There is increased competition in the marketplace and also in the school curriculum to equip each student with the skill sets to engage in that marketplace. However, there are some life-useful skills that appear to be missing from the class. We all deal with money, yet there is no mandatory education in its creation, use, management, or [...]

One penny is not a lot. Many would shun it if it lies on the street. Those who shun the free money also would like to be financially well off. Yet, by picking up the penny they would be moving one step closer to their goal.

Asking for help is an acknowledgement of our humanity. It is a risky thing to do as we open up ourselves to vulnerabilities, and put our trust in another to help us. [Who said this post had to be longer? There has to be a shortest post in the Life Hack series, and this is [...]

There is a great benefit that can be realised by helping another person, or group – such as a charity. It is said you can help feed a person or help teach a person to feed themselves, but I think there’s more to it than that. If we require input we grow as the input [...]

From the days of the tower of Babel till the days of the babelfish to come, we communicate across the world in different tongues. This difference in communication has lead to many misunderstandings and results in numerous wars, all because we fail to understand and respect each others needs. There is but one planet and [...]

The disparate division of food on the globe causes problems not only for those who have too little, but the health effects are well known for those who have too much. The growth of shopping trolleys over the years and marketing methods used to influence people to consume more is well documented. This extra consumption [...]

Having the reflexes of a cat is good for cats, and can also be quite useful for humans too. Lightning reflexes are a useful ability to maintain as the years go by. Thankfully there is a entire industry devoted to it.

There are not many who would suck on the end of a lorry exhaust pipe. There are a significant number who would not smoke a cigarette. Why? Obviously because they would not want to harm their lungs with the deadly pollutants. Strangely, we often do the equivalent and far worse to ourselves.

We have routines and they are important. They help us to know where we are, maintaining stability, comfort, and the general status quo. However, life is not a constant. It is dynamic, if nothing else. Routines do have a monotonous down side that they can make us too comfortable and we can easily get stuck [...]

How about speaking in public? For some, I may as well have said slay your first born,  as its too scary a concept to consider.