Peer-to-peer payment networks are having an extended moment. About <a href="https://www.statista.com/statistics/946109/digital-banking-users-usa/">65 percent</a> of Americans are expected to bank online in 2022. Cash and credit card use has been in decline for years and the pandemic accelerated people’s move to contactless payments. There are also 63 million Americans whose only financial options are money transfer apps. People use Cash App as their primary bank account, and in some cases as their only bank account.

Peer-To-Peer Money Transfer

Cash App didn’t invent #CashAppFriday. Cash App’s genius was to get on the trend. #CashAppFridays mark giveaways to people who tweet at it. Cash App figured out that: a) people use financial apps their friends are using, so creating social engagement is critical for growth; and b) the fastest way to social influence is to piggyback on the already existing social influence and amplify it through a go-to-market strategy that emphasizes social activity among Cash App’s initial following.

Cash App Lessons: Community

Cash App collaborated with everyone from Travis Scott to Red Bull to Cardi B to Meghan Tee Stallion and Miley Cyrus. These collaborations include cash and stock giveaways, tutorials and Cash App financial wisdom. Through linking itself with celebrities, Cash App embedded itself not only in communities of its users and fans, but also in the wider culture. Collaborations extend to charitable causes, like matching donations and emerging artist promotions.

Cash App Lessons: Collaboration

Cash App curates its brand narrative around the hustle ethos, hip hop aesthetics, and voices of those who have often been traditionally excluded from the establishment but who are in charge of cultural innovation. Cash App started with empathy for a particular group of people and their particular interests, tastes and values. The outcome is that Cash App’s users feel like there’s nothing out there that’s like it - and that they are creating culture together with the app and all others who use it. The commercial activity becomes cultural activity.

Cash App Lessons: Curation

Over time, Cash App created recurring content streams, delivered in Gen Z-meets-hip hop aesthetics and revolving around democratization of investing and improving financial literacy. “Cash App Wisdom” is a series of explainers focused on everything from the basics of stock investing to account protection. Various money lessons are regularly delivered by Meghan Thee Stallion. A Red Bull Racing content partnership brings one up to speed on everything crypto. Content creates a massive following and differentiates Cash App from other financial applications

Cash App Lessons: Content

Why turning commerce into culture is the best go-to-market strategy

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According to the National Center of Education Statistics, the number of students over 25 who pursue higher education will increase. Older students have many options, such as online courses, professional certifications and doctoral programs. While it can be difficult to fit school into your lifestyle, navigating student life and adult responsibilities are possible.

Adult higher education

There are two signs that you are ready to go back to school. <ol><li>You know what you want. You picked the subject you want to study and the goals you want to accomplish through your education.</li><li>You're reasonably sure you can pay for it. Ideally, your education should open career doors that will enable you to pay back any student debt.</li></ol>

Consider the ideal time

<ul><li>There's no age limit for federal aid. So you can fill out the FAFSA again, but now as an adult. FAFSA can also help you narrow down federal aid prospects.</li></ul> <ul><li>Contact the financial aid office of the school you would like to attend. Ask if you can enter your upcoming year's projected income of the FAFSA, which is helpful if you plan to scale back on work hours.</li></ul> <ul><li>Ask about grants and scholarships. Search independently for scholarships, such as on Fastweb and scholarships.com.</li></ul> <ul><li>Paying for school get you tax breaks. A common student tax credit is the Lifetime Learning Credit.</li><li>Consider a loan.</li></ul>

Paying for school

Consider your logistical requirements. Is there a program near where you live? Do you have transport available? Should the program offer evening, weekend, or online classes? Start your research: Look up program rankings, find the program's graduation rate, investigate how many graduates are employed and read student reviews.

