Our Best Life Hacks: From Friends, Family & Complete Strangers

When you’re feeling down, start laughing. You can’t stay mad, sad, or angry when there is a smile on your face and laughter in your belly. ~ Patricia BumpassBuy good quality coffee. Savoring and sipping that good cup of coffee is a great way to start the day, whether walking on the beach with my dog, reading the paper, or checking my email. ~ Barrie AtkinDo something creative every day. It keeps your mind active and your problem-solving imagination engaged. Focus on having a positive mindset about every challenge that comes your way. There is always a solution or a gift in a struggle. ~ Karen RichardsThese are just a few examples of the “life hacks” you’ll find in “Our Best Life Hacks: From Friends, Family & Complete Strangers.” But what is a life hack?From the book’s introduction: When hearing the term “hack” you might think of modifying a physical object, such as turning a stock car into a hot rod, or breaking into a computer system, or even customizing your cell phone, but have you ever wished you could pull back the access panel of your life and rewrite the code?Guess what? There are many ways you can.Life hacks take many forms. It can be bypassing barriers that keep you from success. It can be disabling, or enabling, the emotional guards your mind puts up in response to something. It can be physically altering an item you use to improve its function. It can also be physically improving yourself.Benjamin Franklin, being far-sighted, invented bifocals to help him read. He also, being the diplomat he was, laid out a list of 13 virtues for dealing with others. Both of these can be considered life hacks. In 1812, Tabitha Babbitt, watching two men struggle with a timber saw, attached a circular blade to a spinning wheel and the rest was history. Elon Musk, when his schedule demanded almost 100 hours per week of him, found ways of managing his work and sleep hours, including some well-placed sofas in his factories. Judith Edwards, who experienced some rather personal problems during her seven pregnancies, combined the advice of both her doctor and her entrepreneurial son and is now worth $150 million based on her life hack: the Squatty Potty. Life hacks provide not only a path to better health and well-being, but ways of saving time, making life easier, and even impressing your friends. The world’s most successful people have mastered the art of taking control of their lives. Wouldn’t you like to know how to take control of yours?Inside you’ll find useful life hacks to help you conquer fears, calm your mind and spirit, fight off depression, improve your self-esteem, achieve your goals, and appreciate the world around you.About the Author: Donna Kozik is a USA Today & Wall Street Journal best-selling author with a passion for getting people published. She’s most known as the creator of the original “Write a Book in a Weekend” virtual event and its sister publishing program, Done for You Publishing. She works with people to get their books written and in print, on Kindle or both. In addition to “Write a Book in a Weekend” she is the creator and lead editor of The Community Book Project, which gets people published 200 words at a time. “Our Best Life Hacks” was written in a weekend. For more information about writing and publishing a book, go to www.FreeBookPlanner.com.