On the first day of giveaways...
Today marks the beginning of our 12 Days of Giveaways promo, and up to bat first is a company that makes productivity really, really fun: Knock Knock.
If you haven’t heard of Knock Knock, they are a company that has a fantastic philosophy when it comes to putting together stuff to help you get things done. Whether you’re looking for general productivity items or paper products that cater to a specific theme, Knock Knock breathes life into what can be a very dry area of your life.
If laughter is considered to be the best medicine, then Knock Knock is the prescription you need to improve your overall productivity.
For the first day of our holiday promotion, Knock Knock has generously offered the chance for one lucky Lifehack.org reader to win a “Hack Your Way to a Fresh 2012” gift basket.
So, what’s in the basket? The included items (as described by the folks Knock Knock themselves) are:
- Pro/Con Journal - The Pro/Con Journal represents decision-making technology at its finest! This efficient journal will help you make the right choice, and track the outcome of future (and better informed!) decisions.
- Idea Log - The Idea Life Log taps into today’s list-making, self-improvement zeitgeist by providing a clear, organized format in which to catalogue genius in all its forms. Containing a tracking grid for inspiration, brainstorming, and projects, it provides both breadth and depth in a compact, portable format.
- Pep Talks & Picker-Uppers for All Occasions - Everyone needs a little encouragement from time to time. Unfortunately, as our near and dear look to us for reassurance and wisdom, we often find ourselves at a loss for words. Pep Talks & Picker-Uppers for All Occasions provides verbatim lines to spread well-timed cheer and reality checks. With this pocket-sized prompter, your feel-good— or at least brilliant — advice is sure to give everyone, including yourself, a whole new outlook.
- High-Five Nifty Note - What could be more satisfying than congratulating someone with a classic high five? Unfortunately, this tried-and-true greeting is depressingly short-lived. Maximize avowals of approval with our High Five Nifty Note—guaranteed to outlast even the most overzealous verbal praise.
- Great Job On Sticky Note - Positive vibes for friends & coworkers alike. With these ultra-witty yet oh-so-useful Cubicle Notes, office communication has finally caught up with the sticky revolution. Express yourself the fill-in-the-blank way, then make it stick.
- Cook This Pad - For people to try/share new recipes. Cooking may be an art, but just like painting a masterpiece, creativity isn’t always enough. Making a tasty meal not only requires passion—it downright depends on planning. Forgo trial and error altogether and ensure every dish is a chef d’oeuvre!
Knock Knock's "Hack Your Way to a Fresh 2012" gift basket
How to Enter
In order to enter to win this Knock Knock prize pack, leave a comment below or on our Facebook fan page telling us the following:
“What item in the “Hack Your Way to a Fresh 2012” gift basket appeals to you the most…and why?”
Leaving a comment on both our Facebook fan page and here at Lifehack.org will get you 2 entries, so but you need to give us two items that you like the most – no copying and pasting!
The Fine Print
Employees of Knock Knock and of Stepcase (including current independent contractors of both) are not eligible for this contest. The prize can only be shipped to addresses within the continental United States (in other words, Alaska and Hawaii don’t count), so keep that in mind when entering. The winning entry will be judged by the Stepcase Lifehack editing team and winners will be notified on the platform in which their winning entry was placed (either on the Lifehack.org Facebook wall or by email through our commenting system here at Lifehack.org). Please note that by submitting an entry, Knock Knock and/or Stepcase may use your comments for promotional purposes, although neither entity will use your name without permission. Entries must be submitted by 10 am Eastern the following weekday and winners will be chosen by 12 pm Eastern time on the same day. The winner will be announced the same day on Lifehack.org, and will be notified beforehand.
Good luck!
Idea Log looks awesome!
Would love to have the Pro/Con journal. Seeing the entirety of each list, and all my lists, in one place would be extremely helpful.
Great Job looks fun. . . . it would be fun giving these out at work!
Great Job On Sticky Note - They are going to be really useful at my lab! Tell people to clean up stuff when they leave it on my bench!!
My mind is constantly going with new thoughts and ideas. The Idea log would help me keep track of my awesomeness. It will surely be better than my current method of “lemme scribble this on a reciept and shove it into a random pocket only to get washed and leave white specs on everything.”
