10 Reasons to Use an Exercise Ball as Your Chair When working at a desk for long periods of time [like at work] bad posture and back pains become common place. One solution Ive heard bounce around is the use of an exercise ball as a desk chair. Its h...
Improving Productivity by Improving Lighting We all know that our surroundings affect our ability to get work done, from that irritating buzzing from the next cubicle over to the uncomfortable chair causing our back pain. But what about lighting? Has...
10 Benefits of Rising Early, and How to Do It Recently, reader Rob asked me about my habit of waking at 4:30 a.m. each day, and asked me to write about the health benefits of rising early, which I thought was an excellent question. Unfortunately, the...
Living in Fat City If you live in Australia, the US, the UK, Canada or New Zealand, then you live in the same place as me; Fat City. Fat City of course, being more of a collective mindset, and a culture of eating too much and moving too little, than...
Determine Never to Be Idle: A Simple Productivity Strategy Determine never to be idle. No person will have occasion to complain of the want of time who never loses any. It is wonderful how much can be done if we are always doing.-----Thomas Jefferson...
How Not to Impose Productivity Systems On Others My baby sister visited me this weekend and brought along a stack of homework that I thought was unbelievable: shes a junior in high school and her task list had something for every class and projects i...
10 Tips For A Good Nights Sleep Without Pills A few months ago, I had a terrible time sleeping and getting up. After a party one night, I slept late and for the next 20 days, couldnt get my sleeping pattern back on track. I fell asleep very late ever...
The Use and Abuse of Regret Two weeks ago, I asked Lifehack.org readers what advice youd offer to your younger self, knowing what you know today. The responses were a little overwhelming powerful, powerful stuff. More and better responses than I had...
Key to Innovation: Becoming an Observer We all need to innovate to stand out from the crowd. But what is the key to innovation? The answer, or at least an important answer, is becoming an observer. By observing how we and other people do things, we w...
12 Ways to Help Make MLKs Dream a Reality Today is Martin Luther King, Jr. Day in the United States, a federal holiday. We remember Dr. King as a civil rights leader, a rousing speaker,and an advocate of non-violent resistance. Best remembered of all...
8 Tips For Healthy Living On The Go Are you a busy entrepreneur or employee who is usually on the go and doesnt have a lot of time, but still wants to make 2008 the year that you get more healthy? Dont worry, youre not alone. Most people want to get...
E-books read well, but readers prefer paper NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - The number of people subscribing to newspapers may be shrinking as they flock to the Internet, but electronic book readers won't shred the market for ink, paper, glue and binding...
How to Get Things Done with Jott I first tried out Jott last year, and was really impressed with what it could do. You call their number, say something into the phone, and it sends it as a text message back to you. And it works aside from a few odd n...
Six New Year's Resolutions Getting healthy need not be overwhelming. Here are six simple, straightforward ways to get on track toward optimum health in the new year. 1. Post It On the Fridge! Adopt the Anti-Inflammatory Diet The anti-inflammatory die...
1. Live Below Your Means There will always be temptation to forsake the future for immediate gratification. We all want to buy that new piece of technology, treat ourselves to an expensive night on the town, or take out a loan for the flashy car we c...
