What if I told you today that everything you know about happiness is wrong? What if I told you that your brain was not designed to be happy? It all started about 200 thousand years ago, our ancestors lived in caves. Men would only leave the cave to hunt, and women would only leave to gather food. Men were called hunters, women were called gathers. Both genders had two goals for surviving and thriving....
Act now (not later!). Most people are so caught up in stressful future things they can’t control that they don’t appreciate the things they can do right NOW to improve their life. Have you ever found yourself in a situation where you had to complete what sounded like a complicated project in a REALLY short period of time? If so, I bet you were surprised by how much work you can get done quickly when you have no other options....
Have you ever heard someone spout this line of complete and utter bollocks? I’ve rarely heard anything so ridiculous said in my life. Fiction, like all the arts, is an important part of culture; both a reflective distillation of it, and the base elements that form it. Society’s collective attitudes, values, beliefs and the public memory have a symbiotic relationship with the arts. – Henry David Thoreau But a practical lifehackista may not be so interested in the importance of the arts in society; what exactly is the point of reading fiction?...
The Key to Gain Weight Fast and Safely The key to healthy weight gain is to consume clean foods with higher amounts of protein, fat, and complex carbohydrates at every single meal. Protein will help you build muscle to prevent muscle wasting. Since muscle weighs more than fat, this is important no matter what approach you take. Next, by combining a complex carbohydrate with a source of natural fat, weight gain will occur....
How do you do this? Not by wasting years writing articles or obsessing over writer’s conferences and book proposals. All you need is a blog. No other activity (including years of freelance writing) has brought me closer to my dream of publishing a book than blogging. It took me about six months to get a book contract with a publisher. And you can do the same. But why would want to publish a book?...
I cannot count the number of times I’ve either heard my coaching clients or parents on the street say, “My child just doesn’t listen to me!” or “Why can’t he/she just listen?” There are two issues here: 1. The child doesn’t have a healthy level of respect for the parents’ authority (as hard as this may be to admit) 2. The parent is making the request at the wrong time....
The benefits of a CRM strategy The first thing that has to be done is to show why a CRM strategy is so important for small businesses. That can be explained by asking one simple question: what is any business’s most valuable asset? The answer is their customers — not property or technology or employees. All of those things are means to an end of getting more happy customers who will come back and spend money....
Study after study confirms that if we just find the way to strengthen our self-control, our lives will become so much better—we’ll eat healthier, exercise, won’t overspend, overdrink, or overdo anything that’s bad for us. We will be able to achieve our goals much easier, and success will not be a distant chimera anymore. Simply put, if you know how to control your temptations, emotions, and behaviors, the world will be your oyster, as Shakespeare pointed out many years ago....
Your body has a natural rhythm that allows you to be productive. Forcing your mind when it is not ready to do work is a dreadful experience. But what if you can arrange your daily schedule based on the most active parts of the day? Actually, you can. It’s not as hard as you may think. This infographic provides tips on the productive cycle of the human body. Now you don’t have to pump unusual amounts of coffee throughout the day to get yourself motivated....
Children who are gifted, neurodivergent, or neurotypical all struggle with focus-related issues from time to time. Knowing how to improve children’s concentration and focus is a challenge. What can we do to improve our child’s access to their brilliance and their ability to focus and concentrate enough to translate their brilliance to the world? In this article, I would like to share some tricks that may just unlock your child’s mind, allowing them to show what they can really do in school, at home, and in life in general....
At work, especially when starting a new job, not only do you need to perform tasks on hand, but you also need to equip yourself with the skills and knowledge to sustain your career, advance, and improve your work performance. When you feel too busy to upgrade your skills, how do you make time to learn at work? Continuous learning impacts your employability. It is essential to show employers your willingness to stay updated or even ahead of trends in your work life....
They may need many tries before succeeding and getting it right. It’s like learning to ride a bicycle, learning how to drive, taking up a second language, or cooking for the first time. It’s rare for anyone to ace it on their first try. Whenever you want to start learning something new, I’m sure you’re always hoping to get good at it quickly. But how to learn fast? The reality is, that sometimes it does take days, months or even years before you can confidently master a skill....
In some cases, you have been intentionally lied to by greedy people trying to sell you something. In other cases, though, people (including some health professionals) are simply misinformed about how to be healthy. Guidelines are often crafted based on “policy” instead of science, the ridiculous war on saturated fat being a prime example of that. Lifestyle Diseases Are Preventable If you are willing to look past the advice that is constantly given by these misguided people, such as “food doesn’t matter, only calories” then you will discover that some of the most common diseases we face today are preventable....
Body Fat is necessary. It is the best fuel storage for your body as it’s providing him a lot of energy. Fat tissue is your body’s way of storing energy. Back in our hunter and gatherer times this was crucial. One could not buy foods as easily as we buy them today. In prehistoric times we had to go days and maybe even weeks without food. The accumulation of fat cells was crucial in that day and age....
If someone had asked me if I loved myself, I’m confident that my 20-something self would have said, “Yes.” The truth is, in subtle ways I neglected to honor my needs, my voice, my expression, my feelings…my being. This showed up in many ways. I worried about what other people needed and forgot what I needed. “What do you need?” was never a question I asked myself. I’d say “yes” when I really needed to say “no....
What do you believe to be impossible? The first step in this process is to figure out what you believe to be impossible. Some common activities include: Running a marathon Going skydiving Going a whole year without fast food Reaching a million Twitter followers Learning how to play piano Learning a foreign language fluently These are the things that you don’t think that you could accomplish in 100 years, yet you want to do your best to achieve them....
The Yummy Life has a particularly useful set of recipes to make your vinegar smell fantastic with different citrus peels and herbs that are allowed to infuse together over a two week period. She does warn that the initial vinegar smell will never completely disappear when you use vinegar cleaners, but when you infuse it with these citrus/herb combinations, the smell will become pleasant within no time -whereas regular vinegar cleaners continue to stink for a while....
If you have been a single parent for a while, then you know how true it is. If you have recently become a single parent, you are likely just learning about the challenges and how to balance life, work, and family while trying to be a good mom or dad. Nevertheless, do not despair — there is still hope. Single parenting can be done, and your child can grow up to be happy and prosperous....
In any case, timeboxing is one of the simplest yet most effective time management strategies. And in this article, you’ll learn exactly how to apply this technique in your day-to-day life. What Is Timeboxing? Let’s first look at what timeboxing is. Timeboxing is a very simple concept where you give yourself a certain amount of time for a certain task. This stands in contrast to the “normal” way of working, which is to just work on a task until it’s done....
1. Donate Old Or Unwanted Clothes I know, I’m hitting you where it hurts. The first step to getting organized is to get rid of the things you don’t want or need anymore. It will make the subsequent process much faster and easier. For those of you who find it hard to let go, I recommend The Closet Trick from Discardia: Turn all the hangers in your closet around the wrong way (ie the hooks pointing outwards)....