I would love the pro/con log, decision making has always been tough for me. :P
I need the Idea Log in my life. It’s the first step to convert inspiration into action!
I would love Pro/Con journal. I need some help when it comes to me making decisions.
The Pro Con journal is GENIUS! I’m the most indecisive person in the world (the only decision I’ve ever been able to make definitively) so that would just be so killer for me to have on hand. I will definitely be buying it anyway!
Pro/Con log for sure.
I’ve been using the Cook This pads for a year now — really helpful in the meal planning department and in getting our daughter to chip in with meal prep!
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There are 11 more days of giveaways, and while some have shipping restrictions there are some that will be available globally. So don’t fret…you have plenty of opportunities until the 23rd.
I love the cook this pad! Seems like the best thing to write my Mom’s recipes on!
Oh wow, I’d love to win the Pep Talks and Picker-Uppers book! I never know the right thing to say in different situations, and it would be handy to have a cheat sheet of things to say to make it better and not worse!
I would be so appreciative to win the “Hack Your Way to a Fresh 2012” gift basket. My husband of 13 years left me out of the blue earlier this year, and while I have been a fairly organized and “together” person in the past, I’m an utter mess now and need all the help I can get to get myself back on track.
Ooof, tough to choose, I’d probably get the most use out of the idea log. But Cook This could help me get over my dinner cooking malaise. Excellent giveaway!
The Idea Log is very cool, I think it would be a great way to help me keep all my lists organized!
I love the cook this pad! I love sharing information, especially about great meals. Would love to win this!
Pep talks and Picker Uppers is what I like most because I am always looking for inspiration for myself and to share with others.
I would love “Cook This Pad”, I’ve been on a cooking kick lately and trying different recipes I’ve found.
Could really use a pep talk now
Pep Talk — Because I just looked at my schedule. I’m gonna’ need one.
I think the Idea Log appeals to me the the most, a place to have free rein to dream and doodle and make plans with no commitments.
The “Cook This” pad – I need to learn to plan meals and delegate better.
I would love to pick out an item to see which appeals to me, but the link for the “gift basket” is not working for me. All I get is some pesky ad for K’nex (was that it?). You may want to check into that. Anyhow, I am sure the whole basket would be a great gift. Loving this 12 day promo. Best, and keep on blogging.
Oh, words can’t express how much I love my current Knock Knock products, so adding more to my life would be awesome, especially that “Pep Talks and Picker-Uppers” book, which I think is my favorite. After all, who couldn’t use more “fun” in functional?
I would say that I am most interested in the “Cook This Pad”. I LOVE cooking and I’m always looking for new (organized) ways to share recipes and ideas with friends and family.
The ‘Great Job On Sticky’ would be a great thing to give to friends and family! I think my friends and family would definitely appreciate the thought. :) Or I could just cheer myself up AND remind myself of things that need to be done.
I would pick the idea log simply because I always get great ideas in middle of the night but don’t have a dedicated place to write them down at.
I am really interested in the Idea Log – I think it would make a great catch-all place for my ideas and brainstorms for work and play :)
“Pep Talks & Picker-Uppers For All Occasions” – It looks like a very nifty little resource for a quick pick-me-up or a quote for a friend or contact. I’ve always enjoyed motivational/inspirational books, and this one looks intriguing!
Idea Life Log appeals to me the most because I’m always thinking of random ideas and things to jot down.
I love the cooking pad! I would like to get more organized when it comes to cooking because it is quite stressful in my house, due to food allergies. It looks awesome! :)
I find the “Idea Log” very interesting as a way to provide some direction for the multitude of ideas that I have throughout the the day.
The Pro/Con Journal. I am always telling my kids, well write it down, what’s the pro’s and con’s, write it down…… Mom’s advice…..
The Idea Log appeals to me the most as I like having a single pad for the random ideas I have during the day
I believe the Idea Log, would be a great asset to the New Year and organizing my very unorganized life at the moment, thanks!
I adore the Great Job On sticky note, it adds a little fun to your regular note leaving.
