Daylight saving time (DST) is the practice of advancing clocks during the summer months that have more daylight. This is to make people get up earlier in the morning and experience more daylight in the evening and make the most of the sunlight hours. DST was first proposed in 1895 by George Vernon Hudson. The system has had its advocates and detractors. Putting...

Mood and weather are similar in several aspects. They both affect the outcome of your, both are predictable, both are passing in nature, and both can cause havoc to you and the environment. Fortunately, despite their many similarities, they differ, luckily, in one important thing --- while the meteorological weather cannot be controlled, you can control your moods....

Like most people, you, too, must hate wastage and yet you may be wasting precious energy by entertaining negative emotions. Unfortunately, this squandering of energy can be habit forming and permeates your daily life. Signs that you are a slave of your negative emotions are when you get annoyed at the slightest discomfort, you feel bitter towards others at a drop of...

Perhaps, it is a natural reaction for humans to avoid being blamed, hence the quick reaction to pass them immediately to others. This is not surprising since Adam himself blamed God for giving him Eve that resulted to their banishment from Eden. The denials you resort to today may not have as heavy consequence as Adam had but they could be devastating, too, since...

Attitude is defined as the way a person views people, objects, event, activities, ideas, or just about anything in the environment, and his behaviour towards them. It is usually done in an evaluative way, either positively or otherwise. How do you acquire or develop your attitudes? Studies show that you may develop or take on an attitude due to the following...

This article is more concerned in improving your productivity by being more efficient in doing things. Many confuse efficiency with effectiveness because both are goal-oriented. However, their similarity stops there. While efficiency refers to how well something is done, effectiveness refers to how useful it is. One way to illustrate their difference is when a...

Sigmund Freud once said: “The mind is like an iceberg, it floats with one-seventh of its bulk above water.” Your brain is seldom idle during all our waking hours. Unfortunately, only a fraction of what’s going in our brain is useful for you.  This means, you waste most of the energy your brain spends in thinking unimportant things which could otherwise be used for...

While travelling down a dirt road, you suddenly get stuck in a muddy rut. Do you just leave the car and continue on foot or find ways to get unstuck from the muddy pool? Similar situation may and can happen in your journey to your goal. However, giving up or abandoning what you have started at this stage may not be the wisest options to take. This is especially so...

Do you ever wonder why despite all the activities that keep you busy all day long, you often end your day with nothing to show for it? Perhaps it’s high time you assess your activities. It's possible these activities give you only the feeling of being busy but are not actually effective. In short, you are simply wasting away your time. If you do this purposely, and...