Archive for the ‘Featured’ Category

How I’m Getting a Smartphone, While Avoiding Crazy Habits

What makes a smartphone "smart?"This may sound like a dumb question, but I have actually been asking it ever since I made a commitment to upgrade my time management system with the purchase of a shiny, new 2011 smartphone in January.Setting aside the question of the costs (which I understand can top US$2,000 per year when internet charges are included,) I am focused on discovering whether or not I… Continue reading

September 1 2010 | By Francis | Tagged: Productivity, skills, smartphone, time-management, training | no comments»

House Hunting for Good Feng Shui

Looking for just the right new home is an overwhelming task! There are so many considerations, so many things to think about that it’s easy to get distracted and not notice features of the home and its location that could be problematic. And, if you’re not very sensitive to energy, you could inadvertently buy a home that is a feng shui nightmare--a place where it would be very difficult to… Continue reading

August 27 2010 | By Debbie | Tagged: | 2 comments»

5 Ways to Spend Time with Your Kids When You Have No Time

It was Dr. Anthony P. Witham who once said "children spell love…T-I-M-E." He was definitely onto something. Unfortunately, if you are like most parents, time is a precious commodity that often eludes us. Whether we have a new job, a new baby, or we just need to make the coffee or strip the beds, we always seem to be wishing for more time. We need more. We want more. But… Continue reading

August 23 2010 | By Erin | Tagged: family time, spend time with your kids | 4 comments»

12 Tips for Being Good Feng Shui

Feng shui teaches that everything is alive with energy. Everything. That means that you too are alive with energy. What kind of energy are you? When I evaluate environments for good feng shui I look for a feeling of harmony and balance, a predominance of positive energy, and few sources of negative energy. The same criteria can be applied to people.You’ve probably met people who immediately repel you by their… Continue reading

August 18 2010 | By Debbie | Tagged: | no comments»

Do You Want to Live a More Inspired Life?

The Writing ProcessSometimes I sit at my computer to write an article and the experience is a very logical, cerebral and practical one. To be honest, I think it’s more of a conscious process than it is a creative experience. I carefully consider what I want to convey to my readers. I think about the key messages, the communication style, some possible examples and analogies and whether or not… Continue reading

August 17 2010 | By Craig | Tagged: inspirational | 6 comments»

9 Ways To Tell If You Are A Self-Help Junkie (And What To Do About It)

A week ago, I received a message from a blog reader. He commented that my entries have been longer of late, and while he tried reading, he was lazy to continue on. He suggested I should create shorter versions of my articles for busy and lazy people like him.For perspective, my guest posts on Lifehack are about 1-2k words long, while the ones at my blog are about 3k… Continue reading

August 16 2010 | By Celestine | Tagged: action, attitude, excellence, life, Lifehack, maturity, meaning, motivation, personal_development, Productivity, purpose, self-help junkie | 17 comments»

Stop Trying To Be Creative

August 13 2010 | By Seth | Tagged: | 6 comments»

Top 10 Ways to Lead More Effectively with Humor

Humor and laughter provide so many rewards. Studies have shown 20 seconds of laughter yield the same benefits as 3 minutes of hard rowing. A Robert Half International study reported 84% of executives believe a worker with a good sense of humor does a better job. Incorporating humor more effectively in the workplace allows you to defuse difficult situations, reduce stress, create attention for new ideas, build rapport, and… Continue reading

August 12 2010 | By Mike | Tagged: humor, joy, leadership, teamwork, work, workplace | no comments»

9 Helpful Tips To Deal With Negative People

Do you have any friends or colleagues who are negative? If so, you'll know they aren't the most enjoyable people to be around. Negative people can be real downers in any conversation. No matter what you say, they have a way of spinning things in a negative direction. Some negative people can be so negative that it feels draining just being around them.I've dealt with a fair share of negative… Continue reading

August 9 2010 | By Celestine | Tagged: Communication, critical people, energy vampires, happiness, negative people, people-skills, positivity, workplace, workplace management | 12 comments»

Staying Organized: 8 Tips for Daily Sanity

Staying organized is not for sissies! Unlike getting organized it requires a commitment to DAILY ACTION to maintain the order you created when you got organized. That means, you must do the same actions day after day after day after day after day . . . in order to avoid the trauma of having to reorganize chaos all over again!So what? What’s the big deal? All… Continue reading

August 6 2010 | By Debbie | Tagged: | 7 comments»

The Quickest Way to Create a New Mindset

Our Internal RealityWe all want to change our internal reality on some level. The way we think, interpret, react, cope, expect, process, interact and communicate. The way we create our own experiences: good and bad. The way we manage our fears. Or, perhaps, don’t manage them. The way we avoid the big decisions. The way we wait. And wait. And wait. That is, procrastinate.The way we see ourselves. Talk to… Continue reading

August 2 2010 | By Craig | Tagged: | 36 comments»

10 Ways Blogging Can Improve Your Life

Have you ever read a blog and thought about starting one yourself because you could do as good a job? Most of us could benefit from keeping one. Especially those with small business aspirations! I've got over 10 blogs but only one of them is public. The rest are kept private and used as a way for me to organise information, access it from anywhere and search my… Continue reading

July 30 2010 | By Annabel | Tagged: blogging, writing | 25 comments»

5 Ways to Brighten A Cloudy Day

When I was a small child, I’d curl up on my parents’ bed after the sunshine had warmed their dark brown comforter. It was an oasis of peace and safety that I struggled to find in later years. I’d made the mistake of thinking that being an adult meant no longer delighting in “silly” things like a sun-warmed blanket. I was entirely wrong.Each day includes moments that can be deeply… Continue reading

July 29 2010 | By Seth | Tagged: | 3 comments»

How to Grow Your Small Business in Any Economy, Part 1

Think your small business can't grow in this economy? You're wrong. Improving your mindset and minimizing your risk are possible in all economies.If you pay attention to the media and get sucked into an "economic panic," you might think that trying to grow a business in today's economy is a crazy notion. But many of the companies you know and trust were started in economic conditions much… Continue reading

July 28 2010 | By Susan | Tagged: business, business_growth, economy, entrepreneur, motivation, Productivity, small_business | 5 comments»

6 Steps To Remove TV From Your Life

A couple of months ago I wrote an article on 10 reasons to quit TV on my blog. I was half expecting resistant replies, but was surprised to read many readers expressing the same sentiments. Some of them have removed TV from their lives since years ago, while some are on the way towards cutting TV out. Many of them expressed improved quality of life after they stopped / reduced… Continue reading

July 26 2010 | By Celestine | Tagged: cultivating habits, fulfillment, growth, habits, Lifestyle, Productivity, satisfaction, tv, tv-free | 50 comments»