My New Habit for Tackling Nagging Tasks: Power Hour. I’m working on Before and After, a book about habit-formation, so I constantly ask myself, “What are the issues in my life that bug me, and how can I tackle them through habits?
One problem: nagging tasks. It’s a Secret of Adulthood: Nothing is more exhausting than the task that’s never started. I knew this, but nevertheless I’d accumulated a lengthy list of small, mildly unpleasant tasks that I kept putting off—in many cases, for months. Maybe years. These tasks weren’t urgent (which why they didn’t get done), but they weighed on my mind and sapped my energy. But how could I form a single habit to cover a bunch of non-recurring, highly diverse tasks? I hit on an idea.
5 More Unexpected Ways to Work Smarter, Not Harder. Ex-New York Times Writer Develops An App To Get Busy People Reading More. In the age of abbrevs., sitting down to read a novel can feel like gearing up for a marathon, no matter how much you love books.
The web seems to have rewired us to consume the written word in concise bites, not hefty tomes. And when we do decide to commit to a novel, the sheer number of books out there can make choosing one overwhelming. Rooster, a new app, aims to solve these problems by redesigning the way we read fiction. TheBrain 8 offers new options for visualizing, organizing information. Several months ago, TheBrain Technologies introduced the latest version of its powerful mind mapping and knowledge visualization tool, TheBrain 8, which provides new ways for you to classify, organize and manipulate your information.
For this build, the developer has focused heavily on the user experience – helping you get started faster with templates, making it easier to apply tags and thought types, a new timeline view and all-around faster performance make TheBrain 8 a pleasure to work with. In this review, we’ll take a closer look at what’s new and improved, and what it means to you from a business standpoint. Quick-start templates. How to Use Your Mobile Calendar to Manage Stress. Max Wheeler is CEO of Alminder Inc., creator of the Mynd Calendar app for the iPhone.
Your schedule is out of control, and that makes you feel out of control because there’s simply not enough time in the day to get everything done. Sound familiar? How To Create An Effective To-Do List That Works. Have you been creating a To-Do list for yourself and still failing to complete all the task?
How to Pick Your Life Partner. When Your Mac Slows Down, Give It A Tune Up [MacRx. Tune up your Macintosh and do a bit of spring cleaning Macs are solid machines, but just like their owners they have a tendency to get lethargic as they age.
Launching and switching programs takes longer, simple tasks become arduous, and the dreaded beach ball of doom appears more often. NASA's Unexplained Files: Hubble Spots Thousands Of Unidentified Objects Traveling Faster Than The Speed Of Light. The most beautiful animal you’ve never seen. India’s Holy Men In Powerful Portraits By New York-Based Photographer Joey L. Our technologically-obsessed society often finds it hard to grasp the reasons behind asceticism: for what reason should one forsake all of one’s earthly possessions and live excluded from society?
This stunning set of portraits by Brooklyn-based photographer Joey L puts us face to face with religious ascetics who have dedicated their lives to the pursuit of spiritual liberation. “We Are Living In The Most Important Time In The History Of The Universe” Dolores Cannon Discusses Our Current Paradigm. An Online Gallery of 30,000 Items from The British Library, Including Leonardo da Vinci’s Notebooks And Mozart’s Diary.
(Click image to enlarge) This past December, we wrote about the British Library’s releasing “over a million images onto Flickr Commons for anyone to use, remix and repurpose.”
For those who enjoyed this treasure trove of historical content, we bring more good tidings: the British Library also has a freely accessible online gallery, numbering some 30,000 items. The vast digital collection includes books, ancient maps, and priceless prints. Preventing Burnout: A Cautionary Tale. This post is about the third book in the Tim Ferriss Book Club, which is limited to books that have dramatically impacted my life.
Enjoy! The Top 10 Insights from the “Science of a Meaningful Life” The most surprising, provocative, and inspiring findings published this past year.
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Quantum physics proves that death is an illusion. Most scientists would probably say that the concept of an afterlife is either nonsense, or at the very least unprovable. Yet one expert claims he has evidence to confirm an existence beyond the grave – and it lies in quantum physics. Professor Robert Lanza claims the theory of biocentrism teaches that death as we know it is an illusion created by our consciousness.
Robert Lanza claims the theory of biocentrism says death is an illusion.