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Finances. Finances. Finances. 5 Ways To Improve Your Annual Income As A Creator. Whether you create YouTube videos for a small but loyal following or publish data journalism through a subscription newsletter, you understand the importance of sustaining your revenue.

5 Ways To Improve Your Annual Income As A Creator

It’s how you fund the work you love to do. You understand that independent creative work is not a get-rich-quick scheme. But you do have to put food on the table. Millions of independent content creators rely on self-generated revenue streams. 10 Quick Tips for Removing Stains from Clothing. If you cut yourself, you're probably more focused on finding a bandage and possibly on not fainting than you are on keeping your clothes pristine.

10 Quick Tips for Removing Stains from Clothing

Once you're all fixed up and the dust settles, a stained garment just adds insult to literal injury. However, you don't have to slave for hours trying to get the blood stain out. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: What It Is & When It’s Used. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, is a therapeutic approach used to treat mental illness.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: What It Is & When It’s Used

CBT can be an effective treatment for many concerns, from anxiety to trauma to eating disorders. Some experts call CBT the “gold standard” of treatment for its high levels of research and effectiveness.1 With CBT, a trained mental health professional provides specific guidance and steps to follow during a limited number of sessions. It usually includes homework. Why Emotionally Intelligent Leaders Like Colin Powell Follow the 13 Rules of Effective Leadership. If you served in the U.S. military during the 1990s and early 2000s, I'll bet that at some point, somebody introduced you to General Colin Powell's 13 rules of effective leadership.

Why Emotionally Intelligent Leaders Like Colin Powell Follow the 13 Rules of Effective Leadership

Powell, who died Monday at age 84, had a compelling and complicated legacy: first Black officer to be a four-star general commanding troops, then chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and eventually Secretary of State during President George W. Bush's first term. One Last Word Before She Heads Up North: Wildcat-to-be Zur Explains What You Are Missing Out On – The Pharcyte. I know, despite my best efforts, that you aren’t going to join The Pharcyde.

One Last Word Before She Heads Up North: Wildcat-to-be Zur Explains What You Are Missing Out On – The Pharcyte

It’s easier to be enticed by an elective that sounds more exciting than “Expository Writing.” So for those of you who are filling a requirement rather than embracing an experience, here is what I think you’re going to be missing when it comes time for you to say goodbye to Benjamin. I remember walking into room 149 as a freshman. 29 Dumbbell Arm Exercises to Build Strength + Tone Lean Muscle. Be gone upper body exercise confusion, Women's Health is here to set you straight on the best dumbbell arm exercises to strengthen and sculpt lean muscle.

29 Dumbbell Arm Exercises to Build Strength + Tone Lean Muscle

Whether you're an avid gym workout lover or home workout regular, there are always new exercises to try and techniques to learn. Plus, getting clued up about arm exercises here means you don't have to overtly spy on people in the gym or frantically google new moves between sets. (We also have the best kettlebell arm exercises if you're working without a set of DBs, too.) 7 benefits of doing dumbbell arm exercises Builds strengthCan be done anywhereCan do bilateral (exercises that use both arms) or unilateral (single-arm exercises) exercisesImproves full-body stabilisationEasily accessible and stocked in most gymsSimple to vary the intensityCan be used for cardio workouts and strength training exercises What are the best dumbbell arm exercises to build strength? How can you measure progress doing dumbbell arm exercises? The Real Difference Between Ibuprofen And Acetaminophen.

Important differences also lay in their side effect profiles.

The Real Difference Between Ibuprofen And Acetaminophen

Both drugs can cause gastrointestinal upset, rashes, nausea, and liver and kidney damage, to name a few (via Healthline). However, acetaminophen is processed by the liver and thus can cause liver damage, and sometimes even death. Currently, the maximum daily dose of acetaminophen is 4,000 mg daily for the average healthy adult, but several medical counsels and even the Tylenol brand itself, have reduced the dosing to a maximum of 3,000 mg daily, in an attempt to avoid unintentional liver toxicity (via Tylenol).

Liver toxicity can occur within 24 hours and should be treated as a life-threatening emergency. 10 YouTube Channels That Will Make You Smarter. The Five Dimensions of Curiosity and the Four Types of Curious People. In a paper published in 2017, Todd Kashdan and his colleagues identified five distinct dimensions of curiosity.

The Five Dimensions of Curiosity and the Four Types of Curious People

Here are the first three: 1. The genius fallacy: Hidden habits of extraordinary thinkers. Gas-Triggering Foods You Might Want to Avoid - Forkly. Joking and talking about being gassy can be hilarious, but when it happens to you especially if it’s a frequent occurrence, it can definitely be a no laughing matter!

Gas-Triggering Foods You Might Want to Avoid - Forkly

Everyone’s been there with that bloated uncomfortable feeling that makes you feel heavy. Lasting Relationships Rely On 2 Traits. Gottman wanted to know more about how the masters created that culture of love and intimacy, and how the disasters squashed it.

Lasting Relationships Rely On 2 Traits

In a follow-up study in 1990, he designed a lab on the University of Washington campus to look like a beautiful bed-and-breakfast retreat. He invited 130 newlywed couples to spend the day at this retreat and watched them as they did what couples normally do on vacation: cook, clean, listen to music, eat, chat, and hang out. And Gottman made a crucial discovery in this study—one that gets at the heart of why some relationships thrive while others languish. What are the big 5 personality traits? Overview: Personality traits are defined as habitual patterns of feelings, thoughts, and behaviors, with one clinical measure dividing personality into five categories: openness, conscientiousness, extroversion-introversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism.

When describing yourself or another individual, you likely use terms such as “outgoing,” “competitive,” “funny,” “kind,” or “argumentative.” Many of us use descriptive terms like these to convey someone’s personality traits. When taking a trait approach to personality, the underlying assumption is that behaviors are built on relatively stable characteristics — meaning a person is naturally going to act a certain way regardless of the situation at hand.

By understanding common personality traits, we can better understand the differences between ourselves and others. What is a Personality Trait? Behind the idea of a personality trait is simply personality. The Best Books Published In The Last 10 Years. 39 Songs that Incredibly Successful People Use to Train their Brains. A recent survey of over a thousand employers and employees, conducted by the workplace music provider CloudSound gauged the respondents' feelings about music in the work place. Among the findings: Fully 78.4% of respondents believed that music increases their productivity That positive effect spans industries but especially strong in IT and data processing. The 100 best books of the 21st century. I Feel Bad About My Neck. Science says people decide these 11 things within seconds of meeting you.

With 10 Short Words, Stephen Colbert Just Taught an Extraordinary Lesson About Life, Happiness, and Gratitude. This is how to rewire your brain for happiness: 4 secrets from research. Why Living Intentionally Is the Best Self-Care by Brian Boggs. If You Can Honestly Say 'Yes' to These 7 Questions, Your Emotional Intelligence Is Higher Than You Think.