No matter how much our mobile devices improve in terms of display quality, point-and-shoot ability and processor speeds, one thing that always drags them down is battery life. It’s all well and good owning a smartphone that can deliver (and extract) a variety of information at light-speed, but when that juice runs out, it becomes a very expensive doorstop. We’ve already seen an interesting new portable battery charger that can be powered up in seconds using only lighter fluid, and now, another start-up is touting a new type of battery that takes less than one minute to reach full power.
We often get carried away with what Google, Apple, Samsung, HTC et al are cooking up in their attempts to outdo themselves and one another with each new piece of hardware, but one Israeli company has created something that could well and truly change the outlook of the modern mobile market.
Researchers looking into Alzheimer’s disease have inadvertently stumbled upon particular peptide molecule that can gather and hold charge much more quickly than the currently available options. Called StoreDot, the company behind it is currently talking with more than a dozen smartphone manufacturers about a possible roll-out, and should everything run smoothly, it could be ready for the mass market by the end of next year.
In allowing a device to be charged in just one minute, it would appeal to every single smartphone owner in the world, although there are one or two elements to consider. Firstly, the StoreDotbattery would require a special type of charger, and as such, would not be dunked into pre-existing handsets like any other replacement battery. Additionally, it would drive up the cost of handsets by around $50, but when you’re talking about a system that could eradicate the dreadful inconvenience of being stuck with no charge, it seems more than worth it.
Elsewhere, StoreDot is also considering the idea of branching out to cars, with its research suggesting that a five-minute charge could provide up to 150 miles of driving. With that said, it will need to gather the funds to turn its theory into a proof-of-concept, so for now, it seems to be channeling much of its energies into smartphones.
It’s a very exciting development, and should smartphones and presumably tablets, notebooks and all other personal electronics reap the benefits, the days of wall-hugging may soon be long forgotten.
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If you've ever picked up your phone to see that Google Play is going crazy downloading updates of app after app after app, you might feel your stomach tightening up you see your data allowance drying up like a glass of water in the Sahara. Don’t be too alarmed though because this is something ridiculously easy to solve. We'll show you how to tell Google Play when and how to update your apps. so auto-updating apps are no longer a problem.
As a general rule, the apps from the Google Play store will download updates automatically in order to improve their performance on your tablet or smartphone, which can also be quite annoying as it slows down your phone, uses up your mobile data and interrupts you as you do other things with the device.
It is recommended in most cases to update your apps, as developers work hard to improve them to be more intuitive and incorporate better designs and performance. But having them all update at once is hardly a good thing. For this reason, many people prefer to manually install app updates rather than updating everything (or nothing) at once. In order to do this, you must disable the auto-update apps feature, which is easy to do.
How to disable auto-update of apps in Google Play
1. Launch the Google Play Store app and swipe out the navigation drawer on the left hand side, or use the ''hamburger'' menu at the top left (the three lines next to the words Play Store). Choose settings.
2. You’ll be presented with the Play Store settings options and under the ‘General’ subcategory choose ‘Auto-update apps’ which will state the current setting of this function.
3. Tapping on this option will provide you with three options which can be reconfigured at any time. You have either 1) Do not auto-update apps 2) Auto-update apps at any time. Data Charges may apply and 3) Auto-update apps over Wifi only.
4. Choose the first one which means you will always need to manually launch an update in the future, if you so desire. You should still receive update notifications to alert you when an app needs updating though. Of course, if you still want apps to update automatically, just not on your data connection, select the third option.
How to manually update apps in the Play Store
If you've told the Play Store to not auto-update apps, you'll have to do it manually. To manually update an app, you must go to your list of apps, so swipe out the navigation drawer and select ''My Apps.''
You will be shown a list divided into two sections: either all of the installed apps on your phone currently or all apps you've ever downloaded from the Play Store. Apps that have updates available are listed at the top of the ''Installed'' tab. You can choose to install them one at a time or all of them with the ''Update All'' button at the top.
Do you have any other tricks or even apps that you use to manage your app updates?
The Samsung Galaxy S4 has been around for a while now, but it’s still a great phone. However, if you put it up against its successor or the latest flagships from other firms it may seem a little sluggish. That’s partly because its internals aren’t as quick, but it’s mainly because a few little things could be slowing it down. Here’s how to make your Samsung Galaxy S4 faster for better performance.
Some of our tips - such as the TouchWiz-related ones - only apply to Samsung devices, but many of them will work on any Android device.
