Nick Gjoka got his first E.T. toy soon after he saw the film, when he was four. When he hit his teens he stepped up his game and started hunting for more obscure bits of E.T. merchandise in flea mark   Read more >>

A couple of months ago I wrote an article on 10 reasons to quit TV on my blog. I was half expecting resistant replies, but was surprised to read many readers expressing the same sentiments. Some of   Read more >>

Why do people have bad habits?Do you know that some people smoke only to control anxiety?
The automatic movement that the person does while smoking makes the person believe that he is in control of   Read more >>

This week I went conference room shopping with a fellow speaker, Shirley T. Burke. Fortunately Shirley T. “gets” feng shui and understood that I would have some very specific requirement   Read more >>

There has been a recent controversy bubbling out near Walden Pond, in Concord, MA. First, there was movement in a town meeting over a year ago to ban bottled water. The actions in Concord were inspi   Read more >>

When I was 18 an old family friend told me that her best advice to anyone was always for them to be as true to themselves as they could. Looking back, I find it odd that she admonished me to be true   Read more >>

Fatigue can attack us winter, spring, summer, or fall, day or night, on workdays or weekends. So how can we wake up, rev our engines, recharge our batteries, and strut our stuff? Get ready to find o   Read more >>

The bicycle has many attractions as a form of personal transportation. It alleviates congestion, lowers air pollution, reduces obesity, increases physical fitness, does not emit climate-disrupting ca   Read more >>

Raised on a healthy diet of Disney princesses and Anne Hathaway makeovers, I’m tempted to view the lives of royalty as song-filled romps alongside chattering woodland creatures. But in reality,   Read more >>

A few months ago I had a toothache and so I went to see a dentist. He had a look at the problem and then knocked off a bit of my tooth and smoothed the rough edge down. I can feel it now as I’   Read more >>

Everyone and their brother has the “secret” to being rich. Countless books, articles, and late-night infomercials have revealed how we can all live in palm tree lined mansions and drive   Read more >>

If you’ve been trying to improve your life with the help of ‘self improvement information’ and have gotten little to no results, you’re not alone…In fact, most people   Read more >>

What does it mean to live a healthy lifestyle? It is a way of living that allows you to enjoy more aspects of your life in a more fulfilling way. It is not just about trying to avoid one illness af   Read more >>

Contrary to popular belief, summertime, not the winter, is the most dangerous time for driving, with the Fourth of July weekend often being the deadliest. If you thought blizzard season posed the mo   Read more >>

A typical family can reduce its carbon dioxide footprint by 85kg a year if everyone goes to bed and gets up one hour earlier, according to the campaign Photo: ALAMY

Japanese households are being u   Read more >>

There are some days that I look around at wonder how my life got so complicated. It’s common to want to step back, take a deep breath, and live more simply. Many of us look at our hectic lives   Read more >>

Virgins – everybody was one of them once. A select few over the years at one point or another made their virginity known, and some even went so far as to exploit it for the sake of their bank ac   Read more >>

“Sound when stretched is music. Movement when stretched is dance. Mind when stretched is meditation. Life when stretched is celebration.” ~Shri Shri Ravishankar JeeHow much do you want fr   Read more >>

I wake up every morning knowing I can be something more than I was yesterday. I know I can be anything I want to be as long as I focus on that goal. I attempt to make every day another step towards   Read more >>

We’d all like to be commuting to work in our hover cars and invading small countries with our own personal mechanisms, but sadly technology has failed to live up to our expectations, and no ma   Read more >>