<!-- tags: #reference #resource --> # Travel & Hotels 1. Book Ryanair 29F chair for extra legroom. 2. Buy Hilton points for cheaper discounts - buy them to use and get better hotels for cheap. 3. London to NYC for cheap -> London to Oslo, Oslo to NYC - 100 GBP. 4. British Airways double decker, economy seats A and K window seats in rows 70 to 83. 5. 8 days is the perfect length for vacation, or 3-4 days if it is a nearby country. 6. Use Uber to order trains instead of Trainline. 7. Take photos of passport, driving licence, prescriptions, and luggage before travel. 8. Keep a note called "Things I always forget to pack" and update it after each trip. 9. Keep a packed travel pouch with a charger, cable, painkillers, plasters, lip balm, and a spare bank card. # Social & Psychology 1. Give out pizza to make new friends. 2. No one stops a guy carrying a pizza, can get into backstage. 3. Mirror body language for them to like you. 4. Get someone to warm to you by asking them for a small favour - not asking to do something for them, but asking them to do something for you. I have no idea why this works, but it does. 5. In general, no one cares about you, what you're doing, or gives you a second thought once you're out of their sight. 6. When angry, draft the message but wait 20 minutes before sending. # Body Fixes 1. Drink water before bed if you want to wake up early. 2. No hiccups - deep breath, swallow twice, exhale through nose slow. 3. Blocked nose - exhale completely through mouth, pinch nose, tilt head all way back then forward, repeat until you hold your breath. 4. How to unclog your nose: close your mouth and pinch your nose so you can't breathe. Shake your head up and down until you need to breathe, remove your hand from your nose, and breathe through your nose. 5. Stitch in chest - breathe all the way in quick. 6. Brain freeze - tongue to roof of mouth. 7. Overheating - cold water on wrist or neck. 8. Cramp foot - pull big toe and wiggle it. 9. Warm shower before bed - faster sleep. 10. To improve your posture, pretend that you are shooting lasers out of your nipples and trying to shoot people in the head. 11. Hold breath to get rid of boner. # Mindset & Productivity 1. If you can't fight the fear, do it scared. 2. Don't beat yourself up forever, beat yourself up once then move on - Homer Simpson. 3. Somethin' ain't nothin' - taking 5 minutes to workout, clean, work on a big project, etc. is better than 0 minutes. We often think we've got to do 2 hours of rigorous work or it doesn't accomplish anything. 4. Time will pass either way - if you want to work to get better at something, accomplish a long term goal, or change careers or credentials, don't look at the 2-5 years and think you'll be too old. If you're 24 and want to go to college, you'll be 28 in four years with or without a degree regardless of what you do in that time. 5. For chores, make the next step tiny: "put shoes on" beats "go to the gym." # Money & Admin 1. When writing an email, leave the recipient field until last. 2. For duo tax relief pay 12570 salary, pay 1000 allowance dividends, 36700 dividends at 20%, 6400 in tax. 3. Use ICIJ offshore leaks database to network with rich people. 4. Put calendar reminders for cancelling trials the same day you sign up. 5. Use a password manager and unique passwords for money, email, and cloud accounts. 6. Before buying something over 50 GBP, wait 24 hours unless it solves an immediate problem. 7. Put recurring bills and subscriptions in one note with renewal dates. # Birthday Freebies - Paris Baguette - free slice of cake - Northcote Records - free cocktail - The Asparagus - double your bar tab - Greggs - free sweet treat - Rituals - free gift with a purchase - Krispy Kreme - free doughnut - Costa - free sweet treat - Gail's - free sweet treat - Lidl - free doughnut - Subway - free cookie - Psycle - free shake - Caffe Nero - free cake - Hotel Chocolat - 5 GBP voucher - Ole & Steen - free sweet treat - Oliver Bonas - 5 GBP voucher - Mango - 5 GBP voucher - Solis Grill - free slice of cheesecake # Food Tips 1. Use Maccies receipt code for 2.99 meals. 2. Use code monument for Blank Street - keep creating accounts rinse and repeat - free drink. 3. CYCLESUNDAYS - promo code on Sundays for bike day pass only June. 4. El Tabb app - 4 free drinks a night (code THIRSTY). 5. 3 free bottles of wine from Wine52. 6. Free nachos and a Coke at Las Iguanas - sign up on app. 7. Nando's tips: half chicken 2 sides - chips and mash - and 1 quid wrap, use any sauce. 8. Keep one frozen low-effort meal at home so you don't order delivery by default.