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“A very little key will open a very heavy door” (Charles Dickens, Hunted Down)
Building good habits
Are you looking for techniques to help you build good habits? I came across an article that addressed that question and suggested a few techniques. Main point: "With the right set up, the most difficult things—like losing weight—may be easier and more...
A way to remember the 5 personality dimensions
A way to remember the components of the 5-factor personality model is via the acronym OCEAN (openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, non-negativity). Authors developing characters for their stories can use this as a template.
Amazon Opens 3D Printed Products Store
Via Business Insider: Amazon just launched a new store for 3D printed products, which has over 200 listings that can be customized by material, color, style, text, or size. The marketplace includes jewelry, toys, iPhone cases, home-goods, personalized bobble heads,...
Supreme beings of leisure
Via Instapundit and USA Today: …the upside is that with robots doing the work, humans will get to be supreme beings of leisure (OK, not actual Supreme Beings of Leisure) living life as they please without, as Philip Larkin wrote, letting "the toad work squat on my...
Supreme beings of leisure
Via Instapundit and USA Today: …the upside is that with robots doing the work, humans will get to be supreme beings of leisure (OK, not actual Supreme Beings of Leisure) living life as they please without, as Philip Larkin wrote, letting "the toad work squat on my...
Don’t Forget the Middle Performers
Via CLOmedia: …a bell curve exists where the new hires and high potentials are the special cases of the workforce and receive most of the training, while middle-performers making up the majority are left out of the pipeline preparations. With the right attention,...
Don’t Forget the Middle Performers
Via CLOmedia: …a bell curve exists where the new hires and high potentials are the special cases of the workforce and receive most of the training, while middle-performers making up the majority are left out of the pipeline preparations. With the right attention,...
A Closed Mouth Gathers No Foot
Via Christian Post: Have you ever been in a situation like that, when you wanted to say the perfect thing, yet you ended up saying the lamest thing possible?An old proverb advises, "Better to be silent and be thought a fool than to open your mouth and dispel all...