How to be a Brilliant Conversationalist
How can you improve your conversational skills to become a welcome sight at every party and social event you attend? Here are some pointers that might help.
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What Makes Life Worth Living?
My partner is taking a class in psychology and one assignment asks her to write a paper answering the question “What makes life worth living?” For the past few days, she’s been asking the people around her – kids, friend
Back to Basics: Your Weekly Review
No matter how organized you are, how together your system is, how careful you are about processing your inbox, making a task list, and working your calendar , if you don’t stop every now and again to look at the “big pic
Life Lessons You Can Learn From The Joker
Batman’s most infamous nemesis, the Joker , has been a longstanding archetype for prankish mayhem, and the late Heath Ledger’s masterful performance in The Dark Knight has only elevated the character to new heights. Desp
10 Skills You Need to Succeed at Almost Anything
What does it take to succeed? A positive attitude? Well, sure, but that’s hardly enough. The Law of Attraction? The Secret? These ideas might act as spurs to action, but without the action itself, they don’t do much. Suc
19 Free GTD Apps for Windows, Mac & Linux
There are plenty of great, free Getting Things Done apps out there. If you're a fan of David Allen's productivity system but can't do paper and don't have the cash for a commercial program, this is the collection of appl
Back to Basics: Your Calendar
One of the first things people do when they make the decision to “get organized” is buy some kind of calendar. It might be a dayplanner, a desktop “blotter-pad” calendar, a Palm or Blackberry, or some other kind of devic
How to Stand Up
Stand up. Sounds tough right? In this article, I will explain to you how you can get from a seated position to a fully standing position with just a few simple steps. You see, you and I were designed to be standers. Some
The Quick & Dirty Guide to Personal Wikis
Personal wikis were a big fad for productivity geeks for a while, but that seems to have toned down a lot through 2008. Wikis are still incredibly useful, and can make you more productive. You can think of a personal wik
3 Techniques for Setting Priorities Effectively
Is setting priorities are great challenge for you? Here're 3 effective techniques to help you set priorities and boost your productivity.
5 Ways to Learn Jargon, And Fast
Early on in my writing career, I took on a couple of articles covering project management. To put it mildly, I didn't know a Gantt chart from a PERT chart. Worse, I didn't even know where to start. I had already learned,
How to Make the Right Choice
Which job should you take? What car should you buy? Should you ask him to marry you? Are you ready for another baby? Is this house right for you, or should you keep looking before you make an offer? Life is full of hard
80 How-To Sites Worth Bookmarking
Looking for websites like Lifehacker? If you’re ready to make your home a little more customized, these sites will walk you through projects. Read on!
Get Out More: 6 Ways to Be More Social
Whether you’re a web worker, an overworked corporate employee, or just a homey sort, you’ve probably heard the refrain: “Get out more!” Yes, you could take a walk, take to drinking alone in a seedy bar, or drive around l
How to Make Yourself Indispensable
Let me ask you a question: could you disappear? If you didn’t show up at work tomorrow, if you weren’t home at 6:00 for dinner, if nobody ever heard from or saw you again, would it matter? OK, these are depressing things