The Power of Writing Down Your Goals

Every time I meet with a new client, I have them do one thing before anything else: Write down their personal goals, their professional goals and their physical goals.

I’ve been writing down what I want since the beginning of my career, and honestly, it’s so amazing because everything I’ve written down has happened. I started this habit in college because I loved Oprah, Deepak Chopra, The Power of Now.

Common mistakes First time Entrepreneurs make

 

First time entrepreneur or aspire to be one. I'm not going to tell you what to do. You know what you are good at  Prevent yourself from making these mistakes to be successful.

7 Signs You Should Leave Your Job (Sooner Rather Than Later)

We all get content at times, especially at a job that pays decently well and comes with a good group of co-workers. Maybe your job isn’t what you really want to do for the rest of your life, but you start convincing yourself, “This is fine—it’s not my dream job, but it’ll do for now.”

And there’s nothing wrong with feeling content or comfortable at your job.

Six Things the Most Productive People Do Every Day

Ever feel like you’re just not getting enough done?

Know how many days per week you’re actually productive?

About 3:

People work an average of 45 hours a week; they consider about 17 of those hours to be unproductive (U.S.: 45 hours a week; 16 hours are considered unproductive).

Function on Less Than 6 Hours of Sleep

Answer by Alexandra Damskeron Quora.

I don’t have a multi-million dollar company (yet), but I’m one of those CEOs who function on 3-5 hours of sleep.

No, there aren’t any drugs involved, nor is there poor management (as far as I know). It’s a variety of things.

Motivate Yourself Now

It’s 2:00 p.m. Your lunch sits snugly in your stomach causing fog to settle over your brain. Your energy is low. Thought processes stop mid-stream. You know what needs to get done, but your body is resisting it.

We can all relate to this feeling, but the similarities stop there.

Some people fall prey to chronic procrastination and fail to turn their intentions into actions. Others consistently power through low-energy moments and lead more impactful lives.

What separates these two groups?

You are always Stronger than you think

Why do anyone choose suicide

Start by considering this statement:

Suicide is not chosen; it happens when pain exceeds resources for coping with pain.

Control Your Mind and Thoughts

Want to change your inner world? Better control your mind, as well as your thoughts? Here's the only way possible.

BY: Dr. Steve McSwain

Maybe you don't have any trouble with your thoughts, but I do. Thoughts pop into my mind without my permission faster than a mosquito bites my skin on a sweltering summer afternoon. And, equally without my permission.

Descartes, father of modern philosophy, pointed to both the distinguishing characteristic of human beings and to the biggest curse of human beings when he made his famous statement, "I think. Therefore, I am."

Productive ways to spend time on the Internet

Here is the incredible list of valuable websites for you to check out to be productive.

Become a Morning Person

It’s early and dark. The alarm sounds, and you reach over to switch it off. After a short pause, you sit up. 

You swing your legs off the bed, touch the floor with your feet, and reach for your phone. You sit quietly while your phone’s screen illuminates the dark bedroom. There are a few notifications waiting—new emails, a Twitter reply, a prediction of rain. You look at your messages, the news, and the weather. “I’m half asleep,” you think. “I’ll just look at Twitter while I wake up.” Ten minutes pass, then another five. You’re not asleep, but you’re not really awake either.

10 Small Things You Can Do Every Day to Get Smarter

  

You might be under the impression that intelligence is a fixed quantity set when you are young and unchanging thereafter. But research shows that you’re wrong. How we approach situations and the things we do to feed our brains can significantly improve our mental horsepower.

That could mean going back to school or filling your bookshelves (or e-reader) with thick tomes on deep subjects, but getting smarter doesn’t necessarily mean a huge commitment of time and energy, according to a recent thread on question-and-answer site Quora.

When a questioner keen on self-improvement asked the community, “What would you do to be a little smarter every single day?” lots of readers–including dedicated meditators, techies, and entrepreneurs–weighed in with useful suggestions. Which of these 10 ideas can you fit into your daily routine?

8 Ways To Resist Smoking

Fact:

The average person who smokes may die 10 years earlier than a similar non-smoker

More than 5 million people die across the world every year due to consumption of tobacco in some form or the other, especially cigarettes or bidis and India accounts for nearly one-fifth of this huge number. Although, people are aware of the adverse effects of smoking, the number isn't reducing much due to the inability to control the urge for smoking in most of the cases.

Male and female brains age differently

Scientists have discovered a key difference in the way male and female brains age: the deepest subcortical structures in the brain appear to age more quickly in men than in women. This may be one reason why men are more susceptible to neurological diseases such as Parkinson's as they get older.

Computers that can give us Artificial Brain Boosts

Scientists are working on computers with the ability to boost our brain function when they notice us getting tired, and the technology could eventually be used to tailor our user experience depending on how stressed or how worn-out we're feeling.

Eating when you should be sleeping can cause problems for your brain

Whether you've woken up in the middle of the night and treated yourself to a midnight snack, or decided to have a pizza on the way home from a night on the town, eating late at night can potentially cause havoc with your brain. Research has found that eating when we should be sleeping can push our circadian rhythms out of sync and lead to a lower quality of sleep overall.

Those conclusions are based on a study of lab mice by scientists from the University of California. Mice are nocturnal, so sleep during the day: when one group  was encouraged to eat during the day for two weeks, they had more frequent and shorter bouts of sleep than the group that was eating normally. The mice were all getting the same amount of sleep, but those whose routines had been disrupted weren't enjoying the same benefits.

Manu Prakash and The Water Computer

A computer that operates using the unique physics of moving water droplets has been developed by an Indian-origin scientist and his team. 

  

The computer is nearly a decade in the making, incubated from an idea that struck Manu Prakash, an assistant professor of bioengineering at Stanford University, when he was a graduate student. 

  

Manu Prakash, who amazed the world last year by building a paper microscope, has now come up with a computer that works by moving water droplets. Prakash is an assistant professor of bioengineering at Stanford University and he has developed the water computer with the help of two of his students. He was born in Meerut, India.

How does money circulate in the world and how often is it printed?

Definition of money
a current medium of exchange in the form of coins and banknotes; coins and banknotes collectively.
the assets, property, and resources owned by someone or something; wealth.

Before answering the important question, let's see other important factors and question important for you to understand.

Do we need money ? Why can't we survive on barter system ?

Why blueprints are blue ?

Ever wondered why blueprints were blue and not black or red or any colour other than blue, well, it's because the technique in making blueprints caused the paper to turn blue.

Mental Floss delved into the history of blueprints and discovered that the blueprint process was developed in the 1800's when scientists found an easy way to reproduce documents by using ammonium iron citrate and potassium ferrocyanide as some sort of old school photocopy. 

What happens if one eats "1 kg salt" at a time?

It would almost certainly kill you. If you got medical help REALLY quickly, they might be able to save you.

At least in rats, the median lethal dose is 3g per kg of body mass. Me, I weigh 100 kg. So 300g of salt would give me a 50-50 chance of kicking the bucket, assuming my body works roughly like a rat's. 1kg is more than 3x that.

This is a very famous Chinese torture/suicide technique, where a person was made to eat a lot of salt.