Basicversity: A Great site to Practicing & Testing Your Basic Knowledge of Anything

Wed, 01 May 2013 23:39:05 -0500

This is an update from Pramit Singh at MediaVidea about a great new

100+ useful acronyms that teach us (about writing, creativity and problem solving, self improvement, communication, and more)

Mon, 17 Sep 2012 07:59:33 -0500

Not all acronyms are bad. Here's a nifty set of 100+ acronyms arranged across 10+ categories: Selling, Creativity, Self Improvement, Writing (our fa

75 Most Useful Acronyms for Business and Work: The Success Manual

Mon, 17 Sep 2012 07:57:27 -0500

This is my favorite list of work-related acronyms that always provide me with instant, pithy advice on a wide range of business and work situations - making

200+ great tips from 200+ all-time great books on business and self improvement

Mon, 17 Sep 2012 07:55:51 -0500

One idea per great book - that's the idea behind this huge post. The content has been sourced from The Success Manual, the popular compilation of advice on 25 essential business

60+ Greatest Quotes on Photography From All-time Great Photographers: The Success Manual

Mon, 17 Sep 2012 07:52:58 -0500

This collection of essential photography wisdom aggregates the essence of great photographers including Henri Cartier-Bresson, Ansel Adams, Robert Capa, Dian

Take the ultimate E-learning Knowledge Challenge

Sat, 11 Aug 2012 10:18:39 -0500

Check your knowledge about e-learning with this 32-questions E-learning Quiz. This test shall

What to do when "follow your passions" doesn't work for you?

Fri, 10 Aug 2012 08:39:19 -0500

Follow your passion is a cliche now. Everone thinks it is is the fashionable thing to say. In reality, it is often a lazy thing to say. I agree t

What is the best kind of self help advice?

Fri, 10 Aug 2012 08:32:16 -0500

The best kind of self-help advice gets us to do things. Positive things. Life-affirming things. The best tkind of self-help advice encourages us

5 most overrated things in Entertainment today

Wed, 08 Aug 2012 10:13:04 -0500

No, this isn't yet another post about how bad Hollywood and its exports are, or the media-industrial complex seeping through every core of humanity. This is

Be remarkable # 140: Overcome social anxiety

Wed, 08 Aug 2012 07:49:40 -0500

Here are 10 good ways to overcome social anxiety. No need to lose any sleep or to take drastic measures such as alcohol or drugs to deal with social anxiety.

Be remarkable #139: Be trustworthy

Wed, 08 Aug 2012 07:46:59 -0500

Here are 3 good ways to build trust:

1. Charlie Green's formula: T = ( C + R + I ) / SO

Where:

50 things everyone in their twenties must know

Mon, 06 Aug 2012 05:04:28 -0500

First, nothing lasts forever. Second, stop using Facebook and Twitter, and rest will follow. I wish I knew all this when I

The 20 most important things in life

Mon, 06 Aug 2012 01:48:01 -0500

The most important thing for me in this life is equanimity - it is all a matter of chance or luck. Nothing is in our control. Nothing matter

50 things that are not important in life

Mon, 06 Aug 2012 01:44:20 -0500

Start by not believing what the mainstream media says - that is just some advertising, party position, or business interest posing as news.

40+ little improvements that you can apply to your life to make it better right now

Sun, 05 Aug 2012 04:47:57 -0500

The cliche 'good things come in small packages' can be true sometimes. Take this list of small things that improve your life immensely, for example

140+ life lessons that defy common sense

Sun, 05 Aug 2012 04:44:02 -0500

Despite knowing that most of us routinely ignore common sense in real life, let me do my but: here are 140+ life lessons that defy common sense but are true

40 ideas about what every educated person should know

Sat, 04 Aug 2012 07:55:27 -0500

Good grades, first class degrees or titles, and/or income levels do not necessaily mean you have had a good education. It has been said that an educated pers

40 most underrated life skills

Sat, 04 Aug 2012 07:51:24 -0500

To me, the most underrated life skill is humility - not getting over your head with knowledge, wealth, power, gadgets, lifestyle...whatever.

