Everyone loves movies, and a lot of people wish their life was just like one. Well you’re the main character in your life and you’re filming your story right now. As we get older we forget how to “play.” Movies let us check our minds at the door and let our inner child play for a while. Long after the credits roll, the thrill of what we saw still lingers....

Reading body language helps us understand when people are offended, enthralled, or anything inbetween. Inc only discusses the basic emotions, from happiness to contempt, with an illustrated guide to recognizing them. No one expresses their every emotion, but it still helps to have an eye for people’s expressions. It usually includes a raised eyebrow, with the eyes widened and the mouth open. The expression of surprise can melt quickly into anger, joy or sadness....

Earlier this year, we featuredCladwell, a service that helps you find clothing based on your existing wardrobe. Here it is: Live the Look. The site functions much the same way as Cladwell. Live the Look will then make suggestions for clothes that fit the motif you’re looking for.

Chores can be frustrating because your results disappear so quickly. Dishes get dirty again, toilet paper needs to get replenished, and laundry needs to be done. Make chores more satisfying by ending them with a task that bares more permanent results. The LEGO Principlegets its namefrom an experimentby author and behavioral economist Dan Ariely. They could end the experiment by giving up whenever they wanted. Tess Wilson ties the LEGO Principle to housework over on Apartment Therapy:...

Instead of avoiding them, try working with that person directly and they might annoy you less. Imagine how demoralizing it can be for the employee whose boss won’t even look her in the eye! Check out the link for some other ways to create a working relationship with someone you don’t like. How To Motivate Someone You Don’t Like| Harvard Business Review Photo byInnovate360.

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If you’re on the fence about donating some of your clutter, put them in a unlabeled box. Write down an “expiration date” for the box. If the box remains unopened by that date, donate it or throw it away. Store the box in the attic or the basement, or wherever is convenient. Once a year, examine the labels. When you come across a box whose date has passed, throw it out without opening it....

Putting together the perfect cover letter or following up on a job interview can be pretty tough. Forbes has 27 pre-written email scripts to start you off on the right track. All you have to do is personalize it and fill in the details. Just copy them into your note taking app and save them for easier access later. 27 Pre-Written Templates For Your Toughest Work Emails| Forbes Photo byAndrew Smith....

If you want to get serious about saving, though, flip that order around. What we do is Salary-Expenses = Savings. If we continue to do this, then we can never have even a penny to save. Again, this is a matter of mind setting. Decide how much percentage of your salary it’s possible for you to allot for your savings. Normally it’s 20%. Once you received your salary, set aside the 20% and then spend the remaining....

If you’re willing to haggle, you could find some great bargains. But some haggling tactics are more effective than others. Consumer Reports surveyed consumers about their in-store negotiating tactics to find out which ones worked best. They polled 2,000 American shoppers who reported using a handful of different tactics, from flattery to sob stories. Consumer Reports then looked for the most frequently used tactics among the most successful hagglers. Threatening to check competitors' prices was the most-used tactic, at 55 percent....

Here are ten clever plain text files that you might want to keep on hand. This post originally appeared on theZapier blog. Keeping things simple can be quicker than loading a bloated app, in some cases. Here are ten plain text files that you might want to keep on your desktop. The commenter had a single text file saved to their desktop in which they wrote something every day. For some text editors, you might get plugins to add things likesyntax highlighting....

So how can we as a site respond to these fake hacks in a timely, yet accurate manner? It seems like we only get one choice, neither of which is ideal. I’m not sure saying a company has been “allegedly” hacked is enough. In Friday’s PSN case, it was debunkedsomewhatquicklywithin 45 minutes. But that isn’t always the case. I’m open to suggestions. This post is part ofShop Talk, Lifehacker’s public editorial blog....

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