1. Provide Warning No matter how good your intentions, some people just don’t respond well to criticism. Be mindful of this. It’s always best to ask prior to providing feedback. This will mentally prepare the other person for any criticism they’re about to receive. Take them aside to avoid embarrassing them in front of other people, which will immediately put them on the defensive. 2. Be Timely If you’ve ever housebroken a pet, you’re aware feedback has to be provided immediately....

A better way of using Gmail for GTD – [Information Efficiency]

While this infographic can guide you on 10 ways to tie a scarf (come on guys, draping doesn’t count), you should practice at home in front of the mirror so you know what looks good on you before you head out on the street. And, of course, some of these methods to tie a scarf are way more complex than others, so it’s also good to learn how to do it ahead of time so you aren’t fumbling around when you want to look cool....

You’ve never seen anything like this. The Zcan Wireless is the first mouse that has built-in scanning capabilities. This allows you to do a number of tasks that you didn’t think was possible before! One of the most tedious tasks that students and workers have is transferring information from their books, magazines or brochures to the computer. Digital photos aren’t reliable and the quality is not really that flexible. On the other hand, traditional scanners forced individuals to use it like a copy machine, making the process extremely slow....

10 Essential Keys to Success

Working for the famous is probably considered a glamorous and sought-after job yet most of the leaks come from the inside and even from the celebrities’ personal assistants. So what’s it really like to work for a celebrity? Is it really as glamorous as it seems? Is the person really how their public persona portrays them to be? Here’s some insight from people who have experience first-hand as a PA and tell us how working in a celebrity’s world really measures up....

A new study suggests that young people believe that smoking hookah is safer than smoking cigarettes. Because of this, hookah smokers will smoke their pipes for longer. The gentle flavors encourage them to inhale more smoke than a cigarette smoker would. But a one hour water pipe session could set a smoker back the equivalent of 100 cigarettes. Few people would claim to enjoy smoking 100 cigarettes, or five packs, in only one hour....

What Is A Contraction Stress Test? One of the most important points to remember about the test is that it is conducted to simulate labor and the contractions you have where the oxygen levels will decrease for your baby. This is the only way to test whether or not the unborn baby will be able to deal with the stress of “proper” labor, when contractions will be coming on a regular basis....

You can choose to have depressing, negative thoughts or inspirational, positive thoughts; your attitude determines your mindset, which in turn determines your behaviours and the outcomes in your life. Many studies show that you will achieve more, feel happier and live longer if you chose the positive option. Here are some tips to boost your positive thinking. 11 Tips to Help You Think More Positively

If you’re an avid reader, but want to shy away from the overly-lauded pieces that everyone else on the planet has inhaled, consider some of the titles listed below. They’re some of the best books of 2012, and though they haven’t received quite as much media attention as those on the NYT list, they are most certainly worth looking into. No pun intended, I swear. Fiction The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry: A Novel, by Rachel Joyce Every so often, we come across an antihero who is so awkwardly endearing that we just want to scoop him out of the book and invite him in for tea....

What is Virtue? From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: How can you not like that, and want more of it? Morality can be a tough thing to get our arms around at times, for we are living in an age where we tend to be politically correct and play it safe. We can get reticent when talking about virtue and morality unless we are in the safe arms of our family and closest friends, or teaching our own children....

I know that you must be wondering what happened to me after all of these years. Or, maybe I became one of your more far-distant memories, the kind of memory you can’t recall on your own because you don’t want to. The kind of memory that sneaks up on you in the middle of the day when you are at the mall or when you’re trying to decide if you should dump the guy your with and have no one to call....

Fun? Exciting? Interesting? Nope. A study of couples by researchers at the University of Winnipeg found that the most common way for people to describe their relationships was ‘dull.’ [1] People also said that their relationships lacked fun, romance, and conversation, and felt ‘like a chore.’ The results showed that while dating, men are more likely to be bored, but while married, women experience more boredom. Getting worried? Luckily, there are loads of simple ways to keep your relationship fresh, interesting and exciting, whether you’ve just met or been married 30 years....

AntiRSI

You’ve got so many things to do and yet you find yourself doing pretty much anything but the task at hand! I don’t know about you, but I’ve done many mundane things that usually don’t get the time of day – all due to procrastination! I’ve cleaned the entire house from top to bottom, cleared out my email folders, cleared out the wardrobe, all things that aren’t really that urgent or important in my life – they just serve as a distraction so I don’t have to get on with those big tasks I’m avoiding....

I actually think this list, although helpful, is a little too broad. Do you think we could discuss more specific or habitual circumstances? Maybe personality traits that develop more ‘auto-pilot’ lifestyles and ways to break those kinds of patterns? 5 Signs You Are On Auto-Pilot – [IWillChangeYourLife]

We worry too much about our future and often forget about the present moment. Sо whаt іѕ thе lеѕѕоn hеrе? I tооk thіѕ lеѕѕоn as a kind of “Cаrре dіеm” (Sеіzе thе Day) mеѕѕаgе, аnd thаt bесаuѕе оur futurе selves are оftеn ѕо dіѕарроіntеd wіth uѕ, реrhарѕ thе іdеа is tо іndulgе іn аnd appreciate thе precious present. So, although one was dіѕарроіntеd in seeing thе lасk оf jоу in mу раѕt self’s lіfе, one аlѕо learned a vаluаblе lеѕѕоn about how thе thіngѕ wе worry аnd obsess аbоut rаrеlу come tо fruіtіоn....

Here’s the question posed in this edition of Ask The Entrepreneurs: What daily/weekly ritual do you keep that keeps you sane as an entrepreneur? Meditate Stress Away – Gabrielle Bernstein, Gabrielle Bernstein Inc. 2. Feed Yourself with Inspiration – Ashley Bodi, Business Beware 3. Lift Off the Frustration – Andrew Bachman, Scambook.com 4. Stretch to the Limit – Steph Auteri, Word Nerd Pro 5. Break the Rules! – Matt Wilson, Under30Media 6....

In one study[1], participants were asked to watch video clips of women who expressed emotions differently. Then they were asked who they found more attractive. It turned out that if they understood the woman’s emotions better, they found them more attractive. Such finding is quite surprising that usually people would consider cool and mysterious people as more attractive. Instead, the more you express your emotions, and the easier your emotions are to be read, the more attractive you become....