Tumblr, motivational speaker Tony Robbins, career writer (and Fast Company blogger) Brian Tracy, and others, and they’ll tell you it makes a big difference. Here are the first items on their daily to-do list. Don’t Check Your Email for the First Hour. Tumblr founder David Karp will "try hard" not to check his email until 9:30 or 10 a.m., according to an Inc. profile of him. If you need to make sure the most important messages from select people come through instantly, AwayFind can monitor your inbox and get your attention when something notable arrives. Choose Your Frog
Why We Should All Care About the Today's Senate Vote on the FISA Amendments Act, the Warrantless Domestic Spying Bill Today is an incredibly important vote for the future of your digital privacy, but some in Congress are hoping you won’t find out. Finally, after weeks of delay, the Senate will start debate on the dangerous FISA Amendments Act at 10 am Eastern and vote on its re-authorization by the end of the day. The FISA Amendments Act is the broad domestic spying bill passed in 2008 in the wake of the warrantless wiretapping scandal. It expires at the end of the year and some in Congress wanted to re-authorize it without a minute of debate. The good news is—thanks for your phone calls, emails, and tweets—Congress will now be forced to debate it, which means we can affect its outcome. The FISA Amendments Act continues to be controversial; key portions of it were challenged in a case before the U.S. The Wyden Oversight and Transparency Amendments Sen. In addition, another Wyden amendment would clarify that the acquisition of American communications is prohibited without a warrant.
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It Takes Empathy inShare134 If you look at the picture above, you might see a sunset. Some of you will see a sunrise. Much like the famous philosophical discourse between skeptics and optimists, a glass can only be either half empty or half full. I believe nonetheless that the above picture is that of a sunrise. I’m an optimist. This theoretical circle of dissension is constant and without the ability to achieve closure or satisfaction. For those struggling with where to steer the ship of transformation, this is for you. What it is you see. Change is inevitable. “I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have” - Thomas Jefferson There’s a difference between management and leadership. This is a time when there are more questions than answers. Let me ask you something… How are you? I have a point, I promise. Again, how are you? To answer, you might say, “fine,” “good” or “well thanks for asking.” Now, what if I asked you, “how are you feeling?” Part of a series… Part I - It Takes Courage
More Cliffs Ahead, But Congress Isn't Deepak Chopra, MD is the author of more than 70 books with twenty-one New York Times bestsellers and co-author with Rudolph Tanzi of Super Brain: Unleashing the Explosive Power of Your Mind to Maximize Health, Happiness, and Spiritual Well-being. (Harmony) If we trace back the accepted opinion that Congress is broken, a turning point came right after President Obama's first inauguration when Sen. Mitch McConnell, speaking for all Republicans, it seems, said that his mission was to make Obama a one-term president. The intractable divisions that made the fiscal cliff a nightmare - and a ridiculous spectacle - go back much further, as everyone knows. But David Brooks exploded conventional wisdom when he said that the chief myth in politics today is that a reasonable nation is saddled with an irrationally antagonistic Congress. The problem is that the will of the people in this case is stubbornly wrong-headed.
How To Draw "How to Draw" is a collection of tutorials that will teach you everything from perspective basics to shading chrome. Never picked up a pencil before? Fear not! From simple line drawings to modern art and easy animations, we've got you covered. All projects come from Instructables.com and contain pictures for each step so you can start your masterpiece today! Instructables is the most popular project-sharing community on the Internet. 5 Most Ignored Principles Of Great Leadership Great Leadership, before being a way to walk, is first a potential to realize. There are five principles from which a good Leader turns into Great. Five very powerful statements one must accept, experience and integrate so that the Humanist within becomes the voice of the Leader and the steps he walks becomes the embodiment of the Wisdom he owns. 1). The Human Being is unique in every way. 2). Your Truth is your message and your Life is the channel that displays it. 3). Where the mind may, at times, seem blurry and confused, the heart always knows. 4). The greatest foundation of a Great leader lies in his humanity. 5). While a vision gives an aim into the future, the great leader knows one Truth.
Newtown school shooting story already being changed by the media to eliminate eyewitness reports of a second shooter (NaturalNews) The article which originally appeared here has been removed because it is no longer aligned with the science-based investigative mission of Natural News. In late 2013 / early 2014, Mike Adams (the Health Ranger), editor of Natural News, transitioned from outspoken activist to environmental scientist. He now runs the Natural News Forensic Food Lab, conducting world-class food science research and publishing scientific papers on food contaminants and nutritional analytics. Through scientific investigation powered by university-level analytical instrumentation, Adams found that, much like the majority of the population, he had been suffering over the past several years from chronic exposure to cumulative toxic elements found in the food supply, including in many organics and "superfoods." Notably, Adams found that exposure to toxic elements in foods altered his mindset, outlook on life and degree of happiness in the world. "Everything is at stake. • Scientific papers
The Top 75 ‘Pictures of the Day' for 2012 *Update: The Top 100 ‘Pictures of the Day’ for 2012 have just been published. Click here to check out the most up-to-date post! After the positive reception from last year’s “Top 50 ‘Pictures of the Day’ for 2011“, the Sifter promised to highlight the top 25 ‘Pictures of the Day‘ at the end of every quarter, eventually culminating in an epic Top 100 for 2012. It’s hard to believe we’re already into the final quarter of 2012. With that, here are the Sifter’s Top 75 ‘Pictures of the Day‘ for this year. If any image really intrigues you, be sure to click the title link or picture itself. *Please note the photographs themselves were not necessarily taken in 2012, they just happened to be featured as a ‘Picture of the Day’ this year. Enjoy!
Standing: The One Simple Trick That Can Double Your Productivity A subject of great interest to most of us is productivity. We want to be more productive, and we’re willing to do anything to achieve this, yet we spend a major part of our lifetime doing something that makes us less productive while at the same time posing the risk of reducing our lifespan. Unfortunately, this particular thing is so common these days that a lot of us now see it as something normal. It is called sitting. While sitting isn’t a totally bad idea, spending the larger part of our day doing it can damage our productivity significantly. Unfortunately, in the digital age we are today, we now spend more time sitting than ever before; the average human being spends around 9 hours sitting every day, when sitting down for just 6 hours a day increases your risk of dying in the next 15 years 40% higher than that of someone sitting for just 3 hours a day. Start Using a “Standing Desk” Well, there is standing. 1. 2. 3. What’s more? All the stats quoted above can be found here and here.