David Spade lists his Buick Grand National for $33,000

David Spade is offloading his restored 1987 Buick Grand National. The 53-year-old car enthusiast has listed the vehicle for $33,000, after sprucing it up, amid reports he has no space for it.

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Lady Gaga shares health update as she battles Fibromyalgia

The 31-year-old shared a health update with her anxious fans on Saturday as she battles her chronic pain condition. Gettin' stronger everyday for my #LittleMonsters can't wait to get back on stage

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Playboy's Devin Devasquez talks last meeting with Hefner

The model-turned-movie producer, who used to date Prince, has said the 'charming, warm' mogul from Chicago not only made her a star but also gave the former foster child a 'family.'

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Kylie Jenner and Khloe want to do 'nude pregnancy shoot'

They are reportedly both pregnant with their first child. And it seems Khloe and Kylie are going to 'show their growing bellies' at the same time, according to Hollywoodlife.com.

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Easy 6 Ingredient Cinnamon Buns Recipe

These quick and easy cinnamon buns are soft, fluffy, and full of cinnamon sugar goodness. The best part: just 6 ingredients! If you skip out on the cream cheese, they're vegan too ;)

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Inspiring Simplicity. Weekend Reads.

Never underestimate the importance of removing stuff you don’t need.

Encouragement provides us with motivation to persevere. It invites us to dream dreams of significance for our lives. And it begs us to work diligently with optimism and promise.

Overcoming the pull of consumerism is a difficult challenge regardless of our stage in life. Simplicity requires encouragement. To that end, I hope you will find motivation in these articles below.

Each post was intentionality chosen to inspire simplicity in your life. For maximum effect, find a quiet moment this weekend and enjoy them with a fresh cup of coffee or tea.

How I Stopped Checking My Phone And Started Using It With Intention | For The Interested by Josh Spector. I set out to change my phone habits and create a simple set of rules to limit the negative (and amplify the positive) impacts of when and how I use my phone.

I’m Drowning in Clutter and It’s Making Me Depressed | Perfection Pending by Melissa Sackett. It’s so incredibly hard to parent when you’re drowning. When you feel squished under the weight of all there is to do and all the stuff surrounding you, longing to be put in its place.

The Shorter Your Sleep, The Shorter Your Life: The New Sleep Science | The Guardian by Rachel Cooke. “It had a powerful effect on me. After reading it, I was absolutely determined to go to bed earlier.”

The Missing Diamond | Love, Liberty, Shelter by Liberty. It feels good to be free of the clutches of materialism.

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California Gurl Katy Perry lists Hollywood Hills mansion

She's already swimming in cash from her $25 million dollar American Idol deal and Katy Perry is looking to collect an additional $9.5 million for her extravagant Hollywood Hills mansion.

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Julia Louis-Dreyfus and son Henry Hall express gratitude

She 's received a massive outpouring of encouragement after reporting the sad news that she was battling breast cancer..

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Jason Alexander shows his support for Julia Louis-Dreyfus

The actor, 58, is added to the long list of supporters who have reached out to Julia Louis-Dreyfus, after she announced on her social media accounts that she has been diagnosed with breast cancer.

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Sex and the City fans stand behind Kim Cattrall

'Make as many demands as you want, you've earned it': Sex and the City fans stand behind Kim Cattrall's decision not to to reprise her role as Samantha Jones in third movie

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Tobey Maguire looks bleary eyed as he leaves a club

 It's been nearly a year since he confirmed his split from his wife of nine years, Jennifer Meyer.

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Ellen DeGeneres is transformed into Karla for KUWTK

Caressing her curvy behind and flipping her long brown hair, she's nailed the Kardashian look.

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'Pregnant' Kylie Jenner 'leaned on Kim Kardashian'

The Life Of Kylie star turned to sister Kim Kardashian and not Kourtney, Khloe and Kendall for advice, UsWeekly claims. She also talked to her mother Kris Jenner.

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📵 Why You Should NOT Answer the Phone When Recruiters Call, Stupid

Better a return call when you're ready than a missed call when you aren't.

Photo by Matthew Kane

This is a guest post by Graeme Gilovitz.

This has to sound like the stupidest idea you have ever heard.

How can you get the job if you don't actually talk to someone?

Even today, when you can communicate via so many media such as email, SMSes, WhatsApp, LinkedIn, Facebook Messenger and any other applications, the only way to actually get the job is to talk to someone on the phone at some point and then meet them.

Yet…

Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll.

Two reasons to ignore recruiter calls

1) Get prepared

As a recruiter, we love to catch people off guard because then we get to see (or in this case, hear) the real you and how you behave. Your tone gives us a great insight to your attitude, personality, politeness and professionalism.

So when we call and you have no idea who we are, where we are calling from or what role you applied for, you are already on the defensive and the power is with the recruiter. Most likely, you have applied for a few jobs and after a while the calls all sound the same which makes it harder to answer any of their phone questions.

It would be funny if it weren't so true.

This little conversation is the first stage of the interview process and needs to be treated with as much preparation as a face-to-face interview, even if the call only lasts 5 minutes.

Not answering the call gives you time to gather all the relevant information regarding your application, find a quiet place to talk and focus on answering their questions as well as you can. You can’t do any of that when you are taking calls on the fly, especially in a noisy area.

So instead of rushing to take the call, call them back.

2) Play hard to get (a little)

When someone is a too easy to get hold of, it gives the impression that you are sitting by the phone all the time, which translates into “I am desperate for a job”. But if you play a bit hard to get, you can increase your “perceived value”.

You can always tell them later that you were in an interview, or a meeting, etc., giving the impression that you must be a valuable potential candidate because other people are already meeting with you (simple logic of supply and demand).

Alternatively, just say that you were “unavailable to take the call” – the most universally used excuse ever.

What to do after ignoring the call

When you actually return the call, follow these tips:

1. Find a quiet place to talk and more importantly, where you can listen
2. Have a copy of the recruiter's job ad ready – make sure that you have reread it and have notes
3. Have a copy of your application (resume and cover letter) to reference, and especially selection criteria (if there were any)
4. As you know the name of the person who called (if they left you a message) and where they work, do some background digging – try LinkedIn and Facebook. I wouldn't recommend you using this information but at least you'll know who you are dealing with
5. Apologize for not being able to take the call
6. Have note paper and pen in case they mention anything useful or ask you for an interview and they provide details
7. Anticipate the questions that they might ask

What happens if they don't leave a message or you accidentally answer the call?

1. You need to get off the call ASAP no matter what!
2. Apologize and explain that it isn't a convenient time to chat “as you are expecting an important call” and ask that you call them back at an agreed time
3. Take their name, company, phone number
4. Revert back to the above tips

Ring ring – what are you going to do?

READ NEXT: How To Video Job Interview With Your Cellphone

Bonus: A Recruiter Calls, But I'm Not Prepared

About the author

Graeme Gilovitz is Director of Summit Resumes and Summit Talent (an Australian-based recruitment agency with an international reach and client base), & has worked in-house with the some of the largest companies in Australia. With a background in advertising and marketing prior to recruitment, Graeme possesses an unique perspective on communication, the recruitment process and how to ensure that you get the most out of your job search. He blogs regularly, focusing on his insights.

