According to a 2014 assessment conducted by the Design Management Institute, design-led companies have maintained significant stock market advantage over the last 10 years, outperforming the S&P by an extraordinary 228%. [1] These companies include Apple, Coca Cola, Nike, Procter & Gamble, Starbucks, Walt Disney, etc. Amazed by the remarkable success of these companies, many entrepreneurs want to learn how to think like a designer and apply the design principles to their work so that they can have a big success....

Back Pain? Blame Our Evolution Once upon a time in our fairly recent past, our ancestors felt the urgency to stand up and leave our quadruped neighbors behind. Habitual bipedalism, fancy word for regularly walking on two legs, came with a lot of advantages. With two rear limbs instead of four, we were able to more efficiently use our hands and create tools with them. Sadly, life on two legs also brought along its disadvantages....

I have had nightmares that rendered me unable to sleep; I have experienced vivid lucid dreams and astral projections; and I have had dreams that came true. But what do dreams mean [1]? Dreams Cultivate Successful People Whether you realize it or not, dreams helped to mold our society in various ways. The father of quantum physics, Niels Bohr, claims to have distinctly seen the composition of the atom in a dream, which led to our present day understanding of atomic structure....

What screws us up most in life is the picture in our head of how it’s supposed to be.

The one who influenced you the most; the one who had maximum impact; the one who brought out the best in you and made you think you could do anything you set your mind to. Made you feel special. It could have been Mrs Brown who taught you Art and brought out the artist in you. Perhaps it was Mr Peters who showed you how great an athlete you are....

In a terrific scene, Commissioner Reagan is giving a press conference when a snooty reporter interrupts to ask about a controversial police shooting (involving the commissioner’s own police-officer son). Did Officer Reagan have to kill the man? Was it really necessary? That sort of thing. Here’s the brief exchange that follows. (I’m paraphrasing the dialogue.) Commissioner Reagan: Okay, let’s pretend for a moment that instead of aiming his gun at a group of schoolchildren, as he was, the gunman is aiming at you....

Here are 8 ways to deal with a bossy boss: 1. Be respectful. Asher Adelman, founder of eBossWatch states, “Bosses who are characterized as ‘too bossy’ tend to combine their assertiveness with unhealthy doses of disrespect and condescension.” While that is difficult to deal with as their employee, that does not mean you should stoop to their level. You should always show respect because it is the proper – and professional – thing to do....

What do you do? The three steps the Pamela suggests may seem almost too logical now, but in the midst of an income-less hysteria, things may overwhelm you. First thing is not to panic. Call on your trusted ‘allies and supporters’ to see if there is any available work. Then decide what is the quickest path to money. What to do when your work dries up, key client disappears or industry grinds to a halt – [EscapeFromCubicleNation]

So I capture them and then I curate them. Even still, there are a ton left once I’m done evaluating their merit, so the next step is start to do something with them. Then another problem creeps in – idea stagnation. I wind up doing a little bit with each idea, and some are never seen through to completion. It’s an ongoing battle, and it’s something that I’m not alone in....

When a man called home to report that people with multiple felonies are earning six figures a year, everyone wanted to have a piece of it. Citizens who are desperate for job travel from different parts of the world, to North Dakota, in search of oil rigging job. But not everyone is lucky. The search for a new start and better life soon turns into joblessness and homelessness. The only one with the milk of compassion and ready to offer help is Jay Reinke, a pastor who runs the Concordia Lutheran Church in Williston, in North Dakota....

Besides being irritating to live with, eczema can cause an individual to feel embarrassed about the way his/her skin looks. Treatment has to be consistent and long-term, but the rash can be controlled. What is Eczema? Eczema, or atopic dermatitis, is a type of skin disease that produces an itchy, non-contagious rash. It can affect people of any age, but is most common in young children. It usually goes away in childhood, but for some people it is lifelong....

To put it simply, a visa is a document that provides you with visitation rights to another country. Think of it like a hall pass: It explains what you’re doing in the country, and for how long. Depending on what you are doing in the country, you’ll have a varying amount of time to be within the border without having to do more paperwork or request an extension. Although there are many – many – types of visas you can apply for....

#1 Bill Gates 75B #2 Amancio Ortega 67B #3 Warren Buffett 61B #4 Carlos Slim Helu 50B #5 Jeff Bezos 45B Any common characteristics among them? Wonder how and why they got rich? There is one secret that almost every rich person knows. This secret is very important because it’s the reason they are rich in the first place. This big secret can be summed up in the words of the mighty Aristotle: “We are what we repeatedly do....

Needless to say, my childhood and teenage years consisted of “friendlessness,” embarrassment, mockery — you get the drift. I hated myself, and I hated my life. I often used to think about that fairy tale of the ugly duckling who all the other ducks ignored till she grew up to be a swan, and I used to wonder, will I ever be that Swan? The “ugly duckling” phase lasted a long, painful decade (and no, I didn’t transform into Cameron Diaz at the end of it, but at least the rainforest was gone), and it has taken me another decade of being an adult in the real world to realize that those years were the best thing to ever happen to me....

Money is a very powerful thing. It builds empires and breaks down kingdoms; it allows for dreams to come true and it takes others away; it makes some people happy and others completely miserable. Today the pursuit of money is almost directly linked to the pursuit of happiness, and many will argue that money = happiness. Although money is great and can buy us all the things that will temporarily make us happy, no amount of money can buy time[1]....

The system has helped me and my team here at Lifehack get their most important work done on a daily, monthly, weekly, and “lifely” basis. But, what if (this is a big what if) there was something better out there than GTD for increasing your productivity while decreasing your life’s overwhelm? What if there is something better and fits the way that the knowledge worker’s lifestyle works? Well, you can stop worrying and looking....

Unfortunately, this extended loneliness can be caused by the confusion of loneliness with depression. It’s important to understand what loneliness is, how it works, and most importantly, how can you get out of it. Loneliness has roots in our biology… The Feeling of Loneliness Is Good For You Loneliness is a Signal. It’s as if your biology is telling you “Hey, Pay Attention! You’re in danger here; you need to get back with people!...

Normal healthy people should not need supplements or vitamins. Certain people will benefit from them for periods of time, such as pregnant women needing extra calcium or people with compromised immune systems or vitamin absorption issues. However, most people should not be taking supplements routinely throughout their lifetime. 1. More Vitamin Intake Is Not Better Supplement means added – that is, in addition to regular diet. Vitamins and supplements are for people that don’t get enough through their regular meals....

You should be very wary of the people you let into your life. Make sure you’re surrounding yourself with positive people. This is actually more important than you think. In this article, I go over five reasons why you need to stay away from negative people as soon as possible. Pay attention because this can change your life. 1. They can actually make you dumb. No joke. There’s been neuro research that shows listening to negative people complain for a period of time affects your brain cells....