Early retirement is an option that would be hard to turn down. Whether you are stressed in your job or you love it, it is something that almost everybody dreams of. While being given the option to retire early might be an easy choice, there are still many things you should consider first before saying …
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Things to Consider Before Becoming an Expat
Becoming an expat is something many people consider nowadays. Many reasons like not enough jobs, low salary or fewer opportunities are some of the things that will push you into becoming one. To be an expat is exciting because of the more competitive jobs, higher salaries and more opportunities abroad. The prospect of becoming an expat …
An Activity Plan for the Recently Unemployed
Activity plan is the single most necessary thing that the recently unemployed person needs. Losing a job is certainly overwhelming especially to the rational person who always wants to know what’s next in his or her life. But instead of sinking into the pit of despair, one needs to get out of the situation and …
Negotiation Skills: Honing a Necessary Part of Life
Negotiation skills are also survival skills. These skills will help you get the best out of life. Not only will you be able to get the things you want, you will also learn to find common ground. They will help you with all of your relationships because poor negotiations lead to poor decisions between people. If …
Your Personal Health is Critical to Business’ Success
Your personal health is one of your most important assets. As the saying goes, health is wealth. And unfortunately nowadays, with the busy-ness and tons of distractions people face, health has taken a backseat. And most probably you too have been neglecting your personal health. When you were younger, around teenage years or twenties, your …
Tips for Passing Exams Successfully
Passing exams, and failing it, is something that we have all gone through, especially in college. College will always be that time in our life that we will all remember. Experiences and stories gathered from that wonderful time in our life would be told and retold until we are old and gray. It gave us …
Go on, Go With The Flow State
Flow state. This is that mysterious mental zone where time and the outside world disappear. Harnessing it is key to peak performance. Frankly, cultivating the limits of your intelligence, creativity, education, or talents is based largely on your ability to maintain flow state under stress. Those who cannot, suffer “stage fright,” “writer’s block,” “flop sweat,” and …
Dealing with Rejection the Right Way
Dealing with rejection is one of the hardest things in life in general. Whoever wants to be rejected? Dealing with it goes hand in hand with dealing with the doubt demon. And the doubt demon is attracted to artists, since these are usually the sensitive ones that have a hard time dealing with rejection and self-doubt. …
Compassion – How to Feel Empathy for Others
Compassion is something I wouldn’t normally associate with myself. I don’t think of myself as religious. But while writing “The Osgoode Trilogy,” I found out that it is a recurrent theme in all three of my books. Quoting St. Thomas of Aquinas, he said that “I would rather feel compassion than know the meaning of …
How your Running Music Can Affect your Workout
Running is a great solution for those who are not into spending hours at the gym. Been concerned about your physique lately? Are you afraid you’ve slowly become a couch potato? Do you think you’re putting up more weight than your wardrobe can carry? If such is the case, then it’s probably high time for …