The Pep Talk and Picker Uppers….I set on the BOD for a non profit and we are all volunteers…boy when the natices are restless we can sure use this book!
Idea Log!!!! I need to get my life in order and organize my ideas and thoughts into actions…while keeping the sarcastic humorous edge. Great gifts…Mom got the ‘Bitch Citation’ pad last month!
High Five…easier than giving someone a real compliment :)
The reason why the Cook Me would be perfect for me is that I love to cook. I cook all the time and it looks perfect for me. I don’t have a recipe book because I can’t afford it with no job. It would help me keep better organized and it would be perfect to keep the recipe in order. Another thing that would also be perfect for me is the idea log. I always come up with ideas and I never am able to write them down and/or remember where they are because I’ve never had an official journal to write my ideas in. It would be perfect to keep organized and to keep everything in 1 place, other than losing them or them getting destroyed. The third thing that would be ideal for me is the pro/con journal. I always am making decisions and this would be perfect for the new year to help me remember what decisions I’ve made and to keep on track on my new years resolutions. It will help me greatly, as I will be entering Photography School in the spring. All of the other things would help me also, almost as much as the three I listed above. I hope I win! Fingers Crossed!
Oh, man, I already left two items on the Facebook page — note to self, I should read directions through before entering contests! That’s okay, because I ALSO love the Idea Log — I think it would be the journal I don’t keep and would help corral the random scribblings on various scraps of paper that are presently paper-clipped together and resting on the corner of my desk!
Oh, that is a hard choice. I love all of Knock Knock’s items. The Idea Log appeals most to me because I feel like my head is always full and that could help relieve the pressure.
The Pep Talks & Picker-Uppers for All Occasions book because I often feel like everyone’s therapist & this may come in handy on that front!
I work in hospitality so obviously the thing that is most appealing to me is the Cook This! Pad. I would have the hilarious enjoyment of passing this through to the Kitchen with my own requests! :D
I like the idea log a lot. I think it would be helpful when I get random ideas throughout the day. Miss_slytherin[at]live[dot]com
The High-Five Nifty Note looks awesome. I would use it at work. Fun!
I have to say the entire basket appeals to me – however the “Cook This Pad” holds the most potential as the item I’ll be able to pass off as a Christmas gift I thoughtfully purchased for someone when in fact I forgot about them entirely.
Love the idea log for all those random thoughts that come to mind.
The “Great Job” stickies help your co-workers know you recognize their hard work. In your own sarcastic way. Which you can only hope they appreciate.
I love the “cook this pad” as I love cooking!
Omg! how do I pick? maybe I should use the Pro con list to figure out what my fave is!! ….well to keep it simple that is my fave..the Pro/Con list for since I love to list and i am indecisive….PICK ME!
A guy once hit on me at a bar using the High Five Nifty Notes, so I personally like those.
I’d love the Cook This pad. I love cooking and baking and this would be a useful tool.
Pep Talks & Picker-Uppers for All Occasions seems like a funny way to feel better and make the people around you feel better too:)
Idea Log, I need a quick and easy way to jot down ideas and most importantly, being able to find them when I need them.
If I win the gift Basket I intend to give all the gifts away to friends except the Idea Log, I love giving presents and to have a who log full of ideas would be amazing.
I suffer from a hereditary disease known as DDD, Decision Deficeit Disorder. The Pro/Con book could save my marriage. ;-)
Would absolutely love the cook this pad. My friends and I are always swapping recipes!
The Pro/Con Journal sounds like the one that will fit my lifestyle most. I am an entrepreneur-in-the-making, and I am currently in the process of learning about this and that. I jot down notes, new ideas as they come to mind and I think this powerful journal will be a good companion for me.
For myself, I like the Idea Log. David Allen’s idea of “Mind Like Water” is a powerful one, and getting your ideas stuck somewhere you’ll find them again is a great way to get your mind free to work on the task at hand.
Probably the pro and con journal. I am indecisive (or am I?) and I have a real problem with making decisions, ALL the time. It took me about twenty minutes to decide which of the items I liked the most! So I could write down everything in a handy pro-con format and choose stuff without annoying people too much… apart from, you know, getting out a book and writing down pros and cons of every decision I make ^_^
Ultimately I’m self-reliant when it come to making big decisions, so the product that appeals to me the most would be the Pro-con journal. What a great idea! This would allow me to be as thorough as I want to and to have something tactile to fall back on in this ever attention-grabbing society.
