When Uber debuted its new logo earlier this year, many were quick to make snarky comments about the clunky design.

Well, Uber's first logo was far worse. In fact, the whole app looked entirely different.

The first iteration of the Uber app, then known as UberCab, featured a bright red logo and less refined interface. Though it looks strikingly different from today's version, the basics were all there: enter your credit card info and location, and then call up a car.

That got us thinking: What did other popular apps look like when they first launched?

Here are more vintage versions of your favorite apps and websites.

SEE ALSO: The app explosion is over

Snapchat

The original version of the photo messaging app doesn't look all that different from the version you're familiar with today (though Evan Spiegel and co. wisely dropped the blue touches and cartoonish icons in later versions). 

Instagram

Instagram didn't undergo any dramatic changes from its original 2011 version until the photo sharing app unveiled a new logo last month.

Tinder

The first-ever version of Tinder lacked its most famous functionality: the ability to swipe right or left on potential suitors. Tinder co-founder and chief strategy officer Jonathan Badeen said at VentureBeat's Mobile Summit earlier this year that the functionality was inspired by a deck of cards. 

If you like being outdoors, Dubai is an amazing city to visit. You can play golf, go kite-surfing, scuba dive, and go "dune-bashing" in the desert.

Or you can just sit on the beach.

But Dubai has a problem. For about five months of the year, being outdoors during the day can be a miserable experience. It's hot and humid, easily over 100 degrees and sometimes closer to 110.

The city — which is big on tourism— has an answer to that: Shopping malls. Dubai has the biggest, flashiest, most over-the-top shopping malls in the world.

But I hate shopping malls. They're exhausting and even when you have something you need to buy, the crowds, parking, and long walks are a pain. Unless maybe you're a teenager.

I travel to Dubai a lot, and I try to stay away from the malls. But when I was there last month, I decided I would make one exception ... because I wanted to do something touristy and write about it for Business Insider. And yes, it was 100 degrees during the day so I was not about to hop on a boat or drive into the desert.

I spent a couple of hours at Ski Dubai, an indoor mountainside-themed snow park in the Mall of the Emirates. Ski Dubai has been around for just over a decade, but it's still not the kind of place you come across just anywhere in the world. And, for less than $100, it is an amazing way to stay out of the sun for a few hours on a Saturday.

This is what it was like:

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It was a bright and sunny day, and already the temperature was climbing fast. This is before 9:30 in the morning!

Luckily for me the Mall of Emirates isn't far from where I was staying, so it was a quick trip on the highway.

There it is. You can see the ski slope rising out of the mall as I drove in to the parking.

It's intern season again. That means thousands of ambitious college students and recent grads are about to embark on an eight-week (or longer) journey in which they'll (hopefully) gain invaluable experience.

Not only will each intern get their foot in the door — but they’ll also have the opportunity to hone their skills, build their résumés, network with professionals, and increase their chances of landing a full-time position. 

"This internship may be the start of a long-standing career in the industry," says Ryan Kahn, a career coach, founder of The Hired Group, and author of "Hired! The Guide for the Recent Grad." "So you'll want to use this opportunity as a way to start developing yourself as a professional who delivers quality work with a great attitude. In turn this could lead to recommendations, lasting business relationships, and a full-time job."

To make the most of their experiences and stand out from the crowd, interns should always do these 15 things:

SEE ALSO: The terrible piece of career advice I got over and over again as a college student

1. Do your homework before your first day

You most likely researched the company while preparing for the interview. Even so, the night before your start date you should refresh your memory and do some additional research on the organization's history and culture, says Kerry Schofield, a psychologist and chief psychometrics officer at Good.Co, a professional assessment and self-improvement platform.

"By being prepared, you will feel more confident going into the internship," Kahn adds. "Start your first day with a general understanding of the industry, its buzzwords, the company, and your boss. This will make you sound more knowledgeable and confident." You can also setup a Google alert for the company to track any recent press, he says.

