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Every Successful Relationship Is Successful for the Same Exact Reasons

What makes for a longlasting marriage? This guy reached out to his readers and got an enormous response.

markmanson.net Crowdsourced relationship advice from over 1,500 people who have been living "happily ever after." Learn how they make it work.

Jim Rohn

“Learn to help people with more than just their jobs; help them with their lives.”

2. Constantly try to reduce your attachment to possessions.Those who are heavy-set with material desires will have a lot of trouble when their things are taken away from them or lost. Possessions do end up owning you, not the other way around. Become a person of minimal needs and you will be much more content. (Via Truth Theory)

50 Life Secrets And Tips | TruthTheory

1. Memorize something everyday. Not only will this leave your brain sharp and your memory functioning, you will also have a huge library of quotes to bust out at any moment. Poetry, sayings and philosophies are your best options. (Via http://truththeory.com/2014/12/04/50-life-secrets-and-tips/)

truththeory.com by Jordan Lejuwaan 1. Memorize something everyday.Not only will this leave your brain sharp and your memory functioning, you will also have a huge library of quotes to bust out at any moment. Poetry, sayings and philosophies are your best options. 2. Constantly try to reduce your attachment to pos…

Time to say Goodbye to the end of very trying year for many and celebrate the beginning of a New Year! Looking to make this my best year yet. Stay tuned for the re-launch of the website. HAPPY NEW YEAR 🍸🎉

The most important thing to do if you find yourself in a hole is to stop digging

Gorgeous gratitude quotes everyone should read on Thanksgiving

Today in North America they celebrate Thanksgiving which traditionally is at the completion of the harvest ready for the winter. Of course our seasons are different down here In the Southern Hemisphere, but it is always a good idea to take the time to give thanks and be grateful. What are you grateful for today?

hellogiggles.com "Thanksgiving is a magical time of year when families across the country join together to raise America's obesity statistics. Personally, I love Thanksgiving traditions: watching football, making pumpkin pie, and saying the magic phrase that sends your aunt storming out of the dining room to sit in…

21 Secrets to Nailing a Job Interview [Infographic]

Whether you are just joining the workforce or you are looking to move on or forward in your career, staying ahead of current HR processes can be the difference between success and failure. Check out this great info graphic on Job Interviews from Hubspot

blog.hubspot.com Learn 21 secrets to help you nail your next job interview

I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: "If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today? And whenever the answer has been 'No' for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something." - Steve Jobs

What do you do to raise your energies? I find walking has that effect for Me. :)

So true. :)

The Healthy Living Bundle!

New bundle of healthy living ebooks being released soon. Check it out here :)

healthylivingbundle.com The Ultimate Healthy Living Bundle is Coming Soon. Tell your friends.

An Animation That Explains How a Bean Becomes a Fart

Beanz means fartz

laughingsquid.com "How a Bean Becomes a Fart" is an animation by Giant Ant for Men's Health that breaks down the process of digestion step by step and explains exactly why eating beans produces gas. The animation wa...

What Happens To Your Face When You Wear Sunscreen Might Shock You. It Did For These People. - A...

Do you wear a sunscreen on your face?

amillionfacts.com What Happens To Your Face When You Wear Sunscreen Might Shock You. It Did For These People. Upworthy- As a redhead, I feel as though it’s my duty to share this. Seeing what sunscreen *actually* does to your skin is really, really cool. But sunscreen is more than that. It’s a critical line of defense…

Always be a first rate version of yourself and not a second rate version of somebody else - Judy Garland

Collective Evolution

Don't compare your journey with the journey of others. Nobody is above or below anybody else.

275 Free Resume Templates You Can Use Right Now

Are you job-seekin?g or maybe you just need to update your old resume. Here are 275 free templates to take a look at.

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The House of Giia

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When you develop yourself to the point where your belief in yourself is so strong that you know you can accomplish anything you put your mind to, your future will be unlimited.

