At the time, I considered myself to be eating well and was reasonably active. Being a mum to two young boys as well as running a business did not leave much time for exercise. Meals had to be prepared fast so for me that meant a lot of processed breakfast cereals for breakfast, sandwiches for lunch and pasta dishes in the evening. Processed cereals included quinoa flakes with soy milk, brown bread for lunch and whole meal pasta for dinner....
But hold on! Under this circumstance, you become highly susceptible to some common mistakes. One technique that works extremely well to help you increase your productivity and reduce the chances of making mistakes is to sit at your desk and do nothing for a couple of minutes. When you have symptoms like drifting or daydreaming, it’s a signal that you should take a break before letting yourself reach the absolute bottom of your mental barrel....
At my daughter’s summer camp, counselors have made a concerted effort over the past several years to eliminate bullying, wayward behavior, and mischief. In fact, the camp owner and management team recently decided to advertise their camp as an environment where meanness has no place. And, as such, this camp season they required all campers and parents to sign a code-of-conduct agreement where twenty-two camper expectations were listed in detail....
Nail it to end it Men all over the world have united in a single cause – to help raise awareness about child abuse. By weekly painting one finger nail of their choice in any color they prefer, they are standing up for one in five children becoming victims to sexual abuse. The campaign quickly spread outside Australia where it initially started showing men everywhere displaying their willingness to make a change, and some great fashion sense too....
It’s not the end of the world if you’ve behaved badly, but you will you be treated and judged by how you handle the aftermath. If you’ve messed up at work or dropped a bit of a misfire in the home realm, then check out this quick-fire guide to five of the best things to do when you’ve screwed up. 1. Apologize immediately. Saying “sorry” really is the best policy when it comes to committing a screw-up of any magnitude....
What you don’t need are those scheduling headaches. What you do need to stop them is Doodle. Scheduling groups If you need to plan an event, a meeting, or any get-together, simply create a poll in Doodle. Something along the lines of “When can you make a birthday dinner?” or “website refresh planning session” — then you give the participants several choices. Participants enter their choices on the poll, indicating which days and times work for them....
1. Rescue Time Compatibility: Android, Web platforms Rescue Time is browser and application time meter that runs in the background and gathers information about how much time you spend on work, networking, reading news, etc. It gives you an invaluable insight into your daily habits and helps to boost your productivity. If you feel that you, perhaps, spend too time on a particular app, you can set reminders, urging you to leave it after a specified period....
1. Swype Swype is one of the oldest gesture-typing keyboards and has perfected its swipe-to-type engine. Several OEMs have included Swype in their devices but for those who don’t have it, you can now download it from Google Play Store. The predictive text engine offered by Swype is nearly accurate. It offers a smooth and a friendly interface that is convenient for typing. Swype includes dictionaries, great speech recognition and easy language switching....
10 Leadership Challenges All Great Leaders Face The fact that you have accepted a leadership role is a change all to itself, but everyday is filled with possibilities for change. Some of them are things that you have chosen and others are the luck of the draw. Your role as a leader is to not get off balance because of change. You either have to see it coming and prepare or be able to handle it on the fly because both things are inevitable....
Eighty-five-year-old Warren Buffett shows up in the top ten of many lists for wealth and power. His name comes to mind when the phrase “smart investor” enters in conversations around the globe. His January 2016 net worth as of this writing is $60.7 billion. A voracious reader, Buffett is known for reading 650 to 1000 pages a day during his early investing years. What did he read then or more importantly, what does he advocate reading now?...
One area that probably needs a serious cleaning is your ceiling fan. I always thought that it was a tedious, dirty job, but Apartment Therapy recommends you hold a pillowcase at the end of the blade to collect the falling dust, making this chore so much simpler. Why didn’t I ever think of that!? Another object that requires your attention is your TV remote. Whether you have small kids who tend to put things in your mouth or you tend to snack on greasy foods while watching your favorite show, your remote is probably covered in a ton of germs....
A dryer sheet will keep your clothes smelling fresh through your whole trip (bring a couple extra for longer trips). Roll your silk scarves around empty a paper towel tube to avoid wrinkles. Store digital cameras in a hard plastic soap case, which you can find at the pharmacy. Pack your curling iron into pot holder – even if you use it just before checking out, it won’t burn your clothes....
THE EVOLUTION OF TWITTER Twitter has changed from the days of people relaying messages about what they were going to have for lunch to mundane things such as “shopping for new shoelaces, #YOLO.” Granted those posts still remain, but Twitter has become a source of more instant information even in the internet age. More breaking news now is shared through Twitter before any online news site is able to break it....
Modern day poetry is largely popular in the form of pictures thanks to the platforms like Instagram. If you use Instagram and love poetry, then you’re definitely on the right track. If you are a lover of poems and words, here are 12 poets you should definitely be following. 1. Tony Ciampa (@emolabs) Tony Ciampa is a 22 year old student of Northeastern University of Boston. He has over 53k followers on Instagram....
Here in Australia items marked over or within a few days of the ‘expiry’ date are usually discounted or thrown out. I’ll look out for these items, many with more than 50% off, since most of these are still fine to eat for a few days. Likewise you can get into Dumpster Diving; which is finding very edible foods that supermarkets have thrown out based on expiry dates. They’re 100% off....
Without further adieu, here are ten tips for the younger generation to ponder. 1. It all starts with a vision People buy into the leader before they buy into the vision. —John Maxwell The true essence of leadership begins with envisioning a set of goals. Don’t just have a vague image in your mind but define the target with focussed clarity. Think through the final result over and over to make sure you will be committed till the end....
1. Introverts are shy Being introverted and being shy are not one and the same. Introverted people simply don’t “get their kicks” from interacting with everyone they meet. Introverts don’t want to just meet people; they want to meet the right people. 2. Introverts aren’t outgoing Introverts can be very outgoing, given the right circumstances. They might not be the life of the party, but they don’t want to be. Put an introvert in a group of new people who all have common interests, and you might not be able to get him to leave....
1. They get important things done early Do you know that feeling of mental fatigue at the end of the day? Humans have limited willpower. It runs out as the day progresses. This is called “ego depletion”, or decision fatigue. Decision fatigue particularly describes how every time you have to exercise willpower to make a decision you lose some willpower juice. Get your most important things done first in the morning while you still have full focus and mental power....
What do you do in the morning as part of your “rituals”?
