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A couple of months ago I wrote an article teaching you how to be a badass. In case you missed it, check this out. Well since you guys seemed to love it, and we could all use a little advice on being a badass, I decided to give you part 2 on How To Be A Badass.  Enjoy!

1. Create Your Own Opportunity - a badass realizes that opportunity isn’t going to knock on his door, so he creates his own opportunity and seizes the day.
2. Learn to disappear - That’s right folks, nothing is more badass than a person able to disappear at will. Continue Reading…
   

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Note: At Zen College Life, we like to look at how we can squeeze the most out of life.  I firmly believe that not having to fret over finance frees you up to make the most of your time, and your life.

This is Part Five of the Take Control of Your Money! Series – a series of practical tips and step-by-step guides to take control of your personal finances so you can focus on getting the most out of life.  Click here for Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, and Part 4.

It’s been about 6 weeks or so since we last looked at managing our money in the Take Control of Your Money! Series.  By now, you should have been able to see a decent flow of money enter into your system and filter out to their respective accounts.  In this, the final part of the series, we’ll look back at how the system has been working, fix any kinks, make any necessary changes, and get back on our path to smart personal finance management.  Think of this as a pit stop for your finances. Continue Reading…

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This is a post by Stefan from StudySuccessful.com. A blog about studying successful. Stefan is a graduated high school student from Holland who likes to experiment with study tactics and with everything that comes with studying.

Summer time!

School is over, people start to look for jobs during the holiday, to make some extra money. Of course, that is one of the best things to do after the exams. But most of the times these jobs are boring, not that good paid and even soul-destroying! Are there other options? Of course! Continue Reading…

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In an effort to model my lifestyle with that of successful men and women, I realized that I needed clear and simple definition of the success lifestyle in order to mimick it.  You know what they say, “Fake it till you make it.”  I may not be wildly successful today, but with discipline and affirmation I can surely develop into someone with all the habits that a successful person has.  Then it’s just a matter of seizing opportunity and making the world pay attention.

So I’m going to keep it simple and easy to remember;  5 distinct characteristics that will inevitably lead you and me to greater success and life fulfillment.  Remember, naming the characteristics is the easy part;  developing each of them will require greater effort on your part. Continue Reading…

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There are a few classes which I fully believe every student should take, regardless of their background, major, or interests.  There are just some things that all young adults should know.  Obviously college couldn’t possibly prepare you for everything coming in your adult life, but that doesn’t mean you can’t learn more from college than your course plan of study.  Here are a few wise elective classes to take.

Nutrition, Fitness, and Weight Control

This could be under many different names, but basically it is the introductory nutrition course.  Pretty much every college will have one, and every student should take it.  You will learn so much useful information in this class.  Like the real difference between protein, carbohydrates, and fats, and the purposes of each.  You will also learn about different forms of exercise for different goals.  I wrote an entire proposal to the president of my university explaining why I think this should be required of all students. Continue Reading…

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Alright guys, it’s up to you to make this a great thread.  For today’s ZCL post we will have an open forum.  Here’s how it’s going to work.  In order to best serve the readers ZCL is opening it’s doors to any questions, comments, and feedback.  Ask anything you’d like.  Tell anything you’ve wanted to tell.  Continue Reading…

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Just like Ibrahim’s post on Why you should get a website, I’m going to give you some reasons on why I believe you should get a job this summer. Continue Reading…

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I probably don’t need to tell you that the more we experience in life the closer we get to knowing exactly who we are.  I imagine that as college students we are all trying to  gain the highest amount of knowledge that we can, in order to grow into the greatest versions of ourselves that we can be.

I can offer you this, though: a great idea to help you find out exactly who you are, what you are made of, and what you want to be.  It’s called Self-Experimentation or as some of you may have heard, lifehacking.  Self Experimentation is a process of tying something new or altering a certain habit with the intention of fully experiencing an alternate habit or lifestyle characteristic. Continue Reading…

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This is the first in ZCL’s new series of awards: The ZCL College Post of The Month.  This will be awarded to other college bloggers who write posts which we at ZCL consider well written and exceptionally useful to college students.  For the first month of awards we have some pretty great posts.  It was difficult to choose, because I subscribe to so many great college blogs.  Here’s what we have for May 2009:

Write an Email You Can Be Proud Of (Debt Free Scholar) - What a fantastic resource.  It amazes me that students can make it this far and still have so much trouble with such a simple task.  Luckily for them Nate has it covered.  Check this out and brush up on your email etiquette. Continue Reading…

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Time blocking is no new secret for productivity.  In fact, planning is probably the oldest tested and tried technique for getting things done.  But the fact of the matter is that many of us still have yet to dedicate the time to recording everything we have done throughout the day.   I propose that you try this technique, even if just for a few days.  It will give you a better idea of where your least productive time wasters come from and will show you just how much extra time you could find if you were to remove these time wasters. Continue Reading…

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