Coffee vs. beer: which drink makes you more creative? — What I Learned Today I didn’t know what I was going to write about today. When this happens, normally I grab a coffee to help get the ideas flowing, but for the last few days in Montreal, no one’s been allowed to drink the water due to a bacteria leakage, which also means, no coffee. So instead, I grabbed the next best thing to help me get going - a beer. This got me wondering about coffee and beer and which one would actually help me be more creative and get work done. Hopefully, this will help you decide when it’s best to have that triple shot espresso or ice cold brew. What is creativity really? From a scientific perspective, creativity is your ability to think of something original from connections made between pre-existing ideas in your brain. These connections are controlled by neurotransmitters like adenosine, which alerts your brain when you’re running out of energy and reacts by slowing down the connections made between neurons by binding to adenosine receptors. Your brain on coffee The result?
Brain Diet Let me start with a question: what is more important than that grey matter between your ears? We all know the answer to that question and that is why I am going to show you a Brain Diet that will dramatically improve your ability to learn, your memory and your congition in general. What you eat and drink (and a few lifestyle changes) can actually rebuild your brain no matter what your age. Remember: your brain and memory are what determines your personality, your intelligence, your ability to function in your career and relationships and even your sexuality. And how many of you reading this want to end up like Uncle Harold, talking to himself in some home where he can't remember what happened 30 seconds ago? You need your brain. Here's the good news: cience has proven that you can actually jump start your memory, cognition and mental faculties in middle age and beyond. Let me put it another way: forget all the stupid memory books and memory tricks and get on the Brain Diet. Green Tea. d
The power of introverts - Susan Cain According to Cain, anywhere from a third to a half of the population are introverts. Where do you fall on the introvert/extrovert spectrum? Take Cain’s “Quiet Quiz” at (or a slightly extended version on the Psychology Today web site at Does your result surprise you? Can you predict the results of classmates, friends or family members who take the quiz as well? Creating “lower thirds” with Vegas Pro 8 by Gary Rebholz We've all seen the flashy graphics that news organizations, documentarians, and many other video editors use to create titling and graphics that overlay an interview or some other piece of video. As you may know, the industry generally refers to these graphics as lower thirds even if these graphics don't actually occupy a complete third of the video screen, or even though they may not actually occupy the lower area of the screen at all. Regardless of where the editor actually places these graphics, they provide a great value to identifying the speaker in the video or imparting other information. The possible approaches to creating these graphics are virtually unlimited. We're going to use a number of tools to create our lower third, but the Vegas Pro 8 media generators play the starring role. Without a lower third to give us the information, we don't know who this guy is! Let's start with the obvious—we'll first add the guy's name. Now let's add the text itself.
Find Your Purpose: 5 Helpful Exercises - Adventure Sauce This post is the sixth in a series about How To Take The Adventure Of Your Lifetime. We would love to hear your thoughts, questions, or experiences in the comments below… Let us help, if you are struggling… or maybe you have some wisdom to share? ***There are also some affiliate links in this post (so if you were to buy a book mentioned, then Benjamin would get a chunk of the profits… no cost to you). This is a story about ‘finding’ your purpose from a little crap town… This town could be any place, job, or situation that isn’t really where you want to be. If you’ve been following along with us recently, then you know a little about Life Purpose… But maybe you are saying… “Yeah, I’ll get to my purpose, when I get out of this little crap town.” “I’ll figure out my purpose, when I’m traveling the world in a year or so.” “I’ll figure out my purpose, when I save up enough money to quit this boring, hellhole work I have to do.” “I’ll figure out my purpose, some day in the future… Tomorrow!” 1. Alone.
Procrastination: Ten Things To Know There are many ways to avoid success in life, but the most sure-fire just might be procrastination . Procrastinators sabotage themselves. They put obstacles in their own path. They actually choose paths that hurt their performance. Why would people do that? Twenty percent of people identify themselves as chronic procrastinators. Tags: anxiety , associate professor , carleton university , christmas eve , christmas shopping , chronic depression , chronic procrastinators , delay , gift certificates , grandmother , income tax returns , milieu , ottawa canada , pay bills , personality , procrastinator , t pay , time , timothy pychyl , university in ottawa , weekly planner , work
The Roller Coaster Relationship With An Alcoholic/Addict: When Do You Get Off the Ride? | Carole Bennett, MA Not soon enough and never! Relationships are difficult; whether it is the ongoing give and take of two people sharing their lives, understanding and communicating with our children or just getting along with co-workers and friends. Add to the mix a silent partner like drugs or alcohol, and the difficulty factor increases substantially. So what or where or when is our breaking point? For everyone it's different. I have compiled what I call The Pyramid of Change; 6 phases of the alcoholic/addict from the beginnings of irresponsible behavior to full blown wreckage. Do you find yourself in phase 1 or 2...or way beyond? Phase 1 - Regardless of what stage you are in a relationship, or whether you've started to become aware of your child's unfamiliar behavioral patterns, something tells you that things are just not right. Next week I will discuss phases 3 - 6. On another note: a very big and grateful thank you for all the comments on my last blog regarding Al-anon.
