35 Life Hacks That Are So Simple Yet So Effective That More People Should Be Aware Of

I watched the Master class on negotiation and his advice was similar - listen and don't talk, don't offer anything too soon, repeat back - what I hear you saying is 'this' is really important to you

And if you’re the angry one, it helps to start out by saying “I’m not angry with you but I am angry at this situation”

This is also the best way to diffuse angry customers in both retail and hospitality industries. People just want to feel like you care about their problems. You can't always fix the problem, but knowing that you listened and tried to help makes a big difference.

So so so true!!! I’m an easy person to get along with as long as you allow me to voice my concerns without interrupting me and actually hearing what I’m saying. I’m not a Karen type but I WILL ask for your supervisor if you are rude to me or try to lay the blame on me when it’s so obviously not the case. Ie, my package being delivered to the wrong house by FedEx for the umpteenth million time I’ve had it with you driver, no I will not go to my neighbor to demand the package you gifted them from my wallet. Fix it or I’m asking for your supervisor. And I’m not ugly on the phone, no cursing or even raising my voice. So don’t try to accuse me of that. I will demand they listen to your tapes. The results are in your court. Make it right.

I was receptionist for an auto dealer and I remember one customer who called several times over a few days. My job was to transfer the calls to the appropriate sales or service person, which I did. The customer was clearly more angry each time he called so I asked if I might help him. He told me what his problem was and I got his name and number. I told him that I would find out what I could and call him before the end of the day. It turned out that no one in service was answering his calls and what started as a simple question had festered until he was almost crazy with frustration. I don't remember the details because it was years ago, but I called him back as promised. He thanked me several times and a few days later when he picked up his truck the service manager asked me what I did. I said, "nothing, I just listened to him."

So many comments arguing with this advice. It is the absolute best advice for someone with a major depressive disorder. Do NOT make friends with your depression. Do NOT indulge your depression for days at a time. Do NOT listen to yourself; actively talk over your inner voice. Fight back. Halfass it if you have to but MOVE YOUR A*S AND EATSomething yummy, comforting and healthy if possible. Stay hydrated. Survive. Grandma was right, kids. I have a Gold Medal from the Mental Health Struggle Olympics. Trust me. Do not make your symptoms your comfort zone. It can kill you.

This must be higher that the one on how to put together furniture! Please! 🖖🙂

This is a great theory. But don't beat yourself up if you can't do this every day. If you are lonely and depressed, even this is an effort. But things will get better. YOU will get better. There's always a light at the end of the tunnel. As they say, time heals all wounds.

Also, if you are as sick as you felt and even worse and you D I E . At least when they find you, you'll look good and won't have to be embarrassed.

doing my hair depresses me even when I have a good day, lol

I'm sorry, is this the right room for an argument?

Or even the not so random familiars

"Can't sleep...someone on the internet is WRONG" --xkcd

It's my favorite thing to do!

I'm sorry, but arguing with random strangers on the internet is my cardio :p

Apply this one with care / common sense. It might work for something like the tiny metal shelf shown. But large wood kits typically have a number of screws / bolts you can not access once you have it assembled enough to put it in place. And/or you can not access unless the unit is on its side/back/top

Ok, I'm slow...why would you do this again?

legit question: does this take into account the possibility of having to turn the furniture back around or upside down to tighten the screws? I feel like, I'd move it tighten the screws, put it back, and somehow I'd still mess it up. Lol

I learned this the hard way :(

Just like changing a tire.

I hate it when you have to scroll through the 2000 word essay of their life story and the history of the recipe and how much that means to them. It takes almost as long as cooking the actual thing

The adds and the novel before the recipe has led me to download an app called Paprika to download recipes and save them. It does it all for you and you sear from the app. Saved me so much frustration.

And use printer size options to get it all on one page. Minimum margins, Fit image to page, maybe even use landscape with two columns.

Yes!! I've done this for a few years now!

I enjoy reading all the other stuff for fun even if I never try the recipe.

I love the negative reviews for locations I saw one for an adventure park where the person in charge or directing cars into their parking spaces had decided that on his last day of work he would park 3 rows back to back so the middle cars couldn't leave. The rant underneath the pic was HILARIOUS

I always look at good and bad reviews. And when possible, I will look at reviews on multiple sites.

1 star reviews without any comment are obviously fake. If someone had such a bad experience that they felt the place deserved a single star, they would let internet know their reasons.

Also search by the newest reviews as they are generally hidden by the fake 5 star ones with multiple likes.

And often times the bad reviews will all be a case of operator error, or something else beyond the company's control ("arrived broken"). It works both ways.

But maybe don't wear a winter jacket indoors while doing so.

Yeah, riggghhttt... Now I have 427 pieces of paper around the house with "things to remember."

Hell, I have to write everything down at this point lol.

I think... I forgot, what were we talking about?

I keep forgetting this tip.

And the clouds parted, letting the sweet light of knowledge through....

I have learned this so many times, but I always forget it almost instantly. Or I get confused by it.