1. “Would I say something so hateful to a person I love?” If you called your best friend an ugly loser who will never amount to anything, how do you think they would react? I bet they would get upset, and maybe even terminate your friendship for being so thoughtless. True friends are willing to offer feedback without mincing words if they feel it is necessary for your personal development, but they don’t do so in a condescending or hateful fashion....

Stop idealizing relationships of others It can be a great torture to have the perfect couple around and have to witness a very public display of their love for one another, while you are alone and miserable. Help yourself, and next time when you start feeling jealous at others’ love, keep in mind that not any two people are the same, or perfect, for that matter. You simply cannot compare yourself to anyone, nor should you....

Owning a vehicle is a big responsibility; you often find yourself asking questions like these. The infographic below created by Buy Auto Parts provides you the ultimate guide to knowing the level of time commitment, the cost of parts and tool kit necessary for any car repair work on your vehicle. The key points in the infographic can be summarized below. Replace wiper blades Replacing your wiper blades is cheap and easy....

Having a productive morning routine is particularly important, as this serves as the foundation for a busy, active and successful working day. This is best embodied by people such as UK patent lawyer Tim Powell, who underpins his hectic working day with a highly structured, productive and organised morning routine. The Routines of Successful People and what you can learn from them Tim Powell’s working day starts at 5.20am, when he rises and undertakes 30 minutes of high-intensity exercise at his home gym....

Self-discipline is pretty important to our achievement, or even more important than IQ – as the research indicates high-discipline have much better grades than high-IQ students. High IQ: Not as good for you as you thought – [Congnitive Daily]

Over half has shown signs of depression Research into children’s wellbeing suggests that today’s kids are more anxious than those of generations past. What’s more is that this has ramifications not only on their academic success and overall happiness, but also on their health. Dr. Stuart Slavin, a professor based at the Saint Louis University School of Medicine, believes that excessive emphasis on academic success has resulted in an unprecedented epidemic of anxiety and depression in adolescents....

Keecker, a robot designed for home-entertainment, is another addition in this lineup. With Keecker bring your house to the next level where any wall becomes a screen, any room a concert hall, where your family shares magic moments, where technology is no longer a burden. This Android-powered robot is designed in a way that you can access your favorite content anywhere on the wall using its projector and six speaker projecting sounds at 360 degrees....

Making someone a real friend takes considerable time and effort. Sometimes, instead of making the effort to establish someone as a friend, we might instead choose to have a large number of shallow acquaintances instead of friends. On social media, someone you met once in passing at some house party, can become listed as a friend, even if there is little chance or little intention of you meeting them again....

What am I referring to? Disasters. With everybody on Twitter, and Facebook especially, it makes sense that they be used as tools by which to inform those you love of your status during some kind of calamity. Whether you be caught in a snowstorm, a hurricane, an earthquake, or a fire, Facebook is trying to make you just a bit more safe and secure during these kinds of traumatic moments....

Laughter is timeless imagination has no age, and dreams are forever.

Christian lives in Barcelona in the tiniest apartment space -only 258 square feet, but his living quarters still feel incredibly spacious thanks to the impressively well thought out layout he created. Taking inspiration from the living spaces inside of houseboats, he converted the tiniest of apartments into a comfortable, relaxing place to live by adding dozens of hideaway compartments for the kitchen, bed and more. Sure most of us would never be able to fit all of our things into an apartment this minuscule, but as Christian points out, “at the end of the day,…you need a nice comfortable mattress,…running water,… and a stove to cook something....

There are hundreds of languages on our planet, but few are more intimidating or confusing than Russian. Sure, if Russian is your mother tongue then it’s probably really easy to read, but to everyone else it looks incredibly difficult! Fortunately, South-Korean artist Ryan Estrada and writer Peter Star Northrop have created this educational comic which can apparently teach you how to read Russian in just fifteen minutes! Why not give it a go?...

It seems learning a language is becoming increasingly more important. However the thought of learning a language, especially the older you get, terrifies most people. Our instant reaction is usually “I am not a language person” or “I am too old”. But learning a language is like anything else in life; once you know a few tricks, short cuts and tips, then things become a lot easier. Here are my top tips on learning a language…...

Letter of recommendation can really decide one’s future. If carefully written, the letter can help someone to stand out from the crowds of talents. Otherwise, it is more like a killing letter rather than a killer letter. Here is a complete guide to help you writer a killer recommendation letter (plus useful letter of recommendation template!) 1. Apply the standard letter format to your letter of recommendation A letter of recommendation follows the same general rules as any other professional letters....

Yet, it seems like we believe that simply because we invested in the people and work in our lives, we should be compensated accordingly. If we pulled three all-nighters in a row for a project, it must succeed. If we exhaust ourselves every day to make sure our kids’ studies and homework are done perfectly, they have to get a good score at school. If we went through all those difficulties and obstacles during a relationship, surely our marriage would be an easy, peaceful ordeal....

The total value of all of the apps in this bundle is $580 — and considering that The Omni Group is one of the premier developers for Mac productivity software, you’ll want to get in on this today! Here’s all of the apps that are part of the Omni Group Bundle Giveaway: OmniPlan OmniPlan is designed to help you visualize, maintain, and simplify your projects. Break down tasks, optimize the required resources, control costs, and monitor your entire plan—all at a glance....

Does anyone use FriendFeed? It’s a new service to keep track, discover and discuss information among friends. If you have registered an account, join me there. Also, leave your username in the comment below so we could follow each other. I have created a room for Lifehack which allows you to share lifehack related resources between us. Let’s see how useful are the resources shared there and I may consider to integrate the resources feed into this blog....

Today’s egalitarian relationship are built on living the mundane moments with a sense of care and intentionality. Modern couples are often at a loss for how to infuse their daily lives with true meaning such that their marriage might last a lifetime. I work on a daily basis with numerous couples who are working to figure out how to make love last. They each come in with similar stories about where they get stuck and how their love fades....

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The regular checkups These tasks seem smaller and less important, but to prevent a major problem from occurring in the future, they should be done on a monthly basis. Plan to do them either at the beginning or the end of the month to help you remember the task at hand. Once you get into a routine, it will be easy to set time aside every month to get these projects done and keep things in your home running smoothly....