Posts Tagged ‘social’

Get Out More: 6 Ways to Be More Social

Whether you’re a web worker, an overworked corporate employee, or just a homey sort, you’ve probably heard the refrain: “Get out more!”

Yes, you could take a walk, take to drinking alone in a seedy bar, or drive around looking at billboards, but it’s likely that just physically getting out of the house isn’t all you need. No, those people who care about you are telling you to go out and… » Continue

July 2 2008 | By Dustin | Tagged: class, networking, relationship, social, teaching | 4 comments»

8 Good Reasons to Be a Lousy Musician

I’m a crappy guitarist. In the 20 years that I’ve been playing, I can’t once remember playing scales, and I’ve never sat down to "practice". I still have trouble with F-chords, I have awful right-hand technique, and my tempo has been known to swing from too fast to too slow without ever hitting "just right".

I wouldn’t give it up for the world.

See… » Continue

June 30 2008 | By Dustin | Tagged: connection, individual, leisure, mindfulness, music, relaxation, social, stress | 35 comments»

How to Make Yourself Indispensable

Let me ask you a question: could you disappear? If you didn’t show up at work tomorrow, if you weren’t home at 6:00 for dinner, if nobody ever heard from or saw you again, would it matter?

OK, these are depressing things to think about, but that’s exactly how many people feel, day in and day out, in their jobs and even at home. They feel unappreciated, unchallenged… » Continue

June 16 2008 | By Dustin | Tagged: difference, growth, indispensable, self-development, social | 22 comments»

How to Improve Your Rapport Development

There are plenty of great people in the world—honest, reliable, and considerate—who frequently fail in developing friendships and relationships with the people around them. If you haven’t got good social skills and body language or confidence around others, you may fall into this category.

If that’s the case, then what you could be missing is the ability to develop rapport. If you don’t know what that is, rapport is:
a close… » Continue

March 17 2008 | By Joel | Tagged: Friends, people, rapport, social | 12 comments»

Dealing With Negative People

Draining, anti-productive negative people. It may be someone who is always complaining about something, or attacking you personally; there is much to gain by correctly handling these people.

Catherine Pratt has written about 9 ways to deal with a negative person. The key, in my opinion, is becoming detached emotionally and looking at things objectively. Is this worth my time or energy? Can I make something positive out of… » Continue

May 22 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: people, personaldevelopment, personality, social, socializing | 2 comments»

How To Be A Happy Introvert

Being an introvert isn’t necessarily a bad thing. If it prevents you from doing what you really want to do, or hinders your working and personal lives, then something should change. However, introverts should be happy being so.

Author on Introverts, Nancy R. Fenn, wrote a Top Ten to get introverts through their day, and it’s mostly a How To in getting out of negative situations and keeping positive about… » Continue

April 17 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: introvert, social, social-networking, socializing | 20 comments»

20 Reasons Sex is Good

You probably don’t need 20, but here is a list of reasons why sex is good for you and your partner, married or otherwise.

Granted, this list is from a ‘gossip’ site, and it’s geared towards married types, there is still some good information - not like you needed it.
2. Sex helps you forget
Oxytocin, which triggers orgasm, has an amnesic effect that lasts up to five hours. So for a… » Continue

March 21 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: marriage, social | 9 comments»

Create an online profile for work

If you have managed to avoid sites like MySpace, Facebook, and LinkedIn until now, your time may be running out. Many companies are forcing their employees to create online profiles to be used on company Intranet sites. If you have never tried any of these social networking sites, the world of “profile creation” may be very new to you. The College Journal posted a list of seven… » Continue

February 5 2007 | By Kyle | Tagged: Communication, networking, social, workplace | 2 comments»

Why One Partner Needs to Go Out and Work

With the rat race catching up and both the partners in a relationship slogging to make ends meet, don’t you wish that you would be able to work from home where both of you could spend as much time as you want to with each other? Well, if you have such desires and thoughts, it is highly recommended that you think through the various consequences of the whole situation… » Continue

February 2 2007 | By Vishal | Tagged: social, workfromhome | 12 comments»

Reach Out and Network

Over the past several days, I’ve had the opportunity to meet several people, from presidents of corporations, to really important people like teachers of children with learning disabilities. I’ve had the opportunity to hear about a lot of businesses, and have received a lot of interesting offers in the mix.

But what was really fun was helping people connect with other people. I got the chance to do that a… » Continue

September 19 2006 | By Chris | Tagged: Communication, conferences, networking, social, socializing | 6 comments»

On Your Bike!

Bikely is a new site to share bike routes. It’s so simple, and yet, it’s really useful. Seeing a MAP of a route is of little value to me, because I don’t know from the map whether the route will be scenic, whether there are elevations that are going to force me to over-use my Granny gears. But a site that simply lets you share the routes you like?

Put… » Continue

June 7 2006 | By Chris | Tagged: bicycle, commuting, cycling, directions, howto, routes, social, website | 2 comments»

Promote Yourself

I’m running into a recurring theme when meeting new, interesting creative folks: they don’t know the first thing about how to promote themselves and what they’re doing. Sure, it’s not for everyone, but if you’re attending conferences or gathering with lots of interesting people to discuss your big ideas and future plans, a little self-promotion is a good thing.

Business Cards- use a service like VistaPrint, or cooler still

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June 6 2006 | By Chris | Tagged: Communication, conversation, hacks, interaction, presentation, selfpromotion, social | 2 comments»

The Moleskine Social Network

You have at least one Moleskine sitting around, don’t you? Aren’t they built right into the Lifehack.org action figure kits these days? Sacha Chua uses hers to keep track of people and conversations she encouters during a given day. It’s fascinating.

I’m somewhat notorious for writing notes during conversations. I keep ‘minutes’ in a little black book that I always carry with me. I can’t help it! I love learning… » Continue

May 30 2006 | By Chris | Tagged: conversation, hacks, Lifehack, lifehacks, moleskine, networks, social, stewe+boyd | 2 comments»

Flickr as a Business Tool

I was puzzling over a note in Dave Gray’s Flickr account, and by note, I mean a photo of a note he’d taken at a conference, when it struck me:

Flickr is not a photo sharing tool. It is a platform, and it could be exceptionally useful for businesses.

Flickr Business Hacks

Upload a product design for review- mark it “friends only” and have your “friends” (coworkers) share their thoughts using

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May 17 2006 | By Chris | Tagged: business, flickr, photo, photography, social, software, web, work-life | 16 comments»

Socially Awkard? You?

Adam at YouMeTips.com wants your next conference hallway chat to go a little easier. He’s worked out some ideas on handling conversation, and other areas where you’ll feel off kilter.

That is basically six areas to talk about: name, home, family, work, travel, hobbies. Memorize that list of six topics, and when the time comes, the questions will come to mind easily, keeping the conversation lively and smooth. A smooth and… » Continue

May 14 2006 | By Chris | Tagged: conversation, Lifestyle, social | 2 comments»

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