Nonetheless, you cannot expect to live a luxurious life in the US with what most jobs pay. For example, teachers earn around $29,000 in some states, preventing them from living their lives the way they’d like to. So, what do you do in such a scenario? The easiest option is to start a small business and see where it takes you. Now you may say, “I need money to start a business”....
Regardless of the reasons you’re stuck with credit card debt, there are things you can do to ease the pain. In fact, we’ve found a few ways for you to turn the tables on the banks and have them pay you to borrow their money instead of the reverse! Seriously — keep reading to find out how. Balance Transfers: Go Surfing This is one of the most cost-effective ways to reduce the interest on your existing credit card debt....
The Grilled-Cheese Sandwich Hack Ah, the comfort food of modern American youth. While my family dips the grilled cheese in tomato soup, my wife likes hers plain–just the good ‘ol wheat bread with a slice of American cheese in-between. Growing up, my mom–who ran a home daycare, and didn’t have time to cook often–used to whip these up for the kids, and they were always good. Use this method to cook your own home-made grilled cheese in minutes, better than you’ve ever tasted....
One of the challenges specific to editing for social media is that your images will only have a fraction of a second to stand out. Think about the way you browse Facebook or Instagram – you probably swipe through images quickly and only pause if something looks interesting. If you need to create attention-grabbing images with a Mac, then here’s the software you’re going to need. Photolemur One of the challenges you’ll face in generating great social media photography is maintaining consistency....
When you have no job, feeling like a failure isn’t uncommon. The problem comes in when you give too much thought to your “lack of success” and failure becomes your identity. When this happens, failure weighs you down. The weight becomes so heavy, you find it hard to do what you can to better your situation and look ahead. If you’ve been carrying the weight of failure while you’re unemployed, then here are 3 reasons you should release it....
The web is full of tips on how to manage your time, stay productive, and get more done in less time. The world wants to save you some time while all you do is read these articles and slack off. With all the productivity tools, tips, and tricks available, we’ve become obsessed with becoming more productive. But if you put too much time into managing your time, you might want to reconsider your approach....
Two sides of the brain impacts the result “Those who do not believe in magic, never find it” – Roald Dahl Are you familiar with the brilliant way of S.M.A.R.T goal setting which stands for Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, Time-bound technique. And it works for sure. However, one thing is missing from the right side of our brain for setting a S.M.A.R.T goal. We know that our brain operates on two hemispheres – the left is responsible for logics, rationale while the right handles creativity and visualization....
This probably sounds like a good deal for your own personal items, right? I’m sure you would want to know if anything of yours has been tampered with, especially while traveling or staying somewhere other than your home. Here are three different scenarios where you can put your mind at ease by utilizing security seal products. Traveling by Plane As if the packing process isn’t stressful enough, traveling by plane can leave you worrying about lost or tampered luggage, especially if the destination is far....
If you want to see through all the marketing hype these days, it’s critical you actually learn the language so you can translate the buzzwords into regular words. While companies are always trying to add new buzzwords, here are 30 of the most common ones along with their definitions. If you really pay attention, you’re likely to see at least one of these buzzwords every day, making the decision to present the words as thirty days worth of calendar entries pretty darn appropriate....
(Editor’s Note: This is a featured post in our ongoing series “30 Days With…”, which outlines the use of a productivity tool, service, or product that we have used for the past 30 days. We want to provide our readers with an in-depth view of tools and products that they are interested in, provide them our thoughts anod offer ways to use these products faster and better. Enjoy.) When I was working independently, I really didn’t have much need for a task manager that could handle communication and collaboration across the miles....
Developing a saving habit will enable you to achieve financial independence and other important financial goals more quickly than you imagine. After all, you don’t want to work so hard only to spend it all with your friends over the weekend. No matter where you live, there are cheap fun hobbies and plenty of places to visit with your friends. If you are having trouble finding hobbies to do at home or convincing your friends to do things on the cheap, this article is for you....
Lessons are a part of life, the good, the bad and the ones we will never understand. Most of us turn 30 and never really feel totally prepared for the next chapter in our lives. Family, work, kids, owning a house, these are all major milestones that are headed our way. By learning these 30 lessons before you turn 30 is critical to the set up of your future. Thus, an idea sparked, and I am happy to present you with 30 Life Lessons to Learn Before You are 30....
Staying happy not only makes you feel better; it also helps you to find the good in people and in life. It generates an aura of positivity around you. Naturally, others are drawn to you and wish for your company. Also, when you are happy, your body produces endorphins and other chemicals that help your body repair and heal on its own. Isn’t that cool? And to be happy, you need not do grand stuff....
Here are 30 things to let go of in 2016 to make this the best year you’ve ever had. Let go of self-sabotaging habits. Work on being kind and loving to yourself. Click here to learn 50 small things to do every day to really love yourself. Let go of perfection. Waiting to do something until the timing is perfect often means you’ll never do it at all. Let go of saying you’ll do things “someday....
Click on the image to download a wallpaper sized 30 Second Tip! Under promise, over-deliver. Don’t Promise What You Can’t Deliver
Click on the image to download a wallpaper sized 30 Second Tip! Ask Yourself “What will I Learn Today?” Write it down and review daily. A lot of unfortunate people think that learning for the sake of learning is something for schoolchildren, and maybe college students. All the things there are to learn and know that don’t impact directly on their immediate lives they dismiss as “trivia”. Out in the “real world”, they think, there’s no time for such frivolities — there’s serious work to get done!...
Laugh and the world laugh with you. Weep and you weep along. With those benefits, it behooves you to hone your workplace comedic skills. So in the tradition of David Letterman, here are the top 10 ways to more effectively lead with humor! Top 10 Ways to Lead More Effectively with Humor
Malcolm Gladwell’s Top 39 Quotes “We learn by example and by direct experience because there are real limits to the adequacy of verbal instruction.” 3.“Don’t depend on heaven for food, but on your own two hands carrying the load.” “In life, most of us are highly skilled at suppressing action. All the improvisation teacher has to do is to reverse this skill and he creates very ‘gifted’ improvisers. Bad improvisers block action, often with a high degree of skill....
But when you have children, how can this problem be avoided? Your tots will always want to play where you are, and you may even bring children’s items into the adult realm simply for the sake of convenience- there’s certainly no reason to trudge upstairs every time you have to have to change a diaper, for example. When incorporating kid-friendly design in your home, these four easy steps will help you maintain your grown-up elegance in any room while making the presence of children and their things seem like they belong there....
We moved to this house back in May (it’s now October) and I’m still trying to get it to maintenance mode. What is maintenance mode you ask? Maintenance mode is where everything we have actually belongs here, and everything has a home. Maintenance mode is where our space is planned out in a way that makes sense to us. Maintenance mode is where I’m done sorting and re-arranging and I can simply maintain our space and focus more attention on other things…like my family…or this blog…or some business ideas that are floating around my head....
