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1. Identify your goals You can’t know what the critical activities are if you don’t first have a clear understanding of what your goals are. You need to understand where you are going before you can know how to get there. Go beyond just labeling something as your goal, get a grip on WHY you want to achieve your goal. Before you plan how to get to your vacation destination you first need to know where you are going and what you want to do when you get there....

1. Am I loved? I feel happier when I ask myself if I have loved ones in my life. Do you have people around you who truly, deeply care about you and whom you care equally as much about? Our relationships define us, and the quality of those relationships is in many way synonymous with the quality of our lives. Don’t settle for toxic friendships or unhealthy companionships; you deserve better than that....

Fireworks go off across the world. Someone asks you about your New Year’s resolution, and as you blurt out your response, you quietly realize it’s the same resolution you set for yourself last year. And the year before last. And the year before last year, too. Ouch! Why is it that achieving a New Year’s resolution is so hard? Well, first of all, before you start feeling bad for yourself, know that if you didn’t achieve the New Year’s resolution you set for yourself last year, or in previous years, you’re not alone....

Have you ever been frustrated after not getting what you wanted and hoped better professionals were out there? Have you ever had a confusing encounter with a client that left you questioning your own services as a graphic designer? Look no further than this hilarious, eye-catching and entirely spot-on infographic from Cool Infographics about graphic design.

1. Cucumber Water Lowers Risk of Heart Disease Cardiac disease is the number one killer in America, according to the American Heart Association. However, the good news is that you can reduce your chances of developing this disease through good lifestyle choices such as a healthy diet, regular exercise and including cucumber water in your diet. It has been shown to help reduce high blood pressure — a major risk factor for heart disease — by helping the kidneys to get rid of extra sodium in the body....

However, as you may know, anger is not always a fantastic emotion to have. Anger sometimes makes you less appealing as a person; it affects your work, your private life and your sense of well-being. This is particularly true when you feel constantly on the edge of having an emotional breakdown. Here are seven steps that you can implement to help you rein in your anger demons. Hopefully, this helps you obtain the control you need to be less stressed and avoid a rage-filled day-to-day lifestyle....

When David Zinger of Slacker Manager asked his readers to answer a simple question – “How’s work?”, nearly 500 readers responded. The results were positive i.e. most of them were satisfied with their jobs. They were the ones who had survived the tough times. Then there were some who hated everything about their jobs and were longing for a change. Ever wondered why some people survive their jobs while others struggle to find a foot hold?...

Ever since the 1980s, there has been an increasing amount of media coverage on stress-related topics. For decades, scientists, researchers, and doctors have been investigating how the human body responds to stress, and whether it is possible for some people to become addicted to stress. While there are no hard figures to reveal how many Americans may be suffering from stress addiction, experts do agree that people suffering from this problem face varying degrees of danger to their health....

He’s seen as effective by executives and managers alike, and is famous for the speed at which he returns email. In fact, the new email tracking software that the company has in place then, shows that he has the best average email response rate — he replies to email, on average, a mere “5.73 minutes after receipt.” The numbers also show that he’s able to respond at all hours of the night, on weekends, when he’s on vacation or on holidays, and while he’s supposed to be sleeping....

Of course, it isn’t difficult to see how some of our habits affect our personal lives, but the fact that they actually play a huge role in your professional success isn’t initially as obvious. With entrepreneurship comes independence, and with that comes a lot of responsibility — without a boss to set the rules, deadlines, and consequences, you’re left more vulnerable than ever to letting your bad habits take over!...

How can you improve your posture? Here is an infographic to help you! These 5 tips will help you improve your posture and health. As you see, there are a few points that can help you greatly. Make sure you have a good chair to sit in and have your desk at the right height. Are you sitting right? If not, try to adjust your seat and posture to make sure you stay healthy!...

This way, there would be no need for them to bring a lot of cash as they are willing to deal with the interest rates from credit card companies. Even though there are already a lot of people who use credit cards, there are still people who do not know the proper ways of using it and are taking advantage of it the wrong way. Here are 5 things that you should completely avoid when using a credit card....

It’s good to see Google’s staff doctor is sharing this to us, instead of keeping this in the internal memo list. Avoiding RSI – [Official Google Blog]

Scene of the Crime For those two hours last night that you watched television, someone else stole that time and applied it to writing a little bit more on their new, completely obvious, “I had that idea already” book, and they’re going to sell it for $200,000 up front. When you surfed RSS feeds an extra hour looking for the perfect productivity tip, someone snuck in and ran off with that time....

How to Be a Leader in Your Field – [Philip E. Agre] In a knowledge-intensive world of ceaseless innovation and change, I assert, every professional must be a leader. This is not a universally popular idea. Some people say, “leadership is fine for others, but I just want a job”. I want to argue that it doesn’t work that way. The skills that the leader exercises in building a critical mass of opinion around emerging issues are the same skills that every professional needs to stay employed at all....

Beer & Food Pairing (Infographic)

Narcissists are everywhere. It is no surprise that we encounter such self-serving individuals at home, at work and in our everyday life. In reality, all of us have some degree of narcissistic traits. Some individuals, however, are over the top in serving themselves and cause emotional harm to others. In fact, Narcissist Personality Disorder wasn’t categorized as a disorder by the American Psychiatric Association until 1987 as too many people share some of the traits and it’s very difficult to diagnose....

Most trekkers do the 4-day, 3-night program, although it is possible to finish the trek using a 3-day, 2-night itinerary—more about this below. Comfort on the trek is in a hostel or home stays, with a night in a hotel in Aguas Calientes. The trek usually appears to interest people who like adrenaline-filled experiences. If you are looking for an original Andean trekking experience but hate mountain biking yet enjoy camping, this trek may not be for you....

8 Ways You Can Travel The World

But first, do you know what brain teasers like this can do to your brain? There are thousands of picture puzzles and brain teasers like this out there. Some of them are crazy illusions that just make you want to slap yourself. Also, there is a fascinating subject among the “brain hacking” community on whether the brain teasing puzzles like the one above can unlock the intelligence within you....