Update Android
The KitKat update caused performance problems for some users, but Lollipop is much better and delivers significant performance benefits as well as a much nicer interface and a different way of running apps. The rollout of Lollipop for the Samsung Galaxy S4 has started, but as is often the case it’s taking its time in some territories. There’s a way around that if you’re in an affected area, though: the international firmware is online and it’s possible to download that and install it yourself. While upgrading Android to Lollipop should make things more speedy there are still issues that might slow down your Samsung, so for example you might still want to disable animations or use a custom launcher.
Samsung’s own TouchWiz interface has its fans, but on the Samsung Galaxy S4 it can also slow things down a bit with some unnecessary effects (and other launchers may do the same, so have a look in their settings and disable anything you don’t need). In TouchWiz you can turn them off by putting your S4 into developer mode, which gives you access to settings you wouldn’t normally see. To do that:
Go to Settings > More > Developer Options
If that isn’t there, go into About Device, scroll to Build Number and tap that five times. You should now see a message that tells you “Developer mode has been enabled. Repeat the previous step.
Look for Window Animation Scale, Transition Animation Scale and Animator Duration Scale.
You have two options with each of these: you can turn them off altogether, or you can double their speed by setting the scale to 0.5x (the other options are greater than 1 so they all slow things down even more). The difference is surprising, and makes your phone feel much faster.
TouchWiz isn’t the only potential culprit when it comes to performance issues, though. Here are a few other things to check out.
Lock screen animations are cute, but they also add unnecessary delay to something you do countless times a day. To disable them, go into My Device > Lock Screen and tap on Lock Effect. Choose “None” to disable the animations.
Tell S Voice to get stuffed
S Voice is Samsung’s voice control app, and if you don’t use it it’s slowing down your phone. That’s because whenever you press the home button, your device is waiting to see if you’re going to press it again to start S Voice. To turn that off, double-press the Home button and then go into Menu > Settings > Open via the home key. Uncheck the box to remove the S Voice delay.
Change the launcher
TouchWiz isn’t the smoothest launcher out there, so it’s well worth trying an alternative launcher app such as Apex, Nova or Go Launcher. Check out our list of the 5 best Android launchers for some worthy alternatives to the TouchWiz launcher.
There are a number of things in Android that could be hitting your S4’s performance. Running out of storage space is a common one, so it’s worth heading into Applications to delete anything you don’t need and using an app such as App Cache Cleaner to remove the temporary files your apps have been storing. It’s worth disabling any default apps that you don’t use too (and if you’ve rooted your device, you can delete them completely), and closing any apps that might be hanging around in system memory after you’ve finished using them.
Widgets are great things, but the more you’re running the more resources they’ll use and the slower your Samsung will be as a result. It's a very good idea to keep widgets to an absolute minimum if you want peak performance.
Have you found sure-fire ways to speed up your S4? Let us know!
As you know, WhatsApp requires an internet connection in order to work, so you either must have a router in your room or you can use a data plan, otherwise, you’ll install this application in vain. If you don’t know how to install WhatsApp on an iPad or an Android tablet that don’t have a cellular connectivity, we’re here to guide you.
If you have a WiFi tablet, you won’t find WhatsApp if you go to Google Play, because there isn’t an official version that supports your device. Anyway, search for WhatsApp APK file on Google and you’ll find tons of websites from where you’ll download it. Before installing the APK file, go to tablet’s Settings menu>Security>enable Unknown sources under Device Administration. After installing WhatsApp, disable this option.
Next, click on the downloaded WhatsApp APK file from the notification bar and click Install, then, after it’s installed, click Open. The next step is to pass the phone verification system. After entering your number, click OK and wait to receive a text message with the verification code. If in 5 minutes you won’t verify yourself with the code, WhatsApp will say that the SMS verification has failed, so you will need to verify yourself via Call me, and when you will be called on your smartphone, pay attention and write down the codification code. Then, enter it on your tablet and this is it.
You’ll be asked if you want WhatsApp to restore your message history from its backup, but since you didn’t perform any backup, you will skip this step. However, after installing WhatsApp on your tablet, forget about using it on your smartphone, because it will no longer work, because the phone number is associated with only one WhatsApp account. If you still want to use WhatsApp on your smartphone, buy a cheap SIM card to use the mobile number. You could use the second number if you have a dual-SIM smartphone, so there’s no need to buy another device. If you live in the UK, try the free PAYG SIMs which will expire a few months later if they’re not used, or if you live in the US, we recommend you to use a Google Voice number. For the US tablet users there’s another Android application called TextPlus with which they can send and receive texts and make phone calls from their tablets.
