As I am a big fan of the Socratic method, I will play a benevolent Riddler and give you a list of brain-teasers that, when answered and understood, will help you come closer to finding answers to much deeper issues. Oh, and trust me, learning how to apply any of this knowledge in real life, day to day, will be the true challenge you’ll have to face. There will be enough space between each riddle and its answer to allow you to think it over and do some guessing before you scroll down, so take your time....

New Features of Native Google Maps for iPhone: Loads faster and provides smooth rotating and tilting of 2D and 3D map views. An expandable info sheet at the bottom provides extra details of a location. Details of a location includes address, opening hours, ratings, reviews, images, street views and directions. More than 80 million businesses are included in the map. Get Voice-guidance and turn-by-turn navigation. Shows Live traffic conditions. Shows information of public transportation....

Emojis have become a way of life for mobile users, who often find that a picture is worth at least 140 characters. While emojis of smiling cats and aliens are abundant, many have noticed that Apple’s emojis have been lacking in the multicultural department. Emoji collections have been predominately white, and many users have voiced their disapproval. In fact, a DoSomething.org petition collected thousands of signatures in an effort to bring diversity to the cartoon collection of texting characters....

Now you have a decision to make: Are you going to be a boss or a leader? And I hear you saying,“What is the difference?” The difference is, in a word, huge. A leader is in the middle of it all The difference can be summed up in a meme that is popping up all over the place these days: A boss tells you what to do, and a leader is out there with the people leading the way....

When life becomes tough, many of us stop chasing our dreams and retreat under a big ugly flannel security blanket. Let’s face it: we’re terrified of failure. We’re afraid that we might not succeed, that our dreams are only pipe-dreams, that “reality” has to be hard because it is for every body else. Though we enter the world with a sense of youthful optimism: excitement about opportunity, a willingness to risk it all, and a belief that everything will turn out our way (In one survey, 96% of 18-24 year-olds agreed with the statement, “I am very sure that someday I will get to where I want to be in life”)....

~ Martin Seligman Well-being is a combination of thinking and feeling good, in addition to having meaning, good relationships, and accomplishment in your life. Having high levels of well-being and performing at your best are closely correlated. The acronym PERMA, coined by best-selling author and renowned well-being researcher Martin Seligman, PhD., consists of 5 measurable elements of well-being: 1. Positive Emotion (Including happiness and life satisfaction): Feeling good: pleasure, gratitude, love, joy, comfort, warmth, ecstasy, curiosity, inspiration, and rapture....

Here’s the question posed in this edition of Ask The Entrepreneurs: What task isn’t automated (yet!) that you wish would be in your business? Industry Research – Andrew Schrage, Money Crashers Personal Finance 2. Meetings – Sharam Fouladgar-Mercer, AirPR 3. Partnerships – Liam Martin, Staff.com 4. Searchable Libraries of Content – Alexandra Levit, Inspiration at Work 5. Hiring – Brett Farmiloe, Digital Marketing Agency 6. Inventory Management – Aaron Schwartz, Modify Watches 7....

The best thing to do when you are feeling unhealthy, stuck and miserable is to take a moment to ask yourself some honest questions that will help you move forward and get you out of your rut. Here are 6 that should get you moving on the right path: 1.Are you making excuses? This is the first question you need to ask yourself. Yeah. It is a hard question that can really sting, but if you are serious about getting unstuck in life you have to be brutally honest with yourself right now....

However, the greatest self-improvement book of all time, the Bible, makes the statement that “Godliness with contentment is great gain.” We probably won’t arrive at a consensus as to what constitutes “godliness,” but think about the rest of what this statement says. Contentment is valuable! A person who has contentment has something that equals great gain, or wealth. Everyone has heard stories of multi-millionaires who were never satisfied regardless of how wealthy they became....

A 2007 study by Florida University indicated that 40 percent of participants believed they worked for “bad bosses.” Among the most common complaints were broken promises, not giving credit, and strangely enough, the silent treatment. Notice that there is no mention of overtime, paychecks, or incredibly annoying copy machines. The common thread in the above complaints is communication errors. 1. Care about your business If you are not personally invested in your business, how will you convince others to be invested?...

Below I have curated 25 fun, doable and exciting projects that you can get your hands messy with. 1. River Stone Door Mat Buy yourself a plain door mat with no decoration. Make sure it has holes to let water drain through. Gather a bunch of river stones (wash them before use) and use silicone to attach them to the door mat. Let that dry and you’ll now have a surprisingly good-feeling door mat underneath your feet....

The fact is: taking pictures is now incredibly easy to do. However, taking a good picture is still incredibly difficult. Anyone with a smartphone can take a picture; if you want to consider yourself a photographer, you need to fully dedicate yourself to the craft. You’ll need to pick up a couple items, too. Camera Well, duh. Of course you need a camera to get started as a photographer. But with so many out there to choose from, how do you decide which is right for you?...

Being a mother is not about what you gave up to have a child, but what you’ve gained from having one.

Bilingualism was once thought of as a handicap as late as the 1960’s that slowed down a child’s ability to speak because they had to spend extra time switching between two different languages. Scientists strongly believed that there were no postive aspects of bilingual children and thus created a social stigma around it. While there is still concern that there are some negative aspects like slower reactions in cross-language exams, there have been increasingly positive views in the scientific world as well....

Big things often have small beginnings.

The Causes of Bleeding After Sex While Pregnant There are many normal reasons why a woman can bleed after sex when she is pregnant. Firstly, there is a great increase in blood flow to the area of the cervix and vagina—and many more capillaries (small blood vessels) to carry the blood where it needs to go. These capillaries are delicate and can easily rupture during intercourse. The cervix itself is also tender and can easily get irritated, or bleeding may be caused by cervical polyps: noncancerous growths on the cervix itself....

Whenever a television or movie adaptation of a novel or series of books comes out, those who have read the books will make it their duty to let everyone know they were a fan of the story before it hit the screen. But is that really a bad thing? We might poke fun at our friends who, for some reason, think them having read some book makes them better than everyone else around them....

Boot up Windows before you even log in – [BrainFuel] How would you like your computer to load all those programs before you ever have to enter your password? You could press the button to power up your system and go get a cup of coffee. Five minutes later, you come to your desk and type in your password. BAM! Instantly dropped to the desktop! Your programs are already running and all systems are a go!...

Kevin Kelly has two suggestions for using whiteboards as brainstorming space. The cheap way, and the expensive way. Marker Board Walls – [KevinKelly]

That kind of team builder may have been useful on the first day of kindergarten, but when you’re building a business team or putting together a team for another important project, you need to go far beyond silly icebreakers to create a cohesive group. There are hundreds of groups that offer to help you create a team out of a group of disparate employees, but you can’t really outsource team building — even if you have thousands of dollars to throw at the problem....