2. Dress for success

"You've heard, 'Dress for the position you want, not the one you have,' a million times," Kahn says. "Find out from the hiring manager what the office environment is like, and take it from there." It is better to be known as the best-dressed intern than to be known as the one who is too casual.

"In general, dressing and acting professionally not only gives a good impression and makes it clear that you're willing to make an effort, it can be psychologically beneficial," Schofield explains. Research has shown that the way people dress affects not only the way others see them, but also how they see themselves, including how they think and feel about their own abilities and the work they're doing. "'Dressing for success' really does work."

3. Treat the internship like a real job

If you want the employer to take you seriously, you need to take the job seriously. "To get the most of an internship, regardless of the pay, interns should treat their internship like they would any job," Schofield says.

You need to remember that your work will have an impact on the organization. "You're learning in an active, real-world environment, so your contributions (and your mistakes) affect other people."

The US Food and Drug Administration is trying to curb the excessive amounts of salt that Americans eat.

The new guidelines would encourage (not require) restaurants and manufacturers to limit the salt they add to foods. This would hopefully get Americans down from eating 3,400 milligrams per day to 2,300, which is what the National Institutes of Health recommends. That's about half a teaspoon.

So what does salt do to your body?

It's not all bad. We need some sodium and chloride (the components of table salt) to keep our bodies functioning properly.

And while scientific research has linked high sodium diets to health issues like heart disease and high blood pressure, researchers can't agree whether lowering salt intake can actually help prevent these problems.

Here's how your body uses sodium to function — and what happens when it processes all that salt you're eating.

Your body uses sodium to regulate blood flow and blood pressure.

Source: Medline Plus

Sodium also acts as a signal molecule to help your muscles and nerves function properly.

Chloride helps the body regulate fluids, which is why when you have too much salt, your water levels can get whacky.

Source: Medline Plus

A mysterious Airbnb host by the name of Leonardo is renting out the Teenage Ninja Mutant Turtle's sewer liar for just $10 a night.

Given the room's location in Tribeca, a New York neighborhood in lower Manhattan, it's an incredible steal, not to mention the free pizza and turtle swag.

The loft, which includes a glow-in-the-dark basketball court and arcade complete with video games, sleeps six people and took inspiration from the first movie and its sequel, out Friday. 

While it's all an elaborate marketing stunt to promote the upcoming movie, it's also a childhood dream come true for any TMNT fans that managed to book a room (it's all booked up now). For the lucky few, the Airbnb host Leonardo makes it clear they won't run into any mutant reptiles during their stay, "Dude! ... we're out. Got evil to fight, battles to win. So we won't be there."

Check out some photos of the space below: 

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"The Harvesters" by Pieter Bruegel the Elder.

"One of the never­ending delights of Pieter Bruegel the Elder is his depiction of everyday Netherlandish life. You can bask in every detail of the peasants enjoying a delicious picnic at the end of a day of hard labor in the golden fields."

The Yves Saint Laurent pieces at the Met’s Costume Institute show Manus x Machina: Fashion in an Age of Technology (on view through August).

"Yves Saint Laurent was the ultimate French couturier who redefined what is sexy with his 'Le Smoking' tuxedo for women and ultra­chic looks like this silk and bird of ­paradise feather dress."

Portrait of Lukas Spielhausen by Lucas Cranach the Elder.

"The beard has made a comeback and nowhere is it more striking than in Lucas Cranach the Elder’s detailed portrait of Lukas Spielhausen, a high­-ranking lawyer in 16th-century Saxony."

When you think of high-tech cars, you probably think Tesla or BMW.

But there’s another automaker that is quietly becoming one of the industry’s most tech-centric brands: Volvo. 

For years, the Swedish car company has been at the forefront of introducing the latest safety tech into its vehicles.

But the car company’s tech savviness extends beyond just its safety systems. Volvo is also investing in technology that will make its cars more convenient, efficient, and autonomous.

