Increase Your Powers of Observation

While doing that recently I came across a lecture by Dr Margaret Chesney of the UCSF Osher Centre for Integrative Medicine. It’s a long (nearly 90 minutes long) lecture ,but the contents are great if you’re trying to find tools for coping and dealing the crud life throws at you. So I’ve put together a summary in this piece. (If you want the subtlties you’ll just have to listen through for yourself....

In his book “The Tipping Point”, Malcolm Gladwell describes three different types of people, Connectors, Mavens, and Salesmen. Which are you? Connectors are people specialists. . The following questions will help you decide whether you are a Connector: If you answered ‘yes’ to four or five of these questions, you are a Connector. The strength of Connectors is that they know and keep in touch with many people. They also tend to associate with other Connectors....

It was more than the expertise, brilliance, assertiveness and/or finances that made people want to flock to them. The attraction to their leadership style was the ability to influence others based on the following 7 reasons: 1. Empathy People who serve others are non-judgmental and respectful of others’ challenges and circumstances. They have an understanding of how obstacles can be overcome. They find a way to help others get through the roadblocks as if it was their personal experience....

This week, I talked with Glen Stansberry of Lifedev.net about productivity, his company Blogfuse and their newly launched service, the Facebook App Creator, and about LifeRemix, the network of personal development blogs he organized with Brett Kelly of Cranking Widgets. Thanks for listening. Subscribe to the Lifehack Podcast Feed via RSS or iTunes.

But why is curiosity so important? Here are four reasons: 4 Reasons Why Curiosity is Important and How to Develop It

However, despite the occurrence of these horrible events, there are some important lessons from them for us to learn. All we have to do is look at how some of the people from each of these events behaved. The London Riots For example, the riots in London and other UK cities were sparked by a shooting of a crime suspect by police. Rioters responded by turning over cars and setting them on fire....

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Did you know that within your lifetime you’ll see over 24,000,000 different images? Did you know that you — and all other babies throughout history for that matter — were colourblind at birth? There are an infinite amount of interesting facts about our bodies, our faces, and our lives, but in this particular infographic Last Minute Lenses focuses on the eye! Here you can discover what colour brown eyes really are and how many times a day you blink....

If you’re skeptical of the power of daily meditation, you’re not alone. Maybe you feel a bit hesitant to start a guided morning meditation because you find the whole concept of meditating too daunting, or you lack the time to invest in a morning meditation practice. Maybe you’ve told yourself that meditation is too quiet for the thoughts inside your head, and probably surmised that you’re not good at it....

We must learn how to collect information, assess situations and make decisions. This is called Critical Thinking and will enable us to live successful and fulfilling lives. Critical thinking is the ability to objectively assess information in order to make sound judgement. From the smallest decisions to the most complex, this ability will determine the trajectory of our life. Knowing how to perfect critical thinking relies on a number of traits that develop over time; by learning from example, trial and error and eventual self-determination....

Helena Lane Skin Care When it comes to long travels, you should need natural care products as they contain nature’s most healthful and nourishing substance, Royal Jelly, to enhance your skin’s natural glow. Skin Serum Helena’s Argan + Frankincense is one of the healthiest skin summer skin serum. It’s easily absorbed, intensely hydrating and works on all skin types. Skin Serum is one of the most widely used products for getting a healthy skin naturally....

Negotiation is a nuanced art form with many possible outcomes. In some forms of negotiation, there is no clear winner. When you understand different types of negotiations, you can work to find the best possible solutions for your situation. You will also be able to identify which negotiation strategies are being used so that you can redirect outcomes that may not be favorable. When you know how to negotiate, you gain a competitive edge....

Remember the old days of Rolodexes, before mobile phones had every gadget and gizmo now known to man (and woman)? Remember when we didn’t have Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn to connect with other businesspeople and had to actually, you know, talk to people? The way many of us network today, using online social networking and keeping track of things via Blackberry, iPhone, PDA and other “smart” devices, is superior in many ways to the “old” way of doing things....

Far too many people don’t stick with the New Year’s resolutions that they’ve made, and many of them give up as early as March. Don’t let this happen to you because there are definitely ways to make resolutions that last the whole year. Forming good habits and sticking with your New Year’s resolutions is not only possible but easier than you might think. Here are 5 tips on setting and achieving your goals in the New Year for a new and improved you:...

Our phones have become our diaries, our address books, our CRMs, our books, our game consoles, our iPods, our note books, our cameras, the list goes on and on. Oh, I forgot, they also make telephone calls. Some of us are so wedded to the things that we pick up and play with them, almost as a matter of habit. Not waiting for a beep or some other notification, we grab them, flick through the screens, put them down again and then minutes later do it all again....

1. Exclusive Offers Usually, in a bid to expand their customer base, online stores give out exclusive offers on the prices of their products which would hardly be seen in traditional stores. Though this sort of ideology encourages shopping online, it is still something online shoppers should take advantage of to its fullest. 2. Home Delivery One of the most promoted and highly noticeable advantages of buying online is the availability to get your purchased product delivered right to your doorstep....

The post is about setting up a USB software suite that the site reports will give you the following abilities: o Your web surfing patterns are much more difficult to monitor o Your email is safe from massive snooping o Your possession of the software is deniable – even when you give someone the password for your key and your actual key o Cover traffic for people and human rights workers in oppressive regimes o Freedom of thought everywhere (Hopefully) Even if you’re not especially worried about your government spying on you, the software mentioned has nice security features that will increase your protection against other threats as well....