Life Hacks

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lifehacker.com Lifehacker.com lists its productivity advice in the following criteria:

• Video (videos of hack instructions)
• Skillet (cooking techniques)
• Two cents (finances)
• Vitals (health)
• Offspring (parenting)
• The Upgrade (career)
• App directory (listing of links to downloadable productivity apps)
• How I work (testimonials and interviews with lifehacker.com staff)

Sleep & Dreams Hacks

The Ultimate Guide to Polyphasic Sleep: How I Doubled my Energy by Sleeping only 5 Hours a Day
How to Lucid Dream Tonight – 8 Ways To Hack Your Sleep

Mental Health and Concentration Hacks

Binaural Beats

Two slightly different frequencies, played over a stereo system. The tones are separate, but are so close that they can be perceived as one tone. They are part of an emerging sound therapy, used to achieve the following:

• reduced stress
• reduced anxiety
• increased focus
• increased concentration
• increased motivation
• increased confidence
• deeper meditation
• improved psychomotor performance and mood

The Shower Principle

Made famous in the TV show 30 Rock, the shower principle is a theory that creative ideas come when one is distracted from the problem at hand, like when in the shower.
30 Rock - The Shower Priniciple

Procrastination hacks

A website that encourages visitors to do nothing for two minutes (basically do not touch your mouse or keyboard for two minutes)
donothingfortwominutes.com