A Shift in Traditions Historically, fathers have been viewed as the breadwinners and the problem-solvers of the household. They can fix broken toys, change lightbulbs, build sandboxes, and even confront that bully down the block. They also ensure that their brood is well-supported and financially provided for. The fathers of today are in a very different cultural environment than their fathers or grandfathers. They are having children much later in life....

The flower doesn’t dream of the bee, it blossoms and the bee comes.

The movement of people due to economic imperatives has been a factor of population change for hundreds of years – but the choices of the merchants, traders and craftsmen of the 17th and 18th centuries are far removed from the analysts, technicians and teachers of the 21st. Newly porous economic borders, with less stringent international labour laws and common markets, combined with the enabling impact of the internet and affordable travel, have encouraged a new age of worldwide talent mobility – creating a truly ‘glocal’ market for desirable skills....

So which type of goals work best and how should you set them specifically? Studies have shown that there are two types of goals: Intrinsic goals: According to positive psychologist Tim Kasser and colleagues, intrinsic goals ‘are those that are inherently satisfying to pursue because they are likely to satisfy innate psychological needs for autonomy, relatedness, competence, and growth’. They depend on satisfying one’s own basic psychological needs rather than relying upon the judgments or approval of others....

I believe most of us assume the best in those we meet. That’s not always the case, but often it is. The most important part of this trusting thing is that others need to know they can trust us. In this post I’m going to give you several reasons why gaining trust with people is essential for relationships, growth, and (really) life all the way around. Hopefully, this will help guide us into a discussion as to why trust is so important today....

Pamela isn’t the only Lifehack contributor who has published on themes related to personal productivity, organization, creativity, and the other topics Lifehack covers. In fact, you could fill a pretty nice-sized bookshelf with the work our contributors and former contributors have written. Which is just about what you’d expect from a group of such talented writers, all of whom are experts of one kind or another in their fields. Here, then, is a guide to the work of Lifehack’s contributors....

It might feel painful no matter you’re the one to let go or the one that are let go. But when you see the person you love is happy, you’re happy too, just like the old man in the 2016 Christmas ad shown here. Enjoy! Truly heart-warming.

1. Bolivia 2. Sao Paulo, Brazil If you want to explore a monster of a foreign city, check out Sao Paulo – with over 20 million residents, it’s the third largest metropolis on earth! The city is known for its food, markets, architecture, and museums – not to mention it’s pulsing nightlife. The city is spread out so it’s hard to stay in just one area to do all you want, but Sao Paulo boasts 30 kilometers of car-free bike paths to make getting around a little easier....

This struck a chord with me. I’ve lived and worked in 6 countries, whilst travelling to visit over 150 cities in the world. Yet, I don’t remember all of it; the travelling that had the most profound effect on me were also the ones filled with fear. It might not have been a jungle exploration or coming close to being eaten by a lion on the African safari, but more so, the sense of insecurity I had felt when meshed in unfamiliar geographies....

While stereotypical egotistical behaviour is never a good thing, there is one time when your ego serves you well. It’s when you let it do what it does best…make you think of yourself first. Many of us have been raised to think this is a bad thing – that we should always put others first. The problem with putting someone else first is that unless that person is putting you first in a reciprocal fashion one hundred percent of the time, it is a downward spiral....

Moonee is a girl who lives in the shadow of Florida’s Disney World, a stretch dominated by second-class thrills and amusements. Their room in the motel is a luridly painted stucco-clad palace that either aims to highlight false advertising with true aspirations or savage irony. Strip clubs and strip malls, knockoff souvenir shops, and ice cream shacks are literally everywhere near her home. Kids out of school and on the loose, their inability to access the mammoth Disney complex nearby and their acceptance of it make the film an absolute must-watch....

What he ended up finding was far more interesting. After purchasing boxes full of negatives from a local auction house, Maloof began developing some of the images. When they finished processing, he was stunned. They were incredible. And there were tons of them. More than 30,000 in these boxes alone. Whoever had taken these pictures was surely one of the most prolific and talented American photographers of the last hundred years....

The Power of 48 Minutes – [Success Begins Today] So the question comes up, If this solution works well how can I use it in planning out my daily schedule and applying it to future goals. Can I successfully write a blog post in 48 minutes? Can I write a book chapter in that time? As I’ve tried the process, it has been a challenge to sit in one place that long....

While that may not sound bad to some, it is considered a significant decline from the happiness levels of the early 1990’s. When you dive into the numbers further, spending time on the internet, listening to music alone, and using social media are all activities correlated with unhappiness. Interesting enough, these are all activities found on your computer or cell phone. Another interesting point is the fact that these activities are all things that most people perform while working....

Provide Purpose Award Recognition Be an Expediter Learn to Coach Communicate fully Don’t Tolerate Poor Performance Empower Teams Listen and Involve These are exactly ways to manage your team successfully. The Secret of Happy Employees – [Digital Digressions]

Most people are not really listening The average person talks at about 225 words per minute, but we can listen at up to 500 words per minute.[1] So our minds are filling in those other 275 words. This shows that we easily succumb to distraction and that efforts are necessary when we want to actively listen to the speakers. Another reason is hinted by our egocentric self. We love being the spotlight and the centre of conversation, and talking can help us to achieve that!...

Since I’ve been thinking about the spaces we work in a lot lately, I thought I’d talk a bit about the new approach to work that’s taking hold among many self-employed and telecommuting workers these days: coworking. There are several different approaches to coworking, but the basic idea is simple: create a space where a bunch of people can work comfortably. Most coworking facilities move beyond the idea of just providing a simple working space for a small fee to creating a social environment in which a community of similar-minded folks can get work done but also feel some of the camaraderie of a traditional office space....

Your consciousness, your life is an aggregate of proclivities and psychic imprints that have been traveling with you over lifetimes. They make you who you are. It is for this reason that even identical twins can have different preferences, they may think and behave differently. Everything you do and experience in life leaves an imprint on your consciousness, on your mind. These imprints form your habits. The best way to break old habits or form new ones is to wipe these imprints and create new ones....

Child labor is mentally, physically and emotionally draining, and in extreme cases can be classed as enslavement. Below are 20 images of child labor taken around the world. What they do for a living will make you speechless… Shaheen, 10, works at an aluminium factory. Taken in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on November 16, 2009. Masud, 6, collects spare vehicle parts in Dholaikhal, Dhaka, Bangladesh, on February 29, 2012. Naginah Sadiq, 5, works in a brick factory collecting clay in Islamabad, Pakistan, on June 12, 2012....