Life Hacks | 12 things successful people never reveal at work

You can’t build a strong professional network if you don’t open up to your colleagues; but doing so is tricky, because revealing the wrong things can have a devastating effect on your career.

Photo showing 12 things successful people never reveal about themselves at work-life hacksBy Travis Bradberry

Sharing the right aspects of yourself in the right ways is an art form. Disclosures that feel like relationship builders in the moment can wind up as obvious no-nos with hindsight.

The trick is to catch yourself before you cross that line, because once you share something, there is no going back.

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Life Hacks | how to impress anyone in 30 seconds or less

Few things in life will help you more than knowing how to make an immediate great impression. Make note of these impressive habits.

Executive photo about best ways to impress anyone in 30 seconds for financial success--great life hackBy Lolly Daskal

Some experts estimate that 85 percent of your financial success comes not from your skills or knowledge but from your ability to connect with other people and engender their trust and respect.

Within seconds, everyone you meet forms an impression that largely determines whether they’ll like, trust, and respect you. Whether you’re job-hunting or fundraising or leading an organization, making a good impression is absolutely critical. (No pressure, right?)

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Video | jungle animals funny reactions seeing their first mirror

French photographer Xavier Hubert Brierre traveled to Gabon, Africa, and set up a mirror in several locations of the jungle to capture animals walking by. In this video, they caught their hilarious reactions on camera.

Funny animal video showing reactions of jungle creatures seeing their mirror reflections for the first time -tThere can be no better or worse sight than your own reflection, but these vain animals seemed very keen to admire themselves. Innovative French photographer Xavier Hubert Brierre travelled to Gabon with his wife and set up a mirror in several locations in order to capture animals walking by.

The video results are stunning, with one of the more amusing reactions being from two leopards. One of them takes several looks at the mirror before it is attacked by a second leopard, who calls off the ambush when he too spots Xavier’s mirror.

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Photography | Babies thrive with their furry friends

When I was studying for my pet therapy certification test, I remember reading studies about the many health benefits humans, especially kids, garner from interacting with animals. Well here is the visual evidence showing how babies thrive with pets.

A child’s development can often be accelerated by daily interactions with the family pet. Their young minds grow a great deal through their social and emotional bonds. Instead of providing scientific facts to backup this theory, here are  photos that without a doubt prove that it’s true.

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Architecture | “Building Of The Year” awards – showcasing inspiring innovation

From a pool of over 3,000 buildings designed and created in the past year, the folks at Arch Daily reveal the stunning winners.

Building Of The Year awards-Sancaklar MosqueThere are 14 categories which range from houses and housing to educational and healthcare architecture. The competing designs hail from locales as diverse as Chile, Vietnam, Italy, China, Poland and Burundi, imagined by familiar firms like Shigeru Ban Architects, Renzo Piano Building Workshop, Kengo Kuma & Associates and Grimshaw Architects. Whether it’s an iceberg-inspired apartment complex in Denmark or a region’s first library, the stunning creations represent the most boundary-pushing, awe-inspiring buildings popping up all over the world.

Sancaklar Mosque / Emre Arolat Architects :Sancaklar Mosque located in Buyukçekmece, a suburban neighborhood in the outskirts of Istanbul, aims to address the fundamental issues of designing a mosque by distancing itself from the current architectural discussions based on form and focusing solely on the essence of religious space. (more…)

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The Arts | The most creative & witty sculptures from around the globe

The most creative and witty sculptures from around the globe - Bliss Project by Marco Cochrane, TFrom kinetic sculpture to light sculpture to classic marble statues, these works of art are some of the most creative and witty pieces I’ve ever seen. A nice sampling from all over the world.

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Stainless steel kinetic sculpture by Anthony Howe USA

 

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The most creative and witty sculptures from around the globe – kinetic sculpture by Anthony Howe

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Funny Dog Videos | extreme dog teams up with Parkour athlete

I’ve been a big fan of Jumpy and think he’s the most impressive extreme athletic dog out there. Check out his amazing stunts compilation in an earlier post of mine here. In this video, Jumpy has found his human athletic soul mate, and they do a wonderful romping duet in a park that is nicely captured by an excellent slow motion cinematographer. The flying human is Alex Duong–a professional Parkour (info below) athlete and actor.
The cinematographer is Darren Dyk. Enjoy this canine-human whirling ballet.

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Apps | TED’s best apps to make your everyday life easier

You’ve likely heard about those smarties at TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design).  I’ve enjoyed their fine podcasts for years and now their staff has come up with the 25 best apps to help make your everyday life easier.

TED's best apps to make your everyday life easier - VSCO Cam appI’ve been using a few of the selections here and have indeed found them quite useful. The app selections cover four categories: For random life stuff, For getting around, For staying organized, For computer and email ease.

 

 

Apps to make your everyday life easier – by TED staff

At our small, fast-moving nonprofit company, everyone does a couple of jobs — and productivity apps help us manage roles that shift between coding, writing/designing and running a full-scale conference twice a year. We asked the TED staff what apps they can’t live without. And beyond the classics—Instagram, Google Maps, Spotify, Uber, Seamless—we found some great apps that might help you too.

Waze GPS, Traffic Navigation, Map – video tour

http://youtu.be/R8WKW0xeBxU

For getting around…

CityMaps2Go Pro
This app downloads offline, zoomable, searchable maps of major cities, so that even if you are roaming around Tokyo and can’t read any of the signs, you can still find your way around. “It’s good for people like me who travel internationally but don’t like to get data plans,” says Thu-Huong Ha, of our editorial team.

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TED’s best apps to make your everyday life easier – Couch to 5k app

Word Lens
Another great app for travelers, Word Lens visually translates printed text into your language in real time. When you snap a photo of a sign or document, it shows the image to you in English. “It’s crazy,” says Kyle Shearer of our Events Workgroup. “The translations are not always 100%, but it’s good enough to get by on.” Hello, food menus. (more…)

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Humor | celebrities read mean tweets about themselves on Kimmel

If you haven’t seen these funny bits on Jimmy Kimmel before, you’re in for a tweet treat. I’ve gathered all 7 editions that have aired over the past two years to give you a quick laughing binge.

Humor---Celebrities-read-mean-tweets-on-Jimmy-Kimmel-Live-TV-show-is-a-funny-youtube-video-clip---Tom-Hanks TSince I think the Mean Tweets have gotten funnier over time, I have sorted all the videos below from the most recent to oldest. Thanks go out to my ever vigilant niece Maya for sending me cool funny stuff like this for my site.

At this point, the case could maybe, possibly be made that the market is oversaturated with late-night viral videos, and that maybe, possibly the talk shows should cut down on them a bit. That said, if only one can remain, it should be Jimmy Kimmel’s recurring “Celebrities Read Mean Tweets” series. It is a national treasure. – Time Magazine

Celebrities Read Mean Tweets on Jimmy Kimmel Live TV show, very funny youtube video clips, all 7 episodes
Celebrities Read Mean Tweets on Jimmy Kimmel Live TV show, very funny youtube video clips, all 7 episodes

Celebrities Read Mean Tweets #7 – Jimmy Kimmel Live

This 7th edition of Mean Tweets features Julia Roberts, Don Cheadle, Ashton Kutcher, Courteney Cox, Andy Garcia, Mindy Kaling, David Blaine, Don Rickles, Ethan Hawke, Matthew McConaughey, June Squibb, Jeremy Piven, Kit Harrington, Emma Stone, Gary Oldman and Sofia Vergara.

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