Here is a list of products that I discovered in 2008 and that I cannot live without. These are products that I use everyday, both at work and at home. Quite simply, I would not be able to live without them. Literally. 🙂 Blackberry – internet on the goI can’t believe I have not started using it before. Perhaps because I did not get it from work. But internet on the go is here to stay. It’s so useful and practical. I started commuting to NYC on the train, what better way to convert the downtime to catching up on…
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I just bought a MacBook Pro and I started using it for the 1-st time yesterday. First impressions? I like it. It has great looks and so far it’s fairly easy to use. It’s fast! But it’s different! I am used to Windows and I’ll have to adjust and find ways to do some more complicated things. Wireless It has a Wireless N Wi-Fi receiver. It’s much faster and can reach X-times as wide as G. It’s the next generation Wi-Fi — but it takes forever to actually get approved by IEEE. I also liked it when it discovered my…
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How do you influence another person? How do you make him change? How do you get him out of this habit that’s killing you? It’s not easy. But there are good ways and bad ways of accomplishing the task. I found this out by reading a very good book on communication skills, Messages. I extracted what I found the most useful information. “Influencing others is an art that requires an understanding of the principles of change.” INEFFECTIVE WAYS Blaming, criticizing, or complaining.– your basic message is “you are bad or wrong.” Threats.– “do what I want, or else…” Pouting or…
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Over time, is a cause of memory loss, according to Harvard’s Improving Memory publication. Over time, people who don’t challenge their minds exhibit a greater degree of memory decline compared with people who remain mentally active. According to a 2005 study, people who held jobs that involved complex work, such as speaking to, instructing, or negotiating with people, had a lower risk of dementia than people whose jobs were less intellectually demanding.Most experts think it’s not the years of formal education or the type of occupation per se that benefits memory. Instead, a lifelong habit of learning and engaging in…
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This is a very good book about a remarkable man: Theodore Roosevelt. I am disappointed though. I did not get enough. I was ready to listen on, and whoops, the book ended. It ended when Teddy was around 40 years old, before he became the president. But I guess the book is called the Rise of Theodore R. for a reason. 🙂 This book was narrated in an excellent manner. I almost cried when he was explaining the black day in Teddy’s life. There were many sections where I was hooked on listening. I wanted to listen even more. It…
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Having a good connection with you son or daughter is probably the most important part in being a good father. That means being able to communicate well with your child. How do you do it? I found some really good, common sense advice on how to do it well. Read on. Awesome Dads Top Ten Communication Intentions An Awesome Dad in by no means perfect. But that itself is perfect, because imperfection allows us to really understand the personal evolution our children are going through with us. The definition of an Awesome Dad, then, is the father who stays in…
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We are constantly being overloaded with information. It seems like we live in an Information Overload age. In any day, I receive more than a dozen emails, subscribe to over 50 rss feeds, read several daily news, read other less-frequent periodicals, and read other material. Isn’t that too much? I think so. It takes time to do all of that. Plus, a lot of it is not really that useful. I have been changing a lot of my habits in this area lately. My desire is to be more productive and not be overloaded with information. Reading blogs like lifehack.org…
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This book started out great. It is spoken with a great call-to-action voice. I really liked the first hour or hour and a half. But after that, the material covered did not really interest me. I did not finish the book — as the author suggests. I do not have a plan to hire offshore assistant. I do not want to setup an auto reply to my email, etc. These issues might be applicable to an executive but not for a normal guy like me. I highly recommend listening to the first hour: it’s a 5-star material. After that, I…
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An excellent guide to follow in your Lifelong Learning quest. 1) Always have a book.It doesn’t matter if it takes you a year or a week to read a book. Always strive to have a book that you are reading through, and take it with you so you can read it when you have time. Just by shaving off a few minutes in-between activities in my day I can read about a book per week. That’s at least fifty each year. 2) Keep a “To-Learn” List We all have to-do lists. These are the tasks we need to accomplish. Try…