The Cheapskate Guide: 50 Tips for Frugal Living | zen habits Post written by Leo Babauta. Follow me on Twitter. Confession time: I’m a cheapskate. I am fairly frugal (though not always), but sometimes I take it too far: I have T-shirts with holes in them, I never buy new clothes, we’re shopping for a new couch because our current one has holes in it, and I ran my current pair of running shoes until the soles fell off. However, I have gradually learned to be frugal in many ways that I would recommend to others. Why live frugally? All of which you might believe, but I believe I do have a life. So, if you’d like some tips on frugal living, here are just a few, from a cheapskate. Go with one car. —Read more about simple productivity, focus and getting great things done in my book, The Power of Less.
Welcome to Yi-Yuan Body Mind Science Dr. Yi-Yuan Tang Dr. Tang was born in China and started eastern traditional practice and training when he was very young and learned different body-mind methods and techniques from more than 20 teachers. He has been working at the universities over 20 years since he got the first faculty position in 1987. He has been a full Professor of Neuroinformatics, Neuroscience and Psychology, and the founding director and director of the first Institute of Neuroinformatics and Laboratory of Body and Mind in Chinese university since 2001. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr.
The Power Of The Mind: How To Train Yourself To Be More Successful : Managing How can you use the latest discoveries in brain science to improve your life? Here are some techniques. November 02, 2011 Leadership tycoon Warren Bennis once said, “We seem to collect information because we have the ability to do so, but we are so busy collecting it that we haven’t devised a means of using it. There is a wealth of information at our disposal today on the latest discoveries in brain science. We can either drown in this information or turn it into a lifesaver by extracting its practical knowledge. Use visualization to learn a new skill Neuroplasticity is the ability of the brain to continuously create new neural pathways. In a Harvard University study, two groups of volunteers were presented with a piece of unfamiliar piano music. Albert Einstein, who is credited with saying that “imagination is more important than knowledge,” used visualization throughout his entire life. Achieve your goals by keeping your mouth shut Heed this information and keep your goals to yourself.
70 Reminders to Help You Break Any Barrier | Learn This - StumbleUpon I am pleased to introduce this guest article by a new friend John, the creator of HiLife2B, where he hopes to inspire people and to help them achieve their dreams. Follow him on Twitter: @janyasor 1. Believe that even the smallest compliment can save someone’s life 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50. 51. 52. 53. 54. 55. 56. 57. 58. 59. 60. 61. 62. 63. 64. 65. 66. 67. 68. 69. 70.
Exceeding Expectations As a young woman I set my expectations and created a vision of how my life would turn out. My plan included college, a fantastically successful career traveling the world as an engineering consultant, and eventually a life with Mr. Right, in a large English country house with a circular driveway, and four children (including twins.) I made it to college, then graduate school, and launched my engineering career, and that's about as far as my expectations took me. But... I found my true vocation as a writer and now I work, not in exotic locations, but at home, near the beach, in a country I love. When I look back at my expectations I realize that I probably wouldn't have been happy in the life I had so carefully planned. So often we set expectations for ourselves and when they don't work out we lament our misfortune or beat ourselves up for not achieving what we set out to do. Yes, it's Pollyanna-thinking, but for now, I'm hanging my hat on it.
The 26 Best Self-Improvement Posts Ever Need a place to find the best self-improvement blog posts ever? One big list of inspiring geniuses? Well, here it is… my list of the best self-improvement posts ever: 1. – How to be Creative – Originally published in 2004 by Hugh Macleod at the Gaping Void. If you haven’t read it, you’re missing some of the best advice ever given freely over the internet. If you have read it, read it again… 2. – How to Make Money From Your Blog – If I had a dollar for every person who started blogging after reading this post… well… I could quit my job. 3. – Zen To Done (ZTD): The Ultimate Simple Productivity System – This is a post you can put to use to improve you life immediately. 4. – How to Learn (But Not Master) Any Language in 1 Hour (Plus: A Favor) – Tim Ferris describes in detail how you can learn the basics of new language quickly through a method he calls deconstruction. 7. – Do You Have Weirdo Syndrome? 9. – 279 Days to Overnight Success – This isn’t a blog post.
The Yoga Revolution... and Its Opponents Yoga has established health benefits, and some risks Yoga is an ancient Indian discipline with the ultimate goals of uniting mind, body,and spirit, and of transcending the boundaries of the self to become one with the universal consciousness. It began in India thousands of years ago, taught by swamis to their students. The mind-body benefits of Yoga have been widely touted by health magazines and celebrities, yet some experts have warned that there are risks in practicing complicated Yoga poses without correct mental preparation and spiritual mindset. has added fuel to the fire by publishing an article describing serious injuries resulting from Yoga, such as spinal stenosis, stroke, or nerve compression. What is Yoga? The most prevalent form of yoga in the West is Hatha Yoga. Hatha Yoga was brought to the West in the 1920's by three students of T. Yoga gear has become a cottage indistry Who Practices Yoga? Benefits of Yoga Practicing Yoga is not without risks, however.
Even Happier: The 7 beliefs of the super happy people Super happy people: there are so very few of them! I think I got to meet the first one when I was 20... You certainly don't see them on TV, and even if you were to, it wouldn't help much: you got to meet them to understand what they are about. You might be wondering if those happiness superheroes actually exist... Well, they do, and they are neither lottery winners, nor the products of genetic engineering! 1-You are ok You are as you are, with all your limits, with all your faults, the good and the bad. 2-Your life is no accident Your life has a meaning: it might be humble, it might be great, it might be rational, or it might be totally weird! 3-You can choose the life you want You can enjoy what you have and change what you don’t like. 4-Your past is ok There are things your are proud of, and maybe others you wish you hadn’t done. 5-Your present is interesting This crazy thing called life is so damned interesting! 6-Your future is bright Things will turn out well.
Finding Flow this weekend. Anyone who watches sports is familiar with the concept of being "in the zone." Whether it is Kobe Bryant flying around and through defenders with seeming ease, Tom Brady knifing perfect spirals into tiny openings in the defense, Serena Williams humbling opponents with laser-like groundstrokes, or Nastia Liukin flying through one nearly perfect routine after another in the Beijing Olympic games, when an athlete is "in the zone" it seems he or she can do no wrong. And, it's not just athletes who experience being in the zone. Artists and performers of all types also achieve this exalted state. Psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (pronounced, mee-hy cheek-sent-mə-hy-ee) and colleagues have studied this phenomenon in athletes, musicians, dancers and others and given this zone state a name— flow . The good news is that you don't have to be a superstar athlete or performer to experience flow. At BeyondThePurchase.Org we help people understand the relationship between money and happiness.