45 things that will help you when things are not going good

Sat, 04 Aug 2012 07:48:29 -0500

Camus said that the only option in this pointless life is to try and try again. That's all a man can do. That and have a cheerful heart no m

Five things you should do when no one believes in you

Sat, 04 Aug 2012 07:43:01 -0500

At the best of times, it is hard to tell between a deluded mind and an entrepreneurial genius. Risk, chance, luck...these are the things that you won't find

The uselessness of Seth Godin: five reasons why most self-improvement advice (and advice in general) is useless

Fri, 03 Aug 2012 10:27:59 -0500

I sell a compilation of advice culled from the best books and experts, and I can tell you this: most advice

The five most significant people in world culture today

Fri, 03 Aug 2012 09:49:02 -0500

Common answers to this question include heads of some religious outfit (e.g. the Pope), head of some international organization (e.g. UN Secretary General),

How to become famous on the internet (aka become a famous internet personality)

Fri, 03 Aug 2012 08:40:15 -0500

First things first: internet famous doesn't mean real world famous. Now that we have got that right, here are some ways people have become f

50 uncommon but important bits of advice that you should know

Fri, 03 Aug 2012 08:37:46 -0500

These are the things they won't normally tell you , but are nevertheless true and important for you to take heed. The ones in bold are my favorites (note: I

15 tips on becoming influential

Fri, 03 Aug 2012 06:32:37 -0500

1. Choose a field where you want influence (trends in the field, go where the puck is going to be)
2. Do something extraordinary (start by reading up

What good is an MBA degree?: Let us count the 5 ways

Fri, 03 Aug 2012 05:59:53 -0500

That I do not support MBA degree programs is a well-known fact. You can read on the topic here.

20 most important things that are not taught in schools

Fri, 03 Aug 2012 04:49:13 -0500

Peter Drucker said, From time immemorial, teachers have believed that the ass is the best tool of education. The more you sit, the more you learn.&

20 most important things you should teach an adult

Fri, 03 Aug 2012 04:28:24 -0500

The first thing I would like every adult to know is to get over it. Yes, I know about your disappointments, failures, what-ifs, why-mes, and

25 most important things you should teach your kid

Fri, 03 Aug 2012 04:26:01 -0500

What most kids learn in school is of little use in the outside world. General Douglas Macarthur wrote this in his A Father's Prayer:

Three things you should track daily

Fri, 03 Aug 2012 04:22:35 -0500

I call this the Personal Battery Check, which will help you know how much tired you are, whether you concentration levels are up, or if some

The 100 greatest short but most practical words of wisdom of all time

Fri, 03 Aug 2012 04:21:09 -0500

The top 10:
Life is difficult.
This too shall pass.
Don't panic.
Keep calm, carry on.
Breathe.

15 most important things you should discover about yourself ASAP

Fri, 03 Aug 2012 04:19:16 -0500

As early as possible in life, you must find what and who really matters to you. Before it's too late. Know thyself.

1. What y

150 most important bits of advice on 150 most important things in life and business

Thu, 02 Aug 2012 06:37:23 -0500

Think of this as The Success Manual in Brief.

1. DO YOUR OWN THING
A

Kent M. Keith's rules of life

Wed, 20 Jun 2012 08:07:15 -0500

Here's some advice from writer Kent M. Keith, in his own form of the Desiderata of sorts:

If you are kind, people may accuse you of s

How to be remarkable #138: Accept the sorrows

Wed, 20 Jun 2012 08:03:30 -0500

As R.E.M. put it 'Everybody Hurts', you are not the only to be hurt, at this moment almost 50% of all people must be hurting for some reason. That's

Matthew Lasar's rules of life

Wed, 20 Jun 2012 07:57:17 -0500

Here is a set of rules of life from journalist Matthew Lasar:

1. Do what you say you're gonna do
2. Show up!
3. Give genuine pr

How to be remarkable #137: Turn off the computer

Wed, 20 Jun 2012 07:54:03 -0500

The computer screen holds us glued to it. We wanted to finish writing somethinng but let's search Google for something, let's check out what's up with friend

Nick Hornby's #1 writing advice: Why write at all?

