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Back to Basics: Your Calendar

One of the first things people do when they make the decision to “get organized” is buy some kind of calendar. It might be a dayplanner, a desktop “blotter-pad” calendar, a Palm or Blackberry, or some other kind of devic

How to Stand Up

Stand up. Sounds tough right? In this article, I will explain to you how you can get from a seated position to a fully standing position with just a few simple steps. You see, you and I were designed to be standers. Some

The Quick & Dirty Guide to Personal Wikis

Personal wikis were a big fad for productivity geeks for a while, but that seems to have toned down a lot through 2008. Wikis are still incredibly useful, and can make you more productive. You can think of a personal wik

5 Ways to Learn Jargon, And Fast

Early on in my writing career, I took on a couple of articles covering project management. To put it mildly, I didn't know a Gantt chart from a PERT chart. Worse, I didn't even know where to start. I had already learned,

How to Make the Right Choice

Which job should you take? What car should you buy? Should you ask him to marry you? Are you ready for another baby? Is this house right for you, or should you keep looking before you make an offer? Life is full of hard

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 l

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

How to Write in 140 Characters or Less

On Wednesday, I wrote a set of tips on writing (https://is.gd/wlJ). I had in mind business and similar situations where solid writing counts. Joel, also of Lifehack, linked to the post on his blog (https://is.gd/wlU), sa

How to Admit Your Mistakes

Feel difficult to admit your own mistakes? This article can help you learn to admit your mistakes and take responsibilities, so you can grow into a better person.

Stop Trying to Be Liked and Start Being You

I don't like you. Four words we hate to hear. For some reason, we all like to be liked. No revelation there. It's how we're wired. We hate it when people don't like us - even people we don't really know. Some of us will

How to Break All the Rules

Rules, they say, are meant to be broken. Not all the time, of course -- we are, after all, trying to have a society here. But while rules help, most of the time, to create an orderly and well-regulated society, sometimes

How to Be On Time Every Time

In my last post, I talked about why being punctual matters . The short version: people who are habitually late (or are late even once, when it counts) project incompetence, self-centeredness, and even a lack of integrity