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Before and After: “I Struggled for Years With Getting Myself to Ring My Grandfather.”

I’m writing my next book, Before and After, about how we make and break habits–an issue  very relevant to happiness. Each week, I’ll post a before-and-after story submitted by a reader, about how he or she successfully changed a habit. We can all learn from each other. If you’d like to share your...

Family Finances, Entrepreneurship, and More with Canadian Finance Blog's Tom Drake

I recently had the chance to interview with the fantastic Tom Drake from Canadian Finance Blog! Tom is a Financial Analyst, husband, dad, and the mastermind behind one of Canada's most popular personal finance websites.

Canadian Finance Blog is very well-known in the personal finance blogosphere...

Best Money Tips: Habits of Financially Successful People

Welcome to Wise Bread's Best Money Tips Roundup! Today we found some fantastic articles on habits of financially successful people, how families can save money in April, and boosting your resume.
Top 5 Articles

The 10 habits of financially successful people — Financially successful people...

This Is How You Rent Your Place on Airbnb — and Succeed

Almost immediately after moving to New York City I had the brilliant idea to rent out our guest bedroom to tourists. My now-husband and I had a two-bedroom apartment, and we decided on getting the extra space so we could accommodate out-of-town friends and family that we were sure would visit all...

4 Manly Lessons from the Minor Leagues

Editor’s Note: This is a guest post from Vance Albitz, AAA Infielder, St. Louis Cardinals. Take away the high salaries of the major league ballplayers and the sold-out crowds that watch them play, and it’s no wonder why many people say that the true passion for baseball lives in the Minor...

Know Your Lifts: The Power Jerk & Split Jerk

“Know Your Lifts” is an illustrated guide series that shows how to perform basic weightlifting exercises. Check out our previous guides on the High-Bar Back Squat, Deadlift,  Shoulder Press, and Clean. (They’re all available as posters in our store as well.) In today’s edition we take a...

Secret of Adulthood: Enthusiasm Is a Form of Social Courage.

Further Secrets of Adulthood:   The more I think about happiness, the more I value enthusiasm. Enthusiasm is a form of social courage – it’s safer to criticize and scoff than to praise and embrace — and I’ve decided that I’d rather be “enthusiastic” than “confident.” I have a patron saint for...

5 Life Hacks To Become A Productivity Star

Nowadays, you simply have to be productive. In school, at work, in your personal life. We live in a create-on-demand world so you must have felt the pressure every now and then. The thing you always have to remember when it comes to being productive, regardless of the context: you got to have a...

Absorb What You Need

Absorb what is useful. Discard what is not. Add what is uniquely your own. – Bruce Lee

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Never Stop Trying

I can accept failure. Everyone fails at something. But I can’t accept not trying. – Michael Jordan

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