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If you’re stuck on an annoying call, put your phone on airplane mode instead of hanging up.
The other person sees “call failed” instead of “call ended”
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If you ever want software online for free, don’t search for "free".
Search for “open source” to avoid limited trial versions and malware.
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"Getting angry at people for making mistakes doesn't teach them not to make mistakes.
It teaches them to hide their mistakes."
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• Add "+1", "+2" before the @ in your email address
• Websites will register it as a new email, but still send mail to your normal address
Makes organizing accounts or free trials easy.
Example:
Primary: Bob@gmail(dot)com
Bob+1@gmail(dot)com
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1) Get a blank book
2) Ask each family member over 50 to write down life advice that their descendants in 500 yrs should know
3) Keep passing it down
You now have a family treasure that gets more useful over time.
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“What proof would it take to change your mind?”
If they can’t give you an answer, then stop wasting your time.
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Instead of feeling that you lost the day after a bad morning
Reframe each day as 4 quarters:
• morning
• midday
• afternoon
• evening
If you blow one quarter, just get back on track for the next one.
"Fail small, not big." - Gretchen Rubin
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"If someone insults you during a meeting, pretend like you didn't hear them the first time.
Politely ask them to repeat themselves.
They'll either repeat the insult and look rude or realize their mistake and apologize."
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Be careful who you vent to at work.
Just because they listen, it doesn't mean that they are your friend or have your best interests at heart.
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So I crowdsourced the best from 20 million people on Reddit.
Here are 10 life tips you wish you knew yesterday
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Inspired by r/lifeprotips Chris Hladczuk (@chrishlad) crowdsourced the best ideas to show us what advice actually doesn't suck.
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Newer versions of smartphones have a built-in Do Not Disturb feature that limits your phone buzzes to only the essential contacts.
You can also turn on the airplane mode feature to silence everything.
I’m willing to bet 99% of the time, most people don’t get a call in the middle of the night that they needed to deal with urgently. We don’t need to sleep with our phones.
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