Choosing a program

<ul><li>Free massive open online courses (MOOCs) are ideal if you want to know more about a subject.</li><li>Certificates are non-degree-granting programs and are helpful when exploring a new area or increasing your current expertise.</li><li>Professional certifications or trade certifications. Certifications can qualify you to perform a specific job.</li><li>Degree programs. These train you for a specific job or give you a broader education in a particular subject. Bachelor's degree programs take four years.</li><li>Advanced degrees. These degrees help with an employment niche. A master's degree can increase your earning potential.</li></ul>

Certificate, certification or degree

Many people work full-time while studying. Their employer may also help pay the tuition. You can study full-time or part-time. Full-time will get you quicker to completion, but part-time will allow some breathing room to attend to other responsibilities easier.

Work and study

Going back to school as an adult can be the key to the career you always wanted. Or it can increase the earning potential and enjoyment of the career you already have.

Should You Go Back To School As An Adult? - Money Under 30

A mathematician is always asking, “What assumptions are you making? And are they justified?”

Math is a science that helps us solve common problems and enable us to be right about our decisions. Math is mostly just common sense. We intuitively use logic and reason to solve "math" problems.  However, we often fail at this logic - for example, in survivorship bias. When analysing data, survivorship bias only focuses on the people or things that succeeded while ignoring the one’s that failed.

Math is the study of avoiding errors

We use probability to assess how risky something is, such as an investment or an action we want to take. But if we just use probability to assess risk, we fail to take into account how bad the potential negative outcomes will be if they do occur. For example, would you rather get<ol><li>$50,000</li><li>or have a 50/50 chance of losing $100,000 or getting $200,000?</li></ol>The expected value is the same, but the negative results in the second scenario would be really bad. The risk is much higher.

We confuse probability with risk

Headlines like “New study shows milk is related to Alzheimer’s.” “This study reveals how much you really do at work.” is problematic for these reasons:<ul><li>Sometimes insignificant results can pass statistical tests. </li><li>Unsuccessful studies are rarely published. E.g. 20 studies test chocolate for causing constipation. If 19 fail and only the one that finds a correlation is published, it can change our perception.</li><li>Researchers fake results. If they only need one extra percentage point to comply with scientific standards, they may tweak the data because they believe what they found is true.</li></ul>

Take the findings of scientific research with a grain of salt

Dividing one number by another is mere computation. Figuring out what to divide is mathematics.

<ul><li>Small datasets have a lot more noise in them. When looking at conclusions based on data sets, see how much noise to signal it contains.</li><li>Percentages are good for positive quantities but should be avoided for negative numbers.</li><li>Statistical observations. People are quick to see patterns that don't exist.</li><li>Correlation is not transitive. A father is related by blood to his son, the son is related by blood to the mother, but the mother and father are not related by blood.</li><li>Uncorrelated does not imply unrelated.</li></ul>

Other mathematical traps

People often assume that the rate of change of a quantity will remain the same over time. If obesity increased 1% last year, they assume the same will happen in the following years. One research paper concluded that 100% of Americans will be obese by 2048, then applied false linearity to the same data and concluded that only 80% of black men will be obese at that time.

False linearity

How not to be deceived by mathematical traps.

