Why Your Free Time is Boring
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Don't Be Eeyore
One of the barriers to a happy, effective life is the way that we create negativity in our daily affairs. We swap stories of adversity -- the store clerk that was rude to you, the boss that never recognizes your contribu
Becoming a Great Step-Dad
The biggest change I made this year, and maybe in my life, is becoming a step-dad. Moving in with my partner meant making a commitment to her three children, a commitment that turned out to mean a heck of a lot more afte
Habit List Vs ToDo List
Mark Shead at Productivity501 has separated his regular todo's from his 'actual' todo list. He's talking about your day to day items that might obscure what you're trying to achieve with your todo list. “Habit” tasks ten
How to Learn Something New Every Day and Stay Smart
Learning isn't only for children or college students. You should never stop learning and growing. Here's how to learn something new everyday and stay smart.
Nine Brain Quirks You Didn't Realize You Had
I think the brain is most interesting when it doesn’t work the way you expect it should. Psychology often confirms our intuitions about how our minds work, but it offers quite a few surprises as well. Although some psych
Getting Off the Treadmill of Life
Do you wish you could slow things down, especially your mind? Life is hectic and harried, but there are several ways you can jump off the hamster wheel of life to get some much needed respite. You only need to mentally c
7 Practical Steps to Turn Around a Bad Experience
Failure sucks. But if your planning on doing anything important you are going to have to get used to it. Embarrassment, frustration and even bad situations you can’t control are going to be part of life. What can you act
The Stacking Method for Memorizing
Dean Hunt at RetiredAt21 has written a summary of what's known as 'stacking' for memorizing. You may have come across a similar story, but Dean recalls one of a college student who memorized the first 7 chapters of a tex
10 Tips to Study Smart and Save Time
I recently got my marks back from University. My grade point average was a 4.2 out of a possible 4.5, resting between an A and a perfect A+. In itself, this isn’t an incredible achievement. But I managed to do this while
How To Start a Conversation with Anyone (Go-to Guide)
Initiating conversations with strangers doesn't have to be intimidating. Here are some tips on how to develop your communication skills.
How Not To Suck At Socializing - Do's & Don'ts
Being socialable is a very easy thing to do, and it shouldn't be something you're either good at or not. You can learn to become a more social person - if you want to. Generally extroverts will have less trouble getting
14 Ways to Cultivate a Lifetime Reading Habit
"To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all the miseries of life." -- W. Somerset Maugham Somewhere after "lose weight", "stop procrastinating", and "fall in love", "read more"
How To Remove Water Stains From Wood
As small as this hack is, it had to be posted. Something this simple for a problem that so many households try desperately to prevent, it's worth adding to your cleaning how-to's. Place a cotton cloth directly over the s
Filofax For GTD
David Mackay at OrganisedLife.com has some tips to using an A5 Filofax for his GTD system. It's a continuing project - one that he's been using happily for well over a year now - taht outlines how you can use an existing