Wed, 20 Jun 2012 07:48:52 -0500

Nick Hornby, who made list making in novels a popular technique (I liked his 'About a boy' the best) says:

Actually, when you think about

How to be remarkable #136: Have no attachments

Wed, 20 Jun 2012 07:42:57 -0500

It is not that attachments are risky, but attachements are 'maya'. You get interested in something and then it all maze. Life becomes a series of 'what ifs'

Four reasons why Indians continue to tolerate mis-selling of financial and insurance products

Wed, 20 Jun 2012 07:10:53 -0500

Part of the blame goes to a slow, consumer-unfriendly system, but a big part of the blame lies with the Indian consumer, who is just too lazy. From a

The most honest author criticism I read today

Wed, 20 Jun 2012 07:05:18 -0500

Here's what Mark Twain said about Jane Austen, the godmother of women chick-lit writers:

I haven't any right to criticize books, and I don

You don't need Microsoft Surface or Apple iPads

Wed, 20 Jun 2012 07:01:00 -0500

Both Apple and Microsoft are old news. Both make money Operating Systems that you need to upgrade every couple of years.

20+ more great insights about writing from great writers

Tue, 19 Jun 2012 08:32:03 -0500

This one is my favorite and I suspect many people who love writing will love this one:

1. Why did I write? Because I found life unsatisfactor

Writing advice from Dr. Seuss: Keep it simple

Tue, 19 Jun 2012 08:13:19 -0500

Dr. Seuss, famous for his children books, including Cat in a hat, the Lorax and many others, believed that writers should keep it simple, not the simplicity

Ray Bradbury's advice to writers: You must write every single day of your life

Tue, 19 Jun 2012 08:06:50 -0500

Ray Bradbury, who passed away recently, will always be remembered for Martian chronicles and the dystopian novel Fahrenheit 451 (a future where books are out

15 Things Andy Rooney said better than anybody else

Tue, 19 Jun 2012 07:38:14 -0500

Andy Rooney, the American radio and television writer, was perhaps most famous for his satirical quotes about news and other things in life, on the last word

How to identify bad books: Or, How to identify and stay away from books with smart titles and fancy generalizations

Mon, 18 Jun 2012 06:02:56 -0500

This decade has seen a big spurt in non-fiction books with smart titles becoming popular - aka the 'Gladwell books' - books with smart titl

Five things fresh Indian MBAs should never forget

Mon, 18 Jun 2012 05:34:07 -0500

If you are one of those who thought about doing an MBA because it seemed a good way to get a job at the time, then you may be in trouble. Here are five truth

33 awful (but smart) ways to succeed in life

Mon, 18 Jun 2012 05:17:04 -0500

Truth be said, most successful people in this world got there by a combination of luck, smarts, occassional spurts of hard work, and some underhand smarts. O

8 ways to deal with copy-protected web pages

Mon, 18 Jun 2012 04:57:03 -0500

Many times, we want to copy something from a web page while we are writing or researching something, but teh web page turns out to be copy protected. Here's

Why VCs Really Reject Startups: They don't like the CEO

Mon, 18 Jun 2012 04:53:02 -0500

The number one reason why many Venture Capitalists reject startups is because they don't think comics

What Size Am I: A Universal Size Chart for Women

Thu, 14 Jun 2012 07:26:50 -0500

Developed by Anna Smith, What Size Am I is an online visualization tool that helps women find branded clothes tha

How to be remarkable #130: Tell honest stories (to fix your company, startup, yourself and your job)

Thu, 14 Jun 2012 06:31:08 -0500

The Bizarro Storytelling Exercise gets its name from Bizarro, the comic book villain, and it is about using honesty to get a clear idea abou

Will the popularity of diesel cars in India cause a cancer epidemic?