“Witty, compelling, and just plain fun to read . . ." —Evelyn Lamb, Scientific American The Freakonomics of math—a math-world superstar unveils the hidden beauty and logic of the world and puts its power in our hands The math we learn in school can seem like a dull set of rules, laid down by the ancients and not to be questioned. In How Not to Be Wrong, Jordan Ellenberg shows us how terribly limiting this view is: Math isn’t confined to abstract incidents that never occur in real life, but rather touches everything we do—the whole world is shot through with it. Math allows us to see the hidden structures underneath the messy and chaotic surface of our world. It’s a science of not being wrong, hammered out by centuries of hard work and argument. Armed with the tools of mathematics, we can see through to the true meaning of information we take for granted: How early should you get to the airport? What does “public opinion” really represent? Why do tall parents have shorter children? Who really won Florida in 2000? And how likely are you, really, to develop cancer? How Not to Be Wrong presents the surprising revelations behind all of these questions and many more, using the mathematician’s method of analyzing life and exposing the hard-won insights of the academic community to the layman—minus the jargon. Ellenberg chases mathematical threads through a vast range of time and space, from the everyday to the cosmic, encountering, among other things, baseball, Reaganomics, daring lottery schemes, Voltaire, the replicability crisis in psychology, Italian Renaissance painting, artificial languages, the development of non-Euclidean geometry, the coming obesity apocalypse, Antonin Scalia’s views on crime and punishment, the psychology of slime molds, what Facebook can and can’t figure out about you, and the existence of God. Ellenberg pulls from history as well as from the latest theoretical developments to provide those not trained in math with the knowledge they need. Math, as Ellenberg says, is “an atomic-powered prosthesis that you attach to your common sense, vastly multiplying its reach and strength.” With the tools of mathematics in hand, you can understand the world in a deeper, more meaningful way. How Not to Be Wrong will show you how.

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“Witty, compelling, and just plain fun to read . . ." —Evelyn Lamb, Scientific American The Freakonomics of math—a math-world superstar unveils the hidden beauty and logic of the world and puts its power in our hands The math we learn in school can seem like a dull set of rules, laid down by the ancients and not to be questioned. In How Not to Be Wrong, Jordan Ellenberg shows us how terribly limiting this view is: Math isn’t confined to abstract incidents that never occur in real life, but rather touches everything we do—the whole world is shot through with it. Math allows us to see the hidden structures underneath the messy and chaotic surface of our world. It’s a science of not being wrong, hammered out by centuries of hard work and argument. Armed with the tools of mathematics, we can see through to the true meaning of information we take for granted: How early should you get to the airport? What does “public opinion” really represent? Why do tall parents have shorter children? Who really won Florida in 2000? And how likely are you, really, to develop cancer? How Not to Be Wrong presents the surprising revelations behind all of these questions and many more, using the mathematician’s method of analyzing life and exposing the hard-won insights of the academic community to the layman—minus the jargon. Ellenberg chases mathematical threads through a vast range of time and space, from the everyday to the cosmic, encountering, among other things, baseball, Reaganomics, daring lottery schemes, Voltaire, the replicability crisis in psychology, Italian Renaissance painting, artificial languages, the development of non-Euclidean geometry, the coming obesity apocalypse, Antonin Scalia’s views on crime and punishment, the psychology of slime molds, what Facebook can and can’t figure out about you, and the existence of God. Ellenberg pulls from history as well as from the latest theoretical developments to provide those not trained in math with the knowledge they need. Math, as Ellenberg says, is “an atomic-powered prosthesis that you attach to your common sense, vastly multiplying its reach and strength.” With the tools of mathematics in hand, you can understand the world in a deeper, more meaningful way. How Not to Be Wrong will show you how.

Jordan Ellenberg

How Not to Be Wrong

I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious.

“Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is.”

We are born curious. Children learn from their surroundings by touching, smelling, and looking at everything. It is our best and most effective tool for discovering new things. However, some people are born with a deeper sense of curiosity that allows them to learn constantly.We can also cultivate curiosity. Whether traveling, reading, or finding yourself in a new situation, be curious and present. It is a great first step in your journey to becoming more knowledgeable and accumulating new and innovative perspectives.

Curiosity

Geniuses are completely focused on their work and prioritize it.Take the case of Albert Einstein, for instance. If you think of him, you probably picture him in a solitary study or behind a dusty blackboard in a lecture hall working on his groundbreaking ideas. In reality, Einstein was able to maintain his concentration regardless of his surroundings.