Here’s a closer look at how Volvo is quietly becoming one of the leading car companies in auto tech.

Volvo is sneaking up on Tesla when it comes to autonomous tech.

The company’s Pilot Assist II, which will become available in Volvo's new vehicle next year, will do all of the steering and braking at speeds of up to 80 miles per hour.

Currently, the company's semi-autonomous system only handles steering and braking for speeds up to 30 miles per hour on the highway and it must have a car in front of it to follow. So it's really only useful when you are in stop-and-go traffic. 

But next year, the updated system will be much closer to what Tesla offers, allowing the car to do the steering and braking on the open road up to 80 miles per hour. It will also no longer need a car to follow to work. 

The updated system will, however, still need clear lane markings to work properly. 

The system will come standard in Volvo's S90 and be available as an option in the 2017 XC90.

Volvo is already testing its autonomous driving system, called Intellisafe Autopilot, internally. But it will launch a pilot program next year that enables real customers to test out the technology.

Volvo will launch its pilot program, called DriveMe, in 2017 in select cities.

During the pilot program, drivers will still need to supervise their vehicle while it's in autonomous mode. However, data collected during the pilot will be used to improve the system so the company can eliminate human supervision in just a few years.

"We will design and test for real outliers because just building and demoing a self-driving car, is not very difficult," Eric Coelingh, Volvo's senior technical leader for safety and driver support technologies,told Tech Insider.

"But building a self-driving car and saying that an ordinary customer can get behind the steering wheel, that means that the car should be able to deal with all thinkable traffic scenarios that occur on the road — extreme conditions in terms of weather and traffic scenarios, but also technical flaws in the system."

By 2020, Volvo plans to offer Intellisafe Autopilot to the public.

By 2020, Intellisafe Autopilot will enable the car to drive autonomously without the driver's supervision. However, a driver will likely only be able to activate the function in certain areas that are well mapped. 

When Pebble announced its new Core fitness device, we immediately recognized it could be one of the best products of the year so far.

Pebble markets it as a fitness device since it can track your steps, distance and pace. But it's also so much more, especially now that that it's compatible with Amazon's excellent voice-enabled assistant Alexa, the same tech that powers the Amazon Echo.

Pre-orders for the Pebble Core via Kickstarter are currently all gone, but the device will go on sale in January 2017 for $99.

There's many reason to be excited about the Pebble Core. Check out everything you can do with it.

SEE ALSO: Pebble just unveiled two new smartwatches and a special fitness device — check it out

It tracks your steps.

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Every step counts, even those you take to get out the door when you go for a walk.

Source: Boston Dynamics/YouTube

It tracks your speed and distance with built-in GPS.

It works with the new Pebble 2 and Time 2 smartwatches if you want to see your fitness data in real-time without bringing your phone.

Anonymous employee review website Glassdoor has ranked the 25 best jobs in Britain.

Glassdoor lets former and current staff rate both their employers, and the roles they hold at the company. You can also leave information about things like pay and benefits.

Glassdoor has used the feedback on its site to give various jobs a "Glassdoor Job Score" that takes into account earning potential, career opportunity ratings, and the number of current job openings. Glassdoor then crunches the numbers and gives each job a score out of five.

The point is to rank roles that offer good pay and good career opportunities and are available right now in Britain — not just in an ideal world.

For a job to be considered, it has to have at least 30 salary reports and at least 30 career opportunities ratings shared by UK-based employees over the past year. 

Check out the top 25 below.

25. Personal Assistant

The job: Pretty much what is says on the tin — you're an assistant to an executive or business person. That could involve anything from organising a diary and fetching coffee to sorting out dry cleaning. It might not sound glamorous but, crucially, you get access to a top level executive who can give you valuable insight into how the business works.

Glassdoor Job Score: 3.4.

Number of Job Openings: 962.

Average Base Salary:£28,000.

Career Opportunities Rating: 3.7.