Thu, 14 Jun 2012 06:19:49 -0500

A WHO (World Health Organization) reports says diesel fumes a

How to remarkable #129: rebuild your own brain

Thu, 14 Jun 2012 06:08:26 -0500

A part of Barbara Arrowsmith-Young's brain was not functioning properly so she

How to remarkable #127: Self-publish a book

Thu, 14 Jun 2012 04:32:18 -0500

Self-publishing needn't be a domain exclusive for people lusting after vanity. Many useful and interesting books have been published by self-publishers when

How to be remarkable #126: Learn to ignore (the unnecessary)

Tue, 22 May 2012 04:07:44 -0500

Scott hanselman says a solution to this age of information (mostly useless) flood (sounds better than overload) is that '

3 important lessons for bloggers from Freedom Is Blogging In Your Underwear

Wed, 16 May 2012 06:39:21 -0500

Hugh Macloed, who wrote Freedom Is Blogging In Your Underwear is a blogging/creative hero. He showed that if you cared about your innovative ideas (

21 ways to make money online (not the ways you think)

Wed, 16 May 2012 06:28:19 -0500

This article is not about usual 'make money online' tips. Rather, it is about being prepared for a long, sincere haul, written by an old hand at wri

Lessons from Valve's Flatland Rules: No hierarchies, No forced project work

Wed, 16 May 2012 06:21:20 -0500

Game development company Valve has made available its handbook for employees free for others

Mcdonalds' Happy Meals Toys are only a marketing tool to exploit kids' immature brains

Wed, 16 May 2012 06:13:29 -0500

Modern advertising makes sure the devil gets inside your house in a shiny packaging. Take Mcdonalds' happy Meals Toys, for example. Here's what a mother in C

Why most prepaid calling cards are fraud (and what you can do to avoid being duped)

Wed, 16 May 2012 06:07:42 -0500

A report from Consumer reports says that almost 75% of prepaid phone cards bought did not disclose calling rates. That's not all. Most prepa

Most identity-theft protection services are glorified credit monitoring services

Wed, 16 May 2012 06:00:58 -0500

Identity-theft protection servcices are in the news because of activities of a company called Lifelock, Inc., which paid millions of dollars in 2010 to settl

The #1 secret to losing weight

Wed, 16 May 2012 05:52:16 -0500

The FTC did a study and found that 55% of all weight-loss advertisements made claims

Which words bring you most connections on LinkedIn?

Tue, 15 May 2012 08:03:24 -0500

I have always believed that LinkedIn, being a gloridied Resume hosting site, is more useful to recruiters than the average professional, and this li

How to be a Pinterest Superstar: Post food-related items and say love a lot

Tue, 15 May 2012 07:55:27 -0500

Here's 3 things that you need to have in your post to be a Pinterest (the visual del.icio.us) superstar:

1. Descriptions about 200 characters<

What is the best time of the day to blog?

Tue, 15 May 2012 07:52:02 -0500

If your primary audience lives in America, then the time around 8 AM ET (Eastern Time Zone - that is, New York time), give or take an hour b

How to be a Twitter Superstar Part 2 - Don't follow the herd

Tue, 15 May 2012 07:45:43 -0500

Dan Zarella of Hubspot says you don't need to follow others and Tweet like crazy all the time. Instead, he says, Tweet during off-peak times

How many of your Tweets should be links or replies?

Tue, 15 May 2012 07:39:42 -0500

Dan Zarella of Hubspot studied 100,000 Tweets and comes to the conclusion that

The shape of great speeches

Mon, 14 May 2012 09:21:03 -0500

Channeling Joseph Campbell, design expert Nancy Duarte says all great speeches are in the shape of '

Simple Things Poster #19: The best ways to be happy in life

Fri, 11 May 2012 10:28:44 -0500

Here's how you can be happy in life, in an easy- to-follow text poster format. Print it out.

Simple Things Poster #18: How to save money buying computers, toys, using electricity, eating out and going green

Wed, 09 May 2012 08:17:07 -0500

This is an all-in-one kind of poster that covers most of your buying decisions other than

Simple Things Poster #9: How to master good habits

Wed, 09 May 2012 07:40:04 -0500

Here's how you can master a good habit, in an easy tofollow text poster format. Print it out.

12 Useful acronyms to help you with your writing

Mon, 09 Apr 2012 05:58:41 -0500

These useful writing acronyms are from our jumbo guide to The Art of Great Writing - Part 1, I included a

The Art of Great Writing: 60 Writing Tips from 6 All-time Great Writers

Mon, 09 Apr 2012 01:56:38 -0500

Thiscompilation of useful writing advice is from The Success Manual, 600+ pages of compiled w

15 books everyone must read and keep at all times to survive an apocalypse

Mon, 09 Apr 2012 01:44:59 -0500

Apocalypse reading is big nowadays. It is a staple of modern existence. We always think the worst is around the corner. And personally, I think so too. So, i

The Success Manual has been updated!

