Snark SExpand I'm pretty sure no one in their right mind would tell George Carlin to "Just be nice". There are also obvious merits to being a snark, like the ability to speak what's really on your mind. Not just smile, act dumb, and play along. The difference is that George Carlin was a comedian. In fact, one of the examples that one of our psychologists uses frequently that didn't make it into the article as an opportunity for effective snark and sarcasm is in comedy, and if you're practicing a stand-up routine. Even so, George Carlin was a very funny man, and said some great things, but he also said a lot of rude and awful things that no one would in their right mind believe or take to heart, mostly in the name of attention-getting, but never mistake his comedy for legitimate commentary.
Forgotten Bookmarks Brain Fitness And Memory Programs, Brain Training Shameless Self-Promotion Is a Good Thing in Job Interviews I'll agree with this more. I think the self-promotion comes in more for me during the prep process when I'm anticipating their questions because I want to think of 10 different examples of how awesome I've been. For the actual interview, I just emphasize those examples and comment a little extra. Like, I had an interview with a company that is notoriously goal-based (you have daily, weekly, monthly, and quarterly sales quotas that come into play for your bonus and your managers' bonuses), so I talked about taking way too many classes at once with a full-time job. They asked about handling a customer service issue, and I told them about a family that I took care of when the housekeeping staff didn't clean their room and we had no other available ones. If they challenged me on those, though, then I would have backed down, so there's that. At the end of both of these, I said something along the lines of, "It was nice to feel proud of myself for handling more than I knew I could."
How Do We Identify Good Ideas? | Wired Science I’ve always been fascinated by the failures of genius. Consider Bob Dylan. How did the same songwriter who produced Blood on the Tracks and Blonde on Blonde also conclude that Down in the Groove was worthy of release? The inconsistency of genius is a consistent theme of creativity: Even those blessed with ridiculous talent still produce works of startling mediocrity. Nietzsche stressed this point. Artists have a vested interest in our believing in the flash of revelation, the so-called inspiration … shining down from heavens as a ray of grace. Notice the emphasis on rejection. A new study led by Simone Ritter of the Radboud University in the Netherlands sheds some light on this mystery. There was no difference between the groups in terms of creative output — both the conscious and unconscious/distracted subjects came up with the same number of new ideas. Here’s where things get interesting. How can the rest of us get better at identifiying our best ideas? P.S.
Law of Attraction – Take Control of Your Life Warning: This article will sound like complete bullshit to the conservative mind. If you can go into the reading with an open mind and are willing to try the methods described with the intention of attracting good things to your life, please proceed. However, if you are already swaying towards skepticism, please save this article for a time when you are dying for a change or confident that this method could work for you. Introduction to The Law Of Attraction: Many of you have probably heard of the Law of Attraction, The Secret, visualization, or some of the other popular manifestations of this technique, but most likely do not fully know what it is. Basics: Manifesting your ideal is not as hard as it sounds. 1. Other Tips: - Positive things come to positive people, so practice a good demeanor about life. - Visualize every day, being consistent is one of the most important parts of the process. 1. The New Psycho-Cybernetics by Dr. 2. 3. - dispell your fears and then some
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8 Great Philosophical Questions That We'll Never Solve | Blindfold By: George Dvorsky Philosophy goes where hard science can't, or won't. Philosophers have a license to speculate about everything from metaphysics to morality, and this means they can shed light on some of the basic questions of existence. Here are eight mysteries of philosophy that we'll probably never resolve. 1. Our presence in the universe is something too bizarre for words. 2. This the classic Cartesian question. 3. Also called the dilemma of determinism, we do not know if our actions are controlled by a causal chain of preceding events (or by some other external influence), or if we're truly free agents making decisions of our own volition. 4. Simply put, we cannot know if God exists or not. 5. Before everyone gets excited, this is not a suggestion that we'll all end up strumming harps on some fluffy white cloud, or find ourselves shoveling coal in the depths of Hell for eternity. 6. 7. Essentially, we'll never truly be able to distinguish between "right" and "wrong" actions. 8.
The Simple Secret to Time Management: Jedi Time Tricks Perspective: Join the Crowd In 1943, an anthropologist named Abraham Maslow published a paper titled “A Theory of Human Motivation” that, while it appeared only in an obscure academic journal, has since gone on to influence generations of marketers. Maslow’s theory posited that human needs fall into categories. The bottom two are essential for mere survival—physiological (food, sleep, etc.) and safety (shelter, employment, etc.). But above these lay the “social” and “ego” needs. These are what motivate people to satiate deeper desires: self-esteem, respect from others, a feeling of belonging. The intense human desire to fit in probably never required a research paper to establish its validity. Both ads present coolness as shopping’s blissful by-product. In 1969, Chevy was two years into positioning its Camaro to compete with Ford’s Mustang—the quintessential two-seater guy car. Jump ahead 43 years, and Tommy Hilfiger is using the same implied promise to sell his clothing in the ad.