January 2012
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December 2010
10 posts
Make Better Choices by Asking Yourself Two Simple... →
Presumably you want to spend your time here on Earth doing something that matters to you. If you fall into that likely category, there are two questions you ought to be asking…
7 Steps To Motivate Yourself →
If you want to achieve success and make things happen, then you probably know that you need to have the ability to motivate yourself. Everyone seeks to motivate himself to achieve success…
Values — Definition: A Strange, Foreign Land For... →
Genetic Analysis →
How to Use Failure to Succeed →
Most people are afraid of failure. Some so afraid that they can’t attempt anything that involves the risk of failure.
But everyone that has ever succeeded did it by failing first….
Arsenic-Based Life →
22 Awesome WTF! Posters →
WTF is a term used throughout the world when something just doesn’t make sense. These posters depict the situations accurately and accordingly. These posters were designed by Minga and I’m sure…
Positive Attitude →
Study suggests that being too clean can make... →
Young people who are overexposed to antibacterial soaps containing triclosan may suffer more allergies, and exposure to higher levels of Bisphenol A among adults may negatively influence the immune…
Humans Can Only Walk In Circles and We Don't Know... →
Humans can’t walk in straight lines. If there’s no fixed point of reference, we just walk in circles and inevitably get lost. Nobody knows why, but researchers at the Max Planck…
November 2010
1 post
Comic: Fundamentally Accurate →
New Comic: Fundamentally Accurate
December 2009
3 posts
George Bernard Shaw →
“What is life but a series of inspired follies? The difficulty is to find them to do. Never lose a chance: it doesn’t come every day.”
Laurence J. Peter →
“An economist is an expert who will know tomorrow why the things he predicted yesterday didn’t happen today.”
William Blake →
“It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.”
November 2009
20 posts
G. K. Chesterton →
“Fallacies do not cease to be fallacies because they become fashions.”
Bret Harte →
“The only sure thing about luck is that it will change.”
Robert Frost →
“The world is full of willing people, some willing to work, the rest willing to let them.”
Christmas delivery from the xkcd store →
Hey! A note to anyone interested in buying Christmas gifts from the xkcd store: the deadline for Christmas delivery of domestic orders is December 14th. We’ll continue to ship after that, but…
i will set the world on fire →
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Personal Development Kaleidoscope →
A couple of years ago Priscilla Palmer started a Personal Development list, with the idea of linking in every site that people thought worthy of being featured. Being on that list was a…
Meme: Light →
Sam Levenson →
“You must learn from the mistakes of others. You can’t possibly live long enough to make them all yourself.”
11 Ways to Think Outside the Box →
Thinking outside the box is more than just a business cliché. It means approaching problems in new, innovative ways; conceptualizing problems differently; and understanding your position in…
The Strangest Paradox – Parental Influences →
There is a strange paradox that exists inside most of us.
Most people will have a good idea of just how much our parents, and our upbringing, affect us as adults. But there is a strange twist to…
Time is Fiction. →
How to Stop Comparing Yourself to Other People: 5... →
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“When you are content to be simply yourself and don’t compare or compete, everybody will respect you.” Lao Tzu
One…
12 Lists That Help You Get Things Done →
At the center of just about every personal productivity system are lists – GTD has it’s context lists, Pomodoro has it’s action inventory and daily to-do lists, todoodlist has, well,…
The Only Way to Become Amazingly Great at... →
“Only one who devotes himself to a cause with his whole strength and soul can be a true master. For this reason mastery demands all of a person.” - Albert Einstein
Post written by Leo Babauta….
Make Email Your Servant (Not Your Master) →
Let’s be clear. Your email is not your work; it is simply a tool to help you do your work. But like any tool it can be ineffective or even dangerous when used wrongly. Here is how to make…
Personal Development: An Essential Key →
Is there an ‘essential key’ to personal development? One without which the ‘unlocking’ of your potential might be difficult if not impossible?
If we define personal development as growth…
Hmmm, I knew I saw a trend here... →
A little late for Halloween, but still amusing:
How to Get Out of Bed When You Really Don’t Feel... →
We’ve all been there: the alarm goes off, we’re feeling groggy, reach out and slap it to snooze. Five minutes later, the same things happens. We switch the alarm off again. The thought of…
How to Stop Being a Workaholic →
Post written by Leo Babauta. Follow me on Twitter.
Reader Carolyn recently asked, “How can an achievement-motivated workaholic learn to back off, relax, de-stress, and feel good about doing…
Your Happiness Plan →
A Quick Survey
Before we get under way with today’s briefer-than-normal chat, I want to conduct a little research on the run. Put up your hand if happiness is one of your aims in life. And…
October 2009
9 posts
Four Kinds of Vampires that Haunt Your Life (and... →
You are surrounded by vampires.
They circle you, slowly, eyeing your throat, their teeth glistening in the moonlight. Your heart pounds in your chest as they move in, intent on draining…
Top 10 Apps that Boost Your Media Center... →
Streaming video, digital DVD backups, DVR recording—it’s all possible from your TV-connected media center, and you don’t need a system administrator to pull it off. These 10 apps make filling and…
Thesis Theme 1.6 for Wordpress launches – the best... →
Yesterday version 1.6 of the Thesis Theme for Wordpress launched. It is in my opinion the best theme out there, and it is used by the biggest bloggers such as Scoble, Copyblogger,
Non Sequitur for Thursday, October 29, 2009 →
AccidentSketch Helps You Create Detailed Accident... →
Accidents happen to even the most cautious drivers. If you find yourself in one, AccidentSketch is a simple web-based tool that can help you draw up a picture and generate a report to give to…
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PhotoJoy Turns Your Pictures into Screensavers,... →
Windows only: Photo gallery application PhotoJoy turns your digital pictures into collages, desktop widgets, or 3D screensavers with just a few clicks. It’s the type of application that your mom…
7 of the Toughest Questions Physicists Ponder... →
Read the article to find out more about each questions.
Why this universe?
What is everything made of?
How does complexity happen?
Will string theory ever be proved correct?
What is…
How to Give a Great Speech: Part 2 Delivery →
An important speech can be a worry. The keys for success are good preparation and confident delivery. If you have prepared your talk well and memorised the key points then you are ready to…
September 2009
60 posts
The Habit Change Cheatsheet: 29 Ways to... →
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. - Aristotle
Our daily lives are often a series of habits played out through the day, a trammeled existence fettered by…
TEDTalks : Parag Khanna maps the future of... →
The Slow Secret: How to Make Lasting Changes in... →
“Wisely, and slow. They stumble that run fast.” - William Shakespeare
Post written by Leo Babauta. Follow me on Twitter.
How many times have you rushed into making changes in your life — a…
Writing Research Papers →
No matter where you are in your intellectual journey, the ability to assemble and analyze large amounts of complex information is a skill that can pay large dividends both in monetary terms…
TEDTalks : Jacqueline Novogratz: A third way to... →
3 Quick Questions That Can Help You to Cut the... →
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“Successful people ask better questions, and as a result, they get better answers.” Anthony Robbins
“The one who…