A master of balance New Voices / New Laws - Putting the 'ex' in sexy text by The National Children's and Youth Law Centre on Prezi 6 Small Things You Can Do When You Lack Discipline Post written by Leo Babauta. Follow me on Twitter. One of the biggest problems people face is the lack of discipline — they have goals or habits they want to achieve, but lack that discipline needed to stick with it. Then we beat ourselves up about it. And that leads to more failure, because we’re forming a mindset that we don’t have the necessary discipline. Here’s what to do when you face a situation like this: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. —If you liked this article, please share it on del.icio.us, StumbleUpon or Digg.
Education is Ignorance, by Noam Chomsky (Excerpted from Class Warfare) DAVID BARSAMIAN: One of the heroes of the current right-wing revival... is Adam Smith. You've done some pretty impressive research on Smith that has excavated... a lot of information that's not coming out. You've often quoted him describing the "vile maxim of the masters of mankind: all for ourselves and nothing for other people." NOAM CHOMSKY: I didn't do any research at all on Smith. He did give an argument for markets, but the argument was that under conditions of perfect liberty, markets will lead to perfect equality. He also made remarks which ought to be truisms about the way states work. This truism was, a century later, called class analysis, but you don't have to go to Marx to find it. The version of him that's given today is just ridiculous. But even more interesting in some ways was the index. I want to be clear about this. This is true of classical liberalism in general. It's the same when you read Jefferson. CHOMSKY: ... CHOMSKY: That's an eighteenth century idea. ...
These Are Photos Of Children's Bedrooms. But They Represent Something Much, Much More. Millions of people from around the world are currently experiencing very different childhoods. Some are living in abject poverty, lacking basic food and sanitation, while others are more fortunate by being born in a country where those things are guaranteed and usually taken for granted. When photographer James Mollison was asked to come up with an idea for engaging with children’s rights, he found himself thinking of his bedroom: how significant it was during his childhood, and how it reflected what he had and who he was. And with that, he made it his mission to create Where Children Sleep – a collection of stories about children from around the world, told through portraits and pictures of their bedrooms. Bilal, 6, Wadi Abu Hindi, The West Bank Indira, 7, Kathmandu, Nepal Ahkohxet, 8, Amazonia, Brazil Dong, 9, Yunnan, China Anonymous, 9, Ivory Coast Alex, 9, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Bikram, 9, Melamchi, Nepal Tzvika, 9, Beitar Illit, The West Bank Douha, 10, Hebron, The West Bank
Shane Koyczan OBAMA vs ROMNEY: Here's Who's Right About The Economy What my sons can learn from Mick Fanning - Mouths of Mums With the images of Mick Fanning’s terrifying shark attack fresh in the world’s eyes, no one can deny the sheer horror of what we witnessed and what will be hard to forget. As his manager, Ronnie Blakey said, “I was thinking we’re watching a three-time world champion die. That was the reality of the situation,” he said. “At worst I thought if he isn’t dead maybe he’s lost a limb.” Few of us will ever unsee that footage, nor unhear the screams from the crowds of the beaches, and the frantic voice of the commentator desperate to get help to the two men in the water. But in the aftermath of this terrifying ordeal, shaken, the world watched as this brave man graciously and quietly acknowledged his horror. There are many lessons that boys, young men, and their parents, can learn from his response. Because for Mick, there was no bravado, there was no chest thumping or “F*&#k me!” I have three sons. And there was a whole other sub story that we witnessed that day, and it’s all about mate-ship.
» 8 Great Anti-Hacks to Fundamentally Change Your Life Editor’s note: This is a guest post from Clay Collins of Project Liberation and The Growing Life. Albert Einstein stated that “problems cannot be solved by the same level of thinking that created them.” Einstein, of course, was right. So What are Anti-Hacks? “There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil for every one striking at the root.” – Henry David Thoreau Anti-hacks attempt to solve problems by approaching them at a higher level of thinking (the prefix “anti,” by the way, can mean “instead of” as in “anti-drug,” or “anti-folk”). A hack might help you optimize your car’s engine so you get better gas mileage, whereas an anti-hack might involve moving near your place of employment to so you can walk or bike to work. (By the way, creating a new word for an old idea can be a pretty pretentious thing. Here are some of my more offensive thoughts, packaged as … 8 Random Anti-Hacks For Living Please keep in mind some of these “anti-hacks” may not be practicable for you. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.