• Jun
  • 28

The Simple Dollar » How To Write an Effective Thank You Note for Any Occasion

Just not enough people are nice enough to write a simple thank you note, but its so easy to makes someones day better with a simple note. So when someone does you a simple kindness, just write them a simple thank you note.

I always feel bad, though, when I receive a thank you note for a gift I gave someone in person, such as at a baby shower. They thanked me then, and I had the pleasure of seeing the delight on their face when they opened a gift. Why on earth do…

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  • Jun
  • 23

How to Make an Elevator an Express Elevator

You’re on the first floor and your meeting is on the tenth. You get in the elevator, but it suddenly stops on the third floor. Someone gets on and presses the “5″ button. So now you have to stop at 5 to let this guy off, plus go to your meeting. Now you are late for your meeting. If only you could have skipped his “elevator call” and gone straight

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  • May
  • 09

Bruce Lees Top 7 Fundamentals for Getting Your Life in Shape

Besides being an awesome fighter and iconic figure Bruce Lee also had some very useful things to say about life.

When you realize and remember this it enables you to control the thoughts and feelings instead of the other way around. It also enables you to not take your thoughts too seriously and actually laugh at them or ignore them when you feel that your…

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  • May
  • 07

Making and Maintaining a Master Information Document

A great tip for organizing your life affairs

Another great post. My father had a heart attack and a stroke at the same time, one caused another, but laded in a hospital bed for 3 weeks until his passing at 52. I was 21 at the time and had 3 younger sisters, the youngest was 9. Dad took care…

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  • Apr
  • 05

How to Be an Expert (and Find One if You’re Not)

While knowledge is obviously an important quality of expertise, its only one of several factors that makes someone an expert in their field.five characteristics of real experts:

It’s great to be an expert in something, but if you want to grow your business or your career you can’t do all by yourself. Sooner or later you’ll have to delegate some of the tasks you are…

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  • Apr
  • 03

5 Ways to Get Out of Faffing Mode

Faffing affects all of us, in all areas of life and it means doing something without achieving an outcome. It affects business, personal life, writing, internet surfing, and domestic life.

Here’s a great idea, there’s a great book called a dictionary and it has lot’s of words and meanings in it. Under the letter ‘F’ you will find the word ‘faffing’, it really is a…

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  • Feb
  • 18

20 Things I Wish I Had Known When Starting Out in Life

Valuable lessons in life for college students or anyone starting out. You might ignore them anyway, but at least you’ve been warned.

1. I wish I had learned the importance of goal setting a lot earlier in life. 2. Although perseverance is one of the most important attributes of the uber-successful, there are times when you simply have to cut your losses and move on. When a…

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  • Feb
  • 13

20 Memory Tricks You’ll Never Forget

Sure, you could write everything down, keep organized lists and leave electronic notes on your BlackBerry, cell phone or PDA. But when you don’t have access to those aids, or if you want to strengthen your brain, try these expert-recommended strategies to help you remember….

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  • Jan
  • 23

The Ultimate Student Resource List

Its back to school time, yet again.

There are a couple of UK bloggers in the list, but you’re right — most of them are US-based. The information is probably applicable anywhere, but a different perspective might be nice, and different systems *do* present different…

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  • Jan
  • 23

Conquer Procrastination, Time Wasters and Laziness

Life is wasted in the in-between times. The time between when your alarm first rings and when you finally decide to get out of bed. The time between when you sit at your desk and when productive work begins. The time between making a decision and doing something about it. Slowly your day is whittled away from all the unused in-between moments.

Excellent post! I recently started a morning clean up ritual and it’s worked wonders. Before I go to work, I clean up the kitchen, make the bed, tidy the living room, and make sure all my toiletries are put away in the bathroom. It only…

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