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Seven 5-Minute Decluttering Projects You Can Accomplish Today

Picture your dream home. I bet it’s not filled with clutter. (tweet that)

Uncluttered spaces are life-giving. They promote calm, peace, freedom.

But sometimes, uncluttered spaces are difficult to realize. For any number of reasons, homes fill up with more and more things. Existing clutter attracts more clutter. And as a result, imagining decluttered spaces in our home becomes more and more difficult.

Minimizing all the clutter in our house over the course of one weekend is not reasonable for most people. However, taking a few small steps in the right direction is possible for everyone.

Here are seven 5-minute decluttering projects you can accomplish today:

1. Clean out your car/vehicle. Too often our vehicles fill up with unnecessary things: old CDs, sunglasses, Happy Meal toys, receipts, coins, empty water bottles, paper trash. Grab two bags: one for garbage and one for items to relocate. Fill them quickly with everything in your car that doesn’t need to be there. You’ll be surprised how quickly you can empty your vehicle of unneeded clutter.

2. Clear off the top of your bedroom dresser. Bedrooms should promote rest, relaxation, and intimacy—not upheaval and unrest. With focused attention, it will take you less than five minutes to clear off the top of your dresser. And it will change the entire mood in your bedroom.

3. Clean out a bathroom medicine chest. If empty containers, expired products, and dozens of items no longer used are cluttering up your medicine chest (and probably the cupboards under your sink), take a few minutes and remove everything that can go. Then, dispose of it wisely.

4. Return toys to the toy room or bedroom where they belong. If you have young children (or even older ones), you know that toys routinely get strewn around the house. Grab a few minutes with your child this evening before bed and make sure all the toys get taken back to the room or space they belong. If this task seems overwhelming, consider some of the benefits of owning fewer toys. But in the meantime, do your best to teach your children the importance of returning items when finished using them.

5. Declutter your plates or cups cupboard. Many modern homes are filled with duplicate items. One of the places this can be easily noticed is in our kitchen cupboards. Realistically, how many cups, mugs, bowls, and plates does your family need? Have you slowly accumulated an entire cupboard full of them? Maybe. Reach in the back, grab those that are never used, and minimize them forever from your life and valuable kitchen space.

6. Tackle a junk drawer. Some junk drawers may take longer than five minutes, I admit. If you’ve got the extra time, declutter it completely. However, for a strict five-minute task, set a timer on your watch and see how much of the junk you can remove from the drawer. You may be surprised how much you can remove in that time frame—and how quickly you can accomplish something when you put your mind to it.

7. Sort through a pile of mail or paper. Junk mail piling up on your kitchen counter? Is there a stack of paper files on your home office desk? First, look for piles of paper in places they don’t belong (kitchen counters, dining room tables, coffee tables) and tackle those piles first. You’ll get through them quickly and easily. If you’re feeling motivated, move on to tackle a larger pile—sometimes taking the first step is the hardest.

I realize, of course, everyone’s living arrangement looks a little bit different than others. Specifically, for you, one of the projects listed above may take longer than five minutes. But for the most part, they can be completed quickly. And whether you accomplish one or all seven, you’ll be thankful you did. They might not solve all your clutter issues, but they’ll definitely get you moving in the right direction.

Happy decluttering. You’ll love owning less!

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Kim slams KUWTK producer for confirming Khloe's pregnancy

The reality star, 36, was evidently fuming as she took to her Twitter page on Wednesday morning to clarify reports that Jeff Jenkins was the first to officially announce Khloe's pregnancy.

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Khloe Kardashian and Kylie Jenner won't wed baby daddies

Khloe, 33, has been dating basketball player Tristan Thompson, 26, for one year while Kylie, 20, has been with rapper Travis Scott, 25, since April.

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Lyft Adds Ford to Its List of Self-Driving Car Partners

Lyft was already working with Waymo, a sister company of Google, and General Motors on self-driving partnerships. Now add Ford to that list.

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Khloe Kardashian 'pregnant with Tristan Thompson's child'

Khloe Kardashian is pregnant with Tristan Thompson's baby. That's a claim being made after multiple sources alleged her younger sister Kylie Jenner, 20, was expecting Travis Scott's baby.

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Kim Kardashian 'didn't respond well at first' to Kylie

'Her first reaction was, "Seriously?"' a source told the site. Kim has two children with Kanye West and is reportedly expecting a third via surrogate in January.

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Traditional German Soft Pretzels Recipe with Beer Cheese

It’s Oktoberfest! Which is funny to me because it’s actually September, but I’m not one to argue with soft German pretzels, sausage, and beer. I’ve never been to Munich, where Oktoberfest – the world’s largest beer festival – is held,...

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Brie Larson reveals struggling with lack of confidence

The 27-year-old Oscar-winning actress told Pre-A-Porter's The Edit magazine that she 'didn't feel pretty enough' to pursue leading roles.

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Audrina Patridge and estranged husband meet

The warring couple seemed to be on better terms as they met to exchange their daughter Kirra, 15 months, in Irvine, California, on Monday.

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Heidi Klum, 44, confirms split from Vito Schnabel, 31

Heidi Klum and her boyfriend of three years Vito Schnabel have split. The 44-year-old German model confirmed the news after DailyMail.com reported last week that the two are 'taking time apart.'

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Are We Reactive or Proactive?

I am a great fan of thrillers and murder mysteries - just love the 'whodunits' when invariably the good guys win in the end. It doesn't seem to matter how beaten up they get, good always prevails. It suddenly struck me that in most, if not all, of these scenarios - the bad guys are proactive and the good guys are reactive. I got to thinking about how this related to everyday life and how we run our businesses and our lives.

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Pricing Strategy - What It Is?

Product pricing is a major and vital focus of market research. The idea is not to find what consumers like, but to establish what they are willing to pay for any given product or service. Then researchers use that information to establish a price tag that is ideal for maximizing the profit for that product or service. There are four primary methods researchers use to establish this ideal price tag: Conjoint Analysis, the Brand-Price Trade-Off, the Gabor-Granger technique, and the Van Westendorp Price Sensitivity Monitor.

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Kim Kardashian reveals Kanye West love story on KUWTK

The 36-year-old reality star revealed during a milestone special Sunday that she fell in love with Kanye West after he invited her to Paris following her split from Kris Humphries.

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Audrina Patridge hands off daughter to ex Corey Bohan

Audrina Patridge tense split with husband Corey Bolan has forced her to file a restraining order and move back into her parent's Orange County home.

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Brian Austin Green on life with Megan Fox

With her long slender figure and luscious brown hair, directors love to cast Megan Fox as the perfect girlfriend.

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Linda Evangelista jets out of New York

The original '90s supers reunited on the catwalk on Friday, wowing the crowds with their seemingly ever-youthful faces and slender figures.

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Audrina Partridge credits daughter for surviving divorce

'We are doing ok': Audrina Partridge thanks her fans on social media and credits her daughter for helping her get through this 'difficult time' as her divorce from Corey Bohan moves forward

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Scottie Pippen rents out Miami mansion for $40,000 a month

Scottie Pippen is taking a different direction in a bid to offload his Fort Lauderdale mansion, opting to rent it out on a short-term basis for $40,000 a month, reports Page Six.