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50 Loving Sentiments We Should All Say More Often

[Love Well] We all want great relationships be they family or friends but sometimes we forget to verbalise to those we love and care for just how much love we have for them

the-open-mind.com All too often, we take the people we love the most for granted: our lovers, family members, friends, and even our children. We forget the enormous power of our words, as we carelessly lash out when under stress. We stick our noses in our laptops and smartphones, assuming our loved ones know what we are failing to verbalize, sometimes until the relationships are disconnected or damaged beyond repair...

Flying Solo

Hope you've been highly effective this week. :-)

An attitude of gratitude

Be thankful.

PLEASE. WE NEED THIS.

A great idea for growing your own fresh table greens if you have limited space or even if you have back troubles.

Organic Garden Table - http://bit.ly/SstyGO

[Healthy Body] How affects the body

Next Time You Were About to Get Stressed Over Something Not So Important, Remember This:
How stress affects your body:

http://positivemed.com/2012/09/15/how-stress-affects-the-body/

Sorry but the website has broken and working on restoring it soon with. Will keep you posted.

Grateful for mine today.

Looking At Tears Under A Microscope Reveals A Shocking Fact.

[Emotional Intelligence] Even your tears are reflective of the state of being at the time the tears occur. Our body really is a reflection of lives

lifebuzz.com This is amazing!

[Get Organised] We love taking photo's whenever we can to capture moments and memories. The best thing I learnt to do as a scrapbooking consultant was to record the story that went them. Many times we've looked at great photos of our older family members and wondered what, where or who they were about. I am forever disappointed that I never got around to re-doing my Grandad's war photos into an album before I left our homeland. We had planned to but life got away us. I know he was looking forward to regaling us with all the adventures from his life. Do you journal the stories of your photos?

Photos can bridge the gap of generations in an instant. 40 mins of sharing and giggles. We were reminded why we do what we do everyday!!

[Happy Soul] I've always tried to teach my children that no matter what they do or how angry I may get with something that they do, it does not mean I stop loving them. This is how we demonstrate unconditional love to them. Letting them know that it's the behaviour that is unacceptable and not confusing it with how much we love them is really important. This lesson will transfer into their own relationships - with us their parents, their siblings, and later with their partners.

By the same token, we need to afford this understanding to our significant other. Learning to practice and communicate this with our partner may be the difference between a good or great relationship. What do you think?

[Get Organised] Learning to be disciplined is as simple as setting your timer for 30 minutes

THE MOST IMPORTANT TOOL IN A CREATIVE PERSON'S LIFE…

Dear Ones,

Do you want to be a writer? A musician? An artist? A maker of any sort or variety whatsoever?

Do you long to express yourself, to create, to innovate, to (as Kurt Vonnegut taught us yesterday) "experience becoming"?

Well, then. Today I introduce you to the most important tool in your arsenal: The humble kitchen timer.

Do you own one of these? If you don't own one, can you afford to go out and buy one? Do you maybe have a more modern interpretation of this device already on your smartphone?

Good.

Now here is what you do. At some point today, you sit down and set that timer for 30 minutes. Work on your craft or your project without interruption or distraction. Doesn't have to be major work — just has to be focused work. Don't get up from your seat until the timer dings. Then do the same thing tomorrow. And the next day. And the next day. And the next day...

The immortal John Updike once said, "Some of the best books in the world were written in an hour a day."

I disagree. You can do it in 30 minutes.

And I'm telling you — you HAVE 30 minutes a day. For some reason, an hour seems impossible to most of us, but 30 minutes is in reach.

You don't need to quit your job to be an artist. You don't need to take out a heart-stopping loan in order to get an advance degree in creativity. You don't need to move to Paris. You don't need to change your life.

You just need to bow down before the humble kitchen timer, every single day.

I bring this up because this week somebody asked me how to learn discipline, and I remembered the way my mom taught it to me. My whole life as a child was determined by her little white kitchen timer. And I seem to remember that it was always set to 30 minutes.

