Hacks Series Quotes

You have the ability to change your life. You’ve always had the power, Dorothy. You just have to stop waiting for someone else to do it for you. There is no easy way out of this; there is no life hack. Just you and your God-given strength and how much you desire change.

There are no shortcuts. There are no hacks. There is just hard work and life experience and two different kinds of omelets, neither one of which is better than the other, just as long as they’re well made.

Since I hacked my governor module, it’s not like I haven’t thought about killing the humans. But once I started exploring the company servers and found hundreds of hours of downloadable entertainment media, I just thought, there’s no hurry. I can always kill the humans later, after the next series drops.

Putting a small amount of 7UP in a flower vase will surprisingly preserve them for much longer.

Having trouble falling asleep? Count backwards from ninety-nine. Chances are, you’ll fall asleep before you even get to fifty.

like so many other things in teaching—if you don’t plan it, it doesn’t happen.

Poshlust,” or in a better transliteration poshlost, has many nuances, and evidently I have not described them clearly enough in my little book on Gogol, if you think one can ask anybody if he is tempted by poshlost. Corny trash, vulgar clichés, Philistinism in all its phases, imitations of imitations, bogus profundities, crude, moronic, and dishonest pseudo-literature—these are obvious examples. Now, if we want to pin down poshlost in contemporary writing, we must look for it in Freudian symbolism, moth-eaten mythologies, social comment, humanistic messages, political allegories, overconcern with class or race, and the journalistic generalities we all know. Poshlost speaks in such concepts as “America is no better than Russia” or “We all share in Germany’s guilt.” The flowers of poshlost bloom in such phrases and terms as “the moment of truth,” “charisma,” “existential” (used seriously), “dialogue” (as applied to political talks between nations), and “vocabulary” (as applied to a dauber). Listing in one breath Auschwitz, Hiroshima, and Vietnam is seditious poshlost. Belonging to a very select club (which sports one Jewish name—that of the treasurer) is genteel poshlost. Hack reviews are frequently poshlost, but it also lurks in certain highbrow essays. Poshlost calls Mr. Blank a great poet and Mr. Bluff a great novelist. One of poshlost’s favorite breeding places has always been the Art Exhibition; there it is produced by so-called sculptors working with the tools of wreckers, building crankshaft cretins of stainless steel, Zen stereos, polystyrene stinkbirds, objects trouvés in latrines, cannonballs, canned balls. There we admire the gabinetti wall patterns of so-called abstract artists, Freudian surrealism, roric smudges, and Rorschach blots—all of it as corny in its own right as the academic “September Morns” and “Florentine Flowergirls” of half a century ago. The list is long, and, of course, everybody has his bête noire, his black pet, in the series. Mine is that airline ad: the snack served by an obsequious wench to a young couple—she eyeing ecstatically the cucumber canapé, he admiring wistfully the hostess. And, of course, Death in Venice. You see the range.

A good teacher is like a candle—it consumes itself to light the way for others.

Flattening the walls of your school entails eliminating the communication barriers so everyone feels like they are part of the school community.

If you have painful gas, lie on your back and lift your knees to your chest. You’ll fart it right out. 355

Mixing alcohol with Diet Coke will get you drunker than if you mix it with regular Coke.

Mix vodka and gummy candies in a container and wait a day. Then get drunk while snacking!

Not sure if someone is interested in you? Look at their eyes. People’s pupils expand by about 45% when looking at a love interest.

If you suspect someone’s checking you out, yawn. If they yawn back, they were. Yawning is visually contagious.

If you’re having trouble with a math problem, plug the equation into WolframAlpha.com and it will solve it for you.

Studies have shown that dancing has been known to improve relationships. It can strengthen the couple’s bond and relieve emotional tension.

Runny or stuffy nose? Push your tongue against the top of your mouth and push a finger between your eyebrows. Hold it for about twenty seconds. Your nose should clear. 353

When you are at the pool or beach, set your flip-flops face-down. This prevents them from being scalding hot from the sun when you’re ready to leave. 395 Pimple too painful to pop?

