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We, the people, still believe that our obligations as Americans are not just to ourselves, but to all posterity. We will respond to the threat of climate change, knowing that the failure to do so would betray our children and future generations. By Barack Obama Clearly, that’s no way to live. But the key to getting the life you want is to make changes in your routine and kick it in the a** a little bit, so our days aren’t spent like Bill Murray in “Groundhog Day” — experiencing the same thing over and over again, day after excruciating day....

Many thoughts are repetitive, day after day, year after year, and decade after decade. Imagine if some of those repetitive thoughts are not of the highest possible vibration? Could it effect our bodies, our minds and our lives? In the attached video, Dr. Masaru Emoto showed the impact of how thoughts put into music or written down, effected the water he was testing. Many of our thoughts are repetitive and arise from the deep subconscious level....

Here are three biases and some strategies for getting out of the trap they set. 1. The Sunk Cost Fallacy Imagine you have a ticket to the movies for which you forked out 10 bucks, but you are attending with a friend who got hers for free. The weather turns sour and they are re-running Dukes of Hazard. Which one of you is more likely to cancel? If you say “my friend, duh,” you are trapped by the sunk cost fallacy....

The scarcity of water is becoming a harsh reality because of the increasing demands of water supply, rapidly increasing population, water-intensive agriculture and the faster consumption of water by economic development. Climate change is also contributing to the water crisis. There are several disadvantages of consuming unsafe drinking water. Here are some of the reasons unclean drinking water can affect the health of people. 1. Waterborne Diseases With the increasing water crisis, water should never be drunk or used without treatment....

Sure, you’ve worked all out, chopping through tasks left, right and center, fulfilling all your (conflicting) roles for various people in your life, and here it Friday, your brain feels like boiled mush and you’re bone tired. What’s worse, you know in your heart of hearts (or Weekly Review) that nothing you’ve done this week is connected to who you want to be, what you really want to achieve, what you really, really, really want your future to look like....

5 Examples of Bachelor Party Shenanigans That Went Too Far 1. The Disorderly Conduct Misdemeanor of the Staal Boys During Eric Staal’s bachelor party, he and 14 others, including his brother, Jordan Staal, wound up getting arrested. Jordan and Eric play for the NHL team the Pittsburgh Penguins, so their arrest made headlines. They were screaming, yelling, and playing loud music at a resort and were warned multiple times to quiet down....

Best of all, Jake’s good at taking your feedback and applying it to his product design. If you want something else to make the product your to-do list software of choice, just ask. It can’t hurt. *Update: Chris doesn’t know how to type all of a sudden. Sorry. Toodledo — [via tips at lifehack . org]

In the list of misconception, I think Lacking Social Skills and Shy maybe the one that many people (including me) are relating introvert to. Top 10 Advantages – [The Introvert Advantages]

1. Need to speed up the process of moving files to Dropbox? Try Dropbox Copy Plugin, and move it fast! I’m a professional Web Editor who needs to test and review software, as well as offer suggestions and tips for others. Therefore, it’s common that tons of media files, like screenshots, possess my Mac screen. If I need to open Dropbox and sync remotely one-by-one, it would kill me. Under this condition, I think 24 hours is not enough for me to complete even an infographic....

There comes a phase in majority of us lives when every time we listen to or meet great orators or managers, we tend to feel a sinking feeling in the pit of our stomach followed by self consoling thoughts saying that those people were probably just born with the ability or their parents probably had the same glorious skills which passed on to them as well. Being a perfect communicator comes with time and experience after being in a series of difficult situations....

Top 10 Signs You’re Made to be an Entrepreneur – [The Lazy Way to Success] 6. You spend more time and energy looking for easier, faster, cheaper, more effective ways of accomplishing something than if you just did the task outright. 5. You would enthusiastically trade a life-time pass to Disneyland for one ride in the Vomit Comet. In other words, you would give up a secure, even-keeled, bland existence for a life that whipsaws uncontrollably between exhilaration and terror....

Emails – over 33% of people spend between 1-2 hours checking their emails and 22% spend 2 hours or more. 2. Internet surfing – a two minute video turns into another article, then a news story. Internet surfing kills time and 8 out of 10 people spend more than 2 hours daily 3. Watching TV – with all the capable television shows available, it’s hard to stay focused. A total of 26% of people spend between 1-2 hours watching TV every day 4....

If you just answered “yes” to any of the previous questions, it might be time to change your reading strategy. While this post is mainly aimed at reading technical documents, the same principles can be applied to all kinds of reading. In fact, practicing these principles on your summer/airplane detective story reading is great exercise for cultivating this skill, which is the ability to absorb as much written information in as little time as possible....

A lot of times, though, the work isn’t enough. We get in our own way with ideas and attitudes about relationships that are not only wrong, but often work to undermine our relationships no matter how hard we work at it. I’ve watched a lot of breakups (some of them my own). I’ve seen dramatic flare-ups and drawn-out slow fades, and I’ve tried to pay attention to what seems to be going on....

If you have limited jogging routes, try using the Zombies Run app. As the name of the app suggests, your main objective is to run away from zombies. The app uses a tracker to turn your local area into an apocalypse. There are numerous milestones to keep you busy, as well as timed obstacles that will keep you motivated. Your zombie run requires you to pick up several items along your route....

Explore the possibilities. Get expert advice. Conduct simple market research. Draft a simple business plan. Just do it. Turn Your Hobby Into a Career in Five Steps – [MSN Careers]

1. Forgive those that have caused you pain. It’s pretty rare that people set out intentionally to hurt you, but even in those cases, holding on to the anger only damages your own soul, not theirs. It’s freeing to allow yourself to let it go, we should pity those that cause pain, they’re most often the saddest people. 2. Forgive yourself. We hold ourselves up to the highest of standards, often forgetting that no one is perfect and mistakes and misjudgements are par for the course....

More than that, it could change the way someone reads your emails and even goes about the rest of the day. Think of it as an email smile: it’s positive and contagious and can help someone else feel better about their day. Currently, my email signature is quite boring. For work-related contacts I’m not familiar with I would use ‘Regards’ and when this relationship progresses, something more like ‘Cheers’. However, something a little more motivational like Mike Wagner’s ‘Keep creating’ is a fantastic step....

Health Benefits of Vitamin D This vitamin can help us to have healthy bones, as it helps them absorb calcium, and it is particularly helpful with conditions such as weak bones, bone loss, bone pain. Its benefits extend to certain skin conditions, such as: vitiligo, characterized by white patches of skin scleroderma, characterized by hardening of the skin and connective tissues psoriasis, characterized by the quick growth of skin cells which results in white, silvery or red patches of skin....