A dozen great ideas are useless if youcan’t follow them through. Instead, it’s crucial that you choose a small number of goals and focus your attention. Our brains behave like a beach ball filled with bees. Hundreds of conflicting impulses, pushing us in different directions. People never want to do one thing. We want to doallthe things. We simultaneously want to exerciseandto learn Spanishandto go out for pizza. Our desires are countless, independent agents, working to nudge our beachball in their own selfish direction....

Just like a crime, investigating the suspects can help you find the flaw in your system. Guy Winch atPsychology Todaysuggests approaching your failures with the mind of a detective. First investigate the likely suspects, like poor planning, inadequate preparation, and weak execution. Don’t rule anything out as a suspect and get to the bottom of your own failure mystery. Read more at the link below. Why You Should Investigate Your Failures Like a Detective| Psychology Today...

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Now it’s time to crown the community favorite. That’s right,Craigslisttook the top spot with close to 42% of the overall vote. Bringing up the rear is tablet-and-smartphone-centric serviceSwappa, which brought in over 3% of the overall vote. The Hive Five is based on reader nominations. We understand it’s a bit of a popularity contest. Have a suggestion for the Hive Five? Send us an email at[email protected]!

Truly awful events in our lives have a tendency to leave their mark. You may be able to move past leftover feelings of anger, sadness, or fear in the process. To Get Over Something, Write About It| Harvard Business Review Photo byAlan Levine.

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Some of us lead genuinely busy lives. Part of the problem may be our obsession with saying that superfluous things are necessary. But it can help us make better decisions about how we spend our time. If You Don’t Prioritize Your Life, Someone Else Will| HBR via99u Photo byRyan Ritchie.

It shows you’re listening and that you think what they are saying is important. Once you do that, it makes following up easier. If you opt for handwritten notes,convert them to digitalfor easy access later.

There’s much more to developing, launching, and maintaining software than just writing lines of code. Project managers keep the development process organized and on track. Hit the link below to see the full list and details.

Some states and cities are friendlier than others towards small business owners. The three most important factors that determined how entrepreneurs viewed his or her location? View the full results below or dig in deeper intothe methodology behind the survey(PDF). United States Small Business Friendliness| Thumbtack

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This video shows you how it’s done so you’re able to do it yourself. Use kitchen scissors to cut down the back of the shrimp. Then, pull the shell downward to remove itmake sure to get the legs. Whether you leave the tail on is up to you. Hit the link below to see more. How to Peel and Devein Shrimp| Sunset

Much like museums, using similar boxes for similar items makes them easy to store without looking terrible. This will help you organize your stuff neatly in an easy-to-access system. Project Shoebox: Making a Physical Filing System| Dave Seah