10 minutes are enough to master some skills. Consider 10 skills that can be learned in just 10 minutes.
10. Learn various techniques useful in communication
Learning techniques that in the future will help communicate with people will never hurt. Try to calmly speak even during quarrels: this inspires confidence in the interlocutors and encourages them to reduce the degree of tension. Remember to contact people by name, as this is also credible. However, it is important not to overdo it: too often, you should not call the interlocutor by name. There are a number of other communication techniques that can be learned in a few minutes. Take this time, and you will see the results very soon: the interlocutors will feel very comfortable in your presence.
9. Get stuck in services from Google
Google has not only a few uninteresting services and the search engine itself. Some applications are very curious, and people spend quite a lot of time in them. It can be noted, for example, PAC-MAN - a game that has already become legendary. Arts & Culture is the perfect app for art lovers, Google Sky is for people interested in the space that surrounds our planet. There is also a service where various interesting fonts are presented. It is called Google Fonts.
8. View an interesting lecture
TED.com is a site where a large number of lectures are presented: inspirational, interesting, funny and so on. You can choose a suitable time (for example, 15, 10, 5 minutes) and familiarize yourself with the lectures that the system will offer. The database of videos is regularly updated, so you can refresh the page again and again. The language in which the lectures are published is English, but you can find videos with Russian subtitles. There are not only lectures on the Internet on TED.com: there are a lot of options. Choose the one that seems most convenient to you.
7. Learn how to quickly tie shoelaces
Tie your shoelaces first as you are used to. Then lay their free ends on the little fingers: one on the right, the other on the left. Then slide the index and thumb of the left hand over the left cord, and the index and thumb of the right hand under the right. You will get two loops. The free end of one of them will be in front, the other in the back. Pull back the right lace (its free end), using the middle finger. To loop through the right cord, rotate with your left hand.
6. Learn to identify ripe fruits
You should choose grapefruits and oranges that are the heaviest among all the others: they will be more juicy. As for watermelons, the opposite is true: you should buy the lightest of them. Strawberries should smell very good, and not just look beautiful. If such a berry is not aromatic, it is almost always a sign that it is tasteless.
5. Explore geography
You can study geography and test yourself using various textbooks, special sites. One such site is https://online.seterra.com/. You can guess deserts, oceans, various countries and so on. Of course, to explore all the geographic features, you will need much more than 10 minutes. However, you just need to give it a little time every day, and very soon you will notice great progress. Make it one of your hobbies. Using this site you can spend time with benefit and learn not only geography, but also English.
4. Write yourself in the future
www.futureme.org is a very interesting site where you can write a letter to yourself. The message can be sent in a few years, in a year - when you want. Write to yourself in the future about what plans you are building, about all your worries and desires. To receive such letters is interesting, but at the same time quite exciting. You will be able to understand what goals in life have been achieved, and which are not. Perhaps in the future some of them will not be as important as it seemed before.
3. Remember how to provide first aid
Such skills are very useful, because they can save people from death. Epilepsy is a disease that is very common, so it’s worth considering how to help people during such attacks. First look at the watch and remember exactly when the attack started. Then remove all solid objects from the patient, place him on a horizontal surface and put something soft under his head. It should be borne in mind that the patient’s head cannot be thrown back. Do not hold his tongue, do not open his jaw, do not put anything in his mouth.
After a while, look at the watch. An ambulance should be called if the attack lasts more than 5 minutes. After waiting for the seizure to stop, lay the person so that he is as comfortable as possible, and then check whether he is breathing normally. Sit with the patient until he feels better.
2. Understand Pareto law
80% of the result you get when you make 20% of the effort. The remaining 20% of the result comes from 80% of the effort. Understanding the Pareto law, more attention should be paid to the ratio itself, and not to numbers. Determine which business pleases you 80%, while taking 20% of the time. Remember what time-consuming business is useless because it produces virtually no results. Try to understand what 20% of little things bring you and your spouse closer to 80%.
1. Learn to breathe properly
It’s better to breathe with your stomach, diaphragm: this way you can normalize your heart rate and blood pressure. Place one hand on your stomach and the other on your chest. Inhale and inflate the stomach without raising the chest. So a large amount of oxygen will enter the body. Diaphragm breathing is very beneficial, but people with hypertension should avoid it.