The power of focus

<ul><li>Be open to new and unfamiliar experiences. Push yourself to do something that scares you. Let yourself get lost in the wonders of nature or a new city.</li><li>Learn about geography, history, and local culture.</li><li>Ask questions. When you’re in the role of student or employee, don’t be afraid to reveal what you don’t know. </li><li>Once you ask, listen to understand. You’ll always learn something.</li></ul>

Rediscovering a lust for creativity

It is not unusual for geniuses to wreak devastation on their surroundings. The boat sways as a result of their actions. Whether we like it or not, they are altering the course of history. They also don’t do it in a way that is compliant with the law.

Defying the established order

Being brilliant entails more than simply being able to focus. It also involves the capacity to unwind, which is the polar opposite of exerting oneself and concentrating intensely.According to the creative habits of many geniuses, the most effective method to come up with new ideas is to take a vacation from your job for a period of time, enabling your fatigued mind to slacken and relax as much as possible.

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“An unusually engaging book on the forces that fuel originality across fields.” --Adam Grant Looking at the 14 key traits of genius, from curiosity to creative maladjustment to obsession, Professor Craig Wright, creator of Yale University's popular “Genius Course,” explores what we can learn from brilliant minds that have changed the world. Einstein. Beethoven. Picasso. Jobs. The word genius evokes these iconic figures, whose cultural contributions have irreversibly shaped society. Yet Beethoven could not multiply. Picasso couldn’t pass a 4th grade math test. And Jobs left high school with a 2.65 GPA. What does this say about our metrics for measuring success and achievement today? Why do we teach children to behave and play by the rules, when the transformative geniuses of Western culture have done just the opposite? And what is genius, really? Professor Craig Wright, creator of Yale University’s popular “Genius Course,” has devoted more than two decades to exploring these questions and probing the nature of this term, which is deeply embedded in our culture. In The Hidden Habits of Genius, he reveals what we can learn from the lives of those we have dubbed “geniuses,” past and present. Examining the lives of transformative individuals ranging from Charles Darwin and Marie Curie to Leonardo Da Vinci and Andy Warhol to Toni Morrison and Elon Musk, Wright identifies more than a dozen drivers of genius—characteristics and patterns of behavior common to great minds throughout history. He argues that genius is about more than intellect and work ethic—it is far more complex—and that the famed “eureka” moment is a Hollywood fiction. Brilliant insights that change the world are never sudden, but rather, they are the result of unique modes of thinking and lengthy gestation. Most importantly, the habits of mind that produce great thinking and discovery can be actively learned and cultivated, and Wright shows us how. This book won't make you a genius. But embracing the hidden habits of these transformative individuals will make you more strategic, creative, and successful, and, ultimately, happier.

“An unusually engaging book on the forces that fuel originality across fields.” --Adam GrantLooking at the 14 key traits of genius, from curiosity to creative maladjustment to obsession, Professor Craig Wright, creator of Yale University's popular “Genius Course,” explores what we can learn from brilliant minds that have changed the world. Einstein. Beethoven. Picasso. Jobs. The word genius evokes these iconic figures, whose cultural contributions have irreversibly shaped society.Yet Beethoven could not multiply. Picasso couldn’t pass a 4th grade math test. And Jobs left high school with a 2.65 GPA. What does this say about our metrics for measuring success and achievement today? Why do we teach children to behave and play by the rules, when the transformative geniuses of Western culture have done just the opposite? And what is genius, really?Professor Craig Wright, creator of Yale University’s popular “Genius Course,” has devoted more than two decades to exploring these questions and probing the nature of this term, which is deeply embedded in our culture. In The Hidden Habits of Genius, he reveals what we can learn from the lives of those we have dubbed “geniuses,” past and present.Examining the lives of transformative individuals ranging from Charles Darwin and Marie Curie to Leonardo Da Vinci and Andy Warhol to Toni Morrison and Elon Musk, Wright identifies more than a dozen drivers of genius—characteristics and patterns of behavior common to great minds throughout history. He argues that genius is about more than intellect and work ethic—it is far more complex—and that the famed “eureka” moment is a Hollywood fiction. Brilliant insights that change the world are never sudden, but rather, they are the result of unique modes of thinking and lengthy gestation. Most importantly, the habits of mind that produce great thinking and discovery can be actively learned and cultivated, and Wright shows us how.This book won't make you a genius. But embracing the hidden habits of these transformative individuals will make you more strategic, creative, and successful, and, ultimately, happier.