Get rid of nighttime coughs by putting Vicks VapoRub on your feet and then placing socks over them. Your cough will stop within minutes. 411

Reading a book before bed makes your eyes tired. As a result, your brain is tricked into feeling tired and falling asleep is much easier.

Expect writers to do more than sit and study the works of those they hope to emulate. Encourage them to cut mentor texts open—physically.

Short on firewood? Make a Swedish Flame. Make your cuts like you’re slicing a cake. Leave about six inches at the base. Throw about half a cap of fuel oil in. It will burn for two to three hours.

Have a headache? Submerge your feet and hands in hot water and put a bag of frozen peas on the back of your head. The heat on your extremities pulls the blood from your head, relieving your head pains. 474

TIDY UP YOUR WORKSPACE BEFORE YOU CALL IT A DAY. When you go to an office, you can leave your messy home, well, at home. Not so for remote workers. And this is a problem, because working in a messy space zaps your concentration. Research shows clutter can trigger the release of cortisol (the stress hormone). Messy homes are also linked to increased procrastination. Before you clock out each night, spend five minutes putting things away, organizing your papers, and removing dirty glasses. You’ll appreciate your efforts when you sit down to your desk the next morning.

According to Dr. Andrew Huberman, you can hack your dopamine reward system by reframing your work today as essential to the kind of future you want. That gives you a reason to be happy every day. I call it preferring systems over goals. If you are following a good system, the reward is that you followed the system.

Along with saying no, the easiest thing you can do to become more influential is just ask. Ask more often, ask more directly, and ask for more. People who ask for what they want get better grades, more raises and promotions, and bigger job opportunities and even more orgasm. This might seem obvious but apparently it isn't. Most people do not realize how often they are not asking until they start asking more often. Whenever our MBA course ends and students share the biggest thing they have learned - after we have done so much together - the most common answer is “just ask”. The full realization comes from practice. What if you’re not sure how to ask? Just ask the other person. Seriously. One of the simplest and most surprising influence hacks is that if you ask people how to influence them, they will often tell you. Most of us are reluctant to ask because we fundamentally misunderstand the psychology of asking and we underestimate our likelihood of success. In one series of experiments, employees were more likely to turn in mediocre work than to ask for deadline extension, fearing their supervisor, would think them incompetent if they asked for extra time. But they had it backward: Managers saw extension requests as a good sign of capability and motivation. Pg 64, 65

En estos casos puedes definir tus próximos pasos a partir de una serie de preguntas adicionales de la Encuesta de obligatoriedad. ¿Qué es lo que usaría para sustituir a [nombre del producto] si ya no estuviera disponible en el mercado? Posiblemente no usaría una alternativa Usaría: ¿Cuál es el beneficio principal que ha recibido de [nombre del producto]? ¿Le ha recomendado [nombre del producto] a alguien? No Sí (Por favor explique cómo lo describió) ¿Qué tipo de persona cree que se beneficiaría más de [nombre del producto]? ¿Cómo podemos mejorar [nombre del producto] para que satisfaga más sus necesidades? ¿Podríamos darle seguimiento a la encuesta por correo electrónico para solicitarle aclaraciones respecto a una o más de sus respuestas

Seek perfection in everything you do. Steve Jobs was a perfectionist who had an eye for every detail, would seek the best results and would not hesitate to do things again if the results were not up to his expectations.

Manage to keep the best people. Steve jobs feared what he named ‘the Bozo explosion’, that is a system in which the failure of the management to seek for the best and get rid of the less efficient only leads to mediocrity.

those who don’t say ‘no’ will never manage to focus on the important things, the 20% of your time that ought to generate 80% of your income

For a variety of reasons, staffers always want to take new initiatives, do new things that excite them. But if those new things fail to serve your business’ goals, their time and energy are lost at your expense because money and efforts are diverted uselessly to non-essential tasks!

he would launch a massive brainstorming sessions and gather the opinions and thoughts of all his people. The idea there was to make a list of ten priorities based on the team beliefs, but in the end, he would only keep three, thus making them even more important (while keeping a certain form of control over the decision-making process).

