The difficult part of reaching your goals and dreams is following through and not letting yourself talk yourself out of them. That’s a mouthful, so let me clarify. Why we fail at accomplishing our goals Call them goal, dreams, projects, whatever. If you are a Lifehack reader then you have a list of them somewhere. These are the things that you want to accomplish or the things that someone else wants you to accomplish....

But there’s a catch. The right direction is always the one that supports the belief. Personal beliefs are chronic self-fulfilling prophecies. This is a good thing when your beliefs are positive, as you’re likely to create a positive upward spiral that lifts you toward success. However, you need to learn how to overcome limiting beliefs when they are negative because they’ll drag you down. How Limiting Beliefs Hold You Back from Success Most of the time, we’re unaware of limiting beliefs....

Fortunately, developing a casual understanding of art is not all that difficult. It is true that some people devote their entire lives to studying the minutest details of an artists’ work, but there’s no need to become an expert to have a meaningful relationship with art. All it takes is a moderate attention to detail, a little bit of patience, and a willingness to reflect on your own feelings. Here, I’ll show you a quick way to approach and appreciate a painting, although the ideas here can be applied to works in other mediums (sculpture, drawing, even architecture and fashion) quite easily....

Do you end up pushing your limits instead of saying no to people? Some people find themselves unable to refuse others. Whenever someone has a request, they’ll say yes, and part of this is because they do not know how to say no. The other part comes from not wanting to disappoint others. However, while saying yes seems like a ready solution, it’s not necessarily the best answer all the time....

While Etsy is a great platform for many small artisans, attracting a wide base of customers it would otherwise be very difficult to find, it’s easy for first-time sellers to get lost among the platform’s many voices. But not to worry, with a few handy tips and best practices under your belt, you’ll be sure to make the most of the famous crafting site in no time. We highly suggest starting with this extensive interactive guide, as well as with these following key tips to to ensure you sell more on Etsy....

Finding a new routine will take time, effort, and possibly additional resources. As an account manager, you have tremendous pressure to keep clients happy and continue to be proactive in their business as you scale your services and support their business growth. It is a delicate balancing act which can drive you mad. And having to juggle all of these responsibilities may cause you to drop the ball at some of the most crucial times....

Many people end up gaining weight after their trips because of not eating healthy, sitting on airplanes or in meeting rooms for hours at a time as well as being stressed. Sometimes the rush of making flight connections results in stuffing yourself with airport fast food just to fill your stomach and when you finally get back to your hotel room, you are just too tired to do anything else....

Unlike hard skills, like math, reading, science and social studies, soft skills revolve around communication, relating with others, and self discipline. Like balancing a check book and figuring out a mortgage rate, these essential skills are usually learned outside the classroom from their families and peers. Sometimes these necessary soft skills aren’t learned at all. The Soft Skills They Won’t Teach You in School Did you think that self-confident class president learned how to schmooze his way to victory from his history class?...

Well, have you ever seen someone you idolize — someone who is just crushing it at life, overcoming obstacles and showing immense mental strength — and thought: man, they must be wired differently? Same. Particularly if they’re doing their second Hell Week as a US Marine and you’re just trying to keep up with a 10-day yoga challenge you set for yourself. Yes, it can seem like you’re worlds apart, but you aren’t....

But have you ever started out making a mental or physical list of your goals only to end up with quite a few? Then when you start acting on them, they either end up cast aside or only half achieved? Having goals has been drummed into us from an early age but are having all these goals actually hindering us? The 5/25 rule solves the problem of having so many goals....

Here’s how to write a cover letter that will land you a job interview and start you on the path to landing that job: 1. Open strong. You want to catch the employer’s attention and the first step to doing that is making sure the letter is addressed to the right person. If there’s no name in the ad, pick up the phone and call the company to find out who is reviewing the cover letters and resumes coming in....

Dr. Coren a canine expert and professor of psychology at the University of British Columbia writes that dogs are cursorial animals, which means they are designed for swift running. He states: “Behaviorists believe that depriving a dog of that course of action by immobilizing him with a hug can increase his stress level”. Dr. Coren took a random sample of 250 pictures of adults and children hugging dogs. He sourced the pictures from the internet....

Burnout is a regular visitor to my life as I always step in to help others Unfortunately, that wasn’t the first time burnout showed up. A hard worker and high achiever dating back to elementary school, my primary focus was on achieving at all costs. I am also a caregiver by nature feeling the need to step in and help when others need help. Through law school and then working in the nonprofit sector, I would work and work and work ignoring my building stress until I flamed out....

What thoughts will flash through your mind? You will be faced with tough questions such as: Did I do enough, love enough, was I happy? You might leave these questions simmering on the back burner, thinking tomorrow will be a good day to contemplate the answers, but remember—tomorrow might not come! So here’s what you can do today. Let’s call this an insurance policy for tomorrow’s happiness. 1. Put your health and wellness above everything else There is an old saying: “If you don’t have your health you have nothing,” and this is very true....

The incompetent goofball is one of those tropes that really needs to go away. Playful dads are not inept parents, joking their way through adulthood. Instead, they’re positively shaping their children’s lives in a meaningful way. Here are eight reasons why you were really lucky to have a playful dad: 1. He Was Your Friend When you’re a kid, you need friends. But having friends is never harder than when you’re young and as you grow up, it gets harder....

If your dreams don’t scare you they aren’t big enough

While you might just be concerned with removing drunken party photos from your social networking profiles, remember that those aren’t the only thing that can make you look unprofessional. In fact, there is a greater likelihood for you to not get hired if hiring managers see that you use terrible spelling and grammar on your profile than if you have a few photos showing you drinking. It makes sense: drinking is something you probably only do on the weekend, if you can’t spell though, that’s something that will affect your work....

In the end, we only regret the chances we didn’t take.

So you subscribe to feeds to get the articles from the websites you love without having to go through your browser to get the latest articles all the time; or you want to read them whilst on the move. Sometimes you want an easy way to share that killer content that you just read from your feed app, to Twitter, Facebook, Linked in and other social networks easier and more efficient....

The brain is the command center of our body that controls all our actions and reactions too. Over time many of these actions turn into reflexes – our natural response to certain stimuli. For instance, it’s a natural reflex that makes it impossible to rotate your foot clockwise while your hand rotates in opposite direction. It’s magical what you can do just by confusing the brain. Buzzfeed, has these awesome tricks that will totally blow your mind....