Craig Wright is an accomplished writer whose work has resonated with readers around the world. Craig Wright has published several books that explore a range of topics, from fiction to nonfiction, and has received critical acclaim for the ability to weave compelling narratives. Craig Wright's writing style is known for its depth and authenticity, and has earned quite a loyal following of readers.

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The Hidden Habits of Genius

Time and study wait for none. Because we have work hard every so that we get advantage of them 🍒.

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The 50th anniversary edition of the beloved classic that Stephen King has called “THE great time-travel story.” Featuring a brand-new introduction by the New York Times bestselling author of Recursion, Blake Crouch. When advertising artist Si Morley is recruited to join a covert government operation exploring the possibility of time travel, he jumps at the chance to leave his mundane 20th-century existence and step into the past. But he also has another motivation for going back in time: a half-burned letter that tells of a mysterious, tragic death and ominously of “fire which will destroy the whole world.” Traveling to New York City in January 1882 to investigate, he finds a Manhattan teeming with a different kind of life, the waterfront unimpeded by skyscrapers, open-air markets packed with activity, Central Park bustling with horse drawn sleighs—a city on the precipice of great things. At first, Si welcomes these trips as a temporary escape but when he falls in love with a woman he meets in the past, he must choose whether to return to modern life or live in 1882 for good. “Pure New York fun” (Alice Hoffman, New York Times bestselling author), Time and Again is meticulous recreation of New York in the late nineteenth century, exploring the possibilities of time travel to tell an ageless story of love, longing, and adventure. Finney’s magnum opus has been a source of inspiration for countless science fiction writers since its first publication in 1970.

The 50th anniversary edition of the beloved classic that Stephen King has called “THE great time-travel story.” Featuring a brand-new introduction by the New York Times bestselling author of Recursion, Blake Crouch. When advertising artist Si Morley is recruited to join a covert government operation exploring the possibility of time travel, he jumps at the chance to leave his mundane 20th-century existence and step into the past. But he also has another motivation for going back in time: a half-burned letter that tells of a mysterious, tragic death and ominously of “fire which will destroy the whole world.” Traveling to New York City in January 1882 to investigate, he finds a Manhattan teeming with a different kind of life, the waterfront unimpeded by skyscrapers, open-air markets packed with activity, Central Park bustling with horse drawn sleighs—a city on the precipice of great things. At first, Si welcomes these trips as a temporary escape but when he falls in love with a woman he meets in the past, he must choose whether to return to modern life or live in 1882 for good. “Pure New York fun” (Alice Hoffman, New York Times bestselling author), Time and Again is meticulous recreation of New York in the late nineteenth century, exploring the possibilities of time travel to tell an ageless story of love, longing, and adventure. Finney’s magnum opus has been a source of inspiration for countless science fiction writers since its first publication in 1970.

Jack Finney

Time and Again

Technological disruption, VUCA (volatility, uncertainty, complexity, ambiguity) conditions fueled by the ongoing pandemic, and evolving organizational architectures are just a few of the major challenges businesses face today. As a learning leader, your role is to equip your workforce with the capabilities needed to stay competitive amidst these changes.
Being transformation-ready doesn’t mean adopting the latest technology to keep up with current trends. It’s about developing a learning culture that positions the entire organization to adapt to the inevitable unknowns the future will bring.

The State Of The Workplace

Does the culture produce and support insightful workers?There’s no guarantee that today’s knowledge will solve tomorrow’s problems or that skills will remain evergreen. But insightful employees can recognize when the nature of a problem shifts. They then use that comprehension to hone their skills and seek out fresh knowledge. These characteristics help workers face novel challenges, which allows the entire organization to transform as well.

