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Dimitar Denev shared as favorite 7 Tips On How to Handle Rejection In Life (17)
on PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement (375) permalinkIt is inevitable you will be turned down at various points in your life. You may get rejected when applying for a job, making a marriage proposal or asking your boss for a pay raise. It is not a nice experience to have, but thankfully it is possible to learn how to handle rejection without letting it destroy you. Here are 7 tips on what you can do: 1. Don’t take it personally. There are ...Shared by Amy (233) Ansaar Modack (310) Arthur (1092) Bill Stevens (48) Bobby Saini (9) Damon (236) Dimitar D (116) eruntale (55) John (46) Jonathan Mead (151) Kristen (621) Maria Gajewski (54) Mark (99) Mark Holtzhausen (10) Sean O (36) Shankar Ganesh (334) Stephanie Hicks (196)Contribute comment
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Back to Basics: Projects (2)
on Stepcase Lifehack (2687) permalinkOne of the things that is so hard to grasp about “next actions” or “tasks” is that they are single actions – buy something, call someone, go somewhere, look something up. In and of themselves, they have no end goal other than their own immediate completion. People don’t think like that way, for the most part, and it is the challenge of productivity experts like David Allen or Stephen Covey to lead their students to ...Shared by Sean O (36) XNet (26)Contribute comment
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Closed Doors and Casualties in the "Coup d'attention" (54)
on 43 Folders (1857) permalinkLast night, I got home from a lovely one-day trip to do some speaking, and I was catching up on a couple emails before I went to bed. One of the messages was a thoughtful note from someone who works in the US Government (and whose name, job, and identifying elements I’m changing to protect his or her privacy). “Sally,” I’ll call her, likes the 43 Folders stuff, but has legitimate concerns about how all ...Shared by Adam (27) Alan (88) Andreas (24) Anthony (42) Barry Ferg (43) Ben V (42) Darkwookiee (39) Donnie Berkholz (98) Doug (117) Eric (21) Eric Sinclair (8) Eugene (146) evhead (55) Gauravonomics (248) GregEh (39) James (114) James and Tom (83) James Naylor (5) Jens (12) Joe Erickson (34) Johannes (31) Jon (54) Jonathan (91) jproffitt (81) JR Boyens (25) Kevin (117) Kevin (51) Kevin Fox (66) Marina Martin (34) Mark (17) mattw (31) Michael (55) Mike (41) msanders (56) Nathaniel Dean (112) Nick (303) Noah (34) Noah J (31) pedstrom (38) Phlame (58) Ray Metzen (14) Roland Tanglao (315) sean h (85) Sean O (36) Shane (117) Shawn (27) smackaysmith (47) smdahlen (25) Sterling Anderson (13) steven (31) Village Idiot (68) voidfiles (137) Windy (59) Zoram (115)
- Barry Ferg said: Merlin Mann knows what to pay attention to, and when to do it. Maybe we all need to learn that too.
- mattw said: Merlin has a great post on how to manage expectations of other peoples' interruption of your attention. Lot of gems in here.I still struggle with the discipline to not check my email.
- JR Boyens said: Merlin is my hero
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Closed Doors and Casualties in the "Coup d'attention" (26)
on 43 Folders (1857) permalinkLast night, I got home from a lovely one-day trip to do some speaking, and I was catching up on a couple emails before I went to bed. One of the messages was a thoughtful note from someone who works in the US Government (and whose name, job, and identifying elements I’m changing to protect his or her privacy). “Sally,” I’ll call her, likes the 43 Folders stuff, but has legitimate concerns about how all ...Shared by Adam (27) Andreas (24) Anthony (42) Ben V (42) Darkwookiee (39) Eric (33) Eric (21) evhead (55) James (114) Jens (12) Johannes (31) John (67) Kevin (51) Marina Martin (34) Mark (17) Mike (41) Noah (34) pedstrom (38) Phlame (58) Ray Metzen (14) sean h (85) Sean O (36) Shawn (27) smdahlen (25) steven (31) Windy (59)Contribute comment
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Back to Basics: Projects (7)
on Stepcase Lifehack (2687) permalinkOne of the things that is so hard to grasp about “next actions” or “tasks” is that they are single actions – buy something, call someone, go somewhere, look something up. In and of themselves, they have no end goal other than their own immediate completion. People don’t think like that way, for the most part, and it is the challenge of productivity experts like David Allen or Stephen Covey to lead their students to ...Contribute comment
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HitMeLater Re-Sends Email When You Want It [Email Apps] (19)
on Lifehacker (33979) permalinkManaging your email through a follow-up system (like our own Trusted Trio) is the best way to stem the endless tide, but sometimes you might not trust yourself to get back to something on time. HitMeLater, a free email service, will re-send any emails you forward to it, based on when you said to send it. So when mom emails to ask you for an answer Friday on the gift you're getting your sister, forward ...Shared by Anthony (42) Antonio (44) binduwavell (24) Brandy (87) Cade (209) Dominik Lukeš (26) Dot Com (19) Erik J. Heels (237) Fearghas (50) Håkan (170) jimmysessions (24) JPowers (41) Krystal (22) munir (27) roedward (346) Sean O (36) Shawn F (28) Suchita (26) Tim (183)
