Undercover journalist goes deep undercover in Trump country and asks questions on spy camera. Based on famous “Black Like Me” undercover journalism, the idea is to attempt to understand the feelings and motivations of those people who identify as ardent Trump supporters. If you are not familiar with “Black Like Me”, the groundbreaking book and …
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“customer behaviour science”
The genius of modern day guilt based marketing and basis of “customer behaviour science”. This from Seth Godin: “ Comfort and convenience For the last thirty years, the easiest shortcut has been convenience. If a marketer or a politician or an institution wants to gain acceptance, make it convenient. Tim Wu has pointed out that …
How to criticize something you disagree with
How to criticize something you disagree with, Here are social psychologist Anatol Rapoport’s rules for criticizing something: You should attempt to re-express your target’s position so clearly, vividly, and fairly that your target says, “Thanks, I wish I’d thought of putting it that way.” You should list any points of agreement (especially if they are …
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Try this simple strategy to feel organized – Thanks Recomendo
Simple strategy for cleaning The next time you have a big mess to clean up try “the pile method”. The pile method is when you collect all the stuff that needs to be put away in one giant pile, and then sort those things — like with like — into smaller piles, and put those …
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And what is so good about vaccines??
Complacency and Ignorance are humanities biggest enemies. We cannot sit on our laurels and expect the future to be the same as the past. We owe renewed vigilance to the next generation. Or we will disappear like all life forms. Please read this history lesson provided by Peter H. Diamandis, MD: The Eradication of Smallpox: …
Love What You Do
Jesuit priest Anthony de Mello calls you to find what grips your soul: “You must cultivate activities that you love. You must discover work that you do, not for its utility, but for itself, whether it succeeds or not, whether you are praised for it or not, whether you are loved and rewarded for it …
Inspiration from another source… look for it everywhere!
Shaped by optimists An idea that is lost when we’re walking around in a cynical state of mind is that the many wonderful things in the world around us were all shaped by optimists who refused to let the world around them get them down. Outside of the incredible gifts we’ve gotten from nature, it …
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R U a Child of the Universe? ;-)
“You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here. And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should. With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. …
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“To Learn and not to DO is not to Learn”
Get Out of Your Comfort Zone
Are we so complacent and narcissistic that we don’t see what “could be” and just “what is”? Having challenges allow us to grow and if we don’t grow we die. Simple. Rohan Rajiv, the author of A Learning A Day reminds us: One way to measure if we’re stuck in our comfort zone is to …