30 minutes for piano practice. 30 minutes for math homework. 30 minutes to study French verbs. 30 minutes to write thank you notes after Christmas. 30 minutes to finish that goddamn diorama for 5th grade social studies class of Hannibal crossing the alps in a shoebox. 30 minutes to practice hitting balls around in the backyard in preparation for softball season. 30 minutes to clean your bedroom.

Do you have any idea how much you can get done when you focus your attention on something for 30 minutes a day?

Can you imagine the shape you would be in, if you exercised seriously for 30 minutes a day? Can you imagine the languages you could learn in that little block of time, if you kept it up? How much your drawing would improve? How much better your garden would be? Your guitar playing? How much ANYTHING improves, in 30 minutes a day, honored consistently?

Is it glamorous? Nope. Is it dramatic? Nope. Is it effective? THE MOST.

I am 44 years old and I am working on my seventh book right now. I am busy with other things. I don't have the hours I long for to devote myself completely to researching and writing this story. I may have those hours at some point in 2015, but I don't have them now. My inbox is filled with emails. My desk is covered with mail. I am behind on a hundred promises. I have not unpacked my suitcase this whole year. But f**k it. I'm not waiting around for life to be perfect before I work on my vocation. And 30 minutes isn't going to make or break anything.

So I set the timer on my iPhone for a half hour every single day and I work on that novel. I've been doing this for months now. I do it in airports, in hotel rooms, in taxis, between interviews, backstage at the TED conference, whenever I can find that little humble block of time. It is not the ideal working environment. It is not the ideal block of time. And you know what? It doesn't matter. My new book is GROWING LIKE A W**D.

Don't wait for the world to clear out time and space for your dreams and your art. It doesn't happen that way. The world rushes in, and always will. Wait for things to be perfect and you'll die waiting. Push back a bit. You go get yourself a kitchen timer and clear out your own little space. You'll be amazed what happens.

Every single day. 30 minutes. I'm serious.

Heart,
LG

Robert Kiyosaki

[Healthy Mind] Words for Wednesday! Something to think about :)

Think of something new you’ve actually learned in the past week; if you can’t think of anything, get comfortable where you’re at because you’re not going anywhere. To stop learning is to stop living.

Raising "normal" kids

inspiredtoaction.com Note from Kat: This post is from my very inspiring friend and monthly contributor Liz Griffin. Looking at a Picasso because going to art museums is normal for Griffins. Last Friday I got to ...

[Healthy Body] Yes you dont have to wait for the New Year to make resolution. Look out for an amazing program we are bringing to you soon to help you with new resolutions

your birth month is always a good time to set new fitness goals for yourself. one year older, one year awesomer.

[Healthy Mind] Would you talk to your friends the way you talk to yourself? Guard your thought closet well both externally and internally

Don't let negative & toxic people rent space inside your head. Detoxify your life. Raise the rent and kick them out.
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Started the Year with a Gratitude Jar - The House of Giia

[Happy Soul] "The more you recognize and express gratitude for the things you have, the more things you will have to express gratitude for - Zig Ziglar.” How a gratitude jar helps.

thehouseofgiia.com "The more you recognize and express gratitude for the things you have, the more things you will have to express gratitude for.” How a gratitude jar helps.

[Blogging] It's been a long break between drinks for the blog, but am excited to be getting ready to launch into posting again. As we face a change of seasons I've set a personal challenge to begin daily posts for the month of March and onward. I have some great topics prepared and hope you'll join me as I present what I have been learning and share stories about how it has helped Me continue to grow. So if you are needing someone to laugh at and with, I'm pretty sure you'll find a friend here. In case you're wondering, here is a glimpse of things to come - Positive attitude - how karma really does work, Facing fear and how to overcome it, Taking action and time management. Keep your eyes peeled and come join the conversation, I'd love to hear from You :)

Grain Brain and the Seven Super Supplements

[HealthyBody] Super food supplements that help to protect the brain from disease

healthylivinghowto.com A brain-healthy, Alzheimer’s-fighting diet, has properties that extend far beyond just decreasing your daily carb load. To truly provide your body with brain-boosting nutrients and vitamins that he...