Giving up сіgаrеttеѕ is dіffеrеnt frоm сurbіng оvеrеаtіng, whісh іѕ dіffеrеnt frоm changing hоw уоu соmmunісаtе wіth уоur spouse, which іѕ dіffеrеnt frоm hоw you рrіоrіtіzе tаѕkѕ аt wоrk. But еvеrу habit, not mаttеr іtѕ complexity, is mаllеаblе. Hоwеvеr, to mоdіfу a hаbіt, уоu must dесіdе to change it. Duhigg delivers a 4 step frаmеwоrk fоr understanding hоw hаbіtѕ wоrk and a guide tо еxреrіmеntіng wіth hоw thеу mіght change....

According to the video, for example, digital cameras are out and analog is back in. Similarly, CDs are totally out, but vinyl is very in. It just goes to show that every thing that’s old is new again. While most the video is in French, the icons are pretty self-explanatory, so you don’t need to speak the language to grasp the message of the video. Of course, one big cultural difference will continue to divide most English-speaking nations from the French -horse meat may be chic there, but in North America and England, it never even gets close enough to the hip scale to be in or out…it’s just outrightly taboo....

Is it helpful to have a version of lifehack.org in your own language? Are you interested in helping the post translation? Send me an email – leon at lifehack.org, if you have any suggestions and comments on this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulShj4keKNw&list=PLrEnWoR732-AtjHiRPQD7-Xaqa3SaXo-4 Featured photo credit: Screencap/SoulPancake via youtube.com

This happens naturally with any mechanical purchase – think of a car, for example. After driving it so many miles, it needs maintenance; an oil change, tires replaced or brakes realigned. After driving it even more, there comes a point when car parts no longer functions as well as it should and it’s time to purchase a new car. The same goes for your furnace, air conditioner, oven, dishwasher, etc....

“They’re juggling deadlines, games, rehearsals, and school meetings,” says Hallowell. “They’re worrying about how the grocery shopping, cooking, and laundry will get done. People want to do all these activities. But they take on more than they can reasonably do. E-mail tends to facilitate the overscheduling.” In his book, CrazyBusy: Overstretched, Overbooked, and About to Snap – Strategies for Coping in a World Gone ADD, Hallowell outlines a few tips to keep from getting frazzled....

Most of us are oblivious of a LinkedIn feature, the LinkedIn Recruiter. It is the core of Talent Solutions, which brings in more than half of the company’s revenue. Companies paying to use this feature can view your profile, search for people with specific skills, and flag them without you knowing. Currently, over 16,000 clients or companies pay to use LinkedIn Recruiter, and chances are pretty much that your favorite recruiter is one of them....

Too many choices When you’re ending the conversation and trying to arrange for the next steps in the sales process, don’t give the client too many choices. For example, if you’re asking the client when the best time to call to follow-up on their decision is say, “Are you free for a follow-up chat tomorrow afternoon?” instead of, “Are you free for a chat later this week or maybe next week?...

7 Things People Forget When They Are Down And Going Through The Tough Times in Life

Basically, hemophiliacs suffer from a clotting deficiency. The clotting factor is a type of protein and treatment tries to replace this. This means that when bleeding occurs, it may be impossible to stop it because the platelets which are normally released to help plug the leak are non existent. The patient will suffer severe blood loss which can be life threatening. Here are 9 things we hemophiliacs would like you to know....

Now imagine: A period later, a different teacher stands in front of a different group of students teaching her section of the same class. As she goes over the same material from the same book, her students buzz with excitement, falling over themselves to answer every question she poses to the class, their gazes riveted tightly to hers as she spins out ever-more-fascinating details. Years later, her students remember vividly the material from her class, and look back at their semester together as a crucial turning point in their lives....

If you have a bad habit you want to break, instead of just taking that part of your life away, leaving an ’empty’ space, you could substitute it with a good habit. It’s a two step process that first requires you to realize a bad habit and want to stop it, and then find a suitable replacement so you don’t feel you’re missing something. How to Turn Bad Habits into Good Habits – [ZenHabits] Instead of going out at night, try getting out during the day....

There are techniques and even further suggested readings. I gave it a quick try, and found myself fiercely unskilled. Practice will be the word of the day. Breath and Stress Reduction – [YogaBound]

1. You need to know how to fix things While it’s unlikely that our generation will need to know the same mechanical skills that past generations knew, our world is constantly growing more technologically connected. Because of this, we shouldn’t overlook the importance of fixing something ourselves. By growing more familiar with the inner workings of our technological tools and toys, our generation stands to be more efficient and self-reliant, and save some money....

For most people, post-breakup behavior usually includes actually listening to a lot of sad songs whose music and lyrics speak of our woe in order to make us feel even worse and get all the sadness out as soon as possible. Yet, seems that we all had it wrong all along. Science proves the opposite is true – sad music actually makes us happier and improves our mental health. Here’s how....

Wayne Pepper at David Allen Co. defines system bloat as simply your GTD inbox getting too full. When you’re list of to-dos becomes so large that you cringe to look at it, let alone knock a few items off. The simple solution, says Pepper, is to prioritize; or re-evaluate your priorities. If possible, move as many items as you can from your inbox to your someday maybe list. Or delete them....

In hindsight, I’ve learnt the hard way and wish I had known the following in my 20’s! 1. Stability And Guaranteed Income May Matter, It Pales In Comparison To Finding Professional Fulfillment At the time and place I grew in, it was a given that we youngsters would choose either an engineering or a medical profession. The focus was more on long term stability and guaranteed income as provided by these professions....

1. Planning Meetings to Have More Meetings Meetings can be awful. They rarely lead to any real progress and, more often than not, participants leave more confused than they were when they arrived. Having meetings is one thing, but having meetings to schedule more meetings is a waste of time. When you’re wasting time, you’re not being productive and you’re not getting work done. 2. Over-Editing You receive an email to review a project, or add further details to a document....

1. “At the end of the day…” People throw this around as if to say “regardless of everything else you just said, what I’m about to say is the only thing that matters.” It doesn’t matter how valid the other person’s point is; it’s not being taken into consideration. Using this cliche shows a lack of critical thinking skills, and that the speaker only thinks in terms of black and white....