Steve Jobs for instance reflected on his feelings about being fired from Apple. Here is what he said: “I didn’t see it then, but it turned out that getting fired from Apple was the best thing that could have ever happened to me. The heaviness of being successful was replaced by the lightness of being a beginner again, less sure about everything. It freed me to enter one of the most creative periods of my life.

What other people say about how you fail means nothing, especially if you can say why your failure has made you stronger.

Does your leadership image reflect who you are? Are you happy with the perception others have of you?

The acknowledgement stung. Buried beneath layers of ignored remorse, he was as guilty as those monsters of human flesh who stabbed, bludgeoned, and hacked their way through life. Not because he was evil like them, but because he had crossed the same inviolable line: he had orchestrated the death of another man.

Cottage cheese and sour cream will last twice as long if you turn the container upside down. This forms a vacuum seal and prevents bacteria from getting in. 151

Take note of your body’s position in the morning. This is probably your most comfortable sleeping posture, so posing this way before bed can help you get to sleep more quickly. 430

If you bought something on Amazon and the price goes down within thirty days, you can e-mail them and they will send you the difference. 493

Hungry and want a ride home? Go to the local pizza shop, order a pizza to your house, and get a ride home with the driver. 357

Put toothpaste on a pimple and it will disappear overnight. 374

On the bottom of every Krispy Kreme receipt is a plea to fill out a survey. You get a free doughnut for doing the survey. When you get your doughnut, you get another receipt, with another survey. Free doughnuts for life! 496

Eating a small amount of chocolate in the morning can actually help your body burn calories and lose weight throughout the day.

Because the earth’s charge is negatively balanced, by connecting to it you discharge and neutralize this buildup of positive electrical charge created by modern living. This is known as “grounding” or “earthing.” Studies show that grounding can:

Get a small pan and fill it with water. Add some vanilla extract and cinnamon and put it on the stove. Your house will smell like a delicious bakery in no time.

87 Want to make sure you wake up in the morning? The Snooze app for iPhone will donate to charity each time you hit the snooze button.

Four words to get free alcohol at a party: I’ve never been drunk.

Eating grapes improves the brain’s ability to process new information and thus enhances your intelligence.

If you send Mickey and Minnie Mouse an invitation to your wedding, they’ll send you back an autographed photo and a “just married” button. Here is the address: Mickey & Minnie The Walt Disney Company 500 South Buena Vista Street Burbank, CA 91521 USA

If a job makes you pay money to work for them, it’s a scam. Period.

Never buy shoes again! Payless will replace any shoes you buy from them regardless of how long you’ve had them or what you’ve put them through.

Each 5 mph you drive over 60 mph is like paying an additional 10 cents a gallon for gas.

the taxi driver asks if you’re “from around here,” lie and say yes. Sometimes they drive farther (driving up the price) for tourists.

If you ever go to a zoo, wear the same colors as the employees do. The animals will come right up to you.

Clogged drain? Unclog it with 1 cup of baking soda mixed with 1 cup of white vinegar.

There’s an app called Type n Walk which lets you see what’s ahead of you while texting and walking.

Want to watch a movie with a girl? Ask her what her favorite movie is and say you haven’t seen it. She’ll usually say, “We should watch it.

Finding it hard to meet people? Go outside when it’s raining with a huge umbrella and take your pick.

It’s been proven that sleeping on your right side will help you fall asleep faster than sleeping on your left.

Think of being with someone you love the moment before you get your picture taken. You’ll end up with a natural smile every time!

Instead of going to dinner and a movie, go to the movie first and then dinner. This way, you have something to talk about at dinner.

Try going twenty-four hours without complaining (not even once) and watch how your life starts changing.

Learning an instrument can improve your IQ by up to seven points. Don’t want to pay for lessons? JustinGuitar.com offers completely free guitar lessons.

Always under-promise and over-deliver. Most people tend to do the opposite.

Runny or stuffy nose? Push your tongue against the top of your mouth and push a finger between your eyebrows. Hold it for about twenty seconds. Your nose should clear.

Placing an envelope in the fridge for an hour will unseal it. Good tip to know if you forget to include something in a package.

