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Ten Habits of Highly Effective Brains

Wed, 17 Oct 2007 21:16:59 GMT

let's review some good lifestyle options we can follow to maintain, and improve, our vibrant brains.

Learn what is the "It" in "Use It or Lose It"

Take care of your nutrition. Did you know that the brain only weighs 2% of body mass but consumes over 20% of the oxygen and nutrients we intake?

Things that exercise your body can also help sharpen your brain: physical exercise enhances neurogenesis.

Practice positive, future-oriented thoughts until they become your default mindset

Thrive on Learning and Mental Challenges

Aim high. Once you graduate from college, keep learning

Explore, travel. Adapting to new locations forces you to pay more attention to your environment

Make your own decisions, and mistakes. And learn from them

Develop and maintain stimulating friendships. We are "social animals", and need social interaction. Which, by the way, is why 'Baby Einstein' has been shown not to be the panacea for children development.

Laugh. Often. Especially to cognitively complex humor

Tags: prepare, technique, tip, brain, organization, improvement, highly effective, habits

See Life From a Dog’s Point-of-View

Thu, 15 Nov 2007 21:59:57 GMT

clipped by: Perkalicious11
clipper's remarks: Now I really REALLY want a dog so I can try this. ...and love it too.

Clip Source: photojojo.com

Our canine compadres always seem to get the short end of the bone in life, so that’s why we’re inventing a Photojojo first: The Doggie-Cam.

By sticking a camera on our four-legged friend Molly, we’ll finally see the world as she sees it, and maybe then we’ll be able to sympathize. No more doggie disrespect!

HOW TO MAKE THE DOGGIE-CAM

Get your hands on a Gorillapod.

Screw your camera onto the Gorillapod, then bend the Gorillapod’s legs to wrap snugly around your dog’s head.
Make sure, of course, that Fido’s alright with it and the Gorillapod doesn’t restrict breathing or anything like that. If in doubt, don’t do it! (Did we really have to tell you that?)

Set your camera to start capturing and go!

Extra Tips & Ideas

Let you dog try out life with the Gorillapod sans-camera

Try adjusting where you place the Gorillapod.

Experiment!

Leverage the collar

Don’t want to go through all this hassle? For $79, you could spring for the original Doggie-Cam.

The last tip: Cat’s Eye-View anyone?

Woof-e-Vision

Tags: photography, pets, dog, camera, angles, photos, digital, videos

Houseplant Deaths: A Whodunit

Fri, 19 Oct 2007 19:41:43 GMT

clipped by: Perkalicious11
clipper's remarks: my thumb is so far from green. this article really helped!

Clip Source: www.cnn.com

Here's some good news for those of you who have trouble growing houseplants: The problem could lie in where you put the plants rather than in your being short a couple of gardening genes. Light, temperature and humidity have a lot to do with whether a plant thrives or dies.

Light levels, humidity and temperature vary throughout every home. Match plants to specific conditions.

"Light is clearly the most limiting factor to growing plants indoors,"

"All plants need light to manufacture food, but the amount needed varies from one plant to another."

Most houseplants originate in tropical or semitropical regions, where the air is moist. Many of these plants can adapt to the drier air in our homes, but they do better when humidity is increased

Houseplants are "houseplants" because they need the same conditions we do to survive. Most like daytime temperatures ranging from the upper 60s° to the mid-70s°F

Watering

Fertilizing

Grooming

Tags: home, plants, care, tip, houseplant, improvement

Common Resume Blunders

Thu, 18 Oct 2007 18:21:15 GMT

clipped by: Perkalicious11

Clip Source: www.fastweb.com

Make sure your resume is top-notch by avoiding the top 10 resume blunders:

1. Too Focused on Job Duties

2. Flowery or General Objective Statement

3. Too Short or Too Long

4. Using Personal Pronouns and Articles

5. Listing Irrelevant Information

6. Using a Functional Resume When You Have a Good Career History

The modified chronological format is often the most effective. Here's the basic layout:

Header (name, address, email address, phone number).
Lead with a strong profile section detailing the scope of your experience and areas of proficiency.
Reverse chronological employment history emphasizing achievements in the past 10 to 15 years.
Education (New grads may put this at the top).

7. Not Including a Summary Section That Makes an Initial Hard Sell

8. Where Are the Keywords?

Determine keywords by reading job descriptions that interest you and include them in your resume

9. References Available

Only use this statement to signal the end of a long resume or to round out the design

10. Typos

Tags: improvement, tip, employment, resume, career, tricks

2007 Tipping Guide

Thu, 15 Nov 2007 19:30:56 GMT

clipped by: Perkalicious11
clipper's remarks: the original link has a great chart on the percentage of a workers' income that comes from tips too. That's really interesting! (I thought many were on the low side.)