There are lots of reasons you might want to take a picture of your screen—a screenshot. Maybe you’re getting an error message that you want to send to tech-support. Maybe you want to capture something you’ve found online, like an article that mentions you. Maybe you’re writing a book about tech tips and you want to illustrate it.
Here’s how to do it!
• On an iPhone, iPad, or Samsung Galaxy: Press the Home button and the Sleep button simultaneously.
• On other Android phones: Press the Home button and the Volume Down button simultaneously.
In each case, you’ve created a graphics file in your Camera Roll, within your Photos app. You can send it, print it, or frame it just as you would any other photo.
Looking to grab hold of a chunky 100GB of OneDrive cloud storage space? Microsoft is now letting anyone across the globe get access to all that space for free, so head on after the jump for more details.
Around a week ago, Microsoft, in another round of spreading some freebie love over the Web, introduced a promotional push which allowed users to grab 100GB of OneDrive cloud storage space for free, but disappointingly, this offer was limited to U.S. based users only. Luckily, this solid deal from the software giant has now been extended to any user, free of any region restrictions, but there is a small catch to the whole offer, like before; after a 2-year lifespan, your free 100GB of space will expire and you’ll be back to your standard storage option.
As covered earlier by us, there’s still not a whole much to do except for some changes to the interface of getting there. Here’s what you need to do, and I say this assuming you already have a Microsoft account.
Step 2: You will now be asked to sign in with your Microsoft account. If you don’t have one, open a new browser tab, make an ID, and then come back here.
Step 3: Once signed in, Microsoft will prompt you with the permission required for OneDrive to access your email address, view your profile info and contact list, more. If this does not seem right to you, go ahead and hit the ‘application permissions’ tab to change the permissions, otherwise hit the big blue ‘Yes’ button to continue.
That is it! You should now see Microsoft cheering you on with “Your storage was increased successfully! You now have an additional 100GB of Storage for 2 years on your OneDrive account.”
It’s that simple! If you did manage to score yourself 100GB of OneDrive cloud storage space then do share your thoughts and opinions on it in the comments section below. We love to hear from you guys.s
Well, we thought we’d seen everything but it turns out we were very, very wrong.
While not everyone is a fan of putting a case on their iPhone, some of us are either just ham-fisted enough to drop them or have kids that like to throw them. Cases may not be ideal, but they definitely serve a purpose. A purpose which goes a long way when you start to consider its highest benefits.
Cases for iPhones already come in all kinds of weird and not-so-wonderful shapes and sizes, but we’ve never come across one quite so… different as this.
This is the Bandai DeLorean Time Machine case, and it’s both awesome and awful in equal measure. Oh, and it costs $50.
So what do you get for your money? Well, you get protection for an iPhone in the form of what appears to be a rather good likeness of the DeLorean from the famous Back to the Future movies. It doesn’t actually time travel though, so don’t expect to put an iPhone 6 in it and get an iPhone 8 back. It’s just not gonna happen unfortunately. After all, it’s just a case.
As you’d expect though, there are ample flaps and sliding parts that mean you can still get access to the iPhone’s camera, power and volume buttons so you won’t need to be taking it out of the DeLorean every five minutes. We’re not sure we’d call it functional ourselves, but you can at least use the thing.
We’ve saved the best part for last though, because it turns out that the DeLorean case has a party piece. Once an iPhone is inserted, any incoming call will trigger flashing lights just to make sure you don’t miss it.
Now that’s got to be worth $50 of anybody’s money.
If you’re still not sold to the entire idea of having a case that transforms your iPhone 6 into a DeLorean, then you should definitely check out the snazzy ‘trailer’ for the case itself below:
If you’re not sold by that trailer, then we’re guessing you should simply pass up on it.
Chrome is one of the best Android browsers out there, largely because there are so many tips and tricks you can do to make it even better. Did you know that you can access browser-boosting features similar to those in Google Labs, or that you can bring back the tabs box that disappeared with the Lollipop update? Find out how to do these, and more in our Chrome for Android tips and tricks.
Once you've reinstated your tabs box, you'll be able to use Chrome's nifty shortcut to quickly switch between tabs. Just swipe left or right on the toolbar at the top of Chrome to go to the next or previous tab you have open. Also, instead of tapping the tabs box to list all your open tabs in a stack, you can swipe down on the toolbar at the top to see the stacked list (we're not sure if this actually saves any time, but we all agree that swiping just feels slicker than tapping, right?).