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Nikki Reed and Ian Somerhalder issue joint apology

'We are deeply sorry': Nikki Reed and Ian Somerhalder issue joint apology for 'goofy' birth control story that many saw as example of an abusive relationship after blasting the story's writer

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Audrina Patridge moves into parents house following split

The Hills star was spotted unloading her things at her mom and dads home in Orange County on Saturday, in the wake of her messy split from husband Corey Bohan

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Lena Dunham chats with a female pal in LA

Her HBO sitcom Girls ended its sixth and final season this April, but Lena Dunham is still getting a laugh out of at least one person. She was seen chatting with a laughing female pal.

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Celebrity Worship

Recently, I attended a concert. It was a big one—like a completely filled football-stadium-sized concert. The musicians were talented and well-known, and the line to buy t-shirts seemed to never end.

The way we as a society interact with celebrities is something I think a lot about. I often wonder why so many people care more about the lives of people they will never meet than the neighbor living next to them. Musicians, athletes, and entertainers sometimes receive more of our focus and attention than the people in our home. Why is that?

As I enjoyed the concert, I again wrestled with some of these thoughts. Celebrities, it seems to me, conjure up a number of possible responses inside us:

Indifference. No doubt, there are numerous people famous in certain segments of the world or society that you have never heard about. And neither have I. However, to others, maybe even people very close to me, they would be considered well-known. But we are indifferent toward them—for any number of reasons.

Dislike. Sometimes, for very shallow reasons, we have made a decision to dislike a specific celebrity. We boo athletes that don’t wear our colors, express disdain over a celebrity who holds a different political view than our own, or feel that a certain writer isn’t nearly as good as the one we like better. Dislike of a person you have never met, based entirely on what you perceive to be true about them, seems like a pretty unwise response when you think about it.

Thankfulness. Sometimes, gratitude towards a specific celebrity is a correct response. Musicians who move us, artists who change us, athletes who bring pride to our city, actors or actresses who portray a character that brings us hope, or maybe a writer who has changed our life in one way or another. In these cases, thankfulness is proper—just as it would be toward anyone who has influenced us positively.

Appreciation. Appreciation, similar to gratitude, is often a positive response to those who hold “celebrity” status. That’s how I felt at the concert the other night. These were talented musicians who had spent a lifetime mastering their craft. I could appreciate the talent and work and discipline that was required to become the artists they had become. Similar feelings could be appropriate towards artists in other fields, executives, industry leaders, or entertainers.

Worship. This, in my opinion, is where we as a society begin to go wrong. Among researchers, “celebrity worship” is an academic term that refers to a continuum of unhealthy personal responses to celebrity status—ranging from attraction to uncontrollable behaviors and fantasies. According to some studies, 33% of people fall somewhere on this continuum in their interaction with celebrities–although only a miniscule amount would suffer from obsessional tendencies.

For the sake of this post, I define celebrity worship not on the end of the spectrum that afflicts only a small percentage of people, but the normalized, cultural obsession that seems to define so many:

• Uncontrollable fascination, such as making special effort to read personal details about a famous celebrity’s life.
• Obsession with conversing about or being around others equally infatuated with the same celebrity.
• Daydreaming about being involved in an intimate way—even in a joking manner (“celebrity exemption” for example).
• Uncontrolled screaming or unconventional physical responses to their presence.
• Purchasing artifacts and/or souvenirs connected to the celebrity.
• Purchasing clothing or products based solely on their name, use, or endorsement.

Granted, even these actions above can be graded on a scale, but I wanted to offer a description of how I most often see celebrity worship.

Proper appreciation, even thankfulness, toward somebody in the public eye is a proper, even healthy response.

Worship, on the other hand, carries some significant dangers. Idolizing celebrities often causes us to overlook the very real, tangible mentors right in front of us. Celebrity worship, on the other hand, is often based only on public perceptions (sometimes carefully manipulated) of a person, which in turn results in incorrect assumptions about them. This is why fans can be so let down when a celebrity’s private actions end up not aligning with their public persona.

Celebrity worship can cause us to idolize and desire certain lifestyles that, at least from the outside, appear to bring greater happiness than the one we have causing us to miss some of the blessings right in front of us. It can result, too often, in watching another person’s life rather than making the most of our own.

Additionally, on a significant level, not keeping a celebrity’s role in our everyday life in proper perspective results in giving up more and more control of ourselves to them. Suddenly, the celebrity begins influencing how we spend our time, our money, and our energies. James Houran, author of Celebrity Worshippers: Inside the Minds of Stargazers said it like this:

We’re not just a media saturated society but an entertainment saturated society, and so we turn to these celebrities for all aspects of our life. Now these figures are larger than life. Celebrities just don’t sell us products anymore; it’s not just for entertainment. But now you start seeing entertainment being part of mainstream media, mainstream news shows, your everyday life. You can’t get away from it. We are bombarded by it wherever we look.

There are people in your life that you ought to look up to as role models and mentors. Some you know well, others you will never meet. And it is certainly wise to feel appreciation and gratitude when appropriate.

But when our view of celebrities begins to move past appreciation and into undeserved worship, it would be wise for each of us to catch ourselves and consider the consequences—they are not benign.

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Is Kylie Jenner having a baby?

Kylie Jenner is pregnant, according to a new report.

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Beyonce defends using dead rapper's voice after being sued

Beyonce's team has responded to a $20million lawsuit from the estate of a dead rapper sampled on her worldwide hit Formation.

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Lisa Spoonauer 'died accidental overdose of painkiller'

In May, the actress' brother gave slightly more details about the actress' death, saying on a fundraising page that she had a 'chronic illness.' Lisa died at age 44 in New Jersey.

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Jennifer Lopez urges fans to support Puerto Rico

The 48-year-old revealed in a plea to fans that she still hadn't heard from her family living on the U.S. territory. Jennifer was born in New York, but both of her parents hail from the Puerto Rico.

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Friday Finds: 9.22.17

Happy Fall!!

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Wheels: How to Avoid Buying a Car Flooded by Hurricanes

With some basic due diligence, as well as a discerning eye, you can usually avoid buying a water-damaged car.

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How Big Does My Business Impact Have To Be?

As an entrepreneur, you don't need an empire to have impact. The impact that you have in your business and beyond may already be bigger than you imagine.

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Cher no longer fits into Seventies costumes at 126lbs

'I don’t plan to re-wear them, but also my whole life I was 106 pounds, and I haven’t been that in a million years! I can’t really get into most of them,' she told People this week.

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Carrie Fisher seen in 20 images from Star Wars Last Jedi

On Thursday 20 new images from the sequel were released showing several of the cast members on set, including the late Carrie Fisher, who died in December 2016.

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Don't Forget to Play

I think that playing games, rather than being a waste of time, can actually teach us valuable lessons in running our business. Business is a serious affair - yes? So many things to think about - sales, marketing, revenue, employees, taxes, legal issues - and the list goes on! We can get so immersed in the serious side of business that we lose sight of the time needed to play - the thing that creates balance in our lives.

