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In the last few years, the climate started getting worse in my country. It’s warmer and warmer (39 Celsius in the shadow right now), we had almost no winter (it snowed 2-3 times I think). The warmest year in my country ever already, with the month of August predicted to be even hotter. If living through something like that doesn’t convince you of the climate change and the need to work together towards saving our planet, I don’t know what will.

I researched a bit on ways I can contribute, so I came up with the tips below:

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I’ve been going back and forth with the idea of having posts with my favorite links on this blog, and I’ve decided I should. The purpose is to let my readers know of other posts about personal development or any other subject that is touched on this blog. Obviously there are a lot of great articles out there that can be an inspiration, and I’ll start pointing to those I find.

From the Personal Development Blog, 5 Ways To Become an Inspiration to Others. Gleb Rays talks about his goal to become more fit and how you can be an inspiration to those around you.

As always, anything written by Steve Pavlina is worth reading. Making Time for the Important is no exception. I especially like the 5 year test when it comes to tasks you need doing. He also has a nice story to go with these tips and it’s definitely worth reading.

One of my favorite personal development bloggers, Scott H Young, has an interesting article called 20 Tricks to Boost IQ and Build a Mental Exercise Routine. I’ve been using many of the tricks he writes about and I can definitely recommend them to you.

Alvin Soon has a story from his past in an article called The Difference Between Being Alone And Being Lonely. It’s a difference many can’t make.

This one has a couple of weeks but it has some of my favorite quotes. From Great Circle, You Need to Fail in order to Succeed.

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This advice doesn’t apply just to medicine. It also applies to any other product. In general, known brands are there because they spend huge amounts of money on advertising. You know their brands because you see their commercials on TV, in newspapers, online, or you hear about them on the radio. They do a good job branding themselves and letting people know about their products, but all this costs money. Those advertising costs are included in the prices of the products you buy, so you pay more.

Never fall in the trap of thinking that cheap always means bad quality, or that something expensive is always better and more reliable. Always research online and find their weak points. If it’s about food or something cheaper, then buy it once and test it. If you’re satisfied with the quality, save money and quit buying expensive brands.

If it’s a car for example, I for one know that in a Top Gear survey from the UK, the last 3 cars when it came to owner satisfaction were 3 french cars. In the same survey, Skoda had 3 of the top 10 cars. My dad drives a Skoda because I researched online. He’s really happy with that purchase. I know from my friends that generally Renault has huge costs when it comes to repairing a car, and the quality is weak. I know that older Opel Astra’s break down sometimes during rain because the water reaches the battery. Also that Mercedes for a good period in the 90’s dropped their quality in favor of better prices, and I wouldn’t buy a Mercedes from that period, even with the good brand that it’s applied to it.

Always test the cheaper products and research when it comes to more expensive ones. Find the products with the best price/quality report and you’ll be saving money.

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Each of us have our own share of bad habits that we acquired during our life. Some we are aware of, others we don’t realize we’re doing. Just by observing my actions for couple of days I’ve observed quite a few bad habits that I’d like changed, and I’ve also seen them done by my friends. I imagine that quite a few of these bad habits might be yours as well.

Changing bad habits can be quite a pain, as you have to pay attention and recognize them as soon as they show up and give yourself a mental slap (don’t make it too hard), every time you’re about to make one.

Here are a few of the bad habits I’ve seen done in myself or my friends, and how you can change them.

1. Not being on time at meetings

I usually arrive 5 minutes early to a meeting. Having to wait for 10 minutes after the set time, or even half an hour as a lady friend of mine usually is late, wastes my time and makes me question how serious is that person. That’s especially worse if the person that requested the meeting is late. Know the time it takes you to arrive to a meeting, and leave 5 minutes early. You usually know some time in advance when a meeting will happen, so take care of your business and be on time.

2. Postponing paying the bills

This is a personal problem of mine, as I work from home and when I go out, the places where I need to pay my bills are usually out of my way. Further more, I forget to set money aside for them, so when the final term for payment is reached I usually spend a few days low on cash, as I pay them all in one go. Take your bills and set the money aside for them, and even if it’s out of your way, make a detour when you go shopping and pay them on time. You avoid the interest penalties this way.

3. Talking too much on the phone

Socializing is ok, but spending too much time on the phone doing it might not be, depending on your take on it. Set aside some time in the weekend to get together with your friends or relatives and spend some quality time together. Doing it over the phone is way too impersonal and it costs money to top it off.

4. Eating fast food at lunch

I don’t need to tell you that it’s not healthy, so why do it? Save money and your health, and pack a couple of sandwiches from home. Make them healthy and nutritious and eat those at lunch instead.

5. Getting out of bed late

Hitting the snooze when the alarm goes off or staying too much time in bed means spending the time preparing for work in a constant rush. Set yourself enough time to sleep as much as you need and get up once the alarm goes off. I know it can be hard, but there a few tricks you can use, like buying an alarm clock that is a nightmare to stop or keeping the clock at enough distance from the bed so you have to get up to stop it.

6. Taking work home with you

Organize your time better and avoid spending the time you got with your family on paperwork. It’s a really bad habit and one I’d recommend working on. Don’t slack off at work if you know you’ll have to do it at home instead. When you’re at work, do your job. When you’re home, spend time with your family and make the most of it. Your kids will leave for college soon enough so spend your time now with them and create some nice memories.

