PUBLIC MARKS from isolabig with tag lifehack

ability to write proper thank-you notes. Can you offer me some guidelines? –Helen<br /> <br /> Answer: I was wondering when you were going to ask that question, and frankly, I’m a little disappointed it took you so long. Somewhere in between your mom making you sit down with your Peanuts® stationery and you shooting off an email, you completely lost touch with the concept of simple thank-you notes. Now that you’re a grown-up, an email just won’t do, and more is expected of you than scratching out ‘Thanks for the present, you rock!’

set of precepts designed to lead you directly to any lost object.

1. How to change a tyre (or a tire, for us yanks) 2. How to sleep 3. How to build a fire 4. How to shine shoes 5. How to make a martini (by Dale DeGroff, the ‘king of cocktails’) 6. How to apply lipstick 7. How to negotiate (by Donald Trump) 8. How to scramble eggs 9. How to hang a picture 10. How to ask for a raise or promotion 11. How to use chopsticks (by the CEO of PF Chang’s) 12. How to iron a shirt 13. How to shave (see also) 14. How to hit a tennis ball (by Jennifer Capriati) 15. How to listen (by Larry King) 16. How to ask someone out (by the president of match.com) 17. How to learn a foreign language (by the president of Berlitz) 18. How to shake hands 19. How to buy a diamond (but, please, give it a second thought) 20. How to conduct a background investigation (by a Watergate investigator)

Superconscious

I get a third to double the amount out of my car using some of these techniques. (i.e. I fill up every second week, rather than every week)