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Salma Hayek shows support to victims of Mexico earthquakes

Salma Hayek donated $100k to victims of Mexico's natural disasters on Wednesday. The actress, 51, posted an Instagram video asking others to join in the relief efforts for her homeland.

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Pumpkin Sage Lasanga Roll Up Pull Aparts

Fall flavors at their best: warm and comforting kabocha pumpkin and ricotta lasagna roll ups with crispy sage.

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Ryan Phillippe's accuser Elsie Hewitt pictured in London

Elsie Hewitt, the woman who has filed a $1 million lawsuit against Ryan Phillippe for assault and battery, is pictured out on Wednesday.

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Christina El Moussa says no cheating with Tarek

As far as her very public split from Tarek, the Orange County, California native said it taught her a lot. 'I learned that you have to have very thick skin,' the TV icon said.

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✈ 50 Great Jobs You Can Easily Do While You Travel

Use your laptop to pay for travel, while you travel.

You might just discover a new career while you're at it.

Photo by Andrew Neel

Background

In a posting to the Digital Eve Israel Yahoo Group, a group member asked the following question:

“Any leads on how to find a job that can be done on my laptop, here and there, so that I can still pay my bills while traveling?”

This reminded me of the time when I was still a programmer at Amazon.com back in 2000.

Living in Paris but working daily over the Internet with people in Seattle, I wanted to visit my family in Montreal without taking a lot of vacation time either. Luckily, Amazon's computer systems allowed people to connect from outside the office and that made it easier to convince my boss to let me go.

In the end, I only took off 2 days for traveling purposes and otherwise worked full days from my parents' house, basically paying for my trip and expenses. A side benefit to Amazon was that having me in a middle time zone (6 hours behind Paris but 3 ahead of Seattle) made some projects easier to finish on time.

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Working while traveling abroad and telecommuting aren't quite the same thing

People usually associate telecommuting with a full-time job that lets you regularly work from home, but it can also be a part-time job on the road.

To best answer the question above, let's set out some criteria that make more sense regarding jobs for travelers. Those jobs usually need to be:

• Jobs you can do over the Internet
• Jobs that can be done over a short time-span i.e. during your travels
• Jobs you can get on short notice

This last one is important in case you need multiple jobs to pay all your bills during your trip.

So we're dealing with freelance jobs. However, if you choose well and deliver well, a short-term freelance job can become a longer-term freelance job that you continue from home after traveling.

Jobs you can do while traveling

With that in mind, the list below of online jobs for travelers should give you all sorts of ideas. Each job title points at a real job description, and if the description isn't a good match for you, just do a search on the job title to find more open jobs like it.

1. 3D and Flash Animator
2. Accountant
3. Advertiser
4. Administrative Assistant
5. Article Writer
6. Billing and Debt Collection Representative
7. Blog Programmer
8. Career Coach
9. Virtual Assistant
10. Advertising Poster
11. Copywriter
12. Customer Service Representative
13. Data Entry Provider
14. Data Specialist
15. Database Developer
16. E-book Writer
17. Email Template Designer
18. Flash/Web Developer
19. Graphic Artist
20. Caricaturist
21. Marketing & Lead Generation Campaigner
22. Logo Designer
23. Online Tutor
24. Personal Assistant/Secretary
25. Press Release Writer
26. Project Manager
27. Recruitment Researcher
28. Sourcer (not sorcerer!)
29. Resume Writer
30. Sales Presentation Designer
31. SEO Analyst
32. Foreign Language Voice Talents
33. Technical Support
34. Telemarketing Professional
35. Transcriptionist
36. Travel Planner
37. Typist
38. Video Editor
39. Web Content Writer
40. Web Designer
41. Website Translator
42. Stock Photographer
43. Voice-overs
44. Cartoonist
45. Real Estate Researcher
46. Business Consultant
47. Legal Advisor
48. User Guides and Manuals Editor
49. Game Developers
50. Travel Writer

Don't think this is possible? Not for you?

See how these laptop warriors have built careers while traveling:

• Lauren Juliff, @NEFootsteps: How I Fund my Travels Around the World
• Benny Lewis, @irishpolyglot: How to become a location-independent freelance translator
• Amanda Williams, @dangerousbiz: My Life as a Travel Blogger
• Adam Groffman: @travelsofadam: How to Make Money with a Travel Blog
• Taylor Banks: @learningbanks: Why Working From the Road Is Good for Business (and How to Do It)
• Alyssa Ramos: @alyssaramos: How This Woman Went From Broke To Traveling Full-Time (And Making Lots Of Money)
• Paul Minors: @paulminors: Side-hustle success story (and lessons learned): from full-time job to traveling indie-entrepreneur earning 2X as much in 1/2 the time
• Nathan Buchan: @world_nate: How I earn money while travelling full-time
• Matthew Karsten: @expertvagabond: This Is How I Get Paid To Travel The World

Bonus tip for beginners

Like with any job, having work experience will help a lot compared to a candidate who has no experience. But even having just a little bit of experience will make a difference because it will still allow you to tell potential employers “I've done this online before”.

With that in mind, get experience before your travels by doing some quick, cheap projects. This has the added benefit of getting you familiar with freelance marketplaces, negotiation with potential employers, and actually getting paid with all that's involved.

It would suck to be in a foreign country expecting to receive your pay the next day only to discover that you need to wait a few more days because of some strange policy you didn't know about. Practice before you go!

GET STARTED NOW: Top 50+ Freelance Marketplaces Online and Top 25+ Micro Freelance Marketplaces and Why You Should Use Them

Question of the article

Have you ever worked while traveling for pleasure? How did you find the job? Tell us in the comments.

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What Energy Emanates From Your Business?

I think it's very important to completely identify yourself with your business and think of it as an extension of yourself, and not as a separate entity. For example, if we have a reputation for not being reliable in our personal lives, why would people think we were going to be any different in our professional lives? By living true to our standards, and by being authentic, people will know who they are dealing with, and can make the choice whether they want to do business with us or not.

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Linda Hamilton, 60, to star in new Terminator movie

The actress is set to reprise her role as the kickass actioncharacter that made her famous in the 1984 original The Terminator and again in the 1991 sequel Terminator 2: Judgement Day.

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G.M. Workers Strike in Canada as Mexico Jobs Raise Tension

About 2,750 union workers at an Ontario factory staged the nation’s first walkout at an auto assembly plant in 21 years as an impasse was declared in talks.

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Ryan Phillippe 'accused of domestic abuse' by girlfriend

Sources close to Phillippe tell DailyMail.com that it was Hewitt who instigated the incident, showing up to the actor's home 'under the influence' and physically attacking the actor.

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Budae Jjigae Korean Army Stew Recipe

Our take on a popular Korean hot pot dish: budae jjigae, or army stew! A comforting spicy stew with spam, sausages, tofu, mushrooms, and ramen noodles.

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7 Tips To Choose An Automation Tool For Your Business Growth

Nowadays, businesses need automation tools to save time and money. As a matter of fact, automation tools bring a lot of efficiency and effectiveness. That is the reason, they are all the rage these days. Before you choose an automation tool for your business growth, make sure you consider a couple things. Given below are a few factors to consider when choosing a marketing automation tool. Read on to know more.

