Richard D. Rawdin's Blog

Here are a few things to insure you don't have a home plumbing problem during the winter season. These issues often arise when colder temperatures hit, when water freezes, it expands. A few simple precautions can prevent these problems and keep your home safe from bursting water pipes and stay wa...

Rain water is a resource that many people overlook. All too often, people see rain as either a personal nuisance or something “good for the farmers”, but not many think of how they can use rainwater for their own purposes. By installing a rain catcher, you can store and use free rainwater to wate...

Most of your Facebook friends don’t care about you and probably wouldn’t even sympathise with your problems, according to a new study.Many people have hundreds of Facebook friends. But people can only really depend on four of them, on average, according to new research.Robin Dunbar, a professor o...

Negative people are very destructive to be around when it comes to achieving success, because there are so many situations that life throws at us and causes us to get down on ourselves or our situation. But some people like to focus on this aspect of life the majority of the time. When you are ar...

ASAP! If and when you find a negative comment on a blog or forum, treat it the same way that you would treat any other public relations issue. Look into the complaint, and if it is fixable, fix it. If you can't fix it, create a blog post that links to the complaint, explain your side of the story...

Nikola Tesla was one of the greatest minds in science. His contributions were immense in the field of electricity and engineering. Although he died in 1943, some of his quotes still serve a lot of purpose for us today. Here are some quotes by Nikola Tesla that remain applicable for us today.1. “I...

The Man in the Glass Author - Unknown Author When you get what you want in your struggles for self And the world makes you king for a day, Just go to a mirror and look at yourself And see what that man has to say. For it isn't your father or mother or wife Whose judgment upon you must pass, The f...

Stop Feeling Sorry for Yourself! It’s not going to help the situation. It’ll only help you to wallow in a state of apathy, playing the victim. The kind of person that things happen to, but that can’t do anything about it. By stopping feeling sorry for yourself, you can actually get on and DO some...

I recall the first time I made a speech in front of an audience, while I was still in school. My legs were shaking and my heart pounded. And my brain kept shouting that I could not do it and could not even drag myself to the stage. I was really lost until my professor told me that if I did not ge...

You control your body, but your body also controls you. Simple gestures, simple postures--each makes a dramatic impact on how you think, feel, and perform. But that doesn't mean you have to be an athlete or yogi or contortionist to take advantage of that. You can still be you. Only now you can b...