24. Trader

The job: Buying and selling stocks, bonds, and commodities. The draw for this job has always been the money but plenty of people also get a thrill out of the adrenaline rush that comes from making split second decisions.

Glassdoor Job Score: 3.4.

Number of Job Openings: 182.

Average Base Salary:£50,000.

Career Opportunities Rating: 3.4.

23. Service Manager

The job: Service manager is one of many jobs on the list that can mean different things in different industries, but in general it means dealing with clients to make sure the service your company offers is uniform and satisfactory.

Glassdoor Job Score: 3.5.

Number of Job Openings: 968.

Average Base Salary:£43,315.

Career Opportunities Rating: 3.1.

Once a great retail success story, J. Crew has been struggling in recent years.

J. Crew's sales slid 8% in the most recent quarter, with the company blaming a "challenging retail environment."

It's true — it's rough out there for most retailers— but a walk around the store shows why the company may be having a hard time getting consumers to pay a premium for its clothing.

Here's what you would have been greeted with if you walked into the company's New York City Flatiron store at the end of May.

Promotions are common, especially around Memorial Day, but this eerily reminds us of J. Crew's neighbor, Banana Republic.

Because, just like the ailing Banana Republic, J. Crew doesn't let you forget that you can get an extra percentage off of your purchase.

J. Crew has been working to bring customers back into stores.

At least once every year, I develop an unforgiving cough and congestion so bad I have trouble hearing.

Each time, as I burrow under my favorite blanket and clutch onto Sudafed and Mucinex for dear life, I wonder: Why again? And why always when I have fun weekend plans?

It doesn’t take me long to realize — I’m burnt out.

True to form, I’ve agreed to too many responsibilities and side gigs on top of my fulltime job, and my body is not happy.

I know I’m not alone. As a reporting and evaluation manager for an employee wellness company, one of my responsibilities is to identify and analyze top health risks for the thousands of individuals our programs serve. And usually, stress ends up in the top three (out of 15.)

While it’s true that a little can be good for you, the consistent presence of it is not. “Chronic stress, of course, has been shown over and over to be a bad thing for body and brain,” says Alice G. Walton, a Forbes science and health writer. “It actually seems to suppress the generation of new nerve cells and inhibit memory, not to mention increase one’s risk for being overweight; developing heart disease and possibly cancer; developing addictions; and experiencing depression, anxiety, and sleep problems.”

Well, that sounds exciting (read: horrifying.) But minimizing levels of it is easier said than done, as it can be difficult to notice when you’re overdoing it — most likely because you’re so busy you can’t keep tabs on how you’re feeling.

But if you identify with any of the following five signs, it may be time to take a step back.

SEE ALSO: 7 toxic traits of a bad employer

1. You’re snapping at everyone (for no good reason)

When your co-worker poses a simple question —“Hey, can you proofread this memo for me?”— and you act like she asked you to read the employee handbook to her. You huff and puff and silently wonder why she’s so very stupid.

Instead of calmly responding with a “Sure” or “Give me a few seconds to wrap this up,” you answer with venom-laced words: “Um, I’m kinda busy right now, but sure, whatever.”

Later on, you realize you severely overreacted, and the embarrassment sets in. Christine Porath, a professor at Georgetown University’s business school, explains that a lot of people have no idea they’re being rude to others.

And it’s probably “because they're so stressed and overwhelmed that they don't have the mental bandwidth to consider other people's hurt feelings.” (But just because you’re not the only drama queen doesn’t give you the excuse to be Cruella.)

2. You’re thinking about work all the time

Your hours may be nine to five, but your mind is occupied with work 24/7. During your commute, while eating dinner, when you’re trying to fall asleep, in your dreams — you know the drill. It’s the sole topic of conversation when talking with friends and family, and the only thing you can think about when you’re pretending to listen to them (smile, nod, smile, nod).

