It sucks when you have a cold. I’m sure you’ve heard that you should drink a lot of fluids and get rest and eat chicken soup – but there are other things you may not have heard before that can help alleviate the symptoms of a cold while you wait for it to go away. And since this is cold season, we begin this episode with great ways to ease the misery of having a cold.
Everyone knows being neat and tidy is preferable to being messy. But wait! Not so fast. Says who? There is a case for being messy. Because it turns out that life is messy and often life doesn’t fit neatly into categories, files and folders. Tim Harford, journalist, economist and author of the book Messy: The Power of Disorder to Transform Our Lives (http://amzn.to/2Die1Cw) explains why being neat isn’t always the solution and suggests ways to embrace the messiness of life and use it to your advantage.
Also, I’m sure you’ve noticed that whenever you cry, you get a runny nose. Why? Listen and find out.
Then, sooner or later – and probably sooner, you will need to clean something. And no one knows better how to keep your life clean and sparkly bright than Jolie Kerr. Jolie is an advice columnist and host of the podcast, “Ask a Clean Person.” She is also author of the book, My Boyfriend Barfed in My Handbag (http://amzn.to/2Df2BPL). NO ONE loves to clean like Jolie and you will love her cleaning hacks that I know you will use within hours if not minutes after hearing them.
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The Magic That Happens When You Help Others & How to Survive Just About Anything
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Should You Really Believe in Luck & How to Accept Bad Things You Cannot Change
Why Friends Are So Important & The Extraordinary Benefits of Writing Things Down
SYSK Choice: Effective Ways to Make Big Changes & The Benefits of Thinking for Yourself
What Makes Someone Credible & How to Finish What You Start
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Understanding Evil & How the Bicycle Transformed the World
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New Science of Character and Personality & Why Everyone Seems to Be Arguing
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