Supporting Insightfulness

Does your culture extol growth mindsets?Many useless hours a spent by employees hiding their weaknesses. A learning culture fosters growth mindsets. In this type of organization, learning is not seen as a sign of weakness but of character. Failure is not the antonym of success, but part of the growth process.

A Growth Mindset

Is your culture collaborative and matrixed?Even the most insightful worker can’t do it all. Sometimes the time required to hone a new skill will be too great. In these instances, insightful workers need to connect with those whose complementary skills can be an asset.Far too often, the help they need is siloed away in a neighbouring department. And within the hyper-specialized architecture of many modern organizations, that can be a difficult barrier to cross.

Collaboration

Is your culture adaptable?It’s clear that transformation is the default condition of today’s business world. There will inevitably come a day when the tried-and-true no longer works. When this happens, reactionary organizations panic and falter. But transformation-ready organizations evolve, and that begins at the employee level. A learning culture provides time and resources for employees to hone the skills needed to adapt to changing market conditions and demands, skills like resilience and agility.

Adaptability

Is the culture nurtured by leaders at the organization?Leaders have an outsized influence on everyone in an organization. Directors who want their managers to learn and grow must model a willingness to do so. The same holds true for managers who want to see their team members improve.Leadership culture must shift from a group of “know-it-alls” to one of “learn-it-alls.” Learn-it-alls grant permission to admit fallibility and desire to grow.

Cultivation By Leadership

This culture shift requires developing leaders with <a href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-questionologist/202103/are-you-intellectually-humble">intellectual humility</a> — they must be open to learning, commit to improving, and never use their intellect or position to discourage others. Teaching those skills will mean having open, honest conversations with key leaders as well as embodying intellectual humility yourself.

Intellectual Humility

A learning culture isn’t built overnight. Organizations must commit to intentionally developing employees, and that requires being strategic about how investments are made. To begin developing a <a href="https://bigthink.com/plus/5-tips-for-developing-an-effective-learning-culture-at-work/">culture of learning</a> at your organization, consider the following factors.

The Role Of A Leader

<ul><li>Maintain a consistent budget to gain buy-in by making the value of learning explicitly clear. </li><li>Write a mission statement that aligns your vision with organizational objectives, then choose and design programs with ROI in mind. </li><li>Plan ongoing initiatives to measure their impact, such as the use of qualitative feedback from employee surveys, and always be prepared to communicate on progress to goal. </li></ul>

Developing a Culture of Learning: Budget

It doesn’t matter how effective a learning program promises to be if employees don’t have the time to participate. For this reason, Google and others have instituted the 80/20 rule. They offer employees 20% of their time to learn, develop, and experiment with new ideas. This ratio can vary, but having a formal rule serves to convey the importance of learning.

Developing a Culture of Learning: Time

What you need to know in order to start building a culture of learning

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By building a learning culture, L&D leaders can equip their organizations to adapt to a business world that is transforming before our eyes.

Having a learning culture positions an entire organization to adapt to the inevitable unknowns the future will bring. 

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You don't need anything fancy when you start with strength training. All you need is some basic moves, consistency, and patience. The key to enjoying strength training is starting with a good foundation of exercises that work every part of your body. When you focus on a handful of main moves, you'll find it easier in a short time. From there, you can progress to different weights, advanced variations or new exercises.

Strength training fundamentals

Resistance training helps your body stay functional and healthy in the long term. Increased muscle strength can make everyday movements easier, such as getting up off the floor, carrying groceries up the stairs, or putting a bulky object on an overhead shelf. With age, maintaining muscle strength becomes even more important. Resistance training helps to improve balance, build bone density, reduce the risk of falls, and increase cognitive well-being.