I’m not saying you should limit every thought about it to specific days and times — you’re not a robot (if you are, though, no judgment here). But as Adrian Granzella Larrsen, Editor-in Chief of The Daily Muse says, “bringing too much work home — even if that work is just rolling around in your head—can quickly make you an anxious, sleep-deprived, pretty boring dinner guest.” And no one wants that.

3. You can’t focus enough to actually be productive

It’s time to get down to it, but you just can’t seem to make any progress (or even get started.) Countless thoughts are bouncing around inside your head at lightning speed, and you have no idea how to control them.

And so begins the vicious cycle — you’re overwhelmed because you’ve got a lot to do, but you’re fretting about it so much that you can’t accomplish anything.

You can blame this frustrating situation on your body’s response to regular anxiety, which is really helpful when you need survival mode to kick in, but not so helpful when it’s impairing your concentration.

Drug companies aren't exactly known for their reputations. 

But public opinions about them have changed in some surprising ways in recent years, especially amidst recent controversies over the high and rising prices of drugs.

A new analysis from the research consulting firm Reputation Institute evaluated public perceptions of 14 pharmaceutical companies in 7 key areas: 1) products and services, 2) innovation, 3) workplace, 4) governance, 5) citizenship, 6) leadership, and 7) financial performance.

The report found that on average, drug companies continue to be perceived as having a so-so reputation. In fact, people's opinion of the pharmaceutical industry overall has improved since 2015.

Yet Kasper Ulf Nielsen, an executive partner at the Reputation Institute, told Business Insider that these average ratings hide some of the more interesting aspects of the results. For one thing, people tend to have polar opposite views of individual companies, either ranking them as having an "excellent" or "poor" reputation. The company with the highest reputation was Bayer. Also, young people aged 18-24 had a significantly lower impression of pharmaceutical companies than did older people.

Check out the Reputation Institute's drug company scores, ranked from lowest to highest:

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14. Pfizer. RepTrak Points: 65.9

Pfizer, which is known for drugs like Lipitor and Viagra, was ranked the second-most familiar of the 14 drug companies analyzed by the Reputation Institute. Pfizer didn't fare as well as its pharma counterparts in terms of its reputational ranking, though they did score better than in previous years' rankings. 

Survey respondents ranked the company's workplace environment, citizenship (or responsibility to stakeholders), and governance as being the worst compared to all the other drug companies.  

13. Bristol-Myers Squibb. RepTrak Points: 66.0

Bristol-Myers Squibb, the New York-based pharmaceutical company known for its diabetes and heart-related drugs, didn't have much of a change in perceived reputation in 2016 compared to 2015. BMS reputation scores were particularly low when it came to the company's leadership and innovation reputation.

12. Novartis. RepTrak Points: 66.7

Switzerland-based Novartis rounds out the bottom three with a slightly higher reputation than last year. Novartis' reputation score was brought down by lower governance and citizenship scores. 

If you're not a gamer, you've probably never heard of Razer.

But this Irvine, California-based startup, last valued at $1.5 billion, is a huge deal among PC gamers. Its high-quality gaming devices, sleek designs, and high prices have earned it the nickname the "Apple of the gaming industry."

Razer recently opened its first US retail store in downtown San Francisco. Not surprisingly, its famously fanatic fans showed up in droves on the day it opened, creating a long line that went around the entire building.

We had a chance to visit the store this week to see what all the hype was about:

SEE ALSO: This $1.5 billion PC gaming company's first US store stole some of the spotlight from the new Apple Store in San Francisco

The new Razer store is in the Westfield Mall in downtown San Francisco. This is the line that formed outside the building on the day the store opened.

The store is on the ground floor. Here's the main entrance.

The store isn't that big — just about 1,300 square feet.

Warning: Minor spoilers ahead for "Game of Thrones." 

HBO's epic series "Game of Thrones" now costs over $10 million per episode, meaning the showrunners spare no expense. This includes sending cast and crew alike to multiple continents and building elaborate sets using natural landscapes as the backdrop. 

