AdenosineCats nap soundly and often, possibly thanks to this natural substance. Harvard Medical School researchers found in 1997 that levels of adenosine rise before sleep and drop during it, indicati...Full Article
It is a rare person who lives without fear of one kind or another. You may fear heights, or spiders, or new situations, or rejection–whatever your fears may be, you can either let those fears fo...Full Article
Give Your Brain a BoostCant remember where you put your glasses? Blanked on your new colleagues name? Forgetting these types of things is a sign of how busy we are, says Zaldy S. Tan, MD, director of ...Full Article
What’s the first thing that comes to mind when you hear the word “barter”? Is it the book, One Red Paperclip. Does it make you think of Craigslist.org? Maybe it gives you the vision of a shady busines...Full Article
Have you ever seen bamboo shoots in a storm? I have. I remember huddling in a hut in Thailand watching a raging typhoon sweep through the mountains. The clump of bamboo outside the window was complete...Full Article
“Habit is habit, and not to be flung out of the window by any man, but coaxed downstairs a step at a time.” - Mark TwainI’ve learned a lot about changing habits in the last 2 1/2 years, from quitting ...Full Article
What if I told you that you could be totally lazy and irresponsible, and still accomplish just as much? What if you could slack off, loiter, and essentially do nothing and get more done than the avera...Full Article
Having a clutter-filled house can make you feel overwhelmed and exhausted. Everywhere you look, you see little chores that should be done. No single task is particularly difficult, but together, they ...Full Article
Mark Twain once famously apologized for not having having time to write a shorter letter, “so I wrote a long one instead.”Twain knew that it takes work to edit, to whittle a letter or a story down to ...Full Article
Most of us have heard something like this before: “You have a lot of potential,” or in school, “You have so much potential, work hard and you might realize it.”The only problem is no one seems to tell...Full Article
Editor’s note: This is a guest post from Pete Wailes of the Cross Driven Life blog.It’s always been my belief that whatever you make the focus of your life is what you’ll get.If you long for money, fa...Full Article
That’s right. Anyone can play the guitar. Here’s the secret. Lose the long fingernails on your left hand. The lady with curly-cue fingernails can’t get there from here. Next, if you don’t own one, buy...Full Article
As technology rapidly increases and the information age expands, our identities are at an increasing risk for being stolen. But it’s not a hacker trying to steal your social security number that shoul...Full Article
Chances are, within the next few months, you’ll be asked at least once to acquire a new skill or body of knowledge. If you’re in high-tech, you can count on your entire skill-set becoming obsolete eve...Full Article
There are many ideas in regards to smoking and the best ways to quit smoking. It is true that there are more ways to quit than just one and that different methods will work better for different ...Full Article
The events of the past few months and especially this week are disturbing and troubling at best. Food and gas prices are rising faster than they have in a long, long, time. The value of our retirement...Full Article
Everyone wants to have a fulfilling career. But what do you think you need to have it? While there are many possible answers, in my opinion there are at least two things you should have.First, you sho...Full Article
The most common method of thinking in the Western world is verbal thinking. Although we have a range of intelligences including numerical, musical, spatial, emotional, verbal and kinaesthetic intellig...Full Article
This week or next, your kids will be heading back to school. If your house is anything like mine, that means terror, trauma, and chaos – and that’s the good stuff!The first few weeks of school are pro...Full Article
“In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert’s there are few.” – Zen Master Shunryo SuzukiI’m an expert at many things. And I’m sick of it. Being an expert, that is. Because...Full Article