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Kevin Hart is in Georgia, pregnant wife in Beverly Hills

Kevin Hart seemed to be in great spirits on Monday while on the set of his new movie in Georgia. Meanwhile, his wife Eniko was alone in Beverly Hills. It is not known if she has forgiven him for the tape.

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Kate Walsh reveals she had a brain tumor removed

'And then around April, I started having more cognitive difficulties. It felt like aphasia, but it wasn’t just not being able to find words; I would lose my train of thought,' she said,

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Singapore Grand Prix: After the Race, the Real F1 Celebrations Begin

Once relegated to hotel bars, after-race parties have grown to become big business full of drivers, celebrities and royalty.

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G.M. Chief, in China, Challenges Planned Bans of Gasoline Cars

As the country joins others taking aim at combustion engines, Mary Barra of G.M. said customers, not government rules, should choose car technologies.

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Singapore Grand Prix: Haas F1 Is Better Than Last Year. So Why Is Gene Haas Unhappy?

“I think we should have been further ahead, we should have been better,” Haas said of the team’s encore season, where it is running in seventh place.

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Business Partners - Things To Consider When Trying To Find Business Partners

The right business partners are hard to come by. Some are motivated to get the job done, while others lack what it takes to take a company to the next level. Business partners are important because they can help you share the load of running a successful company. However, you must be careful when you are evaluating your potential business partners. Today I have shared some things I feel that you should consider when picking out your business partners.

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A Helpful Guide to Packing Lightly

Note: This is a guest post from Natalie Sisson, Suitcase Entrepreneur.

Packing lightly and effectively is a desired art.

Much like travel, the more you do, the better you become at it. Until one day you wake up and feel like a pro as you whip out your perfectly packed, minimalist suitcase, at the ready, with the essentials you need.

My aim is to help you get to that point, one essential item at a time, because if there’s one thing I’ve learned from traveling to 70 countries and being a Suitcase Entrepreneur for 6 years full-time—less is more.

If you’ve ever experienced lugging a giant suitcase behind you on a sandy path to your island resort, or have stood in line at airport security watching a customs officer unpack every single item that took you three hours to squeeze into your bag, you’ll appreciate the skill of packing minimally.

There have been more than a few times where I’ve short changed myself on time and had to pack in a rush to get to the airport. What’s helpful is that I don’t have a ton of stuff to pack up when I leave a place. I’ve gotten used to living out of a suitcase and I have smart systems that I follow to make it much easier to organize my life.

Let me share some of those systems with you right now in a helpful guide that anyone can use to pack lighter.

Step 1: Getting Started.

First, consider your destination—will it be summer or winter, humid or wet? This will make a huge difference to what you need to take.

I recommend getting your suitcase out and placing it open on your bed. Open your wardrobe and pull out what you’d like to take with you.

Once you’ve laid out what you want to take, get ruthless and remove any ‘extra’ items you’ve put in that you think you might need. Usually this is the fifth dress, the seventh t-shirt, or the extra pair of shoes or shorts.

If you’re not good at this, bring in some help. Ask your friends, family, your partner, or someone else who will say “no”, even when you put up a fight: “Do you really think I’m going to need or wear this?”

At this stage, keep in mind that you will end up wearing your same favorite outfits over and over again, much like you do in everyday life. This is an important key to packing light.

Repeat this step one or two times always looking for ‘extras’ that have made their way into your piles. Trust me, you’ll be amazed at what you really don’t need to pack.

Step 2: Packing Your Suitcase.

I have loads of tips I’ve learned over the years and I’ve included the best of them in my book, The Suitcase Entrepreneur: Create Freedom In Business and Adventure in Life.

I dive deeper into not only what to pack, but the benefits of minimalism, what happens after you arrive at a destination, and the best ways to acclimate to your new environment.

For now though, let’s concentrate on some simple rules that will make your packing experience that much easier.

• Take one outfit that you can wear in a casual situation, one for business attire (if your trip isn’t purely for pleasure), one that makes you feel pretty, sexy, or handsome, and one that’s comfy for traveling.
• Make sure you can throw all these items together in a washing machine without any drama.
• Choose fabrics that don’t need to be ironed—that you can roll up in your suitcase and will stay relatively crease free.
• Linen and rayon are not your travel friends. Wool (and knit fabrics in general) and synthetics work great.
• Use travel size containers for skincare, creams, and gels. Or buy travel size kits at the airport or pharmacy. This reduces weight and space dramatically.

As you pack your suitcase or bag of choice, ask yourself the following question: Do I have room to buy stuff and fit more things in while traveling or is it crammed to the brim already?

If you have no space and it’s really heavy, take it all out and eliminate more items. You rarely wear everything you take with you and if you do need anything else, you can almost always buy it in the destination you’re going to.

A few exceptions here:

• Quality shoes. Especially if you have a very small or large foot.
• Sunscreen. Oddly this is one item that can be really expensive even in poorer countries, and the types of spectrum and quality are often limited.
• Medical supplies. Bring your medicines with you in case you can’t get a prescription, as well as contact lens solutions and a basic first aid kit never goes amiss.
• Electronic supplies. Cords and cables for your specialist equipment if it can’t be easily replaced.
• A dry bag. Useful for putting in the electronics or other valuables, and doubling as a small day bag on trips when you don’t want your items to get wet.

Step 3: Traveling with a Carry-On Only.

If you’re going away for a short period of time, from a few days to a few weeks, you definitely want to consider a carry-on only.

There is nothing better than arriving at the airport knowing you don’t need to check in your luggage or spend ages waiting for it at the luggage carousel at your destination.

It’s also incredibly freeing to travel light and know you can pick it up and take it with you anywhere, with a baggage weight that’s completely manageable and doesn’t leave you in a sweat if you have to lift it a lot or are in a rush.

For most of my travels I had a check in bag simply because my suitcase was my home, but when I traveled through Asia and South America for 6-8 weeks, I happily used a carry-on bag only.

If this seems unbelievable to you, here are my key tips (a few are gender-specific) to help you learn how to travel in a carry-on bag only:

• Don’t skimp on your choice of luggage. Rimowa and Samsonsite, in my opinion, are the best. Yes, they’re expensive but they also weigh next to nothing, versus cheaper bags that already have added 6kg to your weight before you’ve even put anything in them.
• Choose a soft bag or super flexible materials with wheels. They will be lighter, more flexible, and easier to fit in the overhead locker on the plane, train, or bus.
• Bags with expandable sections are fantastic if you’re traveling light to your destination but planning to come back with some gifts.
• Bags with a separate compartment to stow your electronics for easy access are great at security and saving you time.
• Forget being fashionable and wear your walking, running, or hiking shoes on the plane. They’re not only super comfortable (especially when your feet swell up on long flights), but they’re also the bulkiest and often heaviest items. Take one pair of dressy shoes (yes ONE), one pair of sandals you can dress up or down, and one flip flops/ jandals for the beach and beyond.
• Make lightweight and economical choices. If you’re heading to colder climates, it’s all about layering—lots of light layers to stay warm and dry, without adding bulk weight to your suitcase or bag.
• You never want to run out of clean underwear, so wash them in the shower at night with travel size soap paper (it lathers up but isn’t a liquid) and hang up to dry.
• If your suitcase doesn’t have a compartment for underwear, buy a small mesh bag or use your dry bag to put them. It’s way easier to find them all in one place.
• Roll clothes rather than pack them flat as they take up less space and don’t come out as creased.
• Don’t take physical books with you. Download your favorite ones to a Kindle and read to your heart’s content.

