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 career. Just as it can be helpful... More »
Young Money put together a list of ten tips to help you enjoy a romantic Valentine’s Day while saving money. For the unaware, Wednesday is Valentine’s Day. If you don’t plan on becoming rich in six days, this list might be for you. Valentine’s Day is one holiday where this sentiment rings most true. Rich in love unfortunately does not... More »
TenantMarket is a Web site with the goal of matching landlords with tenants. As described by Emily Chang, it appears to be the “Match.com for apartments.” When looking for a rental in a new city, I had a great experience with rent.com and apartmentfinder.com. I wish I had know about this service back then. Here is the description from TenantMarket:... More »
75 Shares Okay, it’s not as simple as the title makes it appear to be. However, How Stuff Works gives some scientific proof to answer the question, “Does drinking ice water burn calories?” I’ll cut right to the good stuff: Let’s figure out exactly what you’re burning when you drink a 16-ounce (0.5 liter) glass of ice water: The temperature of ice... More »
If you’re at all like me, you’re more than sick of the term “Web 2.0.” The amount of Web 2.0 applications available can seem overwhelming. However, understanding what each application can do can really increase your productivity. Go 2 Web 2.0 is a site that indexes all Web 2.0 applications and lets you search the applications based on the task... More »
482 Shares By now the holiday buzz has slowly warn off and you can start thinking about purchasing “gifts” for yourself once again. However, a little known fact is that you can save lots of money by making major purchases when the timing is most advantageous for the consumer. MSN Money posted an article that lists the best time to make various... More »
Productivity & Organizing Myth #3 – I don’t have time to prioritize As a new guest author to lifehack.org and an experienced productivity consultant I would like to start by naming and dispelling common productivity and organizing myths. This series will be posted each Wednesday until we cover the top 10. Myth: You don’t have time to prioritize because you’re... More »
We’ve covered one method of increasing your book intake with How To Read Fast in November. What about How To Read and Digest A Book and digesting a book properly while learning how to Speed Read. This little gem comes from Matt’s Idea Blog almost a year ago and helps me get through educational reading, particularly when I want to... More »
Flagrantdisregard.com have written a nice little piece on creating multiple users [writers] from the one gmail address. Their example for use is a parent who wants their young children to be able to send emails to friends and family without the parent needing to write it. My kids, 6 and 4, are too young to have their own email accounts.... More »
2.3K Shares I have been an early-riser for over a year now. Monday through Friday I wake up at 5:00 AM without hitting the snooze button even once. I never take naps and rarely feel tired throughout the day. The following is my advice on how to start your day (everyday) at 5:00 AM.The idea of waking up early and starting the... More »
Firefox has a handy feature that allows you to use your address bar as a dialog box to a search. When you find yourself repeatedly searching a particular site you might as well just search in your address bar from any page, right? For instance, by default, Firefox uses the address bar to search Google’s I Feel Lucky search, but... More »
Not exactly words you use every day, but we do apply cognition and metacognition every time we are asked a question. Cognition is knowing something, like the answer in a test, while metacognition is knowing whether you know the answer or not. So which is more important? To know the answer or to know that you don’t? Unless you’re taking... More »
1.3K Shares About two months ago, on a rainy Saturday, my seven year-old son (who is enjoying his budding ability to write) came to me with a small, yellow pad of paper and said, “Daddy, I want to write a list. What should I make a list of?” Suddenly, I recalled reading about John Goddard and the life list he wrote at... More »
We often debate the cause of procrastination. While doing so you inevitably ask yourself, “Why am I putting this off?” The most common answer is probably a lack of purpose. However, what may really be the problem is a simple lack of planning. We know what it is that we want, where it is we want to go, but because... More »
16 Shares I got myself a Nike + iPod Sport Kit recently. Sometimes I buy a gadget because it is new and innovative, but this time it’s a rational purchase. I have a iPod nano and I want to exercise by running. Plus it is quite affordable. What I don’t want is getting a new Nike+ shoes, at least not now. Frankly... More »