Thinking about sex will temporarily relieve the urge to pee in the case of an emergency.

Never keep condoms in your wallet. After just a month in there, it has a 50% greater chance of breaking.

Making a blanket fort? Use a fitted sheet instead of a normal blanket for a sturdier and more practical roof.

At Disney World, you can actually request a wake-up call from any Disney

The date rape drug Rohypnol tastes very salty. If your drink suddenly has a salty taste, stop drinking it immediately.

If you’re ever in a fight, the best spots to hit the other person are the ones where it feels good to be massaged.

Tired of getting bombarded with spam? Keep two e-mail accounts with different passwords, so that one of these can be used exclusively for registering online accounts. This will prevent a ton of spam from hitting your inbox and your main account from being hacked.

An iPhone app called BAC Alcohol Calculator can tell you exactly how drunk you are after entering your weight and type of beverage.

you send Mickey and Minnie Mouse an invitation to your wedding, they’ll send you back an autographed photo and a “just married” button. Here is the address: Mickey & Minnie The Walt Disney Company 500 South Buena Vista Street Burbank, CA 91521 USA

Get caught doing something embarrassing in public? Just say you lost a bet.

If you wear a Yelp shirt to a restaurant, you’ll get the best service ever.

You can call 311 for non-emergency calls to the police.

At a party and forgot to bring alcohol? Tell people you’re not drinking. Everyone will suddenly offer you a free drink!

When you’re in pain, cursing releases enkephalin, which raises your pain tolerance, causing you to hurt less.

Sleepy but don’t want to be? Hold your breath as long as you can and then breathe out slowly. This will perk you right up!

Never sleep naked. If there is some kind of emergency, it might be too late to

At Disney World, you can actually request a wake-up call from any Disney character you want!

Buying ice cream? Press on the top of the container. If it’s solid, it’s been properly stored. If it can be pushed down, it’s been thawed and refrozen.

Good things come to those who wait, but greater things come to those who get off their ass and do anything they possibly can to make it happen.

If you have to put a beloved pet to sleep, find a vet who will make a house call. You’ll feel better knowing that the animal’s last hour won’t be spent in a place it hates.

Replace the “en” in a Wikipedia link with “simple” to strip away the complex and mostly irrelevant information on the page.

Feeling ugly? Go sit in Walmart for two hours. You will feel a lot better!

Our mind is extremely powerful but it is also full of random thoughts.

Can the church stop its puny, hack dreams of trying to "make a difference in the world" and start dreaming God-sized dreams of making the world different? Can the church invent and prevent, redeem and redream, this postmodern future? -Leonard Sweet (Soul Tsunami)

A Pineapple Chart is a systematic way to put a “welcome mat” out for all classrooms, a central message board that lets other teachers know that you’re doing something worth watching today, and if they’d like to come by, your door is open.

If you want to lift yourself up, lift someone else. — Booker T. Washington

Are we permanently changing behavior, or are students simply responding to punishments and rewards?

The Hack: Create Teacher Quiet Zones

The content of your character is your choice. Day by day, what you choose, what you think and what you do is who you become. —Heraclitus, Greek Philosopher

Don’t limit a child to your own learning, for he was born in another time. —Rabindranath Tagore, Bengali Writer, Philosopher, Artist, and Composer

Time is what we need most but what we use worst. —William Penn, English Entrepreneur

If you run into a wall, don’t turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it. — Michael Jordan, Basketball Player and Entrepreneur

Time is what we need most but what we use worst. —William Penn, English Entrepreneur

Popeyes Naked Sandwiches: At any Popeyes, you have the option to get your sandwich “naked,” which means no breading on your meat. 196 Long John Silver’s Side of Crumbs: A free box of batter parts that have fallen off the fish or chicken. It’s a great topping for salads. 197 Dunkin’ Donuts Turbo Hot Coffee: A coffee with an extra shot of espresso in it. 198 Burger King’s Frings: Can’t decide between fries and onion rings? Order the Frings and they’ll give you half and half. 199 McDonald’s Monster Mac: A Big Mac made with eight meat patties. 200 Onions and garlic are both foods that accelerate