Gotta be the idea log! Diagnosed with ADD at 52 years old, I now know why I have all these great ideas that “disappear” for months! Still can’t get a handle on it. This is a great way to keep up with those….and a lot of other things.
I love the idea log!
I have to go with the Pro/Con journal. I weigh decisions back and forth throughout the day, and this would help me keep track of various points and counterpoints. It has a the real potential to aid in productivity and reduce stress.
The Idea Life Log is definitely my favorite!
I’ve always wanted a geeky notepad to jot down my always-forgotten ideas (:
The Pro-Con book would be my choice…..I have a lot of decisions to make lately, and soon. I usually make a pro-con spreadsheet. This looks like WAY more fun. :)
I like the Idea Log because I could put it in my purse and have it with me everywhere and the Cook This pad for my husband.
I think the “Cook This” pad would be GREAT for me! I have this bizarre 3-ring binder stuffed with recipes I’ve printed off the internet and some were great while others were a let-down. Some I made substitutions in and others I had to tweak in other ways. It would be AWESOME to have a standard recipe form I could use for the recipes I enjoyed!
The Pro/Con journal is right up my alley. Decisions are so time consuming these days with all the research you feel compelled to do.
I love the idea pad, but I also think that I’d get alot of use out of the pro/con journal.
Hey, everyone, thanks for all the comments! Awesome so far!
Just letting you know what we are shutting down entries right now so anything after this comment won’t be included in the contest. We’ll let you know the Knock Knock winner when the today’s giveaway goes live at 1 pm Eastern.
I think the pros/cons notebook would come in very handy. My wife and I will often do this, but only verbally. Having lists in hard copy that we can put down, walk away from, and then review later would be very nice to allow us a cool-down period.
I like the Idea Log notebook the most, I get a lot of ideas (some are stupid, sure but hey, ideas all the same :P) at the most random places and I need a notebook where I can just jot it down and have the ability to track it down at a later time.
I really, really, really, want to push myself in the next couple of months and I think that writing stuff down is still the best way to remind yourself of what you want to do and accomplish. :)
I vote for the idea log. In the beautiful age of being connected everywhere we go, there is nothing as exquisite as a pen and paper to jot down my latest ideas!
These look like a lot of interesting items. I like the Cook this pad.
The Cook This pad. I love trying and sharing recipes.
The pro/con pad. For my wife, who has a hard time making decisions.
I think the pro/con pad would help me the most. B/c I draw them for myself a lot and, well, I’m sure their lines are straighter than mine!
The Pep Talks and Picker-Uppers for All Occasions book sounds pretty great. My pep talks are getting pretty stale–I don’t think they cheer up my husband anymore!
The Pro/Con notebook looks the best to me. I have issues keeping track of both sides when making decisions, and could really use something to help me sort out the good and bad for easy comparison.
The pro/con notebook is of interest as I prepare to graduate with my BA in May after 20+ years in and out of school.
Cook this pad for sure!
Love the high 5 notes. Always looking for a fun way to praise my team.
The high-five note – because I think everybody could use a pick-me-up from time to time!
I would need the pro/con book in order to decide which of the other ones I would need the most.
I could use the pep talk book lately!
Very cool, The Idea Log is a great idea. Could really use one
“What item in the “Hack Your Way to a Fresh 2012” gift basket appeals to you the most…and why?”
I love, love, LOVE Knock Knock products! The Great Job On sticky notes are the coolest item…not only am I addicted to sticky notes (in a good way of course!), there’s a need for “attas” at work these days. As the self-proclaimed distributor of positive employee morale boosters among my co-workers, these are just another tool in my arsenal of reducing office drudgery and giving people some encouragement and smiles while traveling through the sea of cynicism. =)
The item that appeals to me most is the Idea Log. It would organize all my ideas in one place, as opposed to scraps of paper here and there. It would be a great motivator to turn those ideas into realities!