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Productive Housing
Once upon a time we sold our house and moved into a nearby apartment complex. It was interesting adjusting to living in 1/5th the amount of space. There were some significant differences in how much...
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The Rat Experiment
There was an experiment where researchers were given a set of rats and told to rate their ability to learn mazes. They were told that certain rats were “smart rats” and had an abnormally high IQ....
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Five Time-savers
Logging into and navigating voice mail. Of course, you have to check your voice mail; but there are some things you can do to keep it from interrupting your day. Personally, I find that navigating...
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Setting Goals and Making Them Visible
When I was in high school, I wanted to get a computer. Computers weren’t nearly as inexpensive as they are now days. The one I wanted represented about 15% of my fathers yearly salary at the time. It...
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Productive Sonic Environment
It is easy to focus on how the things we see contribute or detract from our productivity and overlook the impact of what we hear. I started experimenting with creating audio environments using ambient...
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Language and Learning
For my freshman English class in college, I wrote a paper looking at the correlation between language and thought. My premise was that certain thought capabilities would be impossible without having a...
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Interview: Successful Habit
What productive habit do you feel is most responsible for your success? (960) I try to only do things that make me happy. I could make more money working in an office than from cooking or writing, but...
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Cost Savings Options
In today’s economy, there aren’t a whole lot of jobs that are completely safe from company cut-backs and layoffs. Though your job may be safe, saving extra money for emergencies is always a good idea....
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Starting a Business in a Down Economy
A friend of mine is starting a business selling Cupcake Towers. When I first heard what she was doing I thought, “Why would you want to start a business right now?” After further consideration, I...
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Easier to Buy Than to Use
It is much easier to buy exercise equipment than to use it to get into shape. I’m taking advantage of that right now by creating a home gym of used equipment for about 1/3rd the cost of new. Exercise...
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How to keep from Wasting Time on the Web
I saw this quote on a mailing list: For personal reasons, I do not browse the web from my computer. (I also have not net connection much of the time.) To look at page I send mail to a demon which runs...
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AT&T DSL Only Option
AT&T is offering DSL without requiring phone service. This is sometimes referred to as “dry dsl” or “naked dsl”. For about $29 per month, you can get 3.0Mbps down and 512Kbps up high speed...
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I was recently talking with a friend who said he’d be scared to try to start his own business because it seemed so insecure. I asked, “How is that any different than what you do working for someone...
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The $500,000 Solution to a $12 Problem
John was the CEO of ACME Toothpaste and he was always looking for ways to make his factory more efficient. One of the areas he was looking into was the problems caused when an empty box somehow made...
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