By: Kimberly Stohlman | 2010-04-01 | Reference & Education It is vital to get students out of the passive viewing mindset when using videos in the classroom as a teaching tool. A few simple techniques can transform this and change your students' viewing habits so they become active watchers rather than passive viewers. read more
By: Moreen Torpy | 2010-03-27 | Organizing Fall is almost here, and the back-to-school supplies have been on display in stores for several weeks already. I'm sure kids aren't ready to resume the schedule that being in class brings, however, there's not much choice! read more
By: Rick Weaver | 2010-03-31 | Management Changing bosses may seem to be the best way to correct an underperforming workgroup. However a new study by Randstad shows there are some things to look for that can increase the chances of success. read more
By: Liz Koh | 2010-03-30 | Personal Finance Having more money is something most people aspire to, but when your income is fixed, having more money is not an easy goal to reach. Looking at your money habits may give you some clues for how to make your money work better for you. That doesn't mean that you have to cut back on all the things that make life fun - in fact it's quite the opposite. read more
By: Nick Jacobs | 2012-05-03 | Health & Fitness In a recent discussion with a clinical psychologist, I learned that we generally become our habits our habits become us. Accordingly, to change, to grow, to transition and to flourish, we have to work very hard at changing those habits that are not benefiting us personally. read more
By: Brian Fisher | 2010-10-01 | Self help We all have them. We learned them early in our life and now they are subconsciously there. Bad habits, smoking, overeating and some we are to ashamed to mention. Get rid of them for good. read more
By: Samir Kunvaria | 2010-03-29 | Personal Finance I often come across friends who tell me that they have negative balance in their savings account by the 25th of each month. They often burrow money from others and repay it next month when the salary gets credited. That's when I came across making a financial plan of one such friend. I was surprised to know that my friend actually overspent of what he used to earn each month. My dear friend, had a few of the pampered habits listed below with examples. read more
By: sara wright | 2010-10-25 | Gifts Memories of working in a customer service department for a major online retailer include trying to work out why some people were phoning on Boxing Day and winging instead of being with their families and celebrating being together. Customers would place orders late on Christmas Eve expecting their parcels to arrive on their doorstep by courier pigeon- and all neatly wrapped with bows- which obviously wasn't/isn't ever the case. read more
By: Sarah Labdar | 2011-09-13 | Nutrition Snacking- it’s something we all do but it’s not always what we need to be doing. Snacking can contribute to weight gain, especially if you aren’t snacking on the right types of food. For many overweight individuals snacking is a coping mechanism, which in turn causes them to eat more due to added weight gain. The problem with snacking isn’t the actual snacking itself. The problem is what y read more
By: Mark Warrington | 2011-03-22 | Health & Fitness There are many little things we do mindlessly that sabotage our diet plans. Sometimes, we even abandon our diet plans because we think they're not working. We get so frustrated because despite our best efforts, we still pile on the pounds. However, observing our eating habits carefully may reveal practices that taken together can spell the difference between failure and success. read more
By: Francis David | 2010-09-21 | TV No one can blame you for your Television watching habit. But do you like to curtail the time you spend viewing Television at home without throwing your TV away? read more
By: Regina Cheah | 2011-08-08 | Wellness How to stop, break or ditch bad habits. In this article, bad habits include nail biting, eating too much sweets, smoking, drug use and substance abuse, binge drinking and social media addiction (including facebook, myspace, twitter, youtube, etc). This article explores simple and easy tips and ideas to break the bad habits - healthily and naturally. read more
By: Joel Matthews | 2010-03-30 | Goal Setting Many people who want to change a habit or start a new one, think that just because they do it right for a week, they have got it under wraps, the thing is, continual action usually takes 21 days or more to become a habit. We need to convince our brain that it is normal for us to be doing something this way, one of the reasons it takes so long to form a new habit is because we need to stop doing the old one while we learn the new one. read more
By: FerragusLapointe | 2010-12-06 | Self Improvement This article provides some great tips on how to break bad habits and develop good habits - MUST READ! read more