Clip Source: blogs.payscale.com

PayScale Salary Survey Tipping Data for 2007

we pulled together a list of the most common jobs held by people who reported tips of $10 or more per week in 2007. Sure, $10 doesn’t seem like much - but it can add up to a lot of money. For instance, someone who makes $30,000 a year without tips, could make an additional $250 a month in tips or $3000 a year.

Tipping Guide - Who Gets Tipped:

People involved in weddings and other events: Disc Jockeys, Catering Managers, Meeting & Convention Services Managers, and Musicians and Singers.

People who get us from point A to point B: Chauffeurs, Taxi Drivers, Boat Captains and Mates, and Corporate Jet Pilots.

People who make us pretty: Manicurists and Pedicurists, Cosmetologists, Estheticians and Hairstylists.

People who love your pets as much as you do:

everyone else behind the scenes: Busboys/Girls, Restaurant and Bar Managers, Chefs, and Hosts, since your tip gets distributed amongst the entire team that helps you.

Tags: tips, waitress, waiter, bartender, service, gratuity, salary, employment, work, income

Powerful Words for a Winning Resume

Thu, 18 Oct 2007 18:25:24 GMT

clipped by: Perkalicious11
clipper's remarks: especially since many employers put resumes into a database and search by word, this could be a gold mine!

Clip Source: www.fastweb.com

Accelerated
Accomplished
Achieved
Adapted
Advised
Administered
Analyzed
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Arranged
Assembled
Budgeted
Built
Calculated
Completed
Conceived
Conducted
Coordinated
Created
Delegated
Delivered
Demonstrated
Designed
Developed
Devised
Directed
Edited
Established
Estimated
Evaluated
Expanded
Formulated
Founded
Headed
Generated
Implemented Improved
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Increased
Initiated
Innovated
Inspected
Installed
Instituted
Interpreted
Introduced
Invented
Launched
Led
Maintained
Managed
Mediated
Motivated
Negotiated
Operated
Organized
Originated
Performed
Planned
Presented
Produced
Processed
Programmed
Proposed
Promoted
Provided
Recruited
Redesigned
Reduced
Reorganized
Researched
Revised
Scheduled
Serviced
Set up
Simplified
Sold
Solved
Started
Streamlined
Strengthened
Structured
Succeeded
Summarized
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Tags: employment, tip, improvement, career, resume, word, list, words, powerful

How to Cut and Peel an Avocado

Tue, 02 Oct 2007 19:53:59 GMT

clipped by: Perkalicious11
clipper's remarks: can be tricky at first, but SO good and worth it!

Clip Source: www.elise.com

1 Grip the avocado gently on one side with one hand. With a large, sharp knife in the other hand, cut the avocado lengthwise around the seed. Open the two halves to expose the pit.

hold the avocado half with the pit. Gently tap the pit with a knife with enough force so that the knife edge wedges into the pit, but not so hard as to cut all the way through it.

With the edge of the knife, twist the pit out of the avocado and discard.

3b To make avocado slices, use a knife to slice the inside of the avocado halves into sections. Don't worry if you cut right through the peel.

4 Use your fingers to separate the avocado segments from the peel.

Clip Source: www.elise.com

Links:
What's in a Name? The Avocado Story - how the avocado got its name, from NPR
www.avocado.org's Guacamole Central - more versions of guacamole

Tags: avocado, cooking, cut, slice, prepare, technique, tip, how to

Shrewd Way into a "Booked" Hotel or Restaurant

Fri, 28 Sep 2007 14:53:20 GMT

clipped by: Perkalicious11
clipper's remarks: check full article for more complete information.

Clip Source: www.bottomlineinternational.com

Anyone can get a last-minute reservation at a popular restaurant or a room in a hotel that is booked solid -- if you know what to say and how to tip.

RESTAURANTS

You call at the last minute and are told no tables are available. What to do...

VALET PARKING: KEEPING YOUR CAR UP FRONT

When your waiter hands you your check, hand him/her your valet ticket stub, and ask him to give it to the valet, so that your car is waiting up front by the time you pay the bill and leave the restaurant.

HOTELS

You are told no rooms are available. What to do...

Tags: restaurants, hotel, valet, service, tips, advice, tricks