10 Mistakes People Make When Dieting
10 Mistakes People Make When Dieting
I am a fan of the book Food Rules by Michael Pollan (2009). He suggests 64 rules that people should follow in order to be healthy. I recommend checking it out!
Self Help: Improving Your Lifetime Potential – Dr. Diane Hamilton
My website www.drdianehamilton.com is dedicated to helping people improve their lifetime potential. What does that entail? I am always studying self-help articles to improve “me”. I find that a lot of others do the same. I use my website and blog as a way to share those things that I have learned through my research. It can take a lot of time to find how to do certain things or how to improve your life in certain ways. I hope that with my research, I make your research a bit easier.
Career
I like to study careers and different jobs that become available due to new technologies and advancements. My degrees are in Business Management with a strong focus on Human Resources and Personnel Management. In my book How to Reinvent Your Career I include a lot of information about how to improve yourself in order to get that career that is a good fit for you. The anticipated publication of this book is early Fall, 2010.
In the meantime, I recommend checking out some of the following sites for more information to help you with your own research:
- http://jobsearch.about.com/
- http://drdianehamilton.wordpress.com/2010/07/18/interview-questions-job-interview-questions-and-answers/
- http://drdianehamilton.wordpress.com/2010/07/23/home-based-business-scams-from-scambursters-org/
- http://www.quintcareers.com/top_50_sites.html
- www.higheredjobs.com
- www.aarp.org/money/work
- www.Careermaze.com
- http://assets.aarp.org/rgcenter/econ/workers_fifty_plus.pdf
- www.Investopedia.com/articles/pf/09/work-at-home-scam.asp?&Viewed=1
- www.salary.com
- http://www.aarp.org/money/work/best_employers/
- http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/bestcompanies/2010/
- www.hoovers.com/freebiz.yahoo.com/ic/ind_index.html
Personal
There are always personal areas we can develop. I love books like The Art of Happiness by the Dalai Lama. Tony Robbins also inspires me quite a bit. It can be easy to get bogged down in negative thinking. We all have that inner voice that we barely notice in our minds. I think it is important to pay attention to it, to be sure we are not focusing on negative thoughts.
I recommend that you check out some of the following sites for more information about self-help topics:
- https://www.drdianehamilton.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=58&Itemid=72
- http://www.amazon.com/Art-Happiness-10th-Anniversary-Handbook/dp/1594488894
- http://www.amazon.com/Awaken-Giant-Within-Immediate-Emotional/dp/0671791540/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1280071270&sr=1-1
- http://drdianehamilton.wordpress.com/2010/07/24/20-words-to-change-your-life/
Health
Having worked in the pharmaceutical field for 15 years, I received a lot of health-related training. I have a CMR certification which was a pretty intense graduate-level program where I learned about medicine, disease management, and how the different systems in the body function. One thing that I had to learn in my own personal life was the importance of being healthy as compared to just being thin.
I recommend that you check out some of the following sites for more information about health-related topics:
- www.sparkpeople.com
- www.bodyforlife.com
- www.fitday.com
- www.dietfacts.com
Education
I currently teach for 6 online universities and personally have a PhD in Business. I am a big advocate for a continued life-long education. I never stop taking courses. I love to learn new things. The great thing about the Internet is that there is a wealth of information out there that is FREE!
I recommend that you check out some of the following sites for more information about paying for education:
- www.Staffordloan.com
- www.Collegeboard.com
- www.Fafsa.ed.gov
- www.Tuitionpay.com
- www.Afford.com
I recommend that you check out some of the following sites for more information about free education:
- iTunes U: http://www.apple.com/education/itunes-u/ – iTunes have their university courses as well as regular podcasts available. Be sure to check out all of the free things iTunes has to offer.
- ‘Stuff you should know’ podcast (the hosts Josh and Chuck are great!): http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/stuff-you-should-know-podcast.htm
- MIT Open Courseware: http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/courses/courses/index.htm
- Computer training: http://www.gcflearnfree.org/computer/topic.aspx?id=140
- How to use APA for writing papers: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/
- Source for a lot of educational videos that help you to be on the cutting edge: http://wimp.com/
- Grammar guide: http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/
- Online tutorials: http://www.librarysupportstaff.com/ed4you.html#Online Tutorial
- Source for many educational training videos: http://websearch.about.com/od/imagesearch/a/education_video.htm
- Career training resource: http://freecareertraining.org/
Technology
My latest passion has been to learn more about social networking. It can be so complicated because there are so many different sites out there. I do like to use sites like Posterous which allow you to update many different sites easily with just one email. I am always looking for great suggested sites and things to read.
I recommend that you check out some of the following sites for more information about social networking:
- www.letsgetsocial.com – did try this one and liked it!
- http://www.cherrypickersoftware.com/ – sounds interesting – haven’t tried yet
- http://marketyourselfwithvideo.com/ – have not tried this one yet – but would love to hear feedback from those who have
- http://drdianehamilton.wordpress.com/2010/07/22/what-is-flipboard-for-ipad/ – signed up for this but haven’t yet been able to use it . . .
- http://drdianehamilton.wordpress.com/2010/07/21/howstuffworks-how-google-voice-works/
I hope some of my links are helpful to those of you who have similar interests to mine. I welcome hearing back from those of you who have found sites that you like as well. I am constantly updating my lists so check back on occasion to see some new site that I think are useful.