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http://music.hyperreal.org/artists/brian_eno/oblique/oblique.html Brian Eno "These cards evolved from our separate observations of the principles underlying what we are doing. Sometimes they were recognized in retrospect (intellect catching up with intuition), sometimes they were identified as they were happening, sometimes they were formulated. They can be used as a pack (a set of posibilities being continuously reviewed in the mind) or by drawing a single card from a shuffled pack when a dilemma occurs in a working situation.

Oblique Strategies

Stop hiding from people if you want a happier life and if you want happiness. There is no other way to emphasize something as important as this without stating it directly. Regardless of your goals, wants or needs, this one major negative element in your life will ultimately affect everything else in your life negatively. In fact, this major element of hiding from people in your life, is what affects your daily life, all your actions, and your future.

Stop Hiding from People in order to have a Happy Life

http://thereasoner.com/articles/stop-hiding-from-people-if-you-want-happiness

Change of Subject: 50 things I've learned in 50 years, a partial list in no particular order

http://blogs.chicagotribune.com/news_columnists_ezorn/2008/01/50-things-ive-l.html 5. The medium is not the message. Those who issue blanket condemnations of any form of communication—be it TV, tabloids, text messages or blogs—simply aren’t paying attention. 6. The most valuable thing to have is a good reputation, and it’s neither hard nor expensive to acquire one: Be fair.

8 Things Everybody Ought to Know About Concentrating

http://howtogetfocused.com/chapters/8-things-everybody-ought-to-know-about-concentrating/ Welcome! Here, you will find articles that enable you to get focused in our digital age of distraction. The articles and topics you'll find here stem from the philosophy outlined in the book. Enjoy! “Music helps me concentrate,” Mike said to me glancing briefly over his shoulder. Mike was in his room writing a paper for his U.S.

The 21 Day Challenge Everyone Should Take

http://www.pluginid.com/21-day-challenge/ Glen / 104 Comments / April 15th, 2009 / Subscribe via RSS I’m on day 14 of a 21-day challenge that I semi-invented and so far I have to admit the results have been nothing short of amazing. Now, when I say that I semi-invented it, that is purely because I took the idea from the excellent book ‘Psycho Cybernetics’ and put it in a format that everyone can follow, myself included. I’m not exaggerating when I say this challenge can literally help with any aspect of your life that you would like to improve.

50 Life Secrets and Tips | High Existence

http://www.highexistence.com/life-secrets-and-tips/ Hey, I'm the creator of HighExistence. I love inspiring others to follow their bliss, which in turn fulfills my own. I live for traveling, late-night conversations and moments of intense clarity or intoxication.
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50 Tricks to Get Things Done Faster, Better, and More Easily - Stepcase Lifehack

We all want to get stuff done, whether it’s the work we have to do so we can get on with what we want to do, or indeed, the projects we feel are our purpose in life. To that end, here’s a collection of 50 hacks, tips, tricks, and mnemonic devices I’ve collected that can help you work better. Most Important Tasks (MITs): At the start of each day (or the night before) highlight the three or four most important things you have to do in the coming day. http://www.lifehack.org/articles/productivity/50-tricks-to-get-things-done-faster-better-and-more-easily.html

30 Habits that Will Change your Life

Developing good habits is the basic of personal development and growth. Everything we do is the result of a habit that was previously taught to us. Unfortunately, not all the habits that we have are good, that’s why we are constantly trying to improve. The following is a list of 30 practical habits that can make a huge difference in your life. http://freestylemind.com/30-habits-that-will-change-your-life
http://www.howtogetagrip.com/2010/ten-things-you-should-already-know-by-now/

Rules of Life: Ten Things You Should Already Know By Now - How To Get A Grip

1. What’s important today won’t matter tomorrow Yeah, so you got a problem.

Philip Zimbardo: The Secret Powers of Time (Animated)

Philip Zimbardo is internationally recognized as a leading "voice and face of contemporary psychology" through his widely seen PBS-TV series, "Discovering Psychology," his media appearances, best-selling trade books on shyness, and his classic research, The Stanford Prison Experiment. Zimbardo has been a Stanford University professor since 1968 (now an Emeritus Professor), having taught previously at Yale, NYU, and Columbia University. He continues teaching graduate students at the Pacific Graduate School of Psychology, and at the Naval Post Graduate School (Monterey).
When we were young life was easier, right? I know sometimes it seems that way. But the truth is life still is easy. It always will be. The only difference is we’re older, and the older we get, the more we complicate things for ourselves.

60 Ways To Make Life Simple Again

How To Train Yourself To Be In The Mood You Want

Dec 27, 2010 When you have major changes going on in your life, or you’re just frustrated about where you are, it’s easy to get trapped in a cycle of depression, bad moods and frustration. I know, I’ve been there … and when I’m not careful, I still get there more than I want to. But when I’ve had a particularly hard time, I hit these moments where I’m in a foul mood, or I’m just feeling paralyzed, and I’m just stuck.