Wed, 04 Apr 2012 04:35:32 -0500

The updated version of

Introducing The Gist: Condensed knowledge from 200+ greatest business and self-improvement books

Wed, 04 Apr 2012 04:27:40 -0500

The Gist<

Introducing Rules for Writers: Collection of useful writing advice from great writers and books

Wed, 04 Apr 2012 04:26:26 -0500

10000+ (roughly five mile

How to handle deadlines without losing your sanity

Tue, 06 Mar 2012 05:53:36 -0600

Not all deadlines are detrimental to your mental and physical health. Deadlines can be good too, you know. How? You ask. There are a ways to ensure you get t

10 questions about modern parenting: Kids today have killed the art of parenting, who listens to parents anymore?

Tue, 06 Mar 2012 05:46:50 -0600

This is a blog post about questions for parents, no solutions. So, bear with me. 1. Are parents today afraid of their own children? 2. Are parents made to sh

How to be remarkable #201: Be a good teacher, It starts with giving a damn

Tue, 06 Mar 2012 05:23:35 -0600

Professor Tyler Cowen of Marginalrevolution blog, lists these

How living alone might not be a healthy idea: Makes us eat bad

Tue, 06 Mar 2012 04:28:56 -0600

The NYT reports that 1 in every 4 Amer

Why we are not made to work in large teams: We feel like faceless cogs in a heartless machine

Tue, 06 Mar 2012 04:00:10 -0600

Faceless cogs in a giant machine - that's what a study on teamwork discovere

When to ditch your financial planner: If all he does is sell various insurance schemes and home loans

Tue, 06 Mar 2012 03:54:31 -0600

When all your financial planner does is to sell various insurance schemes (mostly the evil ULIP types) and home loans, then you know he is more interested in

Let's just say it: there is no right age to start a company

Tue, 06 Mar 2012 03:38:00 -0600

Take all those fluff stories about young Silicon Valley entrepeneurs for what they - habitual media glorification that helps sell papers and magazines, and n

Most women actually don't know they have gained 5 pounds extra weight

Tue, 06 Mar 2012 03:32:32 -0600

Women aren't as weight-conscious as we thought them to be. Researchers from the University of Texas Medical Branch did a

How to handle your exit interview: Be honest, but don't burn your bridges, move on with dignity

Tue, 06 Mar 2012 01:43:42 -0600

You are entitled to give honest answers in your exit interviews, but do so without burning your bridges - relationships with boss and co-wor

How to turn your job firing to your benefit: Ask the boss for a candid feedback

Tue, 06 Mar 2012 01:37:52 -0600

Instead of sulking away and feeling hopelessly dejected after being fired from a job, just go to your boss, and ask for his honest (and private) feedback abo

Six subjects to be careful about in your next job interview: Start with not dissing your past employer

Tue, 06 Mar 2012 01:37:08 -0600

1. Don't ever say negative things about previous employers - the interviewer will then think his company will be the next target.

Interval training: The '20 minutes a day' fitness regime

Tue, 06 Mar 2012 01:21:46 -0600

What interval training involves: Basically, you run, jog, or skip ropes (or, mix it up) at a high intensity level (meaning: pushing yo

How Mills and Boon style romance novel help women: By being field guides to real-life difficulties

Tue, 06 Mar 2012 01:12:26 -0600

The least 'stuck-up' books in the world, Mills and Boon style romance novels are field-guide to real-l

Don't take any lessons from Rap musicians

Tue, 06 Mar 2012 00:53:48 -0600

Rap music, the ironic business of selling a lifestyle of money, status, women and cocaine to impressionable, which has made successful businessmen out of peo

How not to talk like a machine in business situations

Tue, 21 Dec 2010 08:59:01 -0600

Here is a list of overused business buzzwords used by users on LinkedI

Six Important Financial statements Everyone should maintain

Mon, 20 Dec 2010 09:04:26 -0600

Personal finance expert Subramaniam lists six essential financial stat

What do we learn from the worlds best presentations?