Using released infographics along with a newly released app created by Northern Ireland Screen, we've charted the real life locations and paired them with stills from "Game of Thrones." Now fans can compare the real world with the lands of Westeros and Essos as we walk through some of the main landmarks.

Scroll down to dive into the gorgeous locations in Northern Ireland, Croatia, Iceland, and Spain.

Castle Ward is a real-life castle built in the 18th century. The property is open to the public year-round.

The turrets and buildings were transformed into the iconic Stark household: Winterfell.

It looks like winter has come to Cairncastle, the location used to film scenes taking place outside the walls of Winterfell.

Bianca Espada is the newest face on E!'s "RichKids of Beverly Hills."

Many stars of the show (which is airing Sundays) first made their mark on social media. But while she has more than 40,000 followers on Instagram, Espada doesn't see herself as internet famous.

"That means nothing in the grand scheme of things," she told Business Insider recently. "That is such a small number compared to everything else, you know what I mean? It's very, very small compared to a million."

Espada, whose father built his fortune as a clothing retailer for top fashion companies, grew up in Malibu and splits her time between Los Angeles and New York City. Aside from assisting celebrity stylist Sonja Benson, whose best-known client is Rihanna, Espada writes a blog about fashion, food, and travel.

The new reality star talked to Business Insider about her rising public profile, being a Latina role model, and her tips on style and social media.

Here are six things to know about the newest "Rich Kids of Beverly Hills" cast member:

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What you see on "Rich Kids" is what really happened, according to her.

"The producers stick pretty close to reality," Espada said. "They really do. I can’t say that the fights are fake, because they’re really not. I think that they tweak them a little bit to not break that fourth wall with the viewers, but our fights are real and the emotions are real."

Espada doesn't respond to haters on social media.

"I don’t like to comment on negativity. My own followers would defend me. They handle my little battles for me. And to even get involved at that level I think is so petty and you’re only giving them what they want by adding fuel to the fire. They just want to be noticed is honestly what it is."

She takes being a Latina role model very seriously.

"I think it’s huge," she said of being a role model. "We’re usually stereotyped in Hollywood. And I think that being on a show that’s so mainstream, and for my demographic to have a character like me is huge. So absolutely, I definitely have something to prove if I am a role model. So I have to act a certain way and be a certain way."

Muhammad Ali, one of the world's greatest boxers, died on Friday, June 3, at the age of 74.

Born Cassius Marcellus Clay on January 17, 1942, in Louisville, Kentucky, Ali started boxing at age 12 — and ultimately became known for much more than just his successful boxing career. 

Ali converted to Islam in 1964, changing his name from Cassius Clay — what he called his "slave name"— to Muhammed Ali after becoming affiliated with the Nation of Islam. His political activism and charity inspired millions throughout his life.

We've compiled some of his now iconic words of wisdom and trademark boxing-ring rhymes. 

SEE ALSO: The unlikely way a lost bike helped boxing legend Muhammad Ali get his start

"If they can make penicillin out of moldy bread, they can sure make something out of you."

Source: Goodreads

"Friendship is the hardest thing in the world to explain. It's not something you learn in school. But if you haven't learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven't learned anything."

Source: Goodreads

"The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up."

Even if a film doesn't sell many tickets at the box office, it can still go on to become a beloved cult classic.

In fact, many of Hollywood's greatest films were financial flops, and it took years for audiences to embrace them.

From "The Wizard of Oz" to "The Big Lebowski," here are 17 classic films that originally bombed in theaters.

Frank Pallotta contributed to a previous version of this story.

"Donnie Darko" (2001)

"Donnie Darko" may have helped launch the career of Jake Gyllenhaal, but it was a huge flop when it came out in theaters.

The indie film, which cost an estimated $6 million to make, debuted with $110,494 on its opening weekend. It didn't help that the film — which features a plane crash — opened not long after the Sept. 11 attacks. The movie wasn't released internationally for another year.

