Obesity is epidemic, most Americans struggle with it. The CDC reports that 69% of adult Americans are overweight or obese. The average weight for men rose ‘dramatically’ from 166.3 pounds in 1960 to 191 pounds in 2002; women went from 140.2 pounds to 164.3 pounds. Obesity is the second leading Read more…
We’ve often recommended getting a workout buddy to keep yourself motivated at the gym, and work is no different. Especially if you feel like you’re getting a lot of flak from others about your performance, it can help to have someone tell you you’re awesome and keep you feeling good Read more…
… You Get to Choose What You Want to Do When you start a side business you get to choose what you want to do. You take a skill you have and twist it into a profitable service. Your side business is tailored to what you’re good at. Nobody else Read more…
Weight loss isn’t easy (if it were, we wouldn’t have a billion different diet plans and products to waste our money on). But even the smallest weight loss tricks or mind hacks can make a big difference when it comes to sticking to your diet or weight loss plan. Here Read more…
But as humans, our reality is shaped by what we perceive. So one person will see the sun has overwhelmingly hot and oppressive, the other sees it as an opportunity for a great tan. Another will see it as a huge cancer machine. And still another will think the sun Read more…
We’ve all seen them. The items that make you go “What…?!?” Here’s a fun list of 5 bizarre items with some fun descriptions. Please, do not actually buy any of these lest we cry. via 5 Products that Define Consumerism | Retire29.
When you go first with your story, your dream and your hustle you give everyone in the room a really powerful gift. You give them the gift of going second. It’s hard to go first. You don’t know the rules yet, you don’t know how it will be accepted, there’s Read more…
This post is all about programming, but it’d be shortsighted to wrap up without reminding you that I’d rather see a mediocre program executed with outstanding intensity and adherence than an outstanding program executed with mediocre effort. You can’t outprogram “soft,” so be sure you’re working hard in spite of Read more…
When you’re having trouble dragging yourself to the gym, think of the admonition of psychology writer Tal Ben-Shahar: “Not exercising is like taking depressants.” If you’ve already got the melancholic deck stacked against you, don’t ingest metaphorical despondency drugs by living a sedentary lifestyle. via A Realistic, Encouraging, Compassionate, No-Nonsense, Read more…
From the outside, we only see the positive side of affluence. We see the amazing house. We see the shiny car. We see the nice clothes. We see the amazing travel. When we compare those elements on their own to the elements in our own life, we feel a tinge Read more…