Written on 8/26/2008 by Evelyn Lim. Evelyn is a certified NLP practitioner and life coach. She wants to be rich, not monetarily, but in life, love, health, etc. Visit her popular blog at Attraction Mind Map. Photo Credit: ldcrossMany people today have heard of Feng Shui, but most do not totally know exactly what this means.

Yesterday a reader named Dave Black left a long comment on an old article about how to buy a new car without getting screwed. This is his glimpse into the inner workings of a car dealership. I’ve edited Black’s comment to make it a little more readable, but the advice is all his. I sell cars, and believe me, there are lots of opportunities for a car dealership to make money.  

I’ve been a Netflix junkie for the past three years. I really enjoy the service and I only have a couple problems with it: Damaged discs and the dreaded “Very Long Wait” for some highly anticipated new releases.

Jim makes some cute lamps from Ikea. He writes, "The first is a lamp I made for my sister’s kitchen from an Ordning colander. I’m pretty sure the base is from someplace else (Target). I have never lived within 2 hours drive of an Ikea, so I tend to stock up cool-looking stuff in hopes that I find a use for it.

High-Paying Work-from-Home Jobs-AOL This article describes several different ways that a person can work from home and still earn a good salary. The list includes many different options from several areas requiring various skills. Some of the job suggestions include running a travel agency, Medical claims processing, graphics design, property managing etc. Going Green by Working from Home-Sun

A few weeks ago, I asked readers, "If a friend decided they wanted to do something about the environment, how would you tell him or her to start?"

Written on 8/26/2008 by Ritu Pant. Ritu is the editor for Marketing Hackz and Net Hackz. Besides writing for blogs he is also a blog consultant and a social media junkie.Photo Credit: Jay WhiteShockingly the dreamer is the least known and understood personality of an entrepreneur or a leader.

I’ve been a freelancer full-time for over 6 years and a credit card holder for about 8 years. I love being able to set my own hours and being able to only work when I want to. While others face a hassling commute and complain about their daily grind, I enjoy a work situation I love.

Yesterday, I sure had a less-than-perfect happiness-project day with my family. My greatest struggles, day in and day out, are with my sharp temper, my impatience, and my loss of sense of humor about being teased -- and those are the places where I repeatedly slipped up.

“Enjoy your own life without comparing it with that of another.” - Marquis de Condorcet If you took the strengths of others, and compared them to your weaknesses, how do you think you’d size up? And do you think this would make you feel good? The funny thing is, this is what most of us do at one time or another — and some of us do pretty often.

By Julie RainsIt’s the American Nightmare: your neighbor, in an effort to avoid foreclosure, sells his house for thousands less than he paid two years ago, causing your home to plummet in value. It’s scary, but is it true?

There are too many ideas in the world, and not enough action. If we consider every idea as part of a project - and then consider all we must do to manage our various projects, we realize the many challenges standing in the way of productivity.

Yesterday, Carrie made a very interesting comment in response to my review of I Don’t Know What I Want, But I Know It’s Not This: if being happy is a matter of attitude […] then shouldn’t people be able to make anything work […] by simply changing their attitude?

Like most technological advances, email can help productivity, but it can also hurt it.  It takes intentional effort to reap the benefits of advances without suffering from their negative side effects. Easy communication is good when you have something that needs to be communicated.  Easy communication is bad when it means you are saying things that just waste everyone’s time.

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