It is very time efficient to do the priorities first, but a major inefficiency would be incorrectly identifying the priorities in the first place. What to do? Quickly and accurately targeting a priority allows for more time to deal with it. The million dollar question then would be “How do you know what the real priorities are?”

There is a choice we need to make, and we know what we should do. We know. We know we know, but do we do? Often not. We have self limiting actions that set ourselves up for failure.

I can’t explain why or how, but from experience I’ve found it to be true that listening to classical music has a very positive and powerful effect on the brain. Need to be creative? Classical music is the one to listen to. Need to relax from a stressful situation? Classical music is a great reliever. [...]

Fear of the unknown is what frightens us. Not knowing what to do in an emergency situation can be debilitating. Learning first aid gives reassurance during times of high stress. Knowing a set of actions, and steps, to take to alleviate the situation and to bring about a positive conclusion to the events is a great aid – First [...]

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.

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.

Brian Tracy, a time management guru, cites that what we know is sufficient to get us to today. To achieve and succeed in the future we must acquire and develop new skills and abilities. This is even more true in the current information age in which we live. The fabric of our interactions is tearing and stitching [...]

It is said it takes less muscles to smile than to frown, so if you’re feeling down and frowning you might as well have a lazy moment and smile for a bit. At the least you’ll make yourself feel a tiny bit better, and as long as no one sees you grinning at the screen [...]

There are certain things you know you know, and yet you know you don’t. One example for myself is in eating more fruit. I know that I know about its goodness, yet I know I don’t fully realise that goodness in my diet. So this Life Hack is more of a Sensible Hack. After all, [...]