Not strictly a new feature, but one that needs a couple of elements to work properly. To set up syncing on Chrome for Android, tap the menu icon in Chrome > Settings > Accounts > your email address > then finally tap the Sync slider at the top of your screen (if you untick the Sync Everything box, make sure the Bookmarks and 'Open tabs' boxes are ticked).
To sync these with your Windows, Mac or Linux computer, open Chrome on the computer, then click the menu icon at the top right > Settings > sign in if you haven't already > then click 'Advanced sync settings' and make sure the Bookmarks and 'Open tabs' boxes are ticked.
To open tabs from your computer on your Android device, tap the menu icon in Chrome for Android, go to 'Recent tabs', then choose the device you want to open tabs from in the list. To open computer bookmarks, tap the menu icon, Bookmarks, then 'Desktop bookmarks'.
This is more of a slick trick than a shortcut, but makes going to your Chrome menu that bit more satisfying. If you need to navigate the Chrome menu but are feeling too lazy to lift your finger, tap and hold your finger on the menu icon in Chrome, then just slide your finger down to whichever option you want to access when the menu appears.
One of Chrome's most overlooked and useful features is the option for Chrome to reduce your browsing data usage by shrinking sites you visit (this feature's reduced our data usage by 34 percent so far).
To enable this feature, tap the menu icon in Chrome, Settings, then scroll to the bottom and tap 'Reduce data usage'. Tap the slider to turn the feature on. It'll even present you with a graph and figures showing how much data you save.
Believe it not, there are still sites out there that are stuck in the Stone Age, and don't have mobile-optimised versions of the sites for smartphone and tablet users.
To work around this shortcoming on their part, tap the URL bar in Chrome and type chrome://flags. Ignore the warning that 'these experiments may bite' - we'll take care of you.
Next, tap the menu icon, 'Find in page', then type reader mode. In the flags list, tap Enable under 'Enable Reader Mode Toolbar Icon', then tap Relaunch Now at the bottom of the page. An icon with the letter 'A' will appear in your toolbar each time you enter a site that can be optimised. Just tap the icon to enter Reader Mode. Next, tap the menu icon, 'Find in page', then type reader mode. In the flags list, tap Enable under 'Enable Reader Mode Toolbar Icon', then tap Relaunch Now at the bottom of the page.
An icon with the letter 'A' will appear in your toolbar each time you enter a site that can be optimized. Just tap the icon to enter Reader Mode.
For those times when you can't connect to the internet (and may those times be few), Google has added an addictive little game to its Chrome for Android browser.
When you get the 'You are offline' message in Chrome, tap the dinosaur above the message to start the endless runner game. Just tap the screen as the dino approaches the cacti to jump over them. See, life without the internet isn't all bad...
If you find browsing to your favourite sites too fiddly using the Chrome browser, you can create icons pointing to your favourite sites on your device's homescreen. Just navigate to your site of choice in Chrome, tap the menu icon, then 'Add to home screen'. An app-like icon will now appear on your homescreen, taking you straight to the site when you tap it.
Another feature in chrome://flags is the option to dedicate more RAM to Chrome (it's 64MB by default) to make it work faster.
Go to chrome://flags in Chrome, tap the menu icon, 'Find in page' then type 'maximum tiles'. Tap the dropdown under 'Maximum tiles for interest area', select the amount of RAM you want Chrome to use, then tap Relaunch Now.
We’re big fans of Google Chrome here, but even we admit that it can destroy a computer’s performance with alarming regularity simply by spawning too many processes during the course of a typical day of usage. If you tend to have lots of tabs open during the day, you’ll probably find your computer starts to suffer in the performance stakes, and that’s all down to the way Chrome handles itself.
See, by default Chrome will spawn a new process for each and every tab that you have open. The latest versions of Internet Explorer do the same thing, and the reasoning is actually perfectly sound. With each tab living as its own bespoke process, should that tab crash then your entire browser won’t be taken down with it. That means you won’t lose a dozen tabs all because that Flash Player crashed in the thirteenth tab that you opened. It’s clever, and it works.
But there’s a downside in that every new process Chrome spawns needs memory, and if you’re using an already memory-constricted machine, that’s not good. Luckily you can force Chrome to behave differently by appending “–process-per-site” to the command used to launch the app. After doing that, Chrome will use one process per website loaded which, in theory at least, could have quite an affect on performance.