Strength training makes life easier

<ul><li>Strength training twice a week is sufficient to increase muscle mass.</li><li>Start by focusing on compound movements that involve multiple joints, such as squats.</li><li>Include both pushing and pulling exercises to ensure you maintain good muscular balance and exercise all the muscle groups.</li><li>Use a weight that you can lift for about six reps per set with proper form.</li><li>Give yourself 2 to 5 minutes of rest between sets to allow sufficient recovery.</li><li>A beginner can perform one to three sets per exercise.</li></ul>

What you need to know before you start

<ul><li>Stand with your feet a little more than hip-width apart.</li><li>Lower your hips into a squat as you bend your knees and keep your back flat.</li><li>Lower yourself until your thighs are parallel to the floor.</li><li>Push your heels into the floor.</li><li>Keep your heels flat on the floor and knees aligned with your second toe.</li></ul> The squat exercises your glutes and core muscles. If you find it too difficult, squat in front of a chair and lightly ta your butt to the chair.

Squat

<ul><li>Stand with your feet hip-width apart, knees slightly bent, arms relaxed, with a dumbbell in each hand.</li><li>hinge forward at your hips and bend your knees slightly as you push your butt way back. Keeping your back flat, slowly start to lower the weight along your shins until your torso is almost parallel to the floor.</li><li>Push through your heels to stand up straight and return to the starting position. Remember to lift with your legs, not your back.</li><li>Pause at the top and squeeze your butt.</li></ul> This exercise is great to train your glutes and hamstrings. It also engages your shoulders, back, and core.

Deadlift

<ul><li>Lie on your back, knees bent and feet flat on the floor, hip-width apart. With a dumbbell in each hand, rest the weights just under your hip bones.</li><li>Squeeze your glutes and abs, and push through your heels to lift your hips off the floor until your body forms a straight line from your shoulders to your knees.</li><li>Hold for a second, then slowly lower your hips.</li></ul> Glute bridges target the glutes, engage the hamstrings and core muscles. They also help to build leg strength and core stabilisation.

Glute bridge

<ul><li>Start in a high plank with your palms flat on the floor, hands shoulder-width apart, shoulders above your wrists, legs extended behind you, and core and glutes engage.</li><li>Bend your elbows while you lower your body to the floor. Drop to your knees if you need to.</li><li>Push through the palms of your hands to straighten your arms.</li></ul> The push-p works all the pressing muscles in the upper body, including the chest, shoulders, and triceps.

Push-up

<ul><li>Keep your feet hip-width apart and a dumbbell in each hand with your arms at your sides.</li><li>With your core engaged, hinge forward at the hips while pushing your butt back. Bend your knees slightly and ensure not to round your shoulders.</li><li>Look a few inches in front of your feet to keep your neck in a neutral position.</li><li>Pull the weights up toward your chest, keep your elbows close to your body, and squeeze your shoulder blades at the top of the movement for two seconds.</li><li>Slowly lower the weights by extending your arms toward the floor.</li></ul> This exercise uses all the muscles in your upper body.

Bent-over row

<ul><li>Lie faceup on a mat, legs extended and arms straight over your head, keeping them close to your ears.</li><li>Contract your abs to press your lower back into the ground.</li><li>Point your toes, squeeze your thighs together, squeeze your glutes, and lift your leg off the ground.</li><li>Lift your shoulders off the ground and keep your head in a neutral position.</li><li>Your legs and mid-back should be off the floor and just your lower back and hips on the ground.</li><li>Hold this position for as long as you can while maintaining proper form.</li></ul> This exercise maintains core stability and creates a stronger foundation for other moves.

