Improving The Quality Of Your Life

Gold, money, inflation and decisions

Apparently the world financial crisis is becoming more acute instead of redressing. That scares us all and makes it even more important that we educate ourselves in economic matters. You want to make the best decisions when you're in sailing in a storm. Stumbling around the internet, I found this informative ...

Factors affecting individual change

Our only security is our ability to change. --- John Lilly Whether you want a better car, a better paying job, a bigger house, or a fluffier cat, you will have to face one big ugly spiky scary thing: change. It's not that scary though. As living beings, we are constantly changing in ...

Daylight hours and productivity

For at least 12 months, I have had this routine of staying up late in the night working on this blog and gaming, and then, with no reason to wake up (see the post on how I lost my purpose), sleep a lot and wake up very late in the ...

How I lost my purpose and values, and started procrastinating

When I started working on this blog in June 2007, I was excited and motivated. Used to spend a lot of time working on it - content, marketing, networking, the usual stuff. That drive lasted for approximately seven months (until the end of December 2007), because seven months after starting ...

Eco-towns and green buildings

There's a lot of buzz around the word "green" these days. Green collar jobs, green cars, green industries, green buildings, green people from Mars, and so on. Obama has been talking a lot about green, and is investing a lot of money into it. But there are some ignored things ...

Quote of the day | Change

Zimbabwe - gold for bread

While we are scared that the global financial crisis is stealing our comfortable lifestyles, people in Zimbabwe have to pan for gold powder from the rivers to exchange for food at an exorbitant rate. So perhaps it isn't that bad for us. : ) Maybe slightly less comfortable, but not ...

Keeping your mind young and fit

When young, you can abuse two things: 1. Your body; 2. Your mind. Abusing your body usually results in pretty nasty health problems when its youth starts wearing off. Abusing your mind on the other hand, through constant thinking and study, has very pleasant results in time. You won't be one of those using ...

The little known truths of free stuff

For years and years, misinformed consumers were duped into paying through the nose for television, music, phone calls and information. NOW IT IS FREE. THIS IS THE FUTURE! Isn't it funny how with more and more free stuff around people have less and less money? Getting things for free should ...

What happiness is not

Jainism, one of the oldest religions that originated in India, is a syncretistic religion, which contains many elements similar to Hinduism and Buddhism. Jains have an ancient tradition of scholarship and have the highest degree of literacy in India. Jain libraries are India's oldest. Tatvagyan Pathmala Part - I (edited ...

Message in a bottle: do you know your mind?

A dirty mind is a terrible thing to waste. --- Jules Carlysle The question is simple: do you know your mind? More specifically, do you know what it is biased towards detecting when you look at things? What is the above picture about? Get voting! [poll id="12"] What you have seen in the picture ...

Money, the root of all evil… really?

Penny Dollar: Can I borrow that book of yours How To Become A Millionaire? Penny Wise: Sure. Here you are. Penny Dollar: Thanks - but half the pages are missing. Penny Wise: What's the matter? Isn't half a million enough for you? Which is kind of what all the 'how to make money' and ...

Dummies guide to correct arguments

Eww, Valentine's day tomorrow, also known as international act like a sheep day. Who let the dogs out? I had to do that. Now, onto serious business. Can you remember the last argument (debate) you had? If you don't remember, go on and have one right now. You can debate the existence ...

The story of… stuff

Did you ever think about where all the stuff that you buy comes from, or where it goes after you're done with it? Ever wondered if this system was efficient? Of course you did, you're not a chimp! Who came up with this kind of introductory lines anyway... h/she should ...

Did you notice…

... the page about great green hosting?

The four-fold process to cure anxiety

Reading "The Principal Doctrines of Epicurus" (Κyriai Doxai in Greek) I found his "four-fold cure for anxiety." Its simplicity and potential are impressive, something that can't be said about most of what the new age self-help gurus preach in this regard. And talking about self-help, how is it self-help if ...

Help the victims of the Australian Bushfires

As you've probably found out from news, radio, Twitter, Facebook or your Australian friends, the state of Victoria in southern Australia has recently been hit with hundreds of bush fires during a record-breaking heatwave. The fires are the deadliest in Australian history, with the official toll currently standing at 173 ...

How marketing works

To make things clear from the beginning, in case anyone doesn't know exactly what marketing or a marketer are, I will define the two. Marketing is the set of commercial processes involved in promoting, selling and distributing a product or service. A marketer is the person in charge of designing and ...

What not to say in an argument

Whenever you find yourself in an argument, do not give advice or suggestions as the heat of the disagreement will burn them. When a person is arguing, their mind is entirely occupied with the argument and simply rejects inputs that do not help it win the argument. Advice, suggestions, critiques ...

Who are your teachers and what did you learn from them

M. Antoninus, the son of Annius Verus and Domitia Calvilla, was born at Rome, A.D. 121. The Emperor T. Antoninus Pius married Faustina, the sister of Annius Verus, and was consequently the uncle of M. Antoninus. When Hadrian adopted Antoninus Pius and declared him his successor in the empire, Antoninus ...