You can check how many processes Chrome is using by opening Windows Task Manager and checking the ‘Processes’ tab. All those chrome.exe entries? They are all tabs.
So what do you need to do?
Step 1: Find the shortcut that you use to launch Chrome, whether that be on your desktop or elsewhere.
Step 2: Right-click on the shortcut and then click on ‘Properties.’
Step 3: Click on the ‘Shortcut’ tab up on top and then paste the following at the end of the ‘Target’ field as shown in the screenshot below:
The business of unlocking mobile devices has never been particularly straightforward, with the rules seeming to change from carrier to carrier, at the drop of a hat. But new unlocking standards approved by the CTIA back in 2013 offer a degree of uniformity, and from today, all major U.S. carriers will comply with the revised terms. Find out what this means for you and your devices after the fold!
In the past, many have hit a brick wall when trying to avail an unlock by any means, and with the days of software unlocking all-but over for most high-end handsets, the card-holding carriers will now be much more compliant with your request. Not only will they unlock your device if you meet a bunch of explicitly-stated terms, meaning you can go ahead and use your smartphone or tablet with another network operator if you so wish, but in many instances, it’s completely free of charge.
Here, we break things down in terms of the major carriers, helping you to ascertain what you’ll need to do if you wish to process the unlock. Things To Note:
You are eligible for an unlock once you’ve completed your contract term with your carrier.
Unlocking is absolutely free and you don’t have to spend a dime on it according to the new rules.
Tablets can also be unlocked, provided they’re locked to a carrier, obviously.
It usually takes around 2 business days for your device to be unlocked.
AT&T
AT&T will be using a Web form for unlocking requests, and to reach it, click on this link. Details and everything else you need to know is here. Sprint
To avail an unlock on Sprint, the number is 1-888-211-4727, where one of the respondents will process your unlock. The small print, meanwhile, can be found here. Verizon
The number you should call is 1-800-711-8300. When you’re through, ask for a SIM unlock. For full details on the Ts and Cs, click here. T-Mobile
T-Mobile customers will want to phone 1-877-746-0909 to get the ball rolling as far as an unlock is concerned. Key details can be seen by clicking here.
So, there you have it – a standardized, easy-to-follow set of numbers through which you can get your device unlocked. As we mentioned in the previous article, you can unlock your device just as soon as your service contract has run its course, and any prepaid devices will be eligible for unlock exactly one year after purchase; both types of unlock are free.
Oh, and just to clarify, this process is applicable to smartphones and tablets alike.
Bet not many of you knew that today is Safer Internet Day. In light of this, Google has announced that any user willing to spend 2 minutes on a rather simple security checkup of his/her Google account, will be rewarded with an extra 2GB of storage space on Google Drive. More details, right after the jump.
I know users can panic at the sound of security and checkups given how vulnerable our digital scape has become as of late, but there’s nothing alarming here. While the Mountain View giant’s security measures are pretty potent as it is, the idea is to simply make sure that you are actually making your accounts safer with use of all the tricks that you have at your disposal. To make sure that you are aware of what security setting you’re missing and what not, the search engine giant is pretty much prepared to bribe you.
Google Drive already gives you 15GB of cloud based storage from the get go, and everything on your drive is pretty safe as well, given that the data in transition is encrypted, where later it resides in the so far safe Google servers. So if you want 2GB of extra space, here’s how you can perform a simple security checkup, that despite being called out as a 2-minute exercise, could be wrapped up in 30 seconds or less if you have your security settings in order.
Step 1: Head on over to the Security checkup page here.
Step 2: You can check up your recovery information here, and honestly I had forgotten if I even had a recovery email address. Hit All done when you’re satisfied.
Step 3: You should now see a recent activities panel. This details the most recent activity relating to your Google account, along with the location of access. See those drop down menu buttons? Hit one of those and you will see more details, including the IP address. If it all looks good, hit the blue button.
Step 4: Regardless of whether your recent activities looked fishy or legit, you will be moved to the ‘Change password’ option, where you can change your password if you haven’t done so in a while.
Step 5: Lastly, you will be shown a complete detailed list of all “apps, websites and devices connected to your Google Account.” If an app or service looks odd, simply hit the Remove button next to it.
As for the 2GB space you were promised, Google says, “We’ll be granting the storage automatically to everyone around 28 February 2015 and we’ll send you an email when your adjustment is complete.”
