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21 Sep 09

I Am Awesome for Unspecified Reasons! | Psychology Today

  • In one study, the researchers compared the effects of emotionality in introductory emails. So while JimJ789 exclaimed "Travel excites me since it allows me to see places and people that I read about," FrankXYZ summoned only "I also like to travel. After I go on a vacation I feel very content that I have done something I like." Unsurprisingly, Jim was seen as more confident, happy, enthusiastic, cheerful, energetic, excited, interesting, proud, determined, strong, bold, and daring, while Frank was seen as more calm, relaxed, at ease, shy, and nervous.

Make a Great Impression | Psychology Today

  • "If you notice somebody's eye color, and you say 'great' to yourself, you will actually be smiling, and you will give off a super mood."
19 Sep 09

Half an Hour: An Operating System for the Mind

  • "Cognitive science teaches us that skills and knowledge are interdependent and that possessing a base of knowledge is necessary to the acquisition not only of more knowledge, but also of skills. Skills can neither be taught nor applied effectively without prior knowledge of a wide array of subjects."

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  • HOW YOU LIVE CHANGES YOUR BRAIN.
  • DOUBT IS BETTER THAN CERTAINTY.

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Orange Crate Art: SOME PEOPLE ARE TOXIC AVOID THEM.

  • the important thing that I can tell you is that there is a test to determine whether someone is toxic or nourishing in your relationship with them. Here is the test: You have spent some time with this person, either you have a drink or go for dinner or you go to a ball game. It doesn’t matter very much but at the end of that time you observe whether you are more energised or less energised. Whether you are tired or whether you are exhilarated. If you are more tired then you have been poisoned. If you have more energy you have been nourished. The test is almost infallible and I suggest that you use it for the rest of your life.
17 Sep 09

Silent Approval

  • When you use silent approval on yourself, you tell your subconscious that your current standards of performance are acceptable.  So don’t be surprised when you keep getting the same results year after year.

Risk vs. Reward in Human Relationships

  • What would happen if instead of focusing on the fear of negative consequences from social interaction, you focused on the anticipation of positive consequences, such as forming new friendships, helping people grow, making people laugh, falling in love, etc.?
  • Your actual behavior will be largely determined by which side you predominantly focus on — minimizing the downside or maximizing the upside.

How to Go From Introvert to Extrovert

  • Why would you want to spend more time with people you don’t like? If becoming more extroverted means spending more time with people you’d rather avoid, you’ll have no motivation to do it. Again, you’re free to break this pattern and form a social group that you’d love to be a part of.

Trust Yourself, Not the Experts

  • It doesn’t matter how well-credentialed an expert is or what studies they have to back up their claims. Unless they’ve studied you personally, be suspicious of any advice that comes from “general findings.” If possible find out if it works through direct experience, but if it doesn’t work, simply say, “Next!”
  • How well do studies on “average” people apply to someone who isn’t average? Are you average? I’m certainly not.
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How To Be A Woman « Through The Illusion

  • A woman inspires others to be better than they are, to love others, to live fully.  A woman challenges others to be themselves, authentically, in every moment. 

Dealing With Close-Mindedness

  • separating your ego from your ideas
  • I’ve been through enough of these situations to see that accepting people where they are often brings them around to a more open-minded posture in the long run. 
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You Have the Right to Be Wrong

  • What’s so terrible about being wrong? If you’re never wrong, to me that indicates you aren’t growing.

Reducing TV Watching

  • Socrates believed that knowledge and morality were one. In other words immoral behavior is due to a lack of knowledge or understanding. If you’re aware of all the facts of a matter — the real facts, not the assumed ones — you could expect to behave morally and rationally. To Socrates immoral behavior was caused by ignorance.

Understanding Human Relationships

  • your external relationships reflect your internal ones
  • Make a list of all the things that bother you about other people.  Now re-read that list as if it applies to you.  If you’re honest you’ll have to admit that all of your complaints about others are really complaints about yourself. 
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Personal Development for Smart People

  • Intelligence is one's degree of alignment with truth, love, and power.
  • You can't be intelligent if you turn your back on truth and succumb to falsehood and denial. Similarly, it isn't intelligent to withdraw and isolate yourself from everyone and everything because that would rob you of all your best learning and growth experiences. And lastly, it isn't intelligent to weaken and disempower yourself. You can't live as a truly intelligent human being unless you're willing to embrace truth, love, and power.
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The Most Direct Solution to Any Problem

  • “Why am I holding myself back from solving this problem when the solution is right there?”
  • I had to decide whether I was willing to push myself to a new level of action. Once I could honestly say to myself, “Yeah, I’m willing to do that,” I was able to get moving and implement the direct solution.
15 Sep 09

How Eating Fast Food Affects the Health of Teens and Young Adults

  • Eating frequent fast food meals causes teens and young adults to gain more weight and face an increased risk of developing insulin resistance
  • greater increase in insulin resistance, a risk factor for type 2 diabetes.

University of California - UC Newsroom | Scientists learn how food affects the brain

  • Folic acid is found in various foods, including spinach, orange juice and yeast. Adequate levels of folic acid are essential for brain function, and folate deficiency can lead to neurological disorders such as depression and cognitive impairment.
  • Emerging research indicates that the effects of diet on the brain, combined with the effects of exercise and a good night's sleep, can strengthen synapses and provide other cognitive benefits,
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11 Sep 09

RealClearPolitics - The GOP Response to Obama's Health Care Address

  • Replacing your family's current health care with government-run health care is not the answer. In fact, it will make health care much more expensive.
  • . It's the conclusion of the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, the neutral scorekeeper that determines the cost of major bills.
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