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http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2008/08/13/total-immersion-how-i-learned-to-swim-effortlessly-in-10-days-and-you-can-too/ (61)
on The Blog of Author Tim Ferriss (728) permalinkIs it possible to get good at swimming late in life? Yes. (Photo: Shutterhack) Swimming has always scared the hell ...Shared by A Puri (2) Adam Fuhrer (220) Ainsworth (31) Alex (15) Alpha (21) Anand L (53) atul (547) Axle Munshine (45) Chris (29) cmm324 (24) David (35) David Johns (41) Dissolvism (44) Felicia (35) finalcut (14) FrankRoche (20) Gman68 (44) haraldf (27) Hardeep (5) Hashim (102) Hayk (110) Jason Allen (30) Jeremiah Owyang (54) jmw (12) joel charlesworth (7) Jonas (30) Josh (20) joshb (23) Karthik Hariharan (3) Kevin Fox (66) Krzysztof Kowalczyk (9) Matt (74) Matt Warren (31) Mattias Winther (27) natts (25) Nicole Simon (100) Parveen (49) Paul (9) Paul (27) Pete Williams (23) Peter (16) rachna (72) Radek Pilich (95) Richard Mulholland (4) RLivsey (35) Robert (47) Ryan (17) Sean O (36) Seed Of Life (110) Sham (994) Shane (88) Steve K (45) StreetForce1 (117) Terence Lo (31) The (22) Thomas Amberg (96) Tino (40) Todd Albertson (133) Tomas (3) XNet (26) yuanmai (28)Explore read four notes
- Todd Albertson said: Tim Ferriss is a Vision Caster and a go-getter. I love his can-do attitude!
- Ryan said: Read this book/DVD TI-Total Immersion Swimming Technique
- Terence Lo said: wow.
- Parveen said: I am a horrible swimmer. I tried to learn in elementary school, high school, university, and the last two summers. For some reason, my brain, body, and water don't want to cooperate.I'm gonna give this system a try in September.
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How to Shut Off Your Job for a Weekend (or vacation) (4)
on Dumb Little Man - Tips for Life (1075) permalinkWritten on 8/14/2008 by Jason Womack who travels the world teaching people and their companies about workplace effectiveness and productivity. He writes at jasonwomackblog.com. Photo Credit: Яick HarrisGetting ready for a weekend and getting ready for a vacation have a lot in common for me. I like to look around, clean up and clear out so I can get away.Looking at the next month or so of your life, are you planning to leave town, ...
- Ben said: basically - GTD weekly review, get it out of your head and into a system you trust - leave the system for the weekend, return to it and do what the system says
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How to Craft a Blog Post - 10 Crucial Points to Pause (19)
on ProBlogger Blog Tips (1913) permalinkIt hits you like a TON of BRICKS! It’s an idea for that KILLER blog post that is just bound to bring you all the traffic that you’ve ever dreamed of. With the idea fresh in your mind you sit down at your keyboard and BANG it out - desperate to hit publish as quickly as you can for fear that someone else will beat you to the PUNCH! Image by pallotron As SMOKE rises ...Shared by AJ (973) Andrew (256) Brandon (30) Daniel Hoang (25) Desiree (25) Duane (175) elsterama (248) House M.D. (154) Jasmine (26) Karan (87) koovus (222) Laurent Courtines (40) Lucia Freitas (59) Marcus (47) Mrs S (84) Peppermint (67) Sean O (36) SharonG (295) Thaya (82)
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Monday Master Class: How to Use a Monotypic Inbox to Kick the Compulsive E-mail Checking Habit (1)
on Study Hacks (45) permalinkE-mail Anonymous Some students have no trouble with e-mail. Others, however, find themselves constantly checking their inbox — in class, while reading, while studying — making it hard to concentrate. This article is for the latter group. The modern information consumer knows that the most efficient way to handle e-mail is to check your inbox just a few times a day and always process it back down to empty. For a lot of us, however, ...Shared by Sean O (36)Contribute comment
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- tomit said: I love this!
- mamelouk said: chais pas si c'est parce que je viens de me lever mais ce xkcd m'as fait péter de rire
- Nikos Kouremenos said: kalo
- Alex said: So true.
- choffee said: We have all got something similar from Google maps.
- Federico Pistono said: "swim across the atlantic ocean" evolved...
- heidigoseek said: xkcd rocks today!
- Anne said: Why I don't use Google Maps...
- Pierre Phaneuf said: I blame James.
- Sean said: ... I think I followed these directions once. The spectral wolf was named Frank...
- vevck said: Awesome!!!
- lalui said: Potrei affermare che è successo un sacco di volte pure ammè :-)
- Ken Hunt said: a classic xkcd
- StartX said: google maps is both amazing and frightening
- haggaret said: Nice!
- Michael Sallmen said: At least they weren't traveling with kids!
- Razzu said: :D
- Mike said: That's pretty funny!
- Greg D said: I wish more directions included "Godspeed"
- Jeffrey said: Google Maps is amazing.
- Rick Dillon said: Legendary awesome.
- parkylondon said: genius
- Sharath said: I wonder whether my "lvl 6 Force of Nature" is sufficient to master the wolf..
- Christopher Gillespie said: Hilarious. iPhone Google Maps is not flawless.
- CKL said: Which reminds me: The Three Amigos is a great flick.
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