Theatrically, "Donnie Darko" made $1.2 million at the box office. After its DVD release in 2002, it played as a midnight movie for over two years at New York's Pioneer Theater and became enough of a cult classic to release a "director's cut."

"Heathers" (1988)

"Heathers," a film about two teens who attempt to murder the members of their high school's popular clique, was pretty provocative for its impressionable teenage audience.

With a budget of $3 million, it barely made half that at the box office.

But thanks to the rising stardom of its protagonist, Winona Ryder, and screenwriter Daniel Waters' brilliant one-liners ("Dear diary, my teen angst bulls--- has a body count"), "Heathers" is a classic today.

"Fight Club" (1999)

When "Fight Club" first hit theaters in 1999, it didn't just perform poorly — the film made just $37 million domestically— it also received very mixed reviews.

Entertainment Weekly gave it a "D," calling it a "dumb and brutal shock show." Rosie O'Donnell hated it so much that she went as far to ruin the film's twist ending on national television.

It wasn't until the DVD release that the film took off (it sold over 6 million copies) allowing a wider audience to catch the hidden details that made it a dark classic.

We all want to get to the gym, be more productive, be kinder to our loved ones… and then we don’t do it. Why?

Well, building solid personal habits can be hard.

In fact, research shows it takes an average of 66 days to build a new good habit.

From Oliver Burkeman’s Help! How to be slightly happier and get a bit more done:

On average, her subjects, who were trying to learn new habits such as eating fruit daily or going jogging, took a depressing 66 days before reporting that the behaviour had become unchangingly automatic.

But it doesn’t have to be that difficult.

I’ve written before about the secret of how to break bad habits, so now let’s take a look at the scientific tricks to building good habits — and ones that stick.

For instance, wouldn’t it be nice if you could build three good habits for the price of one?

Actually, research says you can …

SEE ALSO: 10 habits of chronically unhappy people

1. Start with "Keystone Habits"

Exercising isn’t just good for you. It’s also a "keystone habit." It’s a good change that often triggers other good changes, passively.

When I spoke to Charles Duhigg, author of the excellent book "The Power of Habit," he explained that exercise leads people to unknowingly create other, often unrelated, good habits.

It makes you eat better. And helps you use your credit card less. And makes you more productive at work. Here’s Charles:

There’s this fundamental finding in science that some habits seem to matter more than others. When researchers look at how people change their habitual behaviors, they find when some changes occur, it seems to set off a chain reaction that causes other patterns to change as well. For some people, exercise is a good example of this. When you start exercising habitually, according to studies, you start eating more healthfully. That makes sense. You start feeling good about your body. For many people, when they start exercising, they stop using their credit cards quite so often. They procrastinate less at work. They do their dishes earlier in the day. It seems to be evidence that for many people, exercise is a keystone habit. Once you start to change your exercise habits, it sets off a chain reaction that changes other habits as well.

So maybe you already exercise. Or perhaps committing to the gym seems too daunting right now. What are other keystone habits? What alchemy do they all have in common?

Keystone habits change how you see yourself. And that’s what causes the cascade of positive change. Here’s Charles:

"The power of a keystone habit draws from its ability to change your self image. Basically, anything can become a keystone habit if it has this power to make you see yourself in a different way."

So start with a habit that makes you see yourself as the kind of person you want to be.

(To learn how to end bad habits for good, click here.)

Okay, picking a habit that changes how you see yourself is like a "three-for-one" deal. That’s great. But making that one change can still be a lot of work, right?

Wrong…

2. Use "minimum viable effort"

Want to floss more often? Okay, just floss one tooth. Sound silly? That’s fine.

Just like your mom told you: focus on baby steps.

It’s okay to be a little lazy at first. The key to new good habits is to do the minimum and be consistent.

BJ Fogg, head of the Stanford University Persuasive Tech Lab, calls it "Minimum Viable Effort." Here’s what BJ says:

Make it tiny. To create a new habit, you must first simplify the behavior. Make it tiny, even ridiculous. A good tiny behavior is easy to do — and fast.

