Happiness interview: Zac Bissonnette.
I met personal finance expert Zac Bissonnette when we were on a panel together, and I was impressed by his command of the research and statistics related to working, debt, higher education costs, and money -- particularly because he was still in college!
There are a lot of times in our lives when we've got an external structure or impetus to stay motivated.When you're in college, you generally don't cut your compulsory classes just because you're feel like goofing off – you don't want to get penalized, and you don't want to miss valuable content.When you've got a job, you don't decide to have a long lie-in on Monday mornings.
We live in an age of vampires. And their numbers are on the rise.
No, I’m not talking about the blood-sucking ones (I leave those to Buffy and Blade to deal with).
There’s an old Yiddish proverb that goes, “If you don’t want
to do something, one excuse is as good as another.” In other words, if you’re
NOT doing something, what does it matter why? We recently polled our friends on Twitter for a list of the
most common excuses for NOT making ideas happen. Not surprisingly, the response
was overwhelming.
Editor’s note: This is a guest post from Chad Howse who is doing a series of posts for AoM on the basics of boxing.
So we’ve gone over the various punches and how to defend those punches; now it’s time to get into some combinations.
A single punch by itself is pretty much useless.
I thought this quiz would be fun as guys are heading back to school and moving in with old and new roommates. Are you the kind of roommate that’s “too good to be true” or “should you be a hermit?” Find out with this quiz from the 1946 issue of Varsity Magazine before your roommates start leaving passive aggressive notes for you on the fridge.
Have you ever wondered what the panhandlers you see on the street would do if you actually gave them a bunch of money to spend? Like many people, I generally give my pocket change to anyone who asks. I figure that if they have to ask, they probably need it more than I do.
In my recent post about cultivating your own knowledge for fun and profit, I mentioned that you should hit yard sales, consignment shops, estate sales, and so forth as a way to put your knowledge to work for you and take advantage of underpriced items.
First, let me share a little secret with you. I am a master procrastinator. I always manage to get the job done, and often to the best of my abilities, but if I don’t have that looming deadline, sometimes time slips through my fingers. I blame YouTube, Twitter, FreelanceSwitch, WorkAwesome, and lifehacker. If it weren’t for them, I’d be massively productive whenever I sit in front of
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Every Wednesday is Tip Day.
This Wednesday: the 5 fateful questions to ask yourself if you're trying to make a tough decision.
When I’m reluctant to take a risk or face something uncomfortable, I ask myself these five questions which, in melodramatic form, I call the "Five Fateful Questions." They help me think clearly about a situation.
What am I waiting for?