Step 4: Your Essentials Pre-Flight Checklist

Now that you have a better idea of what you’re going to pack, it’s a good idea to get a few things in order and prepare the basics.

The only thing you really need is your passport and wallet and you can go anywhere. But for some people that’s just too little.

Consider the following before you travel:

• What Visa requirements will you need and how far in advance should you apply for one?
• Do you need to get a series of vaccinations before you head into the jungle or off into the outback?
• Is the time of year you’re considering going a monsoon season or will it be sweltering hot in your chosen destination?
• What are the basic costs of living there, and does that fit within your budget?

If you could only take the bare minimum, then these are the essentials you’d want to pack:

• Passport and Visas
• Vaccinations, medications
• Health and/or travel insurance
• Local currency, extra cash, and credit card(s)
• Copies of all important documents (online and paper)

At the end of the day, the whole reason for your travel is the experiences you will have and the memories that will last a lifetime. Packing lighter will make that happen more often.

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To find even more tips and ideas about packing lightly and traveling more, check out Natalie Sisson. To make it easy, she has included a full packing checklist in her book and free Companion Course. Head to http://ift.tt/2wAsoNj to get them both! You can also find her list of favorite websites to make traveling easier.

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Emmys 2017: Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Big Little Lies win

Julia Louis-Dreyfus won the gong for the sixth consecutive year en route to tying a record for most acting awards ever at the 69th Emmy Awards on Sunday.

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Kristin Cavallari kicks off the Emmy red carpet

The 69th Emmy Awards kicked off in Los Angeles with a glitzy red carpet on Sunday evening. The Hills vet Kristin Cavallari was the first to pose at the splashy television event.

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Lana Del Rey 'splits' from beau G-Eazy

The Cherry singer began dating rapper and producer G-Eazy earlier this year, but they have now gone their separate ways and he has moved on with another singer, Halsey.

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Kevin Hart apologizes to wife Eniko Parrish over mistake

A TMZ report Saturday indicated that Hart was confronted with a video of himself engaged in 'sexually suggestive' behavior with an unnamed woman.

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Secrets of Bonding 154: Be A Bean Counter (The Importance of Bid Results)

It's not sexy. Nobody has it on their business cards. It may not be in your official job description. But this article is the start of your new vocation as an official Bean Counter!

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Serena Williams shares impressive weight loss two weeks

The 35-year-old tennis ace served up a snap which showed her looking to have lost her baby weight as she showcased her slim waist and hips in the Daisy Dukes

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Kim Kardashian seen talking on a cell phone while driving

The reality TV beauty had her blonde locks slicked back and was wearing a brown tank top as a pink-and-white Kimoji air freshener dangled in front of her.

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Grip & Rip and Kick Into Gear for Year-End

"Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do." -Steve Jobs, Apple Inc.

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Inspiring Simplicity. Weekend Reads.

Fill your life with stories to tell, not stuff to show.

The simplicity/minimalism movement is a beautiful community. And I enjoy any opportunity to promote writing that encourages people to live more by owning less.

So fix yourself a nice warm cup of coffee or tea. Find a quiet moment this weekend. And enjoy some encouraging words to inspire more simplicity in your life today.

Your Wants Are Out of Control | Sky Patterson by Sky Patterson. Very few admit to being materialistic…

Minimalism: The Lean Life | Mnmlist by Leo Babauta. In my experience, living a leaner life leads to greater freedom, lightness, happiness and peace.

Becoming A Minimalist Is (Literally) Saving My Sanity | Scary Mommy by Jorrie Varney. A collection of things isn’t necessarily bad, but for me, things began to take over my life.

How A Shopping Break Can Redraw The Line Between Want And Need | The Good Trade by Sophie Benson. Shopping is so entrenched in our culture that the lines between want and need have become blurred.

‘Distraction From Happiness’ | InForum by Alexandra Floersch. I attended middle school and high school in North Dakota—just south of Fargo. Here’s a fun little interview I just did with the hometown newspaper.

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Harry Dean Stanton dies 'peacefully' at 91

The veteran actor, famed for his roles in Alien, The Godfather II and Twin Peaks, died 'peacefully' at Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles on Friday afternoon, TMZ reports.

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Friday Finds: 9.15.17

Fall Fridays are my favorite: crisp afternoon walks, sunshine, and a warm and cozy drink in hand.

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🚩 One Surprising Reason Recruiters Aren’t Responding To Your Job Applications

Recruiters can only respond to your email if they actually get it.

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One of the most frustrating things about the job search process is the uncertainty. What's it going to take to find that next job? How long will it take? And so on.

There's a particular kind of uncertainty that drives job seekers crazy: not getting a response from recruiters.

When I ask my readers what their biggest job search challenge is, this problem comes up again and again-

• “not hearing back”
• “I have sent some CVs out but haven't gotten responses.”
• “The biggest problem I have is getting responses to my job applications.”

I used to get so many complaints about this that I once blogged An Open Letter to the Recruiters of the World From Job Seekers Everywhere, and that was just to get recruiters to auto-respond to job applications.

If you're like most job seekers, you are probably more likely to be bothered about the lack of recruiter response than you are about getting rejected. Crazy but true.

Here's the thing though-

That lack of response is often because of something you did: sending an email job application that was automatically flagged as spam.

You get aggravated by not hearing back, but the recruiter never even saw your email, and good luck getting them to check their spam folder when you have no better way of contacting them directly.

Stop shooting yourself in the foot.

Here's what you can to do to increase your chances of getting to recruiter inboxes. And you'll see how I also have to do better.

Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll.

3 ways to avoid recruiter email spam filters

A) Blacklist check

If your job search email address is from Gmail, Yahoo or Outlook, you can skip this tip and go on to the next one, but pay attention if your email address is from your own personal website or any kind of organization (your current employer?) that regularly sends marketing emails such as client newsletters.

Email spam being the massive problem that it is, companies and others have compiled blacklists of mail servers that are being used for spamming. Spam filters then check incoming email against those blacklists.

If you're sending email from a blacklisted server, your email will be flagged as spam and the recruiter will never see it.

Use a free tool such as MX Toolbox's Email Blacklist Check to quickly check over 100 different blacklists for the mail server used to send your email:

Running the check will generate a list of results. If all goes well, you should a lot of green OKs like this:

However, if you see any red LISTED results, consider getting a different job search email address before applying for any more jobs over email.

You can also compare your results with another tool such as IsnotSPAM.

B) Score how spammy your job application emails are

A email blacklist check is just one kind of anti-spam tool you can use. Another kind will take your email and score it according to how likely it is to be considered spammy by spam filters, such as Mail-tester.com.

Before emailing a recruiter, send your job application email – the actual email you were planning to send – to a unique mail-tester.com email address shown on their homepage:

Next, click “Then Check Your Score” and Mail-tester gets to work scoring your email:

When it's done, your final results will show where your score lost points:

Clicking any line in the report will provide details. You can actually see my results here.

