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Exclusive Offer: Learn More, Study Less E-book

Donald Latumahina — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 07:00:49 +0000

Back in March I wrote a review of Scott Young’s e-book Learn More, Study Less. Learn More, Study Less is a very good e-book on learning that I personally enjoy. In fact, if you check the sidebar of this blog, you will see that I put it under Recommended E-books section.

Now I’m happy to announce that Scott gives us exclusive offer for the e-book. For one month starting from today, you will get $15 off the e-book’s regular price of $39.95. So you only need to pay $24.95.

Here is what you need to do:

Click the Buy Now button at the bottom.
On the shopping cart that shows up, type this code on the Discount Code section: “LifeOptimizer” (without quotes).
Press Update Cart button and confirm that the total amount on the cart changes to $24.95 from the initial $39.95.
Checkout and you can then download the e-book.

Learning skill is among the most important skills to have. So, given the importance of learning skill and the value of the e-book, I do think this is a good investment. You can read my complete review for more information about the e-book.

Note:

Scott gives 120-day money-back guarantee.
This exclusive offer expires at January 5, 2009.

Happy Thanksgiving

Donald Latumahina — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 01:51:57 +0000

Thanksgiving is coming so it’s a good time for us to reflect on the blessings we have in life. For every single thing that doesn’t go right, there are a lot more things that go right in our life. Let’s be grateful for them. Here are two posts on gratitude from the archives:

Happy Thanksgiving!

Note:
Following the Thanksgiving, Amazon has some Black Friday deals you might want to check.

Monthly Roundup of October 2008

Donald Latumahina — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 17:10:55 +0000

Recently I’ve been thinking about the Theme of the Month that we have here and I decide to no longer use it. The reason is because in my current situation I believe I can write better with flexible topics. I’m not in a position where I can do deep research on a topic (which is what I originally intended to do with Theme of the Month). Instead, I usually get unexpected ideas on different topics. So I think I can write higher quality posts if I’m not limited by a theme.

I still accept guest posts though. Please see Guest Posting Guidelines for more information about it.

Let’s now look at what happened in October.

Best Posts

There were nine posts published in October. The most visited posts were:

Guest Posts

We have four guest posts last month:

Networking Can Get You A Job Promotion by Andrew Rondeau of Great Management
7 Winning Character Traits That Create A Lifetime Of Success by Shamelle Perera of The Enhance Life
Hold Your Horses! Developing Patience in a 24/7 World by Sid Savara of SidSavara.com
Attitude Adjustment: A Good Sense of Humor Will Make You a Winner by Winston Cole of Plan My Cruise Vacation

For Andrew, Shamelle, Sid, and Winston: thanks!

One Year Before

Looking back to October 2007, the most visited posts were:

Theme for October 2008 and Monthly Roundup of September 2008

Donald Latumahina — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 12:15:01 +0000

We’ve been in October now and the theme for this month is Winning Attitude. Here we will discuss the attitudes we need to have to overcome challenges and difficulties in life.

Now let’s look at what happened here last month.

Best Posts

There were 13 posts published here in September. The most visited posts were:

Guest Posts

We have five guest posts last month:

A Simple Formula for Fulfilling Career by Scot Herrick from Cube Rules
How Many Bosses Do You Have? by Ron Haynes from The Wisdom Journal
Living Creatively by Aileen from Aileen Journey
My Defense of Unfulfilling Careers by Chrissy Scivicque from Office Arrow
Fulfilling Career: Do You Have What It Takes to Do Your Own Thing? by Jeff Fajans from Guitar Player Zen

To Scot, Ron, Aileen, Chrissy, and Jeff: thanks for sharing your thoughts!

One Year Before

Looking one year back to September 2007, the most visited posts were:

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I’d like to thank these sites for featuring us in their carnivals: Think Happy Thoughts, Pinkblocks, Widow’s Quest, One Organized Life, About Holistic Healing, Effortless Abundance, Colloquium, Self-Help for Self-Mastery, Financial Learn, and Career Confidant.

Theme for September 2008 and Monthly Roundup of August 2008

Donald Latumahina — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 11:32:36 +0000

Time moves fast and now we have only four months left in 2008. I don’t know about you, but for me it’s a wake-up call reminding me that 2008 will soon pass. If you have goals you want to achieve this year, it’s time to evaluate where you currently are and to use the time left as good as possible.

The theme for this month is Fulfilling Career. Here we will discuss topics such as career planning, how to find and follow our calling, and how to get the most out of our work.

Let’s look back at what happened in August.

Best Posts

There were 13 posts published in August nine of which were related to the monthly theme of Relationships. The most visited posts were:

Guest Posts

There were four guest posts in August:

How to Manage a Long Distance Relationship by Avani Mehta from Avani-Mehta.
How Personal Growth Can Uncover a Toxic Relationship by JoLynn Braley from The Fit Shack
Make New Friends and Keep the Old, One is Silver and the Other Gold by Flora Morris Brown from Color Your Life Happy
25 Ways to Build Stronger Friendships by Alaia Williams from One Organized Life

To Avani, JoLynn, Flora, and Alaia: thanks!

