I’ve listed below - in no particular order - some of my favourite sites, which I hope you find useful.

• Dumb Little Man: Jay White is far from dumb and what started as a personal blog has grown into a community site with various contributors and writers. Dumb Little Man offers tips aimed at helping you save money, increase productivity, improve your health, and live a better life.
• Attraction Mind Map: If NLP, EFT, Advanced Silva techniques, Soul Realignment and visualisation methods are things that interest you, then you should subscribe to Evelyn Lyn’s blog. Her techniques aside, Evelyn’s writing style is simple to understand and effective.
• Lifehack: Are you looking for tips and tricks to get things done quickly by automating tasks, increasing productivity and organising your life? Then Lifehack is the blog for you.
• 43 Folders: If you’re looking to improve the quality of your career and life, then Merlin Mann’s site is a must-read. Whether you’re looking to improve your blog, stop procrastinating, improve your meetings, or even reinvent your life, you’ll find some answers over at 43 Folders.
• Think Simple Now: This excellent blog offers practical solutions to real-life personal issues, and is well worth subscribing to if you’re looking for the answers to living a more happy and fulfilled life.
• Lifehacker: One of my personal favourite blogs on the Internet, Lifehacker is an award-winning blog that will help you get things done smarter and more efficiently.
• The Positivity Blog: As the blog’s name suggests, Henrik Edberg of Sweden shares motivating, practical articles on how to improve and live a more positive life.
• Litemind: Litemind focuses on one simple mission: “Explore ways to use our minds efficiently”.  If you’re interested in - and improving - creativity, problem-solving, visual thinking, memory, self-mastery, to name just some, then Luciano’s site is a must-read.
• Marc and Angel Hack Life: Marc and Angel examine a broad range of topics pertaining to life, productivity, goals, health, career, technology and general self improvement, the intention being to help us live a balanced life.
• Steven Aitchison: We’ve all heard the saying, “change your thoughts, change your life”. And it’s so true! From finance and relationships to spiritual beliefs and health, Steven Aitchison blog motivates readers to change their lives for the better.
• The Daily Mind: With a leaning towards  Eastern Philosophy such as Buddhism and meditation, ”The Daily Minder” shares insight on how to better your life and the people around you. If you’re looking for happiness, this would be a good place to start.
• Sid Savara: Sid Savara blogs about personal development, maximising productivity and life hacking - things us entrepreneurs are always looking to improve on. If Getting Things Done and The 4-Hour Work Week are books that you’ve enjoyed, then you’ll also enjoy Sid’s writing.

Namaste.

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I want to share this list with you and hope that when we reach 50 years of age we’ll be able to look back and share similar words of wisdom:

1. Life isn’t fair, but it’s still good.
2. When in doubt, just take the next small step.
3. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.
4. Don’t take yourself so seriously. No one else does.
5. Pay off your credit cards every month.
6. You don’t have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.
7. Cry with someone. It’s more healing than crying alone.
8. It’s OK to get angry with God. He can take it.
9. Save for retirement starting with your first paycheck.
10. When it comes to chocolate, resistance is futile.
11. Make peace with your past so it won’t screw up the present.
12. It’s OK to let your children see you cry.
13. Don’t compare your life to others’. You have no idea what their journey is all about.
14. If a relationship has to be a secret, you shouldn’t be in it.
15. Everything can change in the blink of an eye. But don’t worry; God never blinks.
16. Life is too short for long pity parties. Get busy living, or get busy dying.
17. You can get through anything if you stay put in today.
18. A writer writes. If you want to be a writer, write.
19. It’s never too late to have a happy childhood. But the second one is up to you and no one else.
20. When it comes to going after what you love in life, don’t take no for an answer.
21. Burn the candles, use the nice sheets, wear the fancy lingerie. Don’t save it for a special occasion. Today is special.
22. Over prepare, then go with the flow.
23. Be eccentric now. Don’t wait for old age to wear purple.
24. The most important sex organ is the brain.
25. No one is in charge of your happiness except you.
26. Frame every so-called disaster with these words: “In five years, will this matter?”
27. Always choose life.
28. Forgive everyone everything.
29. What other people think of you is none of your business.
30. Time heals almost everything. Give time time.
31. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.
32. Your job won’t take care of you when you are sick. Your friends will. Stay in touch.
33. Believe in miracles.
34. God loves you because of who God is, not because of anything you did or didn’t do.
35. Whatever doesn’t kill you really does make you stronger.
36. Growing old beats the alternative - dying young.
37. Your children get only one childhood. Make it memorable.
38. Read the Psalms. They cover every human emotion.
39. Get outside every day. Miracles are waiting everywhere.
40. If we all threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone else’s, we’d grab ours back.
41. Don’t audit life. Show up and make the most of it now.
42. Get rid of anything that isn’t useful, beautiful or joyful.
43. All that truly matters in the end is that you loved.
44. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.
45. The best is yet to come.
46. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.
47. Take a deep breath. It calms the mind.
48. If you don’t ask, you don’t get.
49. Yield.
50. Life isn’t tied with a bow, but it’s still a gift.
51. (Own a dog - they really are a man’s best friend!) - that one was added my me