Wed, 15 Dec 2010 08:25:56 -0600

SlideShare, the presentations site, organizes 'Worlds Best Presentation contest' annually. The 25 most popular/common password

We need at least Rs. 4 crores to retire (and how to make it)

Wed, 15 Dec 2010 06:41:43 -0600

Note: This advice was meant for Indians but I think with few minor tweaks, namely, adjusted for stock market returns in the local market, this priceless piec

Be remarkable #126: Get companies to respond to your complaints

Thu, 18 Nov 2010 10:03:52 -0600

Here's how you can write the perfect complaint letter to a company. The main idea is to be concise and breezy. State the problem, what you want and that is a

Two simple but highly effective ways to use Facebook: reducing all the privacy risks

Wed, 10 Nov 2010 05:37:36 -0600

Danah Boyd writes about two smart, young people who

A quick list of useful work cycles

Wed, 10 Nov 2010 05:19:22 -0600

Choose from these work cycles or make one of your own:

1. The ideal time-box: For every hour of work, take a 5-10 minute brea

How to be remarkable # 125: Don't be passionate

Wed, 10 Nov 2010 05:08:58 -0600

Be passionate. That is the first thing they teach you in the proverbial entrepreneurial school. That is also the first thing they teach in the carrer guides.

Highlights from the life of a typical telecommuter: It would be nice to show your work to someone once in a while

Wed, 10 Nov 2010 04:57:03 -0600

How does your day go? This might be a tough question to answer for all of us home-based workers. Useful insights from a post about the web site.

The four minute presentation: Public Speaking Advice from the four minute men

Wed, 06 Oct 2010 06:40:32 -0500

The four minute men were a group who worked for t

Can you be a great person without being a jerk?

Wed, 06 Oct 2010 06:33:43 -0500

In business, greatness and the jerk habit often go side by side. Mark Zuckerberg now travels on the path set up by Bill Gates (he stole and

How to be remarkable # 101: Don't be a Self-Help Junkie

Tue, 17 Aug 2010 06:39:23 -0500

Who is a self-help junkie? Someone who reads too many self-help advice - books, blog posts, seminars, etc. and does little to to improve his

Be Remarkable #89: Find your passion

Tue, 15 Jun 2010 13:56:06 -0500

For most working people, that is you and me, passion comes in form of making a living doing what you love, or in some cases, getting to love what you do. As

Two Useful Types of To-Do lists that actually work

Tue, 15 Jun 2010 13:48:59 -0500

What is the ideal size of a really great To-Do list? Most people who use a To-DO list tend to have a long list of things to do, which may be working against

Be Remarkable #88: Learn to present your idea

Wed, 09 Jun 2010 07:50:18 -0500

People who have done it will tell you that how an idea is presented impacts its appeal. Below is a checklist of ways to present your idea.:

A

Be Remarkable #87: Let go off your inhibitions

Tue, 08 Jun 2010 10:13:50 -0500

We are not talking about shyness in social situations here, although in some cases, this is what that is preventing you from taking that step, you know? We

The Ten All-Time Great Rules of Working better

Tue, 08 Jun 2010 10:11:47 -0500

These rules are not from a business or self-help book, but rather from a popular list shared around on the internet. In some ways, it is better this way. The

Be Remarkable #86: Turn things off

Tue, 08 Jun 2010 10:09:40 -0500

Do not let technology overtake your life. Help, yes. But dependent? Never. Although, I run a small site for a living (if you can call it a living), I can eas

Be Remarkable #85: Say no to consultants

Tue, 08 Jun 2010 10:07:55 -0500

Mentors, yes. Consultants, no. Do your own thinking. You are in the field, the consultants aren't. The way to analyzing your business dispassionately is simp

Be Remarkable #84: Have willpower

Tue, 08 Jun 2010 10:04:56 -0500

There are studies about willpower. There are true stories about willpower. There are movies about willpower. It is a very unique and difficult thing - willpo

Sister Corita Kent's 10 rules for students

Tue, 08 Jun 2010 10:01:55 -0500

Sister Korita was an art teacher, famous for a 1985 love stamp and

The best public speaking tip of all time?

