In an age of rapidly changing gizmos and quickly accumulating gadgets, one may wonder what productive ventures can be pursued with such supplies. Enter Lifehacker, with this Top Ten list of creative ideas.
I confess that I am not geeky enough to execute a number of the items on this list.
I also confess that I am geeky enough to have read the entire thing.
Check the puzzle below.
Springboarding from the riddle above, Aen Tan posted a great article this week about the links between child-like thinking (which most of don’t value) and creativity (which most of us do value). If you’re realizing the need for some fresh perspective and sharper thought patterns, you may find yourself rising up as you dumb down.
Little movements can yield large results. Slivers of time, passing comments, fleeting thoughts: We may wish to reassess our use of the term “useless”. Is there any portion of our life that is anything other than exceptionally potential-filled?!
Barton Goldsmith recently offered this short piece on Ten Life-Enhancing Things You Can Do in Ten Minutes or Less. Some are simple, some less so. All have the potential to breathe into you today.
And that would be a heck of a Tuesday Trick!
One memory from math class somewhere along my childhood was the day we learned about direct proportionality. This describes a relationship where one figure’s increases or decreases will impact another figure with equally proportioned increases or decreases.
An easy example would display the relationship between hours worked and wages earned: Work twenty hours at a given wage, then work forty hours at the same wage. The second instance will see you double your salary.
However, the world is filled with realities where direct proportionality is not in play.
Ever find yourself logging longer hours, in the quest to boost productivity? You may want to “check your math”. According to Jessica Stillman, there is much reason to be wary of those “over-forty” hours. The “bang for your buck” may be seriously lacking; it may even be bankrupting you.
Last week, we learned how to make fire with a block of ice! Today, we’ll dig into the slightly-more-practical folder.
David Kadavy offers this tip on how to chase higher levels of productivity earlier in your workday… and perhaps more simply than you might think.
He opens like this:
The hardest part of doing most things is just starting. We often think about how big of a project we have ahead of ourselves, and that’s what makes it hard to start. I know when I was writing my book, it seemed like most of my day was spent fighting the agony of just getting started. It was hard to ignore just how big of a project it was.
Thankfully, I’ve found a great hack for getting started. It’s called The 10-Minute Hack.
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