The Sneaky Student

I’m no expert when it comes to planning a gym routine/schedule, but I know what I want it to accomplish for me. Strength gains, increased health, increased stamina (for my squash and cycling) and a better looking physique. Since I can’t make a useful routine myself, I looked for a simple, hard-work solution that is going to be the best option for me. The guys over at Adonis Lifestyle, without doubt, have put a great system together, that ticks all the above boxes.

Their most recent podcast is titled Can You Eat Your Way To Bigger Muscles? and is a great breakdown of what actually gets you gains in the gym, and also why you never need to read or buy another fitness magazine again.  I’ll let the podcast explain the rest.

Go across and check it out, and then join their newsletter, because they churn out value like this weekly.

I have a lot of respect for Will Smith. He’s accomplished so much in his life, and seems to me to be one of the most likeable Hollywood actors around.  This video is a compilation of his thoughts on making your own success and sculpting your own life, one step at a time. I really like what he has to say, props to him.

[I originally found this on Frank Kern's (the marketer) blog, posted under the title:  Who knew this guy was so cool?]

Anyone taking a modern language, or two, at University needs a good way to learn and memorize as much useful vocabulary in their chosen language as possible. It’s not easy finding a way to do this that’s not dull or even entirely fruitless. Well, I found a great website that allows you to learn 1500 useful words in over 25+ languages, for free.

I like QASANA for 3 separate reasons:

1. The style of learning. I find that whatever memory experts may tell you, some rote-learning of vocabulary is sometimes required, and has done me pretty well over the years. QASANA puts vocab in chunks of 20 words, all categorically similar, and then tests you on all of them, from your native language to the foreign language.
2. The breadth of vocabulary. 1500 useful words is a great start to building your active vocabulary in any language. (An active vocabulary being the words you could put into a sentence you construct yourself, whereas passive vocabulary are the words that you could recognize, but not necessarily recall for your own use.)
3. The site design. I really dislike using websites that are overly busy, have bad navigation, or are full of distractions, be it advertising, or just bad design. QASANA is so standalone and application-like, that I actually created an application shortcut (Chrome users know what I’m on about) so that I can just call the website up by itself, and use it distraction free.

Stumbler’s or avid internet users may have already come across  this website before but for those that have not, or needed reminding of its existence, I thought the resource had earnt its own post.