Do not be ambitious yet. That leads to failure. Consistency is what you’re shooting for here, so make the hurdle as low as possible.

And once you’re flossing one tooth consistently, try flossing two teeth…

(To learn what Harvard research says will make you happier and more successful, click here.)

Okay, keystone habits and minimum viable effort. Now how do you really make sure you actually follow through?

3. Make a plan

Think like Hannibal from the A-Team: you love it when a plan comes together. But does creating a plan make a difference when it comes to building good habits? Yup.

Researchers wanted to convince students to get a tetanus shot. They showed them grisly photos of what could happen if they didn’t. And students who saw the pictures were far more likely to say they would get the shot. But did they follow through?

Of course not. What did make students show up and do what they said they would?

Giving them a map and having them make an appointment in their calendar. In short, creating a simple plan for how to get the job done.

From Collaboration: How Leaders Avoid the Traps, Build Common Ground, and Reap Big Results:

A portion of students received a detailed plan on how to get to the medical clinic; they were told the times when shots were available; they were given a map with the clinic clearly circled; and they were asked to review their schedule to find a time. Of the students who received this detailed plan, 28 percent went to get a shot, compared with 3 percent of students without the plan.

Thinking about the details makes you more likely to follow through. And another small thing that makes a big difference is just writing down your plan.

From Yes!: 50 Scientifically Proven Ways to Be Persuasive:

Why might writing down our goals be so effective at strengthening our commitments? Put simply, commitments that are made actively have more staying power than those that are made passively… In all, the clear majority of those who appeared as scheduled (74 percent) were those who had actively agreed to volunteer for the program.

(To learn the four rituals neuroscience says will make you happy, click here.)

Alright, I know: planning feels like homework. Where’s the fun? Well, since you asked, I shall bring the fun…

Massive mental hospitals, some of which once housed hundreds of thousands of patients, were the primary mode of treatment for those with mental illnesses for centuries. But by the 1960s, asylums all over the US were closing down in reaction to reports of abuse and neglect, as well as the passage of new healthcare laws that emphasized a community-based treatment approach.

As a result, many formerly packed mental hospitals have been left standing totally vacant. Over the course of six years, photographer Christopher Payne traveled to 70 of these abandoned mental hospitals all over the US, getting exclusive tours inside each. The resulting photos are chilling, yet beautiful in their own way.

"For this project, my goal was to reconstruct a typical state hospital in its heyday, when it functioned as a self-sufficient community," Payne told Business Insider. "It was impossible to find one hospital with everything intact, but by juxtaposing a photograph of a theater from one hospital, a morgue from another, a bowling alley from a third, and so on, an entire institution could be recreated."

Payne turned his photographic journey into a book titled "Asylum: Inside the Closed World of State Mental Hospitals." Below, see his eerie photos of abandoned mental hospitals all over the US.

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These hospitals housed thousands of people with severe mental disorders like schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. While a majority of the hospitals have been completely abandoned, some have remained partially open, such as Kankakee State Hospital, pictured below.

These hospitals reached their peak occupancy in the mid-1900s, with some housing hundreds of thousands of patients at once. Payne got exclusive access to the hospitals by submitting formal requests to state mental-health departments. "Once a few states granted access, all the others followed suit," Payne said.

Many of the hospitals were eager to share their history. Payne got exclusive tours from people who used to work there. "Many of the [former] employees had worked at the institutions for decades, as had their parents and grandparents before them, and they were proud of their work," Payne said.

Rich people appreciate the power of learning long after college is over.

"The world class knows that college is just the beginning of lifelong learning," writes self-made millionaire Steve Siebold in his book, "How Rich People Think.""That's why you'll see the great ones attending seminars, workshops and taking advantage of other valuable sources of education."

One such source of education is online tools. To get smarter about investing and managing your money, start by bookmarking these 14 sites:

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