7. If you promise something, keep your word

If someone asks you to do something for them, analyze what they’re asking, see if you can do it, and learn to say no when you need to. Promising something and then not following through is not nice at all. When I depend on someone to do something for me, I expect that he does it if he promised so. When you promise something, set some time aside on your to-do list and do it as soon as you can. They’ll appreciate you more for keeping your word when so many don’t.

8. Procrastinating

Too many people have problems with this one, including myself. Procrastination deserves a post of its own, but for now there are a few things you can do about it. Sticking to your to-do list and learning to balance it and do what you write on it is a good first step.

9. Not having enough fun

One thing that bothers me about my fun activities, is that I do them only in the weekends. One big problem when you work at home is learning to be guilt free if you’re not working constantly. I usually feel guilty whenever I’m not on the computer working, feeling that I can do more. Doing something fun every day, even if it’s only for half an hour is something I want to do from now on.

10. Not paying attention and forgetting someone’s name

This one can also be a bit embarrassing and offending to the person you’re being introduced. Try to pay attention for a couple of seconds when you meet someone new and at least remember their name. If you forget it anyway, ask for a business card at the end of the meeting to avoid asking for their name again.

These are 10 of the bad habits I’ve seen in myself or some of my friends. What are your bad habits and how are you trying to change them?

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Once you finish paying a loan, my advice would be to avoid spending that extra money each month. You’re already used to spending a certain amount of money each month and making sure that your salary lasts. Put those money every month into a savings account or invest it.

If you’re having difficulties living without those money, then sure, spend some of it to make your life easier, but if you can afford setting money aside you should do it. It can really help out with the large expenses or you can invest them for your kids college fund or anything else. Buying the new iPhone, a new car or a new laptop will not be such a burden if you can just use those extra money.

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In the past days we looked at how you can save money in shops, on fuel, clothing and others. Today let’s see how we can cut down costs at home.

• Turn off your TV instead of leaving it on standby. It still uses up quite a bit of juice if you don’t.
• Use energy-saving light bulbs. They save both money and you get to do something to save the planet.
• When you leave a room, switch the lights off. When you watch TV same thing. When you leave the house, turn off the computer or your laptop, don’t just leave it on standby.
• Turn the thermostats down 5°C and avoid electric blankets as they consume quite a bit of energy.
• In the summer, at least when the weather isn’t that bad, open the windows and shut off the fans or the air conditioning.
• Don’t let those leftovers to go bad. Instead of cooking a new meal, heat up those leftovers.
• Don’t let the water running if you’re not using it.

Again, not huge money savers by themselves, but combined and done regularly it can save you quite a bit of cash.

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Today’s money saving tip is about stashing away the small change that you get each day. Try to use bigger coins or paper money when you buy something, instead of fishing for small coins in your pocket to pay the exact price. Take the small change you get in return and put it in a special pocket. At the end of the day, put it in a special place, and forget about it.

Do that, and you’ll see that it quickly mounts to a nice sum. Once you have enough go to a supermarket with a CoinStar machine and change it. Actually this whole tip is based on CoinStar machines still being available in american supermarkets, since I’m not an american. I don’t recommend going to a bank and torturing the cashier by giving him a bucket of small change to count. I for one give the small change to my mother, since she’s always looking for small coins to pay in the market, and she gives me larger bills in return. This works well during Christmas when coins are nowhere to be found in stores from my country.

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The number one killer world-wide are heart diseases. According to the American Heart Association, 33 million American men have heart related diseases. Keeping a healthy diet and knowing what to eat can help you avoid that problem.

1. Garlic Bread, it’s not just against vampires

Garlic bread lowers your cholesterol, fights infections, and more then that, it may help dealing with the damage done by a heart attack or heart surgery. Researchers in India found out that animals that were fed garlic, had more heart protecting anti-oxidants in their blood.

2. A take-out a day keeps the heart doctor away

Ginger and turmeric, two spices found regularly in lots of indian and chinese foods, are rich in natural anti-inflammatory compounds.

3. Cranberry Juice, drink of the champions

According to a study, men that drank three 8 ounce glasses of cranberry juice daily, reduced the risk of a heart disease by 40%. That’s because it increased their HDL cholesterol levels by 10%. Buy 100% juice if possible.

4. Pick French Wine over German ones

French wine has up to four times more artery-protecting enzymes then their German counterparts. Or at least that’s what the Journal of the American College of Cardiology says.

5. Oatmeal Cookies

According to a study, men with high cholesterol that ate oat-bran cookies every day for 8 weeks, dropped their cholesterol level by 20%.

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Ever noticed how you usually spend more then you anticipated when you go shopping? I’ve fallen into this trap more then a few times. The solution to save money here is using a shopping list and sticking to it. Find a cooking book, check some recipes you would like to make and make a shopping list with the ingredients needed. Add to that any other item you might need.

The key here would be to go directly to the aisles where your ingredients are located, trying to ignore all the other delicious stuff that might make you spend money. The store’s mission is to arrange their merchandise in such a way that makes you spend more. Your mission is to be aware of that and to try to stick to your shopping list.

Even if you only save $20 per week, that’s $1000 in a year. Depending on your shopping habits, you might save more then that. Saving money by cutting luxury items off your list works.

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