We’re at the halfway mark of Lifehack’s 12 Days of Giveaways holiday promotion and it’s been a great success so far. We’ve received plenty of entries with some great comments for each — it’s too bad we can only choose a limited amount of winners. That said, there are still giveaways coming each weekday until…

Many education and personal development experts claim that people watch way too much television these days. As a result of having our eyes glued to the television for hours each day, we waste our valuable time watching all the latest reality shows and sitcoms when we could be using that time to do something more

Every day that goes by you either move closer towards achieving a goal or you move further away from that goal.  If you take specific steps you can be assured that you are moving towards our goal.  If you do nothing you are moving away from the goal.  By being still, you lose momentum…

I love weekends. Why?  I can wake up and just spend a few minutes lying awake without the need to do anything. No need to rush to work, or to speak to anyone. Just lying there with eyes wide open and nothing in mind. I realized then that those are some of the calmest moment…

Do you have a trophy room?  This is a place where you keep your various trophies, certificates, award plaques, autographed trinkets and other things that remind you of past accomplishments. This could be a fireplace mantle, space on a bookshelf, a downstairs room or a building depending on what you have been up to. If…

Two weeks ago, I asked Lifehack.org readers what advice you’d offer to your younger self, knowing what you know today. The responses were a little overwhelming — powerful, powerful stuff. More and better responses than I had hoped for, to be honest. I’m not sure what advice I’d offer my younger self.  I’ve…

Charles Darwin was one of the greatest scientific geniuses of all time. His Theory of Evolution is accepted just about universally in the scientific community. It explains that all life is driven by a process that he called Natural Selection. Life is a constant competition for survival. When creatures reproduce, tiny changes and imperfections…

There’s only one investment that’s absolutely guaranteed to give you a great payback, regardless of the state of the economy and the uncertainties of this fragile world. I’m talking about the investment you make in yourself. Think of yourself as a business Imagine you’re Jane Doe, Inc. Whether you’re self-employed or work for a giant corporation—or even…

When was the last time you had a good conversation with yourself? I mean a full-on, I’m a crazy person, talking out loud, discussion with yourself? You actually talk to yourself all the time. Most of it is subconscious, and a lot of it is negative and cautionary. But what about taking the time to really…

Just as you occasionally need to clean out a closet, you may also need to “clean out” your career to enable a focused and productive mindset, and to create expectations for advancement. The article goes into detail about how to handle distractions, conflicts, email overload, and distracting colleagues so you can accelerate your…

I think most all of us have, at some point in our careers, had a difficult relationship with a supervisor. While some supervisors are motivating, reliable, and well-intentioned, some supervisors can be close-minded, reserved, and difficult to communicate with. Kayleen Schaefer from the College Journal addresses the question “What to do when a…

Penelope Trunk at Yahoo Finance gives her take on getting things done at the workplace. She posts 11 tips that will help you get through your perpetual to-do list and free up time for career-development, collaboration, and what she considers seeing the “big picture.” Penelope Trunk lists some points that tend to go…

If you’ve found a job that is enjoyable, it can be very easy to get into a routine. However, a routine can quickly morph into a rut which may negatively impact your career development. Following with the theme of the season, Jaclyne Badal from the College Journal (a branch of the Wall Street…

A Stephen M. Pollan and Mark Levine book published by Harper Collins Publishers Incorporated, 2004, 273 pages. Nonfiction: Career Changes, Career Development, Self-actualization (Psychology). The book promises a career plan to take control of your work life, boost your income, have a better job offer at hand and find happiness outside the office.Folks, this thing…

“Natural talent” vs “Practice makes perfect” always strikes me as a question when looking at career development and hiring. Geoffrey Colvin at Fortune Magazine writes a great article with set of real examples on targeted natural gifts doesn’t exist, but consistent practice is what makes people great: What makes Tiger Woods great? What made Berkshire Hathaway…