60 Small Ways to Improve Your Life in the Next 100 Days via Stepcase Lifehack by Marelisa on 5/30/11 Contrary to popular belief, you don’t have to make drastic changes in order to notice an improvement in the quality of your life. At the same time, you don’t need to wait a long time in [...]

Six Ways to Stay Motivated during Hideously Boring Tasks via Dumb Little Man – Tips for Life by Ali on 5/28/11 Motivation can be tough. Even when you want to do something – like exercising regularly, eating right or keeping a journal – it’s easy to find your enthusiasm slackening off. But motivation gets really [...]

6 Ways to Make the Most Out of Your Commute via Work Awesome by Jacki Christopher on 5/27/11 The daily commute to and from work can be a drag. Given the state of the job market, some workers are commuting more than an hour a day. But let’s get this: Our ride time shouldn’t necessarily [...]

How to Turn Your Dream Into a Plan In Five Simple Steps via Dumb Little Man – Tips for Life by Ali on 5/20/11 I’m sure you have plenty of dreams for your life. They might bubble away at the back of your mind. They might loom in your thoughts all day. They might even [...]

Make Sure Your Email Gets Read with Good Email Etiquette [Email] via Lifehacker by Melanie Pinola on 5/17/11 To ensure your email gets opened by someone who’s very busy and suffering from email overload, assume he or she has forgotten previous conversations with you. The humbledMBA blog offers this and other email etiquette tips to [...]

The Art of Stress-Free Work via Stepcase Lifehack by Daniel M. Wood on 5/20/11 Stress is a poison in today’s society. The negative effects of stress are numerous. It weakens our immune system, which causes sickness. Because of stress, people produce less. When stressed people are less creative. The list goes on and on. Problems [...]

Three Tips That Will Ensure You Never Lose Your Car Again via Unplggd by Laura E. Hall on 5/19/11 Picture this: after a long, busy trip, you’ve stumbled off your plane (the last one of the day), hit the revolving doors and find yourself staring down three identical parking garages…in what you’re not even sure [...]

Quickly Zoom In and Out of Any Windows 7 Application [Video] via Lifehacker by Melanie Pinola on 5/16/11 Windows: With Aero, Microsoft added a nifty magnifier tool to Windows 7 that enables you to zoom in—regardless of the application—on the fine details on the screen. For faster zooming, here are some keyboard shortcuts. To quickly [...]

Bring Last-Minute Tasks with You to Stop Being Chronically Late [Etiquette] via Lifehacker by Whitson Gordon on 5/16/11 Everyone has a friend that seems to be a little (or a lot) late to everything. If you happen to be that friend, Psychology Today has some strategies that’ll help you get out the door and where [...]

7 Not So Obvious Habits To Maximize Your Productivity via Stepcase Lifehack by Dragos Roua on 5/16/11 I was a big fan of productivity, and, in some respects, I still am. I’ve been a very early adopter of GTD, and, for years, I did my weekly reviews with the discipline of a zen monk. But, [...]

How to Deal with Organizational Change via Work Awesome by Mariana Ashley on 5/11/11 As a professional writer, I value the input of editors whom I trust. When I get a good editor who knows my work, I usually do my best to keep him or her happy. I try to build a great professional [...]

Simple Methods to Clean Up Your Digital Life and Manage Information Overload [Information Overload] via Lifehacker by Alan Henry on 5/15/11 People who have been around the Web for a while know how difficult it can be to keep up with the sites you read, your friends on Facebook or Twitter, and the productive things [...]

Set Up "Login Approvals" in Facebook for Better Security [In Brief] via Lifehacker by Melanie Pinola on 5/13/11 Facebook has launched a new “login approvals” feature that can further secure your Facebook account. This adds a second step to the login process if you try to access Facebook from an unrecognized device. The login approvals [...]

4 1/2 Mistakes When Negotiating Something Big via MintLife Blog | Personal Finance News & Advice by CNBC.com on 5/13/11 Photo: iStockphoto   Last week, my wife and I bought a house near Boston. The negotiations lasted a week, then ended badly. Let’s talk mistakes. 1) Not negotiating Ever wonder whether something’s negotiable? The higher the [...]

The Best Ways to Answer "Where Do You See Yourself in Five Years?" [Interviews] via Lifehacker by Melanie Pinola on 5/6/11 Unless you have your future all mapped out, this annoying interview or even networking event question can be difficult to answer. The Harvard Business Review recommends strategies like focusing on what you hope to [...]