Two hundred years ago today, Jane Austen published Pride and Prejudice, the classic tale of Elizabeth Bennett. Though the book has now sold more than 20 million copies worldwide, Austen (above) received £110 for the copyright from publisher T. Egerton, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.
While Pride and Prejudice was published in 1813, just four years before Austen’s death, she lives on in TED Talks. Here, five speakers who’ve mentioned Austen on stage:
'Tis the season for giving...It’s the time of year where gifts are given and received, and the Stepcase Lifehack team wants to be one of those doing the giving.
Well, starting on Thursday December 8th at 1 pm Eastern Time, we’ll be offering the first giveaway in our holiday promotion, Stepcase Lifehack’s 12 Days of Giveaways! This is our way of thanking our readers for spending part of your day with us throughout the year. We hope we’ve helped you achieve improved productivity by visiting Lifehack.org, and this promotion is offering more in the way of resources that will help you level up your life even more.
So how does the 12 Days of Giveaways promotion work?
We’ve partnered up with some great software developers, merchants and authors to bring you holiday gifts for you that you can either start using right away or set aside for next year when you start to really rev up your personal productivity.
Some of the folks that we’ve partnered up for Stepcase Lifehack’s 12 Days of Giveaways promotion include:
…and that’s just the tip of the iceberg!
There will be multiple chances to win a prize on those days, so be sure to check out what you need to do enter on each day.
Each of the giveaways has a theme to it, and all of them serve to help you “hack life” not only faster going forward – but better as well. Speed just isn’t enough; thoughtfulness and mindfulness are huge factors in making a real lifehack in today’s world.
‘Tis the season for giving, so be sure to come back for the next twelve weekdays to enter Stepcase Lifehack’s 12 Days of Giveaways promotion. It’s our way of making your holidays that much happier – and hopefully much more productive.
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Mike Vardy is a writer, speaker, and "productivityist". You can follow him on Twitter, listen to him regularly on his podcast, ProductiVardy, and read more from him at MikeVardy.com and at Vardy.me.
Two weeks from now, on Monday, June 27, 2011, we’ll celebrate 5 years of posting TEDTalks online. Throughout the week, we’ll be celebrating. We’re rolling out some new features, sharing messages from the TED family, and taking a look back at 5 years on the web.
And you’re invited to join in! Have TEDTalks made your life more interesting? We’d love to see your fun & creative ways of celebrating TEDtalks as individuals as well as communities around the world. Organize a video night … paint a picture … make a playlist … write a song … send us an email … write a blog post … we’re looking for all kinds of creative submissions to share on the blog the week of June 27.
Let us know in the comments below, by email or on Twitter, and we’ll share the best efforts right here.