One Year Before

Looking one year back to August 2007, the most visited posts were:

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In August we were honored to be included in 10 Excellent Lifehack Blogs by Blogs.com. Special thanks to Blogs.com for that!

In addition, the following sites had featured us on their carnivals: Credit Cared Lowdown, Think Happy Thoughts, Personal Power, Widows Quest, The Tall Poppy, Ecopolitan Living, Effortless Abundance, Self-Help for Self-Mastery, Colloquium, and Our Best Version. Thanks also to My Super-Charged Life and Create Business Growth for mentioning us.

Theme for August 2008 and Monthly Roundup of July 2008

Donald Latumahina — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 11:00:02 +0000

Now we have been in August and our theme this month is Relationships. This theme will cover topics such as overcoming relationships problems, building friendships, and expanding your network.

I also plan some changes this month. First, I will move this site to a new host. It’s because in some occasions this site was down in recent months which would disappoint visitors. During the move, I will temporarily disable comments so that the database won’t change and no data will be lost.

Second, I plan to install a new Wordpress theme. I will install it after this site has been moved to the new host. Though the new theme is mostly ready, inevitably it still requires tweaking. So don’t be surprised if some parts of it won’t be fully polished in the beginning.

All right. Let’s now look back at July and see what happened.

Best Posts

In total, there were 16 posts last month of which 11 were related to the monthly theme of Happiness. The most visited posts in July 2008 were:

Guest Posts

There were five guest posts last month:

33 Keys to Unbridled Childlike Happiness by Adam Sicinski from Study Matrix Art
50 Simple Happiness Boosters by Anand Dhillon from Self-Help for Self-Mastery
4 Guidelines for Increasing Daily Happiness by Stu from Improved Lives
Happiness of Another Dimension by Vern from AimforAwesome.com
Your Happiness is Up to You by Flora Morris Brown from www.coloryourlifehappy.com

For Adam, Anand, Stu, Vern, and Flora: thanks!

One Year Before

Looking one year back to July 2007, the most visited posts were:

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I’d like to thank these sites for featuring my post in their carnivals: Think Happy Thoughts, Credit Card Lowdown, Pinkblocks, Widow’s Quest, Personal Hack, and The Tall Polly. Also special thanks to Dumb Little Man, Lifehack, and Zen Habits for their mentions of this site.

Monthly Roundup: June 2008

Donald Latumahina — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 11:00:43 +0000

In total, there were 13 posts published here last month, 10 of them were related to the monthly theme of Productivity. There were also two guest posts published (I feature them below). These guest posts inspired me to call for guest posters so that we can have regular guest posting this month.

You can read all June 2008 posts or just the theme-related posts.

Let’s now see some highlights in June.

Best Posts

The two most visited posts were:

Guest Posts

There were two guest posts:

How to Boost Your Productivity with Serial Multi-tasking by Mary Jaksch from Good Life Zen
7 Can’t-Miss Ways to Defeat the Procrastination Habit by Arjun Muralidharan from The Productive Student.

Thanks Mary and Arjun!

Best Comments

The comments I found to be the most insightful were:

One Year Before

Looking back one year, the most visited posts in June 2007 were:

Monthly Roundup: May 2008

Donald Latumahina — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 11:00:32 +0000

Last month was the first month with monthly theme here on Life Optimizer and the theme was mind. In total, there were 13 posts published in May eight of which were related to the monthly theme.

Let’s see what the best posts and comments were.

Best Posts

The two most visited posts were:

Best Comments

The comments I found to be the most insightful were:

Thanks Avani, Anika, and Annie!

One Year Before

Looking back one year, the most visited posts in May 2007 were:

Monthly Roundup: April 2008

Donald Latumahina — Fri, 09 May 2008 12:00:03 +0000

In April, there were 11 posts published here on Life Optimizer. Let’s see what the best posts and comments were.

Best Posts

The two most visited posts were:

You can read the other posts on the archives page.

Best Comments

The comments I found to be the most insightful were:

Thanks Joe, Ann, and Stanley!

One Year Before

Looking back one year, the most visited post in April 2007 was 37 Lessons to Help You Live a Life that Matters.

Monthly Roundup: March 2008

Donald Latumahina — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 15:54:44 +0000

In March Life Optimizer was honored to be included in the Lifehacks page of Alltop with many big blogs like Lifehacker, Dumb Little Man, and Lifehack.org. Alltop is a service that aggregates content from top sites in multiple topics. It helps you see the newest content in topics like career, humor, music, and many others.

Now, let’s see in details what happened here last month.

Best Posts

There were 13 posts published in March. The two most visited ones were:

In addition, here are two more favorite posts of mine:

You can read the other posts on the archives page.

Best Comments

I learn a lot from your comments. Here are the comments I found to be the most insightful (in no particular order):

For Steve, Michael, Craig, Rick, and Mary: thanks!

One Year Before

One year before – in March 2007 – the most visited post was 66 Best Quotes on Time Management.