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I will be honest. For years, I hurried through life. I was barely making it through my day, going at the speed of light on some days, let alone having time to doing anything else. My diet was horrible (sure, I will eat that last chicken nugget so as to not waste food), I didn’t make time for exercise (said the former athlete), and I stopped reading anything that didn’t remind me about upcoming parent-teacher conferences or include a baseball schedule....

1. You find that many people aren’t sharing their jokes with you It’s not as if they don’t want you to share in their amusement or make you a part of the excitement, it’s just that they are being thoughtful since the image you present doesn’t help make a joke worth telling. 2. You don’t connect with people who smile You are comfortable with not smiling. It’s not as if you are not happy....

People want more from their work. They want to be able to meet some at least of their other needs: for good social contact, for a sense of achievement, a feeling they’re doing something worthwhile, the sense of belonging to an organization they can feel proud of — even a sense of self-worth and meaning in life. It’s a sad fact many people find themselves disappointed in this side of their working lives....

To my daughter, I write this letter to you as I am working through my 20-something years. There are some lessons I’ve learned and I hope that I can pass on my knowledge to you. 1. Choose a career that matters to you Sometimes it isn’t until you hit your 20-somethings that you really start to understand what matters to you. Take your passion and make it into a career....

You’re in for a wild ride in this life that you’ve only barely embarked on. I know that right now, you’re pretty comfortable, warm, shielded from the harsh light, the shrieking voices, the general offences of the world. But, in almost no time at all, everything is going to change. At first, you’ll see bright lights. You’ll probably feel what we call “cold,” which just means you’ll feel right at home when you’re placed on my chest right after you’re born....

Passing the test at what cost? Bryan Fogel sets out to investigate the truth about doping in sports. He meets Grigory Rodchenkov, former head of the Russian anti-doping agency, who agrees to help him. Fogel, himself being an amateur cyclist, decides to use banned performance-enhancing drugs and then subject himself to testing, to see if he would pass. Fogel finds out that Grigory has his method for helping Russian athletes pass a doping test....

I literally went through all kinds of techniques and possible working scenarios. Step by step I am moving closer to a handful of techniques that work best for me. Today I will share one of the systems that proved to be tremendously effective. It is a combination of the Eisenhower System and the idea to consider your cognitive resources. Probably one of the most famous and widely used productivity techniques and management ways is to distinguish between important and urgent, important and non-urgent, non-important but urgent and neither important nor urgent....

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013) Walter Mitty is your average Joe; he works 9-5 as the negative assets manager at Life magazine. He has a crush on a new hire – Cheryl Melhoff, but he doesn’t have the guts to ask her out. However, when his job and that of his colleague are on the line, Walter is forced to act and embark on a global journey to Greenland, an adventure that turns out to be more exhilarating than ever could have ever imagined....

You can try out HashPlug here, it’s a 5 star app in the Google Chrome store.

Since then I’ve taught many students who seek to improve their writing by using “better” words. Their revision strategies focus on replacing plain words with big, shiny ones. Such students usually rely on a thesaurus, now more available to a writer than ever before as a tool in many word-processing programs. But dressing up a piece of prose with thesaurus-words tends not to work well. And here’s why: a thesaurus suggests words without explaining nuances of meaning and levels of diction....

XOXO Wreath Your V-day décor does not have to be all hearts and roses. An easy Valentine’s Day idea is to make use of a holiday wreath. If you have a burlap wreath from the previous Christmas, take it out of storage and put it up on your door or window. Then, pair it with a bunch of branches tied together to form an X. Display your branches above your wreath to complete the XOXO look!...

It might be too unbelievable that walking barefoot could actually improve our health. But there’re scientific reasons behind… As the earth emits negative electrons, they penetrate our bodies when we walk barefoot. These electrons have remarkable benefits that many of us have never imagined. It will reduce free radicals and inflammation in your body Free radicals are produced from our electronic devices, the sun’s rays, x-rays, cigarettes, and various chemicals....

Excessive emails, pointless meetings and constant interruptions are huge culprits of time wasting at work according to Atlassian. They say that we lose 10 IQ points when we spend hours fielding constant emails, the same as missing out on an entire night’s sleep. Annual productivity costs per employee can be estimated at $1250 dealing with spam, $1800 sorting through unnecessary emails, and between $2100 and $4100 (poorly) communicating via email....

They run through all the basics in brief while delving into Flickr’s more interesting features like Notes, Geotagging and the new Collections for Pro users. Newbie’s Guide to Flickr – [WebWare]

To understand the research findings, first you need to know what makes introverts and extroverts different? It’s my personal take that there are no pure-blood ambiverts. Ambiverts are actually introverts who learned extroverted ways to navigate through an extroverted world. So, while they are as raucous extroverts by the world, deep down they are just “quiet” introverts. Introverts and extroverts do not live at the extreme ends of the personality scale....

Here’s the question posed in this edition of Ask The Entrepreneurs: What’s your most effective tip for taking a midday, relaxing break from work? Take a (Bike) Ride – W. Michael Hsu, DeepSky 2. Meditate – Jonathan Shokrian, MeUndies Inc. 3. Walk the Dog – Nathalie Lussier, The Website Checkup Tool 4. Order Group Lunch – John Hall, Digital Talent Agents 5. Chat With Local Vendors – Derek Capo, Next Step China 6....

But here’s a problem — you haven’t had an infant in the house before. Look at all the sharp edges and pointy corners everywhere, slippery hard floors, chemicals, electricity, pets. There are a ton of things that might hurt your baby. Getting a baby crib and some basic baby equipment isn’t enough. Oh no, you need to take care of the entire house. By that, we mean you need to make sure your child is protected from the environment....

Using Google Groups To BackUp Gmail – [GoogleTutor] 2) Give it a description that will give you a hint that this is your backup archive for your Gmail. 3) Set Access level to “Restricted” since this would only be your GMail backup and archive. 4) Skip the “Invite members” step. 5) Go to “Group settings” 6) In the “Advanced” tab, click on the “Use Google Groups to manage remote archive” option....