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You see, the Island Approach is a compartmentalization-based personal finance strategy that entails using individual accounts for specified purposes in order to: No single financial account beats the rest of the market in every single category, after all. For example, a certain credit card may offer the most lucrative rewards, but won’t provide the longest 0% introductory period. Likewise, a particular checking account may waive all ATM fees, but isn’t likely to have the highest interest rates....

Your relationship with yourself How are you doing your relationship with yourself? You teach people how to treat you by the way you treat yourself. It is important that you get into a great relationship with yourself so that you know who you are and what you stand for. When you have a good relationship with yourself you know your strengths and also your weaknesses. You know your likes, your dislikes, your hobbies, interests and passions and create time for them....

You only fail when you stop trying.

Firstborn Children: The Leaders Firstborn children tend to adopt the traits of a powerful leader and have the urge to help and protect others. Once their younger siblings are born, firstborns tend to copy the parents’ behavior and can get over-protective of their siblings. The care they learn to provide to their siblings makes them become great parents to their own children. They have a great amount of self-esteem since they were the first object of their parents’ undivided attention and greatest love....

10 Ways to Let Go of Past Relationships

“Why am I not having fun?” “My life is so boring.” “Everybody seems so much happier than me.” Many of us are guilty of this kind of thinking. In fact, it’s been found that up to 1 in 5 of us feel depressed as a result of using social media. [1] The reason we feel bad when we see other people having fun on social media is simple: We value big milestones more than small moments of happiness....

Hacking Elevators 101! – [The Damn Blog via Darknet.org.uk]

1. Harry Potter (the Series) by J.K. Rowling The Harry Potter books may not be old enough to be “classics,” but they will stand the test of time! The books seamlessly weave in and out of each other through Rowling’s masterful story development. The Potter world is a child’s dream, opening the doors of imagination through magic, new locations, and quirky characters with real issues and fantastic character development. Rowling surpasses limits and takes us to new worlds and possibilities....

Sometimes it’s understandable, like having someone close to you die and then going through the mourning process. During those times, I say it’s best to let the process do what it does and try not to shut out any emotions and just allow yourself to feel and heal. There are those other times of hardship that come around far more often; the ones that keep coming back, restarting the cycle of anger sadness, and guilt all over again....

This is one of the most common regrets people have before they die, recorded in a collection of the most common regrets[1] by Bonnie Ware, a nurse of terminally ill patients with chronic conditions. Unfulfilling life leads to more regrets Many people seem to be living in a trance state of rigid routine lifestyles accumulated over years. These routines lay out a perception of stability, which amounts to an illusion in a fluctuating world....

And what about the misconceptions about people engaged in less intelligible jobs such as waiting tables or telemarketing who are deemed “unintelligent? Try giving these people an empty canvas and watch them create a masterpiece for you with just a pencil. The point is, our perception of intelligence is skewed. Everything that seems out of our reach is automatically deemed as intelligent however on the contrary, according to psychologist, Howard Gardner, everyone is blessed with multiple types intelligence....

But would you tell a client you’re sitting in a McDonalds? Would you say Starbucks? See? I think the difference is in the experience and how it’s been crafted. By the way, McDonalds is working on it. They’re putting in leather sofas and tile and all kinds of things to support a change of experience. But enough about my example. Let’s talk about experience building and how it relates to life hacking....

Just imagine the regret of those who once rejected your work. That in itself is pretty motivating! Fabienne Wente | visual.ly Featured photo credit: Not approved/Daniel Kulinski via flic.kr

Downward Facing Dog Begin on your hands and knees. Your wrists should be underneath your shoulders, and your knees underneath your hips. Inhale as you tuck your toes under your heels. Then exhale and lift your hips, coming into an upside down “V” shape called Downward Facing Dog. Spread your fingers wide and create a straight line between your middle fingers and elbows. Work on straightening your legs and lowering your heels toward the ground....

Are some couples happier because they found the right partner, or do they work harder at being the right partners? Or, my own pondering…are some people just totally inept at ever being truly happy with any single person? Is ‘the one’ out there? It seems a lot of us think of these questions. Married or single. Male or female. The issue doesn’t discriminate. It just nags at many of us....

One more good thing about the Bubble map – [idea * idea] Remember that a bubble represents the mind-share of your stress, not amount of the work you have to do (a bubble f lots of work with little stress is smaller than a bubble of one phone call with a lot of stress)…

BONUS: You can now subscribe to Lifehack Goal here and build a better eating habit by following the tips we send out daily! Featured photo credit: HubSpot via blog.hubspot.com

With the advancement in technology, the mail in a portion of the rebate game has been replaced with a much more convenient method; the smartphone and an app called ibotta. Revamp Your Reward Experience with Ibotta With the advancement in technology, the mail in a portion of the rebate game has been replaced with a much more convenient method; the smartphone and an app. Using your cellphone camera an easy to use the app, you are able to instantly earn money back from specific purchases on things that you bought....

A Shift of Focus Here’s part of our conversation: BLOKE: “When I’m a little more organised and I’ve got all my crap together, I want to be able to help people turn their lives around and make a difference in a real and practical way – kind of like you do.” CH: “In that case, you’ll never help anyone.” B: “What?” CH: “You heard.” B: “Why do you say that?...