As adults, we tend to move into areas of core competency, sigh a breath of relief (Hooray! No more feeling like I’m constantly failing at everything!), and then promptly stagnate. This, of course, is the quickest route towards the kind of career and life experiences that feel just kind of, well, “meh.” In order to keep yourself engaged and motivated, it’s important to continually form new and unexpected neural connections....
9 Helpful Tips To Deal With Negative People
What should you do? About 99.9% of people will tell you to give it up and play something else. That seems to make sense, doesn’t it? It isn’t your game. Maybe you should try basketball or soccer or golf instead? So why is it that people at work urge you to go on trying to get better at things that you have little interest in and no talent for either?...
As the healthy eating trend was getting more hype, we could notice the shift in supermarkets’ shelves, as more and more products have received their low fat substitute. Being familiar with hazardous impact of fat to our heart health and our weight, we started to perceive saturated fat as greatest enemy to our health and we welcomed these dietary changes and quickly started to incorporate low fat groceries into our diets....
When we were young, we were always asked what we would like to be in the future. Our dreams were far-fetched, yet they were tolerated because we were given the benefit of the doubt and because we were just children. But in the process of growing up, we’re exposed to the messy reality of the things that are possible and those that can only be true when we are asleep....
Here are 15 things you may have forgotten to thank your best friends for. 1. They Are Always Available – Even At Four In The Morning Your best friends are always there for you, no matter what the time is. From watching hours of re-runs, to turning up at your house with a bottle of vodka at midnight, your best friends are willing to do whatever it takes to make sure you’re okay....
1. You Learn When you’re building something from the ground up every moment that you’re constructing it is a huge learning experience. With a start up there’s no playbook yet; you and your team write the book yourselves with the lessons you learn together. At a regular job you might learn company policies and standard procedure. At a start up there is no standard procedure, so you learn in extremely informative but completely unexpected ways....
Who’da thought? But do we Need a Happiness Plan? We create plans to build wealth. And plans to lose weight. Plans for our dream home. Future plans. Travel plans. We plan the academic path that will lead to our ideal career. Or so we think. We plan our wedding (well, some do). Our marriage. Our family (2.3 kids and a Golden Retriever). It seems we have a plan for pretty much anything that’s remotely important in our lives, so why wouldn’t we have a plan for the thing which drives us all: a desire to be happy?...
Breaks give us much needed time to rest our eyes, move around, stretch our stiff muscles, get more blood and oxygen flowing to our brain, to unwind and obtain a fresh outlook on complex work problems. 21 Counter-Intuitive Break Ideas to Boost Your Productivity at Work
Today is the last day you can get $2 US off the cover price of our first ebook, Back to Basics Productivity.Order from our ebook store and use the coupon code “B2BLAUNCH” (without the quotes) at checkout. In case you missed the announcement last week, Back to Basics Productivity offers down-to-earth, nuts-and-bolts advice on how to make your work and your life better organized, less stressful, and more productive. Collecting in one place some of Lifehack’s most popular posts – each one expanded and revised – along with two completely new chapters, Back to Basics Productivity walks you through the basic concepts in personal productivity and shows you how to apply those concepts to your own life....
Negative stress can also exacerbate chronic health problems, such as diabetes or asthma. Other physical complaints may include increased headaches, joint pain, and depression. One way to combat these symptoms is through learning how to stop useless complaining. 1. Nourish A Positive Attitude Change the way you think. Of course, this is far easier said than done, but it is quite possible. Cultivate a positive spin on how you perceive the problem....
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Google Maps is one of the web technologies that take the web to the next level. When Google introduced Google Maps with searchable and pannable interface, and recently released the API for adding implementation on the map, it creates many interest from users and developers. Now information on the web does not need to bind to “what” and “how” already. Your piece of information can be also represent “where” with Google Maps....
Organizations are social places too. The economic basis for people coming together to work in groups and teams may be to achieve things they cannot do alone, but since people naturally enjoy being with others, the social aspect of work is never far below the surface. These two facts, taken together, explain why office politics are an inevitable part of any working environment. When choices need to be made that aren’t covered by explicit rules (and that’s most of them), there has to be a mechanism for choosing....
The era of digitalization and virtual reality is progressing rapidly, and we find ourselves stuck to modern entertainment more than ever before. Many of our children are addicted to video games and social networks and have lost their interest for playgrounds like these. A sedentary lifestyle — a lack of activity — is one of the factors that may lead to obesity, which is one of the most common health problems in the world today....
There are three main reasons many of us watch movies: We watch movies to be entertained. We also watch movies to become aware of social and economic issues. We watch movies to be informed and educated. “Films are subjective-what you like, what you don’t like,” says director Christopher Nolan. “But the thing for me that is absolutely unifying is the idea that every time I go to the cinema and pay my money and sit down and watch a film go up on-screen, I want to feel that the people who made that film think it’s the best movie in the world, that they poured everything into it and they really love it....
You may also find that many of the “work online from home” jobs are usually too good to be true, and require up-front costs without delivering any profits. Whatever your reason, there are ways to start your own business with very little start-up cost! #1. Web Content Writer Were you always the one student who enjoyed writing essays in school, or did you have a knack for the English language?...
1. Concentration Responsibilities are part of our everyday lives, upholding them is vital to continuing a peaceful existence. Completing responsibilities on time cannot be achieved without the element of concentration. Letting your mind wander, procrastinating, and getting engulfed by distractions are a common occurrence, in this world of digital frenzy. Develop a mindset that focuses on one task at a time, devoting the entirety of your effort and enthusiasm towards finishing what you started....
There is a silver lining here, though — it is through all the trials and tribulations that a recovering addict goes through that an iron will is forged, and it is this grim determination to overcome adversity at all costs that can serve as a powerful tool later in life. In this article, we will be taking a look at some of the ways people overcome addiction and the psychological tools and tactics that help them do so, as well as how ex-addicts can use their newfound strength of character to attain success and happiness in life....
