This tip is definitely for advanced users…
Many times a day, I’ll jump into my iTunes to switch up the playlist, or find something new. I have a big library, so there’s lots there. Should just take a second, right? Not if I get sucked in to fixing duplicates, changing all the artist names to be [...]

At one time or another, we’ve all accidentally (or not accidentally) ended up with a cork stuck on the inside of a bottle. Absolutely no way to get it out, right? Turns out it’s easy, and from the looks of it fun, way to free your cork from it’s glassy prison without a shard of [...]

Michael Phelps has won more gold medals (8) in a single Olympics than anyone in history. In honor of his inspiring week in Beijing, we’ve assembled a list of 8 secrets to Michael’s Olympic success:

Rap Music: Michael gets focused and pumped up to crush world records with the help of Outkast, Eminem, Twista, and Lil [...]

Derren Brown is an NLP Phenomenon. Check out these videos where he predicts exactly what three women are thinking, takes someone’s wallet just by asking, and convinces someone to completely forget the thing they wanted most not 30 seconds before. He uses a combination of techniques, including NLP, to convince, predict, and amaze.

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Are you a pro at buying a car? Know how to negotiate, evaluate a car’s value, and choose the right time of the month to make a purchase (the end, when salespeople have to hit their quotas!)? If so, this video’s not for you, for the rest of us who dread the idea of haggling [...]

It turns out, smiling DOES help you feel better.
According to two research studies, one in 1988 and one in 2002, just smiling can help accentuate a positive experience.
And since it’s Monday, we thought you should know.
Read the full article on Cognitive Daily

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My ears perked up when a woman at a bar told me about a new training program that gets you in wicked good shape, but takes less than 30 minutes a day…and sometimes less than 20. Some say, after their first workout that they are the toughest 20 minutes they’ve ever experienced. A few days [...]

The Top 10 Delusions of Personal Growth
By Carl Buchheit
1. That you can get somewhere positive by defeating something negative.
When we act to improve our lives by defeating some aspect of ourselves (for example, “an old, unwanted behavior pattern,” or a recurring issue of “self-sabotage”) who is it, exactly, who wins?
One of the most enduring and [...]