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The battle of the online cloud storage services has been raging for a few years now, but seems to have intensified since the major players joined the party. Microsoft’s OneDrive, formerly known as SkyDrive, continues to gain popularity as the software giant steps up the feature set, and as a promotional push, users can snag 100GB of storage completely free of charge for two whole years. We’ve got a step-by-step on how to avail this offer below.
Of course, like any good deal, there’s a catch or two, although in this instance, the main caveat is quite obvious. Yes, you get your hundred-gigs; yes, it’s free, and you do get a full two years’ service. With that said, it’s essentially a two-year trial, and if you invest your files into it, chances are you’ll keep paying after the two-year stint is over and done with.
Like a lot of offers from the likes of Google, Apple and Microsoft, this is a U.S.-only promotion, so unless you’re a Stateside Bing Rewards user, you cannot claim this 100GB of free storage.
The other, less bothersome issue is that because the deal is provided through Bing Rewards, you will have to sign your life away by agreeing to receive promotional emails from Bing. It’s not the end of the world, though, particularly given that you can unsubscribe at any time.
100GB is quite a generous amount of online storage real estate, and thanks to Microsoft, you can grab hold of this offer, here’s how it’s done:
Step 1: First and foremost, point your Web browser over to: bing.com/rewards/dashboard
Step 2: Sign in with your Microsoft account. As you may notice, Bing Rewards users can no longer use Facebook for signing in.
Step 3: If you’re not already a Bing Rewards customer, hit the "Not a Bing Rewards member? Join now" option.
Step 4: You’ll now be met with the Bing Rewards page. Select the "Free Storage" option for 100GB on OneDrive.
Step 5: On the next page, click the "Get My Storage" button, and confirm once more on the subsequent page.
Step 6: That’s it! You now have 100GB of online storage good for two years on OneDrive.
Please note that the offer expires on 28th February, so while you still have a bit of time, act sooner rather than later if you wish not to miss out.
In a conversation with a friend about women in business the focus remained on why business is still difficult for women. The highlight of which was that majority are men in workplaces and few females who secure a position in that environment have a challenging job. Nevertheless, courageous, capable and confident women still pursue this career. Almost a year has passed since we conducted an interview with some Pakistani women from business community, who discussed the pros and cons from their work experience. If you’re a woman working in a place surrounded densely by men. Marvel’s Agent Carter is just the way you should struggle and step into success elevator (gone are the days to climb success ladder).
Defend yourself!
One of those meetings where you’re the only woman, and a co-worker just let you down by degrading or making you feel less capable. And then there’s another man who shows up as a shield for you. Fear not the man who’s condescending towards you but who’s defending on your behalf. Some may take advantage of your naivety and delicacy as it is commonly attributed to women gender. This is when you need to show the iron you. So, make it very clear that you’re capable of handling your matters yourself. Defend. Defend. Defend.
Be Vigilant!
Being the only woman in a workplace, you’re most likely to be manipulated for personal reasons. Some men have a habit of taking advantage of women’s emotional stereotype. If they’re putting in extra coins of kindness. Follow your instincts and dig out their real motives.
If you’ve to sell your dignity for it, that’s not your destiny. For my kind of woman, money has less value than moral values like integrity and honesty. Oh yes, that’s an extra serious note added — but then I consider myself a lady, and those who belong to my class would endorse it.
Say no to favors.
When you’re a woman, almost every man is ready to give you big and small favors with all their gentleness and caring gestures, and sometimes you’re being treated like that little girl who can’t do it on her own. That’s not who you are, right? and neither you need favors every time. So, know when to refuse. When you’ve got the guts to do it, accept no favor.
Be done with double-crosser.
It’s okay to have some people as support network but when the very same people double-cross or betray you because they can’t see you moving ahead anymore than they want. It’s time you show them the door. If they don’t get out, well…there’s always a window from where you can throw people out. In a world where a man is jealous of his wife’s success. How could you expect a colleague to be sincere or trustworthy?
Be that independent woman.
There are two types of independent woman, one who’s married and another single. And let me tell you the truth that life’s not going to be easy for either of you. The married will have to juggle home, kids and job, and at the end of the day, it might get absolute tiresome. You’d feel like quitting. Do not! Think, how necessary it is for you to be financially independent. In my consideration, that is the only independence a woman is proud of. And if you’re that single woman who’s constantly being asked about when are you getting married, or reminded that you’re aging. Keep your cool side on. It doesn’t matter if they see you an independent woman or spinster as long as you keep calm. Behave lady. Do your job.
