In this episode of the Lifehack Show, I’ll help you to get that goal you’ve always wanted by start taking action. No matter how small your action is, as long as you start to take the first step, you can continue to create a momentum and eventually reach your goal and dream! I’ll even walk you through Lifehack’s Dreamers’ Guide To Taking Action And Making Goals Happen in this video....

The Attitude of Success In Scratch Beginnings, Shepard makes it immediately clear that his goal is not to create a rags-to-riches story. Instead, he set out to refute Barbara Ehrenreich’s Nickel and Dimed and Bait and Switch, along with similar books that claim that “working stiffs are doomed to live in the same disgraceful conditions forever.” Shepard’s goal was to discover whether, with self-discipline and the attitude of success he could actually move beyond homelessness in under a year....

But when the work week starts, we sometimes feel like the wind is knocked out of our wings, and we are pretty much dragging ourselves through the rest of the week. Many times, this is due to a lack of planning which results in us doing damage control rather than checking things off of our list. Instead of looking at Sundays as a depressing day where you lament the loss of the weekend, with these seven planning tips, you will start looking at Sundays as your prep day for the week....

1. You listen more and talk less When we realize as human beings we are built to hear more (because we have two ears) and speak less (we have one mouth/tongue); we gain more information and whatever we speak will be based on substantial reasoning. This will provide a glimpse of a thinking individual/rational person to the audience. Thus you shall be perceived more seriously, and in turn this will add to your confidence....

1. “I love you.” There are people in this world who don’t ever hear their parents say, “I love you.” We all want to hear it. We all need to feel it. Not hearing the words, “I love you,” could impair a child’s future ability to express love and affection to others, causing the cycle to repeat. “What the world needs now is love, sweet love.” We each have the chance to make that happen....

When it comes to our “online brand”, Chris Anderson, best selling author of the Long Tail and former editor of Wired Magazine, has famously noted: The strength of our brand can be one of the key determining factors when it comes to our business success, and it can also impact the job and career opportunities that come our way. There are 5 specific ways (the 5 “Cs”) that we can strengthen our personal brand on the Internet, starting today....

I set my intentions to what I wanted to achieve. I wanted freedom. Freedom to work when and where I wanted. I wanted to travel and explore more of the world. I wanted financial stability. I was sick of living paycheck to paycheck. I was sick of having to struggle when unexpected expenses arose. I wanted to give back to the world. I felt I had a lot to offer and my talents weren’t being utilized....

1. Yogurt If you want to keep your bones strong, yogurt is one of the best foods that you can eat. A single serving of yogurt will provide you with 30% of your calcium and 20% of your vitamin D for the day. It is also incredibly versatile and is great in smoothies or parfaits. Apart from all of this, yogurt is good even for those who are lactose intolerant as it is an excellent source of probiotics, the healthy bacteria that live in your gut and that can improve both your digestion and immunity....

The most common characteristic that successful people [1] have is self-awareness. Self-awareness is having insight of one’s inner-most characteristics, such as beliefs, emotions, strengths, and weaknesses. Individuals who are self-aware not only have the ability perceive their own thoughts and feelings, but have the ability to “read” others and the way they are recognized and perceived by them. In the business world, self-awareness is even more crucial. Gary Vaynerchuk[2], American serial entrepreneur and New York Times bestselling author, believes that self-awareness is your most important attribute....

We can give you many reasons why it is a big advantage to learn these shortcuts but one of them is to protect your hand, wrist, and fingers from using the mouse too much. Yes, a lot of people, including me, have complained about painful muscles and nerves on those portions of the hand. Most specifically the nerves and muscles of the joint between your wrist and your hand. Here’s another: time and time again, we are reminded that time is gold....

On the site, you can filter the schedules by activity and hover over each bar for more details on their lives. Mozart took about an hour just to get dressed, for example. Even genius has its quirks. Featured photo credit: Podio via podio.com

The Four-Day Week Challenge We have more peace. More time to think. More time to enjoy life. It’s fabulous.

THE GAP | Ira Glass

Minimalists, i.e. people who choose to live comfortably with as few material possessions as possible – have become a staple in the sub-culture of many economies. This decision doesn’t come from lack of motivation or ambition -as a matter of fact- many of them make reasonably solid incomes; but rather as personal decision and a means to not only ensure financial stability but also as way of disconnecting from the zeitgeist of wealth-seeking and enjoying life for it’s simple beauty....

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What is this ignored skill? Writing. Clear Writing Means Clear Thinking Simply put, employers seek strong writers. According to the National Association of Colleges and Employers, 73.4% of employers look for candidates with strong writing skills.[1] Kyle Wiens also remarks in I Won’t Hire People Who Use Poor Grammar. Here’s Why [2], Wiens in fact uses grammar as his litmus test. He made his employees to prove whether they were detail-oriented with the grammar test....

You can’t walk down the street at this time of year without seeing a schmaltzy couple draped over each other or a window full of love hearts. Whether you like it or not, the trappings of St Valentines Day can be seen everywhere. Now, I’ll put my hands up right now and tell you that I’ve screwed up my fair share of relationships. I still get tongue-tied when I see a beautiful woman, I’ve pushed people away to protect myself and I’ve run round and round in circles wondering how things ’should’ be done....

Yet what we almost never hear about is the exact same process going on in our businesses. Here it’s not junk food that is the problem, it’s junk activities and the ’empty calories’ of time wasted on things that have no real bearing on business success. Just like many overweight individuals, business also has its diet fads — few of which ever work for more than a short time. When the bloat gets big enough to squash profits, organizations rush to shed jobs and cut back on ‘soft targets’ like training and research....

Yet, there are many people who are thriving in their careers, managing multiple side hustles, while leading a fulfilling life at the same time. They do all this in the same 24 hours that you get! So, the real question is – how are some people better at achieving things than others? The answer is simple – Leverage! They use the power of leverage to lead the life that they want....

They’ve onced looked young and tense, am I right? Right now the skin may feel a little bit loose. Your bones might be popping out stronger than they have popped out just two years ago. The point is: Aging is everywhere and it happens rapidly. But there’s a way we might be able to slow down the process of it. The True Cause Of Aging ‘Not dying’, is on the bucket list of Bill Gates....