13 Things to Remember When Life Gets Rough We’ve all gone through hard times. And we all get through them. However, some get through them better than others. So what is their secret? Most of it has to do with attitude. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. About the Author Carol Morgan has a Ph.D. in communication and is a professor at Wright State University. Credits: Life hack
Top 40 Useful Sites To Learn New Skills The web is a powerful resource that can easily help you learn new skills. You just have to know where to look. Sure, you can use Google, Yahoo, or Bing to search for sites where you can learn new skills , but I figured I’d save you some time. Here are the top 40 sites I have personally used over the last few years when I want to learn something new. Hack a Day - Hack a Day serves up fresh hacks (short tutorials) every day from around the web and one in-depth ‘How-To hack’ guide each week.eHow - eHow is an online community dedicated to providing visitors the ability to research, share, and discuss solutions and tips for completing day-to-day tasks and projects.Wired How-To Wiki - Collaborate with Wired editors and help them build their extensive library of projects, hacks, tricks and tips.
The Quick Hitts Blog I’m a strong supporter of gay rights. No, scratch that, I’m a strong supporter of human rights, and last I checked, gay people are human. I’m also certain that 90% of the problems in the world are caused by people who won’t mind their own damn business. How someone amuses themselves with their genitals is none of my business. Or yours. But recent events have left me with…wait for it…a bad taste in my mouth. A review for those who haven’t been following the story: Mozilla promoted Brendan Eich, who co-founded the company, to the position of CEO. The story went viral when OK Cupid modified their web site to lecture Firefox users about the issue, and suggest they switch to a different browser. As a result of the growing pressure, Eich resigned from his position, and the company he helped create, after just ten days of becoming CEO. Wrong thinking people should not be employed. Here’s one of her offensive comments: Yes, I am a Christian. Chanucy released a statement that said, in part:
10 Differences Between Successful and Unsuccessful People Everyone strives to be successful, but it doesn’t always come easily. The people who do end up reaching their highest potential always possess certain qualities and habits that allowed them to get there which separate them from those who don’t. Here are 10 differences between successful and unsuccessful people! 1. 2. Complimenting someone is always a great way to show someone you care. Moments of gratitude, each and every one, transform my life each day- and unquestionably have made me more successful and more happy. How to Think When I applied for my faculty job at the MIT Media Lab, I had to write a teaching statement. One of the things I proposed was to teach a class called “How to Think,” which would focus on how to be creative, thoughtful, and powerful in a world where problems are extremely complex, targets are continuously moving, and our brains often seem like nodes of enormous networks that constantly reconfigure. In the process of thinking about this, I composed 10 rules, which I sometimes share with students. I’ve listed them here, followed by some practical advice on implementation. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Two practical notes. The second practical note: I find it really useful to write and draw while talking with someone, composing conversation summaries on pieces of paper or pages of notepads.
Psychic Vampires Psychic Vampires are not to be confused with the stereotype images of Vampires that are afraid of the light and suck blood from their victims in the night. The term "Psychic Vampire" is used metaphorically to refer to people whose influence leaves a person feeling drained, exhausted, unfocused, depressed, or chaotic. They are also known as Energy Vampires, Emotional Vampires, Pranic Vampires, Astral Vampires, and Elemental Vampires. Psychic Vampires in Human Form: These human Psychic Vampires are people that we have all encountered many times within our lives. • Bitchy People: People who bitch and complain all the time leave you with a negative feeling. • Needy People: These people are always needing your energies, your money, your time, and help on a constant basis. • Physically Abusive People: They drain your energies by beating it out of you. • Verbally Abusive People: They drain your energies by verbally abusing you and mentally tormenting you, making you feel less than worthy.
The art of asking: or, how to ask and get what you want. — Architecting A Life What does it take to ask for what you want—and then get it? There seems to be a magical art behind creating a great ask, and we all know stories of people who seem to get exactly what they want whenever they ask. Magicians who bend and will the world to their ways. Why is this? What are they doing that no one else seems to be doing? Culturally, it’s not always the norm to ask directly for what you want—or we do a terrible job of it (and women are worse, according to the New York Times). Creating a great ask (and learning the ability to say no) are two skills that successful people learn how to do really well. In addition, I’ve helped clients understand persuasion tactics and develop scripts to ask for what they want, including the delicate art of deciding to do it anyways and asking for forgiveness rather than permission. 1. 2. Is this something that I want to do, and want to do deeply? If you don’t want it at the center of your core, ask yourself why you’re going after it. 3. 4. 5.
50 Questions That Will Help You Find Your Way In Life When You’re Lost What makes me feel wide-awake, even when I’m lacking sleep? What makes me feel exhausted, even when I’m perfectly well rested? In twenty years, how will I look back on this period of my life? In twenty years, how will I look back on this period of my life if it stays exactly the way it is now for the next five years? What is something I’ve always wanted to do, but haven’t yet? What advice would my ten-year-old self give me? If someone I look up to took over my life, what major changes would they make? What have I always admired, but assumed I wasn’t naturally talented enough to try? Why do I assume other people can be wildly successful, but I can’t be? Which traits do all of the people I look up to have in common? During the best period of my life, what was going right for me? During the worst period of my life, what was I lacking? If I were eighteen years old again, which life path would I pick for myself, knowing what I know now? What’s holding me back from picking that life path now?
47 Decent Lifestyle Design Resources | Clay Collins Blog 79 Email Share Email Lifestyle design (LD) has a lengthy past but a short history . The art of (sometimes radical) lifestyle configuration, however, has been practiced for quite sometime by liberated people from all walks of life. The growth of the Internet has enabled those loaded with cash to disconnect from the 9-5 without disconnecting from their Porches, Louis Vuitton gear, mobile cash cow businesses, and brokerage accounts. Here’s a list of lifestyle design resources that might be of help to the interested. Here goes: – The Painless Escape from Email that works with the 4-Hour Workweek, GTD…and your sanity Dreamlining Worksheet (highly recommended) Ideal Lifestyle Costing Worksheets Craft, Inc.: Turn Your Creative Hobby into a Business Gap Years for Grown Ups Halftime: Changing Your Game Plan from Success to Significance In Praise of Slow: How a Worldwide Movement is Challenging the Cult of Speed Lonely Planet Career Break Book Power Sabbatical: The Break That Makes a Difference Anywired
69 Awesome Brain Hacks That Give You Mind-Blowing Powers Remember when Neo got to choose between the red pill and the blue pill? The blue pill would have put him back to sleep in the fake world of cubicles and steaks in the Matrix, where the red pill would wake him up to the real world and its industrial womb factory. You probably just chalked that scene up to another case of Hollywood turning a complicated situation into a simplistic metaphor, but what you probably didn't realize is that you're living out your own little Matrix scenario every time you go to the pharmacy. "I really hope being swallowed by a mirror is covered by my insurance." What? Did you notice how the red pill would let Neo "wake up" to the real world, but the blue pill would let him stay "asleep" in the dream world? Blue, blue and blue -- if not the package, then the pill itself. What the hell? So, in a different experiment, subjects were told they were going to get a sedative or a stimulant, when in fact they were getting neither -- all of the pills were placebos.
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