Archive for October, 2007

7 Secrets of Being Popular

Why are some people effortlessly popular and well liked? By contrast, other people, no matter how hard they try, never seem to be able to gain the same trust and respect. Even if we may not like to admit it, most people secretly crave the respect and admiration of other people. These are some factors which can lead to a natural popularity.

1. Don’t Try to Be Popular.

It is a… » Continue

October 31 2007 | By Tejvan | Tagged: admiration, popular, relationship | 32 comments»

Halloween D.I.Y Project: Make Your Own Zombie

One of the most overlooked yet incredibly useful personal productivity tools available today is the zombie. Though incapable of many creative tasks, they are ideal for most corporate work, and suitable for all manner of tasks requiring physical strength, repetitive actions, risk to life and limb, or the death of your enemies. What’s more, zombies work for free (though you must remember never to feed them anything with salt… » Continue

October 31 2007 | By Dustin | Tagged: DIY, halloween, howto, laborsaving, Productivity, zombie | 10 comments»

Getting Rid of Yesterday: How to Start Your Day Fresh

Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could.Ralph Waldo Emerson

Sometimes we start a day with the previous day still in mind. We think about the mistakes we made in the previous day, how things went wrong, and how we felt bad about it. No wonder it becomes difficult to focus on the current day. And since we cannot fully focus on the day… » Continue

October 30 2007 | By Donald | Tagged: attitude, effectiveness, energy, focus, happiness, life | 18 comments»

7 Steps To Finally Complete That Project

Those elusive projects that always stay undone could benefit from a red, hot go, as Leo Babauta suggests, instead of slowly chipping away at it.

However, you need a plan. These steps cover everything from setting your time up to resolving the project at the end. Won’t you feel awesome once you get this one done?

4. Make a project modular. Similarly, sometimes there’s a project where it would be impossible… » Continue

October 29 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: Productivity, project | 4 comments»

How To Tell Difficult Truths People Want To Hear

These are those things that you have to say but could hurt other people. Confrontation and honesty are sometimes taboo, so how do you get the truth out and keep the other person happy?

Gay and Kathlyn Hendricks [both Ph.D.] say that if you don’t want an argument, you can speak on unarguable terms.

If I say to you, “My stomach feels queasy,” you’d have a difficult time arguing with me… » Continue

October 29 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: relationship | 2 comments»

64 Interview Answers You Should Know

Although your next job interview won’t have as many as 64 questions, your would-be employer will almost certainly ask at least one of these.

Tell me about yourself.

TRAPS: Beware, about 80% of all interviews begin with this “innocent” question. Many candidates, unprepared for the question, skewer themselves by rambling, recapping their life story, delving into ancient work history or personal matters.

BEST ANSWER: Start with the present and tell… » Continue

October 29 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: interview, job | 4 comments»

What Are Your Talking Points?

When I started doing my own research after completing my graduate coursework, I was advised by a mentor to have three descriptions of my work ready to recite at a moment’s notice: a three-minute overview, a 12-minute presentation, and a half-hour discussion. The three-minute version is what you tell someone when you’re sharing an elevator at an academic conference; the 12-minute version is suitable for giving a conference… » Continue

October 29 2007 | By Dustin | Tagged: Communication, presentation, project, speech, talkingpoint | 5 comments»

What is most likely to help you reach the top?

When it comes to success in today’s world, being the kind of person others like outranks all of the fashionable traits like competitiveness, willingness to work harder then anyone else, piling up qualifications, or blind obedience to the demands of the people at the top. Pleasant, likable people have the best chances of being hired, promoted, and rewarded. Customers are more willing to buy from those they feel good… » Continue

October 29 2007 | By Adrian | Tagged: networking, open, relationship, reputation, trust | 7 comments»

Thomas Edison versus Nikola Tesla: Who is more productive?

Thomas Edison is widely known as the greatest inventor the world has ever known. Nikola Tesla is also known as a great inventor and many people say he was more brilliant than Edison was. In our last post, two weeks ago, we discussed Edison’s 5 million page note-taking system and received a reaction from some of Tesla’s fans.

Should we really care who was brighter? Or is it… » Continue

October 26 2007 | By Tatsuya | Tagged: edison, Productivity, tesla | 33 comments»

Eliminate Common Writing Mistakes

Let me just say, spell-check is not your friend. While it is ostensibly a useful service intended to help improve the quality of your written work, it is in actuality the product of a plot between Bill Gates, Richard Stallman, and Kim Jong Il, who are working together to undermine America’s public image in preparation for a non-violent overthrow of our country and our way of life… » Continue

October 26 2007 | By Dustin | Tagged: credibility, grammar, mistakes, spelling, writing | 62 comments»

16 Tips to Survive Brutal Criticism (and Ask for More)

“You suck.”

Everyone encounters criticism, whether it is a boss pointing out falling performance, a bad review for your book, or even self-criticism after an embarrassing slip-up. Your ability to digest that criticism and make use of it says a lot about your character. Even better is to be the kind of person who can take a sharp, verbal critique, stand up and ask for more.

People are Too… » Continue

October 25 2007 | By Scott H | Tagged: advice, Communication, criticism, evaluation, feedback, improvement, Management, suggestions | 12 comments»

4 Decluttering Techniques

Organized Home has a few great ways to get rid of clutter in your home or at work. For most of us, clutter is just the result of bad habits and indecision.

The first method described attempts to force decision making in a very simple way:

The Four-Box method forces a decision, item by item. To apply it, gather three boxes and a large trash can. Label the boxes, “Put… » Continue

October 25 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: clutter | 2 comments»

If You Must Multitask, Do It This Way:

We’ve mentioned a few times at Lifehack.org that you can’t really do more than one brain-intensive thing at once, instead only switch between tasks. And I’m not talking about smoking while riding your push-bike.

So the underlining productivity tip is not to multitask. Kim Roach wrote it in her article, 50 Ways To Increase Your Productivity and I threw up a few points on how you could carry out… » Continue

October 25 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: multitask, Productivity | 3 comments»

Are You A Man? 25 Skills To Prove It

We’re not doing our job as men if we can’t fix a dead outlet or fillet a fish, right? You’re only as much a man as the amount of skills you have, so get cracking!

Popular Mechanics has 25 that every man should know, and you’ll notice none of them are anything like ‘configure a POP account’ or ‘validate CSS’.

Navigate With a Map and Compass
Though GPS may seem ubiquitous… » Continue

October 24 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: men, skills, tool | 4 comments»

How Do You Stop Comparing Yourself With Others?

Competition is a big part of human nature. For some more than others. It’s in our nature to compare and judge.

Everyone has their own gauge for success that has usually been conditioned by various factors; school, work, TV etc. However, it doesn’t have to be this way and Brian Kim understands this when he writes, “Don’t think hierarchy, Think journey”.

If you keep focusing on everyone else’s journey, you’re… » Continue

October 24 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: people, success | 1 comment»

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