Bulletproof Mind: 6 Techniques for Mental Resilience from the Navy SEALs - Market Meditations
Brandon Webb was not about to break. “Fuck you, Instructor Buchanan—fuck you. The only way you’re getting me out of here is in a body bag.”It was the middle of “Hell Week,” a full week of physical and mental torture that all trainees must endure in order to become a member of the Navy SEALs—the most elite special forces unit on the planet.
Foods that Feed The Pineal Gland
Our pineal gland otherwise known as our master gland or the gland that governs over our third eye is the center of psychic awareness in the human mind. It is about the size of a pea and sits inside a cave located behind the pituitary gland. It naturally produces a hormone called melatonin which regulates human daily body rhythms that deal directly with the day and night cycles.
List of common misconceptions
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia This incomplete list is not intended to be exhaustive. This list corrects erroneous beliefs that are currently widely held about notable topics.
10 Surprising Habits That Will Help You Transform Your Life Beyond All Recognition
Some people make life seem effortless and simple. They achieve amazing goals with no struggle, breeze through the hardest days without breaking a sweat, and seem to feel happy in even the toughest of circumstances. These people aren’t different from you. In fact, they face the exact same feelings and anxieties. However, what separates the successful and the unsuccessful isn’t genetic material or ability, but their mindset, their goals, and – most importantly – their habits. These 10 habits of the rich, successful, and healthy might surprise you due to their simplicity.
20 more awesomely untranslatable words from around the world
If only you could use these words in Scrabble. Photo: Jeremy Mates When linguists refer to “untranslatable” words, the idea is not that a word cannot somehow be explained in another language, but that part of the essence of the word is lost as it crosses from one language to another. This often is due to different social and cultural contexts that have shaped how the word is used. In the novel Shame, Salman Rushdie’s narrator suggests: “To unlock a society, look at its untranslatable words.” Here are 20 words that don’t translate directly into English; what may these words tell us about the societies in which they come from?
How To Live a More Meaningful Life
Seven steps to a more meaningful life includes meditation, movement and maximisation. Top of the list for living a meaningful daily life is being more mindful, according to occupational therapist Dr. Melanie Austin-McCain. She says: “Be present, smile, humble yourself, and acknowledge others.With mindfulness, you’re really in the present and focusing on your senses and your experiences — what you are feeling, thinking, and doing.” Healthy daily routines and long-term goals are so important for a meaningful life, Dr McCain says:
Legal Marijuana Sales Set To Quadruple By 2018: Study
U.S. legal marijuana sales are projected to hit $1.5 billion this year, and that could look like nothing in just a few years. Data from Medical Marijuana Business Daily shows that total sales could quadruple to $6 billion by 2018 on the back of legalization efforts in Washington and Colorado, as well as the growing nationwide medical marijuana industry. The two states both legalized the recreational use of weed in November. Elsewhere, 18 states and Washington, D.C. have made medical marijuana legal, while 10 others have formal measures pending to legalize medical marijuana, according to the National Cannabis Industry Association. That's reflective of a wider acceptance of the drug.
Maximizing versus satisficing
The distinction between maximizing and satisficing was introduced by Simon (1955, 1956, 1957). These constructs represent two different strategies to choose an option from a set of possible alternatives. Individuals who maximize consider all possibilities comprehensively and strive to select the best option. These individuals, for example, frequently switch to other radio or TV stations, even when reasonably satisfied with the current program, to ensure they are exposed to the best alternative.
21 Ways Rich People Think Differently Than Average People
World’s richest woman Gina Rinehart is enduring a media firestorm over an article in which she takes the “jealous” middle class to task for “drinking, or smoking and socializing” rather than working to earn their own fortune. What if she has a point? Steve Siebold, author of “How Rich People Think,” spent nearly three decades interviewing millionaires around the world to find out what separates them from everyone else. It had little to do with money itself, he told Business Insider. It was about their mentality. ”[The middle class] tells people to be happy with what they have,” he said.
25 Handy Words That Simply Don’t Exist In English
Approximately 375 million people speak English as their first language, in fact it's the 3rd most commonly spoken language in the world (after Mandarin Chinese and Spanish). Interestingly enough it's the number 1 second language used worldwide - which is why the total number of people who speak English, outnumber those of any other. But whilst it's the most widely spoken language, there's still a few areas it falls down on (strange and bizarre punctuation rules aside). We look at 25 words that simply don't exist in the English language (and yet after reading this list, you'll wish they did!)