For this test, I simply forwarded a recent newsletter I'm subscribed to, which means that their message “contains errors”.

More importantly:

Argh! My email server is on 3 blacklists!

It's only 3 lists out of 21 checked, so I should be ok, but it's still worth trying to do better. I want to be sure my email will always get to where I want it to.

C) Avoid doing things like a spammer

Spam filters use many rules to score your email in deciding if it's spam or not, just like Mail-tester above.

SpamAssassin, one of the most popular spam filtering programs out there, provides tips on their official website on how legitimate email senders like you can get your non-spam email past their filters.

Based on those tips, here are some of the most common things you should avoid in your emails to potential employers:

1) Email priority

If you're using Outlook or another email program that lets you set priorities, don't set your message to high priority/importance. Classic spammer tactic to make their junk stand out in an inbox.

2) BCC

Don't send your job application to multiple employers by using the BCC (blind carbon copy) option.

If blindly emailing different people the same generic message isn't spam, what is?

3) Subject lines

Don't leave your email subject lines blank. That screams ‘spam!'

A subject with an exclamation point can also look spammy, especially when together with a question mark.

If you need ideas for your great subject lines, there are so many good ways to fill them.

4) Email content

Don't address the recipient with a “Dear Madam,” “Hi friend,” “Hey girl,” or anything remotely generic. Where job seekers are more likely to trip up is with a “To whom it may concern” or similar, which is just as bad. Do your company research to get a contact name.

Your conversations with recruiters often start with an email cover letter, and that shouldn't include any special formatting or attention-getting design using colors and images.

You definitely don't want to use any spammy language such as “urgent reply needed”, even if you clearly do want a response asap. Even mentioning sums of money, such as how much you earned for a past boss, can look spammy.

5) Attachments

Some experts recommend not attaching your resume but it really is common practice. However, stick to safe file formats such as PDF, RTF or DOCX as opposed to any kind of compressed file (ZIP, TAR, RAR).

There's no reason your resume should be larger than 1 MB (and even that's quite large for a 1-2 page document) and large attachments will look suspicious.

6) Marketing email tools

In How These Smart Job Seekers Used Blogging To Find Jobs, I compiled case studies of job seekers who used a blog to find a job.

Many of them were in the marketing industry and mentioned how they used professional marketing tools as part of their “job search campaigns”.

If you're also thinking of being creative and e.g. using marketing email tools to spam mass email recruiters, your emails will have a much higher chance of being flagged as spam unless you know what you're doing. Be careful.

Finally, you can test all these tips but by checking what's in your own spam folder.

What other experts are saying

• Job Seekers: How to Ensure Employers Get Your E-mails
• 5 Ways To Stop Your CV Being Blocked As Spam

Question of the article

Has a recruiter ever told you that your resume was caught in their spam folder? Have any other spam story? Tell us in the comments.

Subscribe to JobMob via email and follow me on Twitter for more funny tips on good decisions for your future.

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Husker Du drummer and singer Grant Hart dead at 56

The 56-year-old singer, guitarist and songwriter for Husker Du reflected on his fellow band member on Facebook early Thursday morning.

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Sadaharu Aoki’s Matcha Azuki: a Recreated Recipe

I'm in love with Sadaharu Aoki's Matcha Azuki, a classic French entremet with a Japanese twist: delicious layers of matcha mousse, dark chocolate genoise, adzuki beans, and a crispy-crunchy praline base. I tried to recreated it and it turned out delicious!

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Scarlett Johansson and Romain Dauriac finalize divorce

According to court records submitted Tuesday in Manhattan the duo also come to an agreement regarding the custody of their three-year-old daughter Rose Dorothy.

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Maddox talks about working with mother Angelina Jolie

Maddox Jolie-Pitt has given his very first interview. The 16-year-old talked to People magazine about working with mother Angelina Jolie on First They Killed My Father.

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As German Election Looms, Politicians Face Voters’ Wrath for Ties to Carmakers

A diesel emissions crisis has put the spotlight on links between the auto industry — responsible for Germany’s most important export — and the country’s leaders.

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Tesla Self-Driving System Faulted by Safety Agency in Crash

In a fatal accident last year, the National Transportation Safety Board said, the automaker allowed autonomous driving in unsuitable conditions.

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Maine Travel Diary 2017

We drove the New England Coast and here's what we ate and did in Maine!

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The Talk hosts and Jesse Palmer talk Kylie Jenner's lips

The hosts of The Talk were joined by DailymailTV host Jesse Palmer on Tuesday to discuss some of the big showbiz stories this week.

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Rob Kardashian and Blac Chyna 'close' to custody agreement

According to TMZ , it looks as if they are very close, even though the former stripper asked for a 'large amount of child support' and is allegedly being investigated by LA child welfare.

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Selena Gomez and The Weeknd 'have moved in together'

It is speculated that the musician’s accommodation costs approximately $16,000 a month to rent. The pair’s relocation is believed to be only a temporary stay for them both

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China’s Electric Car Push Lures Global Auto Giants, Despite Risks

G.M., Ford and Volkswagen are increasingly working on new-energy vehicles in a country that is pressuring them to share trade secrets.

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F.B.I. Investigates Uber Software Used to Monitor Lyft Drivers

In another legal headache for Uber, federal investigators are looking into a past program called “Hell” that the ride-hailing company used to compete with rival Lyft.

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“Does It Spark Joy?” Is the Wrong Decluttering Question

When decluttering expert Marie Kondo published her ground-breaking book, The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up, hordes of grateful, stuff-encumbered readers around the world seized particularly on her question “Does it spark joy?”

That was the criterion Kondo proposed for deciding whether to keep something. Does an item in your possession give you a little thrill when you hold it in your hands? If so, hang on to it. If not, then So long, mustard-colored cardigan with the leather buttons.

Suddenly, it seemed like everyone who was flirting with the notion of decluttering their homes began talking about joy-sparks. Surely, in Kondo’s simple question was the razor to slice through indecision about what to keep and what to toss when pursuing a simpler lifestyle.

End of story. Or is it?

Let me begin by saying that, to me, any voice calling us to own fewer possessions is a welcome voice.

In America, we consume twice as many material goods as we used to 50 years ago. Over the same period, the size of the average American home has nearly tripled, and today that average home contains about 300,000 items.

Most homes contain more televisions than people. About 25 percent of two-car garages don’t have room to park even one car inside them, and still one out of every 11 American households rents off-site storage—the fastest-growing segment of the commercial real estate industry over the past four decades. Meanwhile, home organization, trying to find places for all our excess belongings, is now an $8 billion industry.

We’re at material overload and it isn’t fun like it looks in the commercials.

We live in a society where families are chronically stressed, tired, and rushed, with our excessive possessions compounding (if not creating) the problems. IKEA chief Steve Howard may have let a secret slip when he said that in the western world we’ve reached “peak home furnishings.”

The de-clutter, de-own movement is rapidly catching on, as evidenced, for example, by the popularity of Tiny Houses and the growth of organizations such as the National Association of Professional Organizers and the National Association of Senior Move Managers.

