A healthy body can help your mind stay strong. When your body isn’t fit, it’s tougher to make challenging decisions. You can find plenty of books, websites, and articles that can give you suggestions to grow mentally and physically. These tips will help you to improve both simultaneously. 1. Enrich your mind. Keep challenging yourself to learn new things. By doing this, you will gain more knowledge about things around you, and you will learn how to utilize things in a better way....

1. Initiate a Friendly and Polite Dialogue. When you initiate a conversation, a simple “Hi” or quick invite is enough. Just the fact that you sent them a message may be enough, but, depending on how they’ve blocked you, you may need to also mention who you are. This is all that needs to be said, and do not say anything else (or send more than one total message) until he or she responds, or you will come off as annoying....

1. Keep learning. Just because you’re not in school anymore and you have a job, you don’t have to stop learning. On-the-job education is the best way to build up your resume. Learn as much as you can from every work experience you have, from presenting during a meeting to giving a tour of your workplace to outsiders. If you don’t have a chance to learn from new things, ask your coworkers or bosses if you can accompany them when they do their duties, and learn about what they do....

One issue that comes up in the article that comes up pretty frequently is the meanings of the words imply and infer. To imply something means to hint at it, whereas to infer means to gather the speaker’s meaning. Therefore, only the speaker can imply while only the listener can infer. Another problem — one that I admittedly fumble with myself — is that of farther vs. further. Taking something farther indicates a physical distance, while further is representative of a metaphorical or figurative distance....

Here are 16 reasons middle children should be celebrated: 1. They are friendly. Middle children have been shown to be more friendly and are seen as highly sociable. They know how to strike up conversations with anyone. This isn’t surprising. Throughout their childhood, milddle children have learned to communicate effectively with older and younger siblings. 2. They are killer negotiators. Middle children learn to negotiate from a young age. They had to convince older siblings to share toys with them, play games with them, and go along with their ideas....

1. I’m capable Remember that you are capable even when you are unsure. Some things might seem intimidating at first, but you are able to do much more than you even think possible. 2. I am confident Confidence is a way of walking in the world. You don’t have to know everything, have it all or even be the very best. You just have to tell yourself that you can do it and stand tall; no one will know that you aren’t 100% sure....

1. I am truly, truly sorry for what I did to your sleep. I expected some midnight wakefulness on the front end of this parenting gig, but I had no earthly idea what we were really in for. And now I realize that you didn’t warn me how bad it could really get because the chronic sleep deprivation that you were enduring during the early years of my life, have made it almost impossible for you to recall those years in any detail....

1. Ginger Water I actually wrote about ginger’s powerful ability to fight cancer, so it is no surprise that ginger helps with aiding the body in clearing the stomach of filth. Ingredients: water ginger Make sure to carefully slice small pieces of ginger or powder it up — it’s quite strong. 2. Cucumber Water A solid anti-inflammatory that also helps in rehydrating the body, cucumber water is great in the morning....

Some of us also want to contribute, connect, and make an impact. These needs propel people to live out their life purpose, which gives them the opportunity to experience a truly exceptional life. To be proficient at accomplishing these aspirations you need to have the right mindset. A way of thinking that promotes happiness, success, love, connectedness, contribution, and a lasting impression. Here are 18 things to tell yourself each day to influence your actions, so you can realize your ambitions and create the reality of your dreams....

In my person experience, happiness simply can’t be defined by using stats or figures and is first and foremost a feeling, which can only be manifested and acquired by you. It’s an internal feeling that comes from a decision to be happy as well as a series of actions in order to help provoke it from within you. Here are 20 ways that, when applied, have personally lead to increases in my happiness every time....

To many of us, that can be impossible. But through the science of fascination, Sally Hogshead makes us believe it is possible and 100% doable. Her book, How The World Sees You, stems from a decade of research spanning 250,000 participants from all social spheres. By her early 20s, Hogshead was one of the most sought-after advertising professionals in the US owing to her unmatched prowess in writing ads that charmed millions....

The solution lies in one magnificent question: what is the meaning of your life? A friend recently pushed back when I talked about the meaning of my life being helping people re-connect to their natural creativity and something larger than themselves. He blurted, “How can you possibly know the meaning of your life?” Like many, he buys into the common notion that the profound meaning of his life will only reveal itself to him upon his deathbed, or at least when he’s well within his 60’s....

The appealing nutritious red beet can be juiced up too. The beetroot like many other vegetables is a source of nutrients minus the fat-with added protein. The carbohydrate profile of beetroot is unique. They contain a huge percentage of sugar, but have half of the total carbs of starchy veggies like potatoes. Because of the low carbs and fiber content of 3 grams, the effect on blood sugar levels stay moderate....

2. Prevent or Force a Sneeze To prevent sneezing at an inopportune time, with your mouth closed, try pressing your tongue firmly against the back of your teeth to help prevent your sneeze. While preventing a sneeze is great, there is nothing more annoying than a sneeze that you can feel as a tickle in the back of your throat but never actually initiates. To force a sneeze, try staring up into a bright light....

And we hardly ever realize we’re doing it. Whether it’s a formal meeting or a more laid back meet up, introductions are sometimes tricky. Especially if you want to make a good first impression either way. Here are 20 creative ways to show someone who you are within the first precious moments of meeting them (where you use them, of course, is completely up to you). 1. “I’m shy, please come say hi....

1. Udemy 2. Khan Academy 3. MIT OpenCourseWare 4. Codecademy 5. Harvard OpenCourseWare 6. Yale Open Courses 7. Johns Hopkins OpenCourseWare 8. Duke Law Free Lectures 9. Free Computer Books 10. Oxford Mathematics OpenCourseWare 11. Lifewrite 12. Purdue Online Writing Lab 13. Duolingo 14. BBC Languages 15. iTunes U 16. Wikiversity 17. Textbook Revolution 18. E-Books Directory 19. University of Pennsylvania Book Page 20. History Channel Learning is wildly important because it’s something none of us are ever done doing....

1. Be thrifty, find free moving boxes Save a little cash and acquire all the boxes you need for free. Best places: the ‘free’ section on Craigslist, grocery and clothing stores, and warehouse style stores. 2. Purge your stuff Now that you’re sorting through all your things, it’s a perfect time to see what can be donated or chucked altogether! Make an effort to pare down your possessions so your move will be a little easier and your new home will be a bit less cluttered....

1. We are only an extrovert as long as we need to break the monotony 2. We sometimes wish to be all by our lonesome, but still have plans for later 3. We hear about introverts and extroverts, and realize that we can’t choose a side 4. We are able to relate to nearly everyone, which is a double edged sword 5. We don’t mind spending long hours learning something new or developing a skill 6....

People who have ADD/ADHD are suffering. Life is more difficult for them than the average person. Everything is intense and magnified. Their brilliant minds are constantly in gear creating, designing, thinking and never resting. Imagine what it would feel like to have a merry-go-round in your mind that never stops spinning. From emotional outbursts to polar opposite extremes; ADD presents several behaviors that can be harmful to relationships. ADD is a mysterious condition of opposites and extremes....