Entries Tagged as 'Hacks'

Monday, April 25th, 2011

20 Ways To Create Million Dollar Ideas

Big companies like Apple, super successful websites like Facebook, and bestselling books like The 4-Hour Workweek all have one thing in common:  They begin with a million dollar idea.
The big question is:  How did their creators come up with these ideas?  Did they sit around waiting for an inspirational flash or a mystic spell of […]

Monday, April 18th, 2011

18 Things My Dad Was Right About

Fifteen years ago, when I was a freshman in high school, my English teacher gave my class a homework assignment entitled, “Advice for a Younger Generation.”  The concept of the assignment was simple:  Each student had to interview a person who was over the age of 25, gather enough information to write a basic biography […]

Monday, April 11th, 2011

16 Harsh Truths that Make Us Stronger

It takes more courage to reveal insecurities than to hide them, more strength to relate to people than to dominate them, more manhood (or womanhood) to abide by thought-out principles rather than blind reflex. Toughness is in the soul and spirit, not in muscles and an immature mind.
- Alex Karras

Life is not easy. – Hard […]

Monday, April 4th, 2011

10 Commandments for a Good Life

A good life is when you assume nothing, do more, need less, smile often and realize how fortunate you are right now.  It’s about the simple pleasures that make you happy, the compassionate deeds you perform, the personal goals you strive to achieve, the relationships you nurture and the legacy you leave behind.
So starting today, […]

Monday, March 28th, 2011

50 Things You Need To Give Up Today

When you stop chasing the wrong things, you give the right things a chance to catch you.
So starting today…

Give up trying to be perfect. – The real world doesn’t reward perfectionists, it rewards people who get things done.  Read Getting Things Done.
Give up comparing yourself to others. – The only person you are competing against […]

Monday, March 21st, 2011

12 Steps to Make a Dream a Reality

No fluff.  No frills.  No filler.
Here are 12 fundamental steps for turning the dreams and ideas in your mind into realities in your life.

We all have our own life to pursue,
our own kind of dream to be weaving.
And we all have some power to make wishes come true,
as long as we keep believing.
- Louisa May […]

Monday, March 14th, 2011

365 Thought Provoking Questions to Ask Yourself This Year

“Asking the right questions is the answer.”
That’s the tagline at the top of our sister site Thought Questions.  The site thrives on the philosophy that a question that makes you think is worth asking.  So we’ve made a ritual of asking one new thought provoking question every day for our visitors to ponder and answer.
Over […]

Monday, March 7th, 2011

8 Stupid Mistakes Smart People Make

I bet you know quite a few capable people who are staggeringly unproductive.  They work long hours, stress themselves out and never seem to make any significant progress, right?
Over the course of our lives we all develop unproductive habits that hinder us from gracefully achieving our critical goals.  And often, in the fast-paced world in […]

Monday, February 28th, 2011

60 Inconvenient Personal Development Truths

I know you want to be the best you can be.  We all do.  But sometimes we look for success in the wrong places or we try to achieve it in the wrong ways.
Here are 60 inconvenient truths about personal development to help you stay on track.

The acquisition of knowledge doesn’t mean you’re growing.  Growing […]

Monday, February 7th, 2011

30 Ways to Make Today a Good Day

One today is worth two tomorrows.
-Benjamin Franklin

Yesterday is history and tomorrow is merely a figment of your imagination.  So if you think about it, today is the only day you’re truly alive.  Here’s how to make it a good one:

Get started a few minutes early.
Work on something that’s meaningful to you.
Complete an important piece of […]