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Positive Thinking and No Complaints
With all the negativity about the election and the economy, it’s easy to get down in the dumps. On a bad news day, I end up surrounded with negativity — Radio, new sites, TV, blogs, and twitter. All bearing bad news, prophecies of coming doom, and discussions of who, how, why, when we [...]
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Time, life, and more hours in your day
Monday power quote:
Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of.”
~ Benjamin Franklin
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Old Ben had it right. Time. It goes by so fast (geez, another year nearly at an end?), and there’s so little of it (especially compared to my to-do list)! Life has [...]
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Life experiments · Quotations
Do you laugh alone?
I was listening to an episode of RadioLab about Laughter recently. As usual, they did a fascinating job of covering the topic from multiple angles. One item stood out for me, though.
Girl laughing 300They said laughter is a social thing, and that people don’t laugh alone. They don’t mean when you’re home alone watching Letterman, or goofy YouTube videos…
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Life experiments · Observations
Solving problems in the sandbox
I just ran across a cool tool — the “Big Dig” over at Idea Sandbox. They describe this as a set of thought starters and problem solving techniques, collected from great thinkers and writers.
If you’re feeling stuck on a particular problem — whether a business issue, personal matter, or writer’s block — you can dig in their sandbox, and it comes up with a suggestion…
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Life experiments · Tools
Memories of things you can’t remember
The safest memories are those in the mind of someone who can’t remember.
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No, I didn’t make that up! It’s the astonishing conclusion of a scientist who was part of the Radiolab episode on memory and forgetting.
In case you haven’t discovered Radiolab, it’s a fascinating podcast, exploring a variety of subjects (like memory, time, or life) from different angles. Very well done, always intriguing…
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Life experiments · Observations
So there I was… campaigning for president
I gave my big speech last night — the culmination of my entire campaign to be president of the United States.
And now I’m a Competent Communicator! I know, that sounds like something your kindergarten teacher would write, right?
Really, that’s the new name for the level you reach at Toastmasters when you do your 10th prepared speech…
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Life experiments · So there we were...
Happiness via mind control
What is happiness, and how can we all get some? In this video, a French scientist turned Buddhist monk answers these questions.
Matthieu Ricard has devoted his life to studying this subject, and his answer blends elements of faith and science: We can train our minds in habits of happiness…
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Inspirations · Life experiments