I really like the ones in bold. Which ones hit home for you?

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As my personal trainer says, until exercise becomes a lifestyle habit we’ll come up with all sorts of excuses to avoid making a dedicated commitment to improving our bodies. That’s why I love this ad by Nike.

No excuses! Grab that sweat towel and get on the treadmill or get pumping…

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1. Respect the Spirit of the Internet, which is about communication and networking instead of marketing and selling.
2. Listen carefully to the online conversation before speaking.
3. Add value to your online conversations.
4. Respond in a timely manner to any feedback or queries.
5. Prioritise your business’s social responsibility in the same manner you do profit.
6. Share what you know and have, be it time, information and knowledge.
7. Step out of the spotlight every now and again, and give others praise.
8. Don’t spam. Enough said.
9. Be authentic instead of being someone or something you’re not.
10. Before going at it alone, first see how you can collaborate with those who are out there and doing social media marketing well.

The best advise is that social media is people. Once you understand that, all else fits into place.

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Small on the outside. Big storage on the Inside

Freecom, a German technology company, claims its Mobile Drive XXS is the world’s smallest external 2.5″ hard drive. While it’s small on the outside, the device offers up to 500GB of storage space! It could go down as one of the sexiest ones too; designed by Belgian top designer Sylvain Willenz, the product received an iF Product Design Award this year.

The Mobile Phone goes Mini

Weighing in at only 40.1 grams and measuring a mere 72mm x 37mm x 7.8mm, the Modu is the world’s lightest mobile phone. Don’t believe me? Ask the Guinness World Records. What’s even better is that it’s marketed as a modular phone too meaning that you get to choose the features that best suit your lifestyle with mate devices, which include things like media players, digital photo frames, GPS devices and digital cameras. Yes please!

Take the Bulk out of your Camcorder

Everyone is talking about YouTube but not everyone’s on it. I think that’s about to change thanks to the Flip Mino HD camcorder, dubbed the lightest and possibly smallest HD camcorder around. Weighing only 3.3 ounces, this camcorder comes with built-in memory for up to 60 minutes of high-quality video, a rechargeable lithium ion battery and full editing software for viewing, editing, and one-click emailing and uploading to MySpace, YouTube and other video sites.

I so want one of each…

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View BusinessWeek’s special report to social media here.

Via.

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I do. And I love the show partly because it’s entertaining but also inspiring to watch how people’s lives literarily get changed through the competition.

This year I’ve been glued to the show, and from week to week I’ve consistently been backing - much like most people (I hope) - Adam Lambert. Kris Allen isn’t a bad second but in my opinion no match to the chameleon-like, overly confident Adam who has delivered week on week the best, most electrifying performances that you’d expect only from a professional singer while at the same time has, as Rolling Stone puts it, “single-handedly rescued the franchise”.

Whether he wins or not, personally I think that Lambert is the best contestant American Idols has ever seen. Do you agree? e-online thinks so stating he could be the next Zac Efron or Elvis Presley!

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Two gay rights ads promoting Singapore’s Pink Dot day this Saturday have surfaced on the Web, and they’re moving, eye opening and worth sharing. You don’t have to be gay to appreciate this, and in a country (South Africa) where gay marriage is legal (albeit in my opinion still not widely accepted) we often forget that other countries don’t have it so lucky!

Hopefully this excellent campaign goes a long way to attract awareness and positive change not only in Singapore, where sex between two men carries a two-year jail sentence, but also across the globe where narrow-mindedness sadly still prevails amongst society.

Via

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Osocio reminds us that texting while driving kills way too many people. Mercedes-Benz may have found the answer.

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Radius’s TruTune earbuds for the iPod Nano 4G come in nine different colours and are a must for anyone with a sense of style and fashion, right? Riggghht…

Source: CNET

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