The American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) and the American Heart Association (AHA) provides the following minimum exercise guidelines for healthy adults (18-65): Moderate-intensity aerobic physical activity for a minimum of 30 minutes, five days per week (e.g. a brisk walk) or; Vigorous-intensity aerobic physical activity for 20 minutes, three days per week (e.g. jogging) or; Some combination of moderate-intensity and vigorous-intensity NOTE: Exercise can be performed in bouts of at least 10 minutes....

Use Thunderbird like a pro – [NewsForge]

One maddening tendency of any small electronic device is that whenever the battery is low, it wastes most of its remaining power beeping and flashing to tell you that battery is low. Similarly, the human body comes with many self-defeating features. For example, whenever you’re low on oxygen, say while trying to recover your electronic device from the bottom of a public pool, the body goes into panic mode, raises the heart rate and burns away what little oxygen you have to work with....

Even though we’re still some months off, we’ve decided to put together an early guide to buying Christmas presents for the man in your life which will pleasantly surprise him! Black Record Album Frames- £4.99 each from Find Me A Gift If your man is part of the “vinyl revival” that’s going on at the moment, he’ll love these frames for all of his old records. They’re handily sized so that he can store all of his favourite LPs from back in the day and create a stunning work of art on the wall by hanging complementary albums next to one another....

Use your commute time The most obvious opportunity to create time for yourself is the commute to work. Of course, it’s hardly the ideal conditions for some quality time — you either have both hands clamped to the steering wheel, or are crammed shoulder to shoulder on a bus or train! There’s only one thing that can be said in situations like this — God bless the iPod: an inspiring audio book, meditative visualization or piece of music can be just the thing to leave you walking into work energised and refreshed....

Principle 1: Give Yourself a Break Principle 2: Get Connected with Your Truth Principle 3: Stop Judging Yourself Principle 4: Stop Judging Others Principle 5 : Pursue Fun with a Vengeance Five Principles for Happiness in 2007 – [The Automatic Millionaire]

However, what the viewers see is the end result of many months of hard work and time spent on film sets. Working with children on camera is probably just as daunting for the film crew or photographers as it the youngsters. You might be wondering how the directors and film crew do such a wonderful job working with younger children with the risk of stage fright, tantrums and non-cooperation potentially looming at any point....

Though the article is fairly US-centric, the list of 100 fastest growing companies shows some worldwide players, and that might be of use to folks reading from other communities. There are certainly some interesting speculating to be had, based on the way jobs are trending into fields that weren’t so well representated in years past. Where the Tech Jobs are Now – [Fortune]

It’s a smart business move to have a business card, so If you’re looking to design and make some cool cards, or even change the design on the card you have, there are lots of interesting sites where you can design and print creative and cool business cards. Here are four of the best, premium business card-making sites that offer customers design tools, decent prices, and quality cards. Oubly Oubly has earned its place as one of the premium designing and printing websites....

Based on 37signals’ software design philosophy, it forces you to think again on your business and development model: And guess what, now they’ve released the ebook free in html version. Getting Real foregoes functional specs and other transitory documentation in favor of building real screens. A functional spec is make-believe, an illusion of agreement, while an actual web page is reality. That’s what your customers are going to see and use....

Register to join Knowledge Work Athletics [David Allen’s Blog via Adrian Trenholm. Thanks!]

If you’re active on twitter, there’s no doubt that you’ve seen people – from celebs to almost anyone – make use of a trendy app called Vine. In short, Vine is a video sharing app which was designed and owned by twitter that allows you to create short videos, generally 6 seconds, and share this online. The app is available for free download so that you can use it to deliver a message, demonstrate a product or highlight the essence of your brand in a quick, short and trendy video accessible by anyone on Vine or Twitter and so forth....

That’s just not the case anymore. As 2016 draws nearer, the future looks brighter for freelancers than in any previous year. Looking forward to changes, trends, and tips for freelancing in 2016 will help you prepare for its arrival. Freelancing: The New Norm If you’re a freelancer, you’re in good company. You’re one of 53 million Americans who earn a living with freelance work, which represents nearly 40 percent of the labor force....

Here were people, just like us, who with great vision, sacrifice and innovation, seized an opportunity to achieve. Funnily enough, nothing can typify this sentiment more than the spawning of some of the world’s biggest and most influential companies. Many of them started out in very humble workplace arrangements. It’s hard to believe. When we think of the big corporations and conglomerates of today, we think of skyscrapers and executive living, not computers paired alongside pedestal fans and gardening equipment....

It’s a time for taking stock, filing away the lessons of our successes and failures over the last 12 months and pinning down our hopes and dreams for the 12 months to come. Some people make resolutions, feeling in the renewal of the yearly cycle the power to remake themselves to a better plan: thinner, healthier, more focused, wealthier, smarter… happier. Others set goals. “By this time next year, I will have done x....

11 Sleep Habits of Successful People

Take a look at the amazing workspaces in the infographic below, provided by Made to Measure Blinds (http://www.madetomeasureblinds-uk.com). Each of these successes found their muse through vastly different environments. One thing they have in common: They surrounded themselves with something they were passionate about. So go ahead: Take a look. Get inspired. And maybe we’ll be seeing what we can learn from your workspace someday. Featured photo credit: http://www.pixabay.com via pixabay....