8 Steps to Getting What You Want… Without Formal Credentials via The Blog of Author Tim Ferriss by Tim Ferriss on 9/29/11 (Photo: ElMarto) Michael Ellsberg has been a good friend since 2000.  In the last few years, he has made a study of self-study. How do the best in business do what they do? [...]

Four Procrastination Myths Debunked via Stepcase Lifehack by Marelisa on 9/27/11 Day 115 is courtesy of Jacqui Brown There are less than one hundred days left in 2011. If you have a backlog of projects that you meant to work on this year, but which you haven’t gotten around to, it’s very likely that procrastination [...]

Increase Your Passion for Work Without Becoming Obsessed via HBR.org by Scott Barry Kaufman on 9/21/11 Work brings some people intrinsic joy. These people feel in control of their work, feel good about themselves while working, find their work to be in harmony with their other activities. Pscyhologists describe these folks as having harmonious passion. [...]

For Significant Savings, Tackle Your Biggest Expenses First [Personal Finance] via Lifehacker by Melanie Pinola on 9/21/11 Tackling your biggest expenses first may sound like a no-brainer, but many people, if you think about it, do go about trying to save money by cutting out little things, like the daily cup of coffee, without addressing [...]

The Top 20 Most Inspiring Steve Jobs Quotes via The Next Web » Shareables by Courtney Boyd Myers on 9/20/11 From 1984′s Macintosh computer to the game-changing iPad in 2010, Steve Jobs is perhaps the most visionary and innovative CEO of the past 30 years. His passion for blending technology with the humanities have illuminated both [...]

Financial Balance and the 80/20 Rule via The Simple Dollar by Trent on 9/20/11 One of the most fascinating things I’ve discovered since starting The Simple Dollar is the 80/20 rule, also known as the Pareto principle. Simply put, it means that 80% of the effects comes from 20% of the causes. It’s perhaps easiest [...]

If You Want to Be Happier, Set Ambitious Goals [Goals] via Lifehacker by Melanie Pinola on 9/20/11 Reaching for ambitious goals gives people more satisfaction and happiness, compared to setting more easily achievable expectations, studies say. Business magazine Inc. reports that experiments have shown that participants who aimed for higher (though less likely to be [...]

The Tag-It Approach to Productivity Gives You More Categories and Control Over Tasks [Productivity] via Lifehacker by Alan Henry on 9/22/11 One of the nice things about productivity techniques like GTD is that they help you organize tasks based on how actionable, important, or quick to finish a given task is. The Tag-It Approach gives [...]

The Tag-It Approach to Productivity Gives You More Categories and Control Over Tasks [Productivity] via Lifehacker by Alan Henry on 9/22/11 One of the nice things about productivity techniques like GTD is that they help you organize tasks based on how actionable, important, or quick to finish a given task is. The Tag-It Approach gives [...]

The Tag-It Approach to Productivity Gives You More Categories and Control Over Tasks [Productivity] via Lifehacker by Alan Henry on 9/22/11 One of the nice things about productivity techniques like GTD is that they help you organize tasks based on how actionable, important, or quick to finish a given task is. The Tag-It Approach gives [...]

"Success Comes Through Rapidly Fixing our Mistakes Rather than Getting Things Right the First Time" [Quotables] via Lifehacker by Adam Dachis on 9/21/11 This quote comes from Tim Harford, who argues that success is really just a product of failure. He believes we have to try, fail, and quickly correct our mistakes in order to [...]

Time Management—Taking Stock of Your Most Precious Commodity via Work Awesome by Jacki Christopher on 9/21/11 If you’ve been entrusted to manage a valuable commodity—whether it’s the company’s finances, the merchandise in your shop, or your own income—you start by taking stock of what you have to work with. Where and how are the resources [...]

How to Not be a Phony via Stepcase Lifehack by Chris Smith on 9/19/11 Big Phony from iamkoream Do you feel fake? Like a wolf in sheep’s clothing? Someone that has convinced everyone around you that you are not what you truly are? In a recent article by one of my favorite podcasters and developers, [...]

Unautomate Your Money via zenhabits by guest on 9/19/11 Editor’s Note: This is a guest post from Baker of Man Vs. Debt. Every time we automate a process in our lives, we trade a piece of consciousness away for a piece of convenience. This can be fantastic, as long as we ensure that we automate [...]

When All Else Fails, Follow a Hunch via HBR.org by Saj-nicole Joni on 9/16/11 Have you ever noticed how, against all odds, someone, somewhere, manages to discover a solution to an insoluble problem through sheer intuition? I'm thinking about this because my house nearly burned down about 5 months ago. We managed to escape with [...]