My amazon order for books will end up taking a bit longer than expected. They are usually pretty consistent with delivery times so I failed to notice that this one was going to be shipped a lot later than usual. So, despite its small size, I decided to go to our public library. The librarian […]
Control Emotions by Pretending
Our emotional state influences us a lot more than we might like. I think as most of us know, if we are happy and motivated we get a lot more done than if we are bored, lazy or depressed. If we are confident and secure we can often make better decisions then when we are […]
Set an Unbreakable Standard
Listen to this article Lets say we have a person who is holding several people hostage and they will only give up the people if the police grant him immunity against the incident. Why might those police officers reject his offer, even though it is a relatively small price compared to the safety of the […]
How Much Time Do You Have?
A common expression I here is that people say they “don’t have enough time” to do important things in their life. Have you ever heard someone say they “don’t have enough time to exercise” or they “don’t have enough time to spend with their families”? This is garbage. We all have exactly the same amount […]
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