Archive for October, 2009
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Monday, October 19th, 2009If you have to give a keynote speech, an after-dinner talk, or an address to a group of customers or colleagues then preparation leads to success. Here are some key tips:
1. Investigate the audience.
Find out as much as you can about your audience, their interests and their likely mood. What is it that they will [...]
9 More Apps to Help You Get More Out of Your Android Phone
Friday, October 16th, 2009With new android phones just out and even more on the way, I thought it would be a good time to release another list of neat-o Android apps. My last Android post (part 1 and part 2) focused on apps specifically for increasing your productivity; this post includes all manner of apps. Some will help [...]
The Nature of Commitment
Thursday, October 15th, 2009In a comment on my recent post about breaking up, someone asked if I’d write a follow-up about staying together. I’ve actually written about successful relationships before, based less on my own experience than on the work of relationship psychologists, so I’ll just refer you there if you’re looking for relationship advice. But thinking about [...]
The Perfect Breakup?
Monday, October 12th, 2009Someone on our Skribit page (that’s the little widget on the right-hand side of Lifehack’s pages where you can make requests, which I or other Lifehack writers look at for ideas) requested a post on how to act when you break up with someone. While it’s never easy to break up with someone (assuming it’s [...]
The Perfect Breakup?
Monday, October 12th, 2009Someone on our Skribit page (that’s the little widget on the right-hand side of Lifehack’s pages where you can make requests, which I or other Lifehack writers look at for ideas) requested a post on how to act when you break up with someone. While it’s never easy to break up with someone (assuming it’s [...]
Scoring 100% in Time Management
Sunday, October 11th, 2009“Most people who attempt to learn a new time management system fail.”
I can’t prove the above statement with hard facts, but I have a sense that it’s true, based on my personal experience and observations. If success is defined as 100% successful implementation, then that statistic is most certainly true.
On the other hand, perhaps 99% [...]
Scoring 100% in Time Management
Sunday, October 11th, 2009“Most people who attempt to learn a new time management system fail.”
I can’t prove the above statement with hard facts, but I have a sense that it’s true, based on my personal experience and observations. If success is defined as 100% successful implementation, then that statistic is most certainly true.
On the other hand, perhaps 99% [...]
Roll Your Own TwitPic-like Media Hosting Using Posterous
Thursday, October 8th, 2009One of the more useful aspects of Twitter is the ability to quickly broadcast images, videos, and other media to your followers, making it an effective “mo-blogging” (mobile blogging) platform. Twitter doesn’t have this ability built in, though; sending pictures or video clips to Twitter requires using third-party services like TwitPic. Most Twitter clients will [...]
Face Adversity with a Smile
Wednesday, October 7th, 2009I told my friend Graham that I often cycle the two miles from my house to the town centre but unfortunately there is a big hill on the route. He replied, ‘You mean fortunately.’ He explained that I should be glad of the extra exercise that the hill provided.
My attitude to the hill [...]
Face Adversity with a Smile
Wednesday, October 7th, 2009I told my friend Graham that I often cycle the two miles from my house to the town centre but unfortunately there is a big hill on the route. He replied, ‘You mean fortunately.’ He explained that I should be glad of the extra exercise that the hill provided.
My attitude to the hill [...]