Decorah Eagles, Ustream.TV: January 7, 2013: Which Nest Will the Decorah Eagles Use? I'll give the short answer first: we don't know yet, and we probably Watch the Decorah Eagles! We have a stream here, but check out **our NEW ADS-FREE STREAM ** at our website: We will be chatting there as well, so be sure to follow the link to see an ads-free stream and to chat with us! This is the Decorah Eagles nest, which is located just south of the city of Decorah near the trout hatchery. For more information about the eagles and their nest, please follow this link: We hope you enjoy watching in 2017 and 2018! Thank you! The Weather Forecast Thanks to A2Z Security Cameras for their help and support with our new HD cameras and to the City of Decorah MetroNet for their help bringing the Decorah N2B nest to the world! About the Raptor Resource Project The Decorah Eagle cam is brought to you by the Raptor Resource Project, which specializes in the preservation of falcons, eagles, ospreys, hawks, and owls. Raptor Resource Project P.
Q&A with Robert C. Pozen, author of ‘Extreme Productivity’ If you ask Robert C. Pozen, such routines can be a powerful tool in modern life, where so many of us are haunted by the sense that we’re not getting enough done or managing our lives well enough. Pozen ran a global financial services firm while teaching a full course load at Harvard Business School. He took the time to talk about his philosophy and strategies. “Extreme Productivity” sounds exhausting. “Extreme Productivity” is not about working harder; it’s about working smarter. The general philosophy of these lessons is that you should focus your time on your most critical goals. So the key to productivity seems to be setting priorities and targets. You can’t start achieving your goals until you know what exactly your goals are. Then, rank your medium-term goals by importance. You talk about ranking objectives according to what you want to do, what you’re good at and what the world needs from you. This balance depends heavily on the stage of your career.
beginning to see by sujata pen-art by julio lynch this book is dedicated to the 9 to 5ers and everybody else a collection of epigrams about the problem of living and the freedom to be gained through meditation much sufferingcomes into thelife of one whotries to be anywherebut herein this presentmoment are you content with where you are right now? because "right nows" are all you have there is nothingin this life that we canhave for very long things and peoplecome ... then leave us ... an immense amount of fear is created if we spend our lives dodging pain an immense amount of fear is created if we spend our lives dodging pain an immense amount of fear is created if we spend our lives dodging pain the world continually demands that we direct our attention outside ourselves meditation teaches us to revolt and turn that awareness toward our insides ... painful feelings * in the mind indicate wrong attitudes about lifemeditation can show us what we're doing wrong we live our lives fearfully yaw cificeps ego
Does the Alcoholic/Addict Bring Out the Worst in You? | Carole Bennett, MA If there is one thing that my clients have reported through my years of counseling is the common thread or hue and cry that they don't like whom they have become, what they have turned into since dealing with their loved one's addiction issues. They have trouble recognizing themselves and are convinced that there is a wicked witch sprouting out of every orifice. Rest easy -- this witch has not been lying dormant and isn't really who you are, but what you might have become as desperation and frustration has taken over your senses of all normalcy. So what are some of the reasons that we have gone from the caring, respectful and kind person that we know we are and all of our friends can attest to? • Frustration -- Nothing is more exasperating than when the alcoholic/addict refuses to accept his addictive situation fully. • Poor communication -- Communication is almost non-existent. Was I being punished, or tested, or what? Need help with substance abuse or mental health issues?
8 Qualities of Fearless Entrepreneurs "In my office, the term badass is thrown around a lot," says Dr. Shelley Provost, a partner and director of happiness of the venture incubator Lamp Post Group. "We use it to describe many things: a person's performance or accomplishments or ability to close a sale or turn a profit, or how well they ask someone out on a date--basically their overall potential for awesomeness." These are the qualities that Provost says set true business badasses apart: 1. They say yes first--then figure out how to deliver. Badasses are incredibly confident, with good reason. Why? If you're a true badass, you think there's a way to solve every problem. 2. Most business problems aren't new. Instead of designing a corporate newsletter that no one will read to "improve communication," a badass will create a holograph of the CEO that welcomes you to work and gives you the latest news. Tell me that wouldn't improve communication. 3. When badasses have a different opinion, they share it. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
Ways to Improve Human Intelligence This briefing is intended to pull into one convenient, single frame of reference a body of key information which currently is scattered across a great many different contexts. Until recently, even the possibility of any such information existing was, for essentially political reasons and funding reasons, denied by most of our institutions, together with most of our educators and psychologists, so that such findings as were made in various contexts and circumstances never got discussed across a broader context. Now that it is evident that the brain, and one's intelligence, are highly changeable and that a wide variety of conditions, arrangements and techniques may be employed to improve both brain functioning and intelligence to even a profound degree, we need to make a start on getting a lot of this key information organized to where you and other inquirers can more readily get at it, understand it, and use it. Menu of Methods Quick Interjection 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Emotion RegulationT In DBT, we use Emotion Regulation skills in order to change our emotions or situations. But sometimes it's not appropriate or we're not able to change the situation or our emotions, then we should use Distress Tolerance skills. Emotions are normal and everyone experiences them. Sometimes, particularly when we have had persistent distressing experiences during our lives, we can emotionally react more often to situations (that others may not find distressing) where we feel threatened. Learning Emotion Regulation skills will help us learn to effectively manage and change the way we feel and cope with situations. Emotions, thoughts and what we do or feel an urge to do (behaviours) are all linked and become vicious cycles. When we experience really strong negative emotions, it’s easy to get caught up into the old pattern of using unhelpful and damaging coping strategies such as using substances, self-harming or unhealthy eating habits. PL treat Physical iLness E Eat healthily S Sleep well