Entries Tagged as 'Hacks'

Monday, June 29th, 2009

How To Make Today Memorable

Nobody can go back and start a new beginning,
but anyone can start today and make a new ending.
- Maria Robinson
Yesterday is gone and tomorrow is just a figment of the imagination.  So if you think about it, today is the only day you’re alive.  Today is the day that matters the most.
Here’s how to make […]

Monday, June 15th, 2009

How To Win a Race in Last Place

 
This guest post was written by Alex Fayle, author of Someday Syndrome.
When I was seven years old, I won a foot race in last place.
An Outsider
Due to foul play at other schools, the local school district enacts a mandatory policy during recess hours that segregates the schoolyard based on gender.  Boys and girls are no […]

Monday, June 8th, 2009

20 Life Lessons I Learned in My 20’s

With an impending 28th birthday on my mind, I spent some quiet time this evening reflecting on my recent past.  And I’ve come to realize that my 20’s taught me a lot about life.  So, I figured I’d share a few lessons I’ve learned along the way.

If you’re smiling right now, you’re doing something right.
It’s […]

Sunday, May 24th, 2009

How To Choose Happiness With Words

This guest post was written by Tehseen, the author of Recharge Your Mind.
Happiness is simply a state of mind.  No, I’m not implying that we can instantly heal the pain of a severe or unexpected personal tragedy just by thinking about being happy.  Rather, I am referring to our levels of happiness on routine […]

Sunday, May 10th, 2009

5 Practical Steps for Generating
New Ideas and Insights

This guest post was written by Glen Allsopp, the author of PluginID.
About a year ago, I feared I would struggle to build an audience for my new personal development website.  My fear was solely based on the fact that I had just turned 19.  I simply assumed most people would question my age, and thus, […]

Sunday, May 3rd, 2009

When Less Advice is the Best Advice

The subject of her email reads “CRISIS.”  I could tell she hastily wrote it in a state of desperation, since it’s filled with misspellings, flighty run-on sentences, and profanity.  A premise of self-doubt bleeds from every single line.  All of which caught me off-guard, because it isn’t like her to be so pessimistic.
Lost at 25
Like […]

Monday, April 13th, 2009

How To Live Life

It is not length of life, but depth of life.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Because there is a big difference between living and merely existing…

Educate yourself until the day you die. – The time and energy you invest in your education will change your life.  You are a product of what you know.  The more knowledge you […]

Wednesday, April 8th, 2009

That Advice Saved My Life

Six years ago he walked into my dorm room on the verge of tears.
“I can’t take it anymore!” he groaned.  “I’m just running in place!  I aim. I sprint. I leap.  I fall.  I get nowhere.  Nowhere!”
His desperate eyes stared into mine, hoping… searching for an answer.
His Story
He has dreamed of pursuing a career in […]

Friday, April 3rd, 2009

28 Ways to Slay the Delay

What do you call a painter who doesn’t paint?  Is a writer a writer if she doesn’t write?  If you don’t follow through with the things you want to do, are you really being you?
Think of all the tasks you want to get done, but haven’t yet started.  How much time has lapsed between the […]

Thursday, March 26th, 2009

A Miracle Cure for Stress

This guest post was written by Mary Jaksch, the author of Goodlife ZEN.
Do you feel like life is accelerating?  Maybe you look back at the last five years and wonder where time went.  It may even feel as if all that’s left is stress – without moments of joy and peace.
I must admit, I also […]