Tue, 08 Jun 2010 09:58:36 -0500

It is a toss-off between two habits. The first all-timer tip is something we all have been told before - IMAGINE THEY ARE ALL NAKED.

Be Remarkable #83: Be Bad

Tue, 08 Jun 2010 09:53:56 -0500

I wish I was referring to Michael Jackson's Bad. Being bad is okay. Being bad is okay if you know it.

Being bad is okay i

The Greatest Productivity Tip of All Time

Tue, 08 Jun 2010 09:51:40 -0500

This is also called the Seinfeld chain, from the all-time popular Comedy series. Taken from the episode Calendar about nothing.

Be Remarkable #82: You Can Do It

Tue, 08 Jun 2010 09:49:02 -0500

If someone can, you can. If you can put your mind to it, you can do it.

As Seth Godin says about being a Lynchpin,

Some peopl

20 Money Lessons from P.T. Barnum

Tue, 08 Jun 2010 09:47:02 -0500

P.T. Barnum was a great American Showman in the 19th century. Below is a summary from his 1880 book, Golden Rules for Making Money. There are 20 rul

Why do self-help books exist?

Tue, 08 Jun 2010 09:44:52 -0500

We have come a long way from the days of Marcus Aurelius, Sun Tzu, Balthazar Gracian or even Samuel Smiles. This is an age of charismatic self-help gurus, wh

Be Remarkable #81: Build something with your hands

Tue, 08 Jun 2010 09:42:49 -0500

In this modern age (or, is it postmodern, I keep forgetting), when was the last time you really created something with your hands. No, typing does not count.

Be Remarkable #80: Share your Idea (at least do something about it)

Tue, 08 Jun 2010 09:40:15 -0500

That 'ideas are dime a dozen' is a clich now. Then you got 'Ideas count for nothing, it is the execution that counts'. So, what do

The Secret of Success Revealed: Mixing highly focused work with frequent bursts of rest

Tue, 08 Jun 2010 09:38:16 -0500

Tony Schwartz, author of The Way We're Working Isn't Working (co-authors: Jean Gomes and Catherine McCarthy), says

A simple guide to the best of happiness research

Fri, 04 Jun 2010 07:00:46 -0500

This is Part 1 of a two-part series on the best of happiness research. In Part 1, we will provide an overview of happiness research related to different them

How to be Remarkable #79: Coin and Own A Term (Create your own Idea Badge)

Thu, 03 Jun 2010 09:06:27 -0500

Jay Rosen coined Mindcasting (about using Twitter). Jeff Jarvis coined Link Economy (On the value of links). Scott

How To Be Remarkable #78: Live in interesting times

Thu, 03 Jun 2010 09:02:18 -0500

Some of the most important things have been done by people during when theres a lot happening, socially, politically, or technologically. He

How To Be Remarkable #77: Be indispensable to your Customers

Thu, 03 Jun 2010 08:59:00 -0500

What does it really mean being indispensable to your customers? Well, it all starts when people starts talking about you in genuinely happy terms. Seth Godin

How To Be Remarkable #76: Learn from Steve Jobs (for busness savvy)

Thu, 03 Jun 2010 08:53:15 -0500

Some time back, Apple Computer became more valuable than its long-time arch competitor and PC industry behemoth Microsoft. Reasons for Apple's success in thi

How To Be Remarkable #75: Create a Purple Cow Resume

Thu, 03 Jun 2010 08:49:05 -0500

The term Purple Cow came from Seth's Godin's book of the same name and has now become synonymous with being remarkable in busine

What it really means to be remarkable in Business and Life

Thu, 03 Jun 2010 08:43:35 -0500

Being really remarkable means never ever having to shout from the roofs that you are remarkable. You let others do it for you - your colleagues, your custome

Top 10 Money Lessons of Ramit Sethi

Mon, 31 May 2010 11:34:50 -0500

Ramit Sethi is a successful personal financial blogger ( IWillTeachYouToBeRich.com) as well as writer of best-selling book on Personal Finance, titled

Comparing Investments: What would $10000 be worth?

Mon, 31 May 2010 11:08:04 -0500

One of the better ways to compare investments is taking a sample money amount, in our case $10000, and see how this amount would if invested in different inv

The Handbook to Designing Profitable Landing Pages

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