My family became converts to minimalism in 2008 after I wasted a beautiful Saturday morning cleaning out my garage, and a neighbor, seeing my frustration, made the casual comment “Maybe you don’t need to own all that stuff.” As I surveyed the heap of dusty things piled up in my driveway, out of the corner of my eye I noticed my son playing alone on the swing set in the backyard. And right then I had a life-changing realization:

Excess possessions do not bring extra happiness into life; even worse, they distract us from the things that do!

Today we live in a smaller house with only a third of the possessions we used to have. And we couldn’t be happier now that we have more money, more time, and more energy for the things that matter most.

Along the way, I’ve seen how Kondo’s trademark filter has prompted significant decluttering efforts both here and abroad. I’m thankful for that. Yet I can’t help but bristle at the phrasing because the question “Does it spark joy?” may actually rob tidying up of its fullest potential in our lives.

Specifically, we get three things wrong when we evaluate our possessions only by asking whether they spark joy or not.

1. We place our own happiness above everything else and continue to define it in terms of our possessions. Unfortunately, when the predominant question in our mind is “Does this make me happy?” we routinely fall short of actually realizing our happiness. In fact, recent research points to the biological fact that the best way to discover happiness is to help bring it about in someone else’s life.

2. Kondo’s suggested focus does not cull our consumeristic tendencies. Owning less is great, but wanting less is even better. Once we overcome the pull of consumption in our lives, we are free to pursue other passions. Unfortunately, the question “Does it spark joy?” does little to rewire our thinking in that regard. After all, when we’re standing in the department store, many things we pick up spark joy. That’s why we leave with so many of them in our shopping carts.

3. The filter may improve the peacefulness of our surroundings, but it does little to bend the trajectory of our lives. It rarely causes us to evaluate the motivations within that caused the clutter to build in the first place. And when we do not diagnose the cause of our clutter problem, we are bound to repeat it.

So let me propose an alternative question for us to ask ourselves when we’re making the hold/release call on any particular item in our possession. Rather than asking, “Does it spark joy?” let’s begin asking:

Does it help me fulfill a greater purpose with my life?

As I see it, we should be thinking about not just what we own but why we want to own it. What is our goal in life, anyway? What are we hoping to accomplish?

Sure, some people may only be interested in the pursuit of personal pleasure by acquiring as much stuff as possible, but I believe they represent a small minority. Instead, most of us desire to make a selfless contribution of some kind to a world that’s swelling with needs.

Two years ago, my wife, Kim, and I created a nonprofit called The Hope Effect that is changing orphan care by providing solutions that mimic the family. We would never have pursued this interest of ours if minimalism hadn’t freed up the time and money to do it. I’d still be spending my Saturdays cleaning and organizing. But today our lives are permanently different, and so are the lives of a growing number of parentless children around the world.

Orphan care is not everybody’s passion. But whatever others feel they were put on the planet to do, some of their possessions are either directly or indirectly helping them accomplish it, while others are holding them back. It makes the best sense to keep what aligns with their goal in life and get rid of the rest.

So when you’re holding one of your possessions in your hands, ask yourself, Does it help me fulfill my purpose? Does it help me craft a lifestyle in which I am able to build relationships and care for others, or might I be able to use my time, money, and energy in better ways?

Clear away obstacles one by one. Then advance toward your goal.

There’s a big difference between tidying up your home and freeing up your life. Instead of merely sparking some joy within yourself, light a fire in the world.

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👉 One Handy Job Interview Technique You Need to Master

Start your first impressions with a good first impression.

Photo by Jonas Vincent

Have you ever noticed this?

People shake hands all the time. Unless your handshake is particularly bad, people will rarely react negatively to it and they'll ignore the occasional jitter or semi-clasp. On the other hand (pun intended), if your handshake is particularly good, you will stand out and people will remember you.

But here's the kicker:

When it comes to job interviews, the opposite is actually true.

A 2008 University of Iowa study showed what you may have already suspected:

a firm, solid handshake is an important part of a successful job interview, while a dead fish can end the interview before it even begins

Put differently, while a basic handshake is expected and won't stand out, a bad handshake can ruin everything.

Ultimately, since a handshake is such a common thing, expectations are relatively low. That also means you can easily achieve good results.

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The Best Handshake Ever?

My secret handshake is just me high-fiving my dog.

— Jawbreaker (@sixfootcandy) September 1, 2017

A friend of mine has the best handshake in the world.

No, really.

The first time I met him and we shook hands, I was literally wowed.

Here's what made his handshake so great (over-detailed analysis coming up…):

1. Softness
Nobody likes shaking hands with sandpaper. Although you don't necessarily need to carry around a bottle of hand moisturizer, at least make sure that your hands aren't rough to the touch. Introduce coconut oil into your diet somehow.

2. Moisture
Without being sandpaper, your hands should be dry and not sweaty or clammy. Let them air out.

3. Temperature
Your hands should be warm, not cold.

4. Texture
Do you like shaking hands with someone's scabs or callouses? Enough said.

5. No bandages or casts
You don't want people to think they might hurt you by shaking your hand.

6. Clean
The only thing worse than worrying about hurting someone's hand is worrying about catching a virus from it like warts, a cold, etc. Even feeling just one Band-Aid is discomforting.

7. Few rings to none
The fewer rings there are, the less chance of pinching and hurting someone's hand.

8. Confident reach
Don't wait for someone's hand to come to yours, reach for theirs and meet it.

9. Good timing
Lock hands without any jitters or fumbling, sliding one hand into the other. Don't aim to grasp fingers, aim for the palm.

10. Perfect position
Aim for the webbing of your hand (skin between thumb and forefinger) to catch the webbing of their hand. Thanks to David Tra for pointing that out.

11. Solid grasp
Everyone hates the dreaded “dead fish” where someone leaves a limp hand in yours. Do the opposite; clutch the palm without squeezing so hard that it becomes painful for the other.

12. Positive
Grin or smile while shaking hands.

13. Be sincere
Don't just grin or smile, do it like you mean it. A fake smile ruins the whole effect.

14. Look them in the eye
The best way to prove you're being sincere.

15. Shake source
“Shake from the elbow, and not from the shoulder,” says international etiquette expert, Denise Zaldivar.

16. Shake method
“Aim for 2 pumps when shaking,” Denise also recommends.

17. Shake vigor
Don't shake too vigorously, but don't let them shake your whole arm either.

18. Know when to let go
A good shake usually involves a palm squeeze and release, but be careful if the other person is too quick or too slow, which could lead to an awkward moment. Instead, with a confident reach, be first to engage and disengage.

19. Synchs with your personal brand
For most people, this just means following all the previous points to being a handshaking professional, but for some people this means having a unique handshake or one that's more in tune with their profession. If a clown always shook hands in a serious way, you'd wonder about his sense of humor.

20. Memorable
So few people do this that if anyone ever impresses you with their handshake, you won't forget them just like with my friend above. If your handshake is memorable, it is successfully building your personal brand.

21. Viral
Not in a bad way… this whole article came about because my friend's handshake was so terrific I had to tell you about it.

Bonus tip

22. Encourages loyalty
A great handshake is one that makes people want to shake your hand again. For that, they'll need to have you around them again.

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