Hollow-body hold

<ul><li>Stand with your feet wider than hip-width apart, core engaged, hands clasped together or holding a small towel or dumbbell in both hands by your left leg.</li><li>Raise your arms diagonally in front of your body to the upper right of your reach, allowing your torso and toes to rotate naturally.</li><li>Now “chop” the weight down to the left, bringing it across the front of your body and aiming for your left ankle, naturally rotating in that direction. Focus on keeping your lower body stable and turning from your core.</li><li>Do all your reps on one side, and then switch sides.</li></ul>

Dumbbell chopper

<ul><li>Stand with your feet about shoulder-width apart with core engaged.</li><li>Step backwards with your right foot, landing on the ball of your foot and keeping your heel off the ground.</li><li>Bend both knees to 90 degrees as you sink into a lunge. Keep your core engaged and hips tucked (don’t stick your butt out). Ensure your hips aren’t tilting to the side or forward and back.</li><li>Push through the heel of your left foot to return to your starting position.</li></ul> The exercise works the glutes, legs, and core.

Reverse lunge

This article contains a basic list of beginner exercises to encourage a good strength-training foundation.

The best approach to strength training for beginners is mastering these seven exercises. Find out how to program them into your workouts.

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"Everybody is a bore to someone .This is unimportant. The thing to avoid is being a bore to oneself. "

It is not enough to be busy. The question is : what are we busy about ?

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Understand yourself and those around you.

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Based on your previous education and your recent experience, you should choose a line that suits your interest best. Also, make sure the subject aligns with what you want to pursue in the future and should also provide you with usable skills. Deciding on your subject is the first step. It could be a general degree or a specialized one. Once you are sure what you want to study you can select universities accordingly. As it might be possible that not all universities offer that subject.

1. Decide Your Subject

It is utmost essential that you select a foreign university or study something that you are completely sure about and have the will and desire to successfully complete it. You should be invested in studying that subject abroad with all your heart and soul. As foreign studies are rigorous as well as financially exhaustive. So, you should be prepared to enjoy the journey.

2. Be True to Your Passion

As mentioned, foreign university can be cost intensive as well as is a life changing experience. So, before finalizing the university, you should thoroughly research it via all sources and means available like the internet, brochures, international offices or if possible, even by visiting the university. This not only allows you to understand your choice better but allows you to understand other factors like university costs, location, ranking, teaching quality and so on.

3. Conduct Extensive Research

Identifying and listing your personal requirements for deciding on a foreign university not only narrows down your search but it also allows to find the right fit for you.Personal requirements could be anything from university ranking, geography, country, financial options, tuition fees, scholarships, living costs, application requirements or placement opportunities. Find out and shortlist these requirements one by one with help of the research you will conduct to arrive at your desired list of universities.

4. Identify Your Personal Requirements

Once you have decided on your requirements and have done substantial research you should be able to formulate either a longlist or a shortlist of universities. You can then further delve deeper in to understanding these foreign universities via the international education or university fairs organized in your country. You can also attend University open days where you can go around the university and speak with the people inside to learn more. This will definitely be worth your time and you will able to make a more informed decision.

5. Attend Education Fairs and University Open Days

Finally, when you have limited universities on your hand to chose from, you can go around interacting with students and alumni. This can be done both online and offline. Online you can use platforms like LinkedIn, Facebook, StudentRoom, etc. and join online groups to connect with them. Many university websites also have options to interact with current students which you can use to your benefit. Finally, offline you can visit the university’s international office and connect with the alumni or the country representative to know more and get personalized advice.

6. Interact with Students and Alumni

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Some tips that have helped me to increase my reading speed in two weeks.

How to read faster?

Do not read the words inside your mind.Try to:<ul><li>Subvocalize numbers while reading.</li><li>Subvocalize the sound "Ahm" while reading.</li><li>Do not think about not reading aloud because you are gonna do it.</li></ul>

Tip 1

Have a leader to follow.Try to:<ul><li>Put your finger down the line and move your finger over the page or screen, never touch it.</li><li>Move all the arm, not only your finger.</li></ul>

Tip 2

Have the correct posture and breath.Try to:Read while sitting straight to increase your focus.Take some deep breaths before reading to relax your vision.

Tip 3

<ul><li>Learn how to juggle, it helps to increase your focus and peripherical vision.</li><li>Always read at least 10 minutes per day.</li></ul>

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