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5 Ways To Start Being Productive Today

Being productive is hard.

We have access to thousands of distractions thanks to the internet, and then there’s the stuff we have around us; kids, dogs, people mowing their lawns, the neighbors loud music… It’s an endless sea of distractions.

But there are tips that can help alleviate these problems, and they’re actually pretty easy to use.

You’re forcing productivity

Here’s the thing with…

Producing Day 5 to 15: A Whirlwind of Change

I’m still on a producing versus consumingmindfulness blitz this month, but I haven’t been good about keeping track of what’s been happening over the past 10 days. I’ve been really busy, as I had hired a friend to clean my house over several days and it’s become the major background activity in my life. In the process, I’ve learned that ANY movement begets forward motion in all other areas, if one…

How to Create a 200% ROI Retargeting Campaign

Have you ever wondered how the hell Zappos can show you ads about the shoes you looked at a few days ago? Or how you can continually see my face all over the internet after you visit Monthly1k.com?

Retargeting can be one of the best ways to attract the right customers and capture additional revenue. Even if you haven’t done much paid advertising, it’s easy to get started.

For everyone else, buckle…

The Exact Marketing Tactics to get 41,000 Downloads on Amazon

It’s no secret that ebooks have taken over the world thanks to Kindle and the iPad. In fact, I am turning my story about being fired from Facebook into my own little eBook.

Recently, Scott Britton sent me an email with 3 tactics for successfully promoting an eBook on Amazon. All of the tips were original and made me rethink how I will launch my own book.

Since then I’ve bribed Scott to share his…

5-Step Process for Dealing with Negative Thoughts

Like most aspiring NBA basketball players, I had an ear for doubters. When I heard anything indirectly or directly regarding the low probability of making it into the NBA, I would quickly dismiss such buffoonery.

“I work too hard not to make it! You think Kobe Bryant works hard at his game? Larry Bird? Michael Jordon? Think again! You haven’t spent a day with me! I’ll show you!”

I remembered the…

Three Ways You Can Tell It’s Time to Upskill

As an individual working within a commercial market place you need to be sure your skills stay relevant. Some people are lucky and their organization provides a steady diet of professional development opportunities. But this is the exception rather than the rule. To get ahead you must take control of your own professional development. Here are three ways to know that it’s time to push yourself…

3 Things You Need to Stop Doing to Get Started with What You Truly Want to Do

“What is not started today is never finished tomorrow.” Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“It is never too late to be what you might have been.” George Eliot

Getting started with doing what you truly want to do in life can be hard.

No matter if what you want is to start exercising, create your own business on the side, write a book, see other parts of the world or something entirely else.

But often we make…

Alton Brown’s DIY Turkey Fryer Is the Safest Way to Deep Fry a Bird

Deep fried turkey is wonderful any time of year, whether it’s Thanksgiving or the middle of the grilling season. In this video, Alton Brown shows us how to build a “Derrick,” or his original turkey fryer—the one you’ve probably seen on his safe turkey frying episode of Good Eats.

It doesn’t take much looking around the internet to find videos of terrible turkey frying fails, some of which lead to…

The Most Useful Things You Can Do with ADB and Fastboot on Android

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Last week, we showed you how to install ADB and fastboot on any OS. If you’re not sure why you’d want to go to the (relatively minor) trouble, here are just some of the useful things you can do with these two handy tools.If you’ve ever tried to root your Android phone or flash a ROM, you may have heard about ADB… Read moreRead onDisclaimer: These commands are intended to give you an idea of what…

This Classic Cartoon Teaches You How to Properly Use Hand Tools

What’s the best way to learn how to use tools? Cartoons, of course! This cartoon from 1945 teaches the best ways to handle common hand tools still in use today.

The cartoon, produced by Disney for GM, introduces you to the caveman character Primitive Pete, who shows you throughout the cartoon what not to do with certain tools. It also demonstrates some things you may not know, like how to properly…

Can Rational Arguments Actually Change People’s Minds?

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Are we, the human species, unreasonable? Do rational arguments have any power to sway us, or is it all intuition, hidden motivations, and various other forms of prejudice? The answer isn’t simple, but we may not be irrational creatures after all.This post originally appeared on Contributoria.The question has been hanging over me because of my profession. I work as a cognitive psychologist,…

The Essence of Fatherhood: 6 Simple Lessons

I’ve been a father for more than 21 years, and have 6 kids altogether, and have loved every messy minute of it.

And now I have a young brother who’s becoming a father this month, and is deeply scared by the prospect of fatherhood. He’s not sure if he’ll do a good job, worried he’ll fail.

I can tell him this: being a father is the scariest thing I’ve known in my life. All of a sudden, I was 19 and…

Why Failing Is Good

Fear. It’s a common denominator in all that we do. Or rather, it is a stop-gap measure in all that we want to do. Too often, we let our fears get the better of us, preventing us from getting what we really want out of life.

From an evolutionary standpoint, fear was beneficial to our continued survival. In prehistoric times, it was actually more beneficial to stay close to the clan, taking as few…

Spendbook Tracks and Visualizes All Your Spending with Helpful Graphs

iPhone: There really isn’t anything that’s exciting about tracking your finances, but if you’re looking for something with a great design and interface, Spendbook does the job.

Spendbook is a manual personal finance tracking tool that gives you all kinds of great graphs to work with. As with any of these types of tools, you’ll need to enter your expenses manually, but Spendbook is really pleasant…