I have written an article about this question at Stepcase blog. It’s an interesting questions to think about: Wait, do you need an MBA to learn what you need to operate a startup? Maybe not. Starting up a venture is totally different from managing one. To start up, you need your time to work on…

Tonight, Google has released a bunch of new experimental features in Gmail, which you can enable any of them through a “Labs” tab in your setting area. Interesting enough – this is a development effort of Google developers’ free 20% time. Initially, there are 13 features available: Most of them could enhance your productivity…

Does anyone use FriendFeed? It’s a new service to keep track, discover and discuss information among friends. If you have registered an account, join me there. Also, leave your username in the comment below so we could follow each other. I have created a room for Lifehack which allows you to…

I founded Lifehack.org in May, 2005, as a place to share the little tips and tricks, or “hacks” — that I and others had discovered to make their work flow a little more smoothly, a little more quickly, and little higher quality. By 2007, Lifehack.org had grown far beyond my original vision with just sharing what…

Have you missed any posts from last week? Here are some of our highlights: Success recipes most people know, but too few follow Reboot Your Brain With Practical Meditation Why You Need To Be A Toastmaster Overcome Procrastination Once and For All How To Initiate Conversation Genius – You Can Be One Too! 10 Tips

I think many of us tried invisible ink pen before. It’s fun and sometimes useful to send secret messages – but wouldn’t be better to have this capability on your inkjet printer? Sounds like something out of a James Bond movie? No, you can do it as well. Here is a video to show you…

The co-working idea is taking off. Many freelancers may enjoy their flexibility on their work hour or freedom on working for their own, but they missed the social element working in an office. So what can you do? You could create a cafe-like community space for you and others in your areas, or join one if…

There are some great posts from last week that you might enjoy: How to give yourself the best chance of a good life (Part 2) 14 Ways to Cultivate a Lifetime Reading Habit Eating For Energy Or For Stress Relief? The Two F-Words You Should Love A Guide to Becoming a Better Writer: 15 Practical

I received a great news this week from Times Magazine reporter, Jeremy Caplan, who mentioned lifehack.org in his recent article. Thanks Jeremy! It’s just exciting to see mainstream reporters writing about lifehacking and self improvement movement. I think lifehack is newsworthy – we are in a trend where people worry about their productivity within…

Take a look at these great posts from last week if you have missed them: Other people are not broken . . . How To Design The Perfect Nap Hack Your Closet to Get the Right Job The Stand Up Desk Maximum Exposure for your Business or Blog 10 Diet Hacks to Keep You Slim

Our Lifehack.org How-to is getting more and more materials. Recently we have added topics like Presentation, Planning, Procrastination, and Creativity. Our main blog is sorted by time, so the only way to find specific information is by searching our archive, or go through specific tag. On the other hand…

Don’t miss any chance to improve your productivity – grab our feed if you haven’t do so. Here are some of our best posts last week: How fear of failure destroys success How to Live on a Tight Budget Seven Little Known Tips for Getting in Shape Top 20 Free Applications to Increase Your

In Part 1 of this interview, I asked Tim Ferriss, author of The 4-Hour Workweek, about his productivity methodology – how can he combine 20/80 rules with Parkinson’s Law to effectively produce the best his can, and how does he focus eliminating on nonessential to become more productive. Now for this part of the…

Hands up with you want to speed up your thinking, improve your memory for names and numbers, or increase your alertness and awareness? Okay, there is a new site called Lumosity which is a brain fitness program designed to improve your memory, attention and processing speed. Research proves Lumosity trained people has noticeable improvements…

If you heard of a new book called The 4-Hour Workweek, you know who is Timothy Ferriss. Tim speaks six languages, runs a multinational firm from wireless locations worldwide, a national champion in Chinese kickboxing, and has been a popular guest lecturer at Princeton University since 2003. Recently his book caught my attention. The…