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The 50 Best Style Quotes Of All Time. Inject some glamour into your day with these inspirational, and often beautifully poetic, style quotes from some of our favourite fashion designers and style icons. 1. 'Walk like you have three men walking behind you.' - Oscar de la Renta2.

The 50 Best Style Quotes Of All Time

4 Books That Will Make You A Genius — Stop. Start. Do. Nassim Taleb radiates the “don’t fuck with me” vibe in his writing.

4 Books That Will Make You A Genius — Stop. Start. Do.

He’s a scary man. In his most recent release, he’s invented a new word “Antifragile” and describes it like this: “Fragile” means if you drop me, I break. Like a wine glass falling off the table. “Robust” means you can beat me until I deform and become unusable. 3 Talks That Made TED Squirm With Discomfort. 50 Things Every Modern Man Should Know. 10 Inspirational TED Talks for People Having a Bad Day. StumbleUpon. 25 Documentaries Everybody Should Watch. Sans Soleil This is not your average documentary.

25 Documentaries Everybody Should Watch

It is a fleeting memory, a sudden remembrance of times long past, a meditation on time and culture, a touch of an emotional diary. We follow the eyes of a world traveller who makes sharp observations and tries to convey them to his friend. We never learn who they are and where they came from, and this is perhaps a subtle point the documentary wants to make. The narrator’s voice switches from Japanese to German to English to French, thereby embodying the language of the places visited. 100 Websites You Should Know and Use (updated!) Entertainment Meet David Peterson, who developed Dothraki for Game of Thrones There are seven different words in Dothraki for striking another person with a sword.

100 Websites You Should Know and Use (updated!)

Among them: “hlizifikh,” a wild but powerful strike; “hrakkarikh,”a quick and accurate strike; and “gezrikh,” a fake-out or decoy strike. But you won’t find these words in George R. 25 Websites that will make you a Genius. Websites Educational. 1.

25 Websites that will make you a Genius. Websites Educational

Khan Academy Have you ever wanted to pick up a subject you’re not well-versed in, but you didn’t have the money to invest in a college course? Khan Academy aims to provide education at the collegiate level for anyone who wants it. They provide resources for learning pretty much every subject out there, including math, science, history and more.

Top 40 Useful Sites To Learn New Skills. The web is a powerful resource that can easily help you learn new skills.

Top 40 Useful Sites To Learn New Skills

You just have to know where to look. Sure, you can use Google, Yahoo, or Bing to search for sites where you can learn new skills. Inktank. The indexed web contains an incredible 14 billion pages.

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But only a tiny fraction help you improve your brain power. Here are 40 of the best. whizzpast.com – Learn about our awe inspiring past all in one wonderful place. khanacademy.org – Watch thousands of micro-lectures on topics ranging from history and medicine to chemistry and computer science. Good and Bad Habits of Smart People. Brené Brown: The power of vulnerability. Randy Pausch Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams.

Amy Cuddy: Your body language shapes who you are. 100 Amazing How-To Sites to Teach Yourself Anything. Posted by Site Administrator in Online Learning May 7th, 2009 Learning new skills and expanding your knowledge doesn’t have to cost you an arm and a leg.

100 Amazing How-To Sites to Teach Yourself Anything

There are loads of free resources on the Web that can help you find instructional videos, tutorials and classes to learn a wide variety of skills from fixing basic car problems to speaking another language. With 100 sites to choose from, you’re bound to find something here that will help you learn just about anything you could want. General Tutorials These sites offer a wide range of tutorials and videos. Around the House. 24 Thought Provoking Questions You Need To Answer To Know Yourself Better.

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The Strangest Secret Earl Nightingale Conant 1950's Original FULL. Different. Why you will fail to have a great career. 6 Millionaire Moms. Being an entrepreneur comes with lots of responsibility.

6 Millionaire Moms

The 7 Natural Laws of the Universe « Path to Enlightenment. The 7 Natural Laws of the Universe The Law of Attraction is just part of one of the 7 natural laws of the Universe: the Law of Vibration.

The 7 Natural Laws of the Universe « Path to Enlightenment

Of the 7 Laws, it may be the most important in how our everyday lives play out, but all of the laws are in effect whether we are aware of them or not. Knowing what the 7 laws are and how they work can make a significant difference in applying them to create the life you truly desire. The 7 natural laws are in no particular order, but since the Law of Attraction has been discussed so much in The Secret, we’ll start with it. The Law of Vibration states that everything vibrates and nothing rests. You Lazy (Intellectual) African Scum! So I got this in my email this morning… They call the Third World the lazy man’s purview; the sluggishly slothful and languorous prefecture.

In this realm people are sleepy, dreamy, torpid, lethargic, and therefore indigent—totally penniless, needy, destitute, poverty-stricken, disfavored, and impoverished. In this demesne, as they call it, there are hardly any discoveries, inventions, and innovations. Africa is the trailblazer. 40 Photo-Illustrated Questions to Refocus Your Mind - StumbleUpon. Asking the right questions is the answer… It’s not the answers you get from others that will help you, but the questions you ask of yourself.

Here are 40 thought-provoking questions to help you refresh and refocus your thinking: Please share your thoughts with us in the comments section below. Also, check out our sister site, Thought Questions, for more photo-illustrated questions like these; and check out The Book of Questions if you’re interested in reading even more inspiring, thought-provoking questions.Title photo by: Helga Weber For all other photo credits please refer to ThoughtQuestions.com Related 40 Questions Everyone is Afraid to Ask.

Personal Development for Smart People - Steve Pavlina - StumbleUpon. Book - 9 insights on&life - StumbleUpon. Little Words with Absolutely Huge Meaning - Use Them - by Dumb Little Man - StumbleUpon. As children many of us hyped the statement, “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.”

Clearly, it doesn’t take long to realize that words have far more weight than we want to realize. They influence thoughts, feelings, actions and states of mind. Even little words often have big meaning. Think about it. Whether you want to land your dream job, improve your friendships, save your marriage or retain your employees; the words you choose can make all the difference.

High Existence - StumbleUpon. Inspirational Movies. 32 Keys: About life - StumbleUpon. Vision boards – your manifesting tool. Our brain thinks in pictures , which makes vision boards a very good idea and such an effective manifesting tool. Procrastination: Ten Things To Know - StumbleUpon. 30 Financial Moves Before 30- Ideas Worth Trying. January 13, 2011, 6:00 amby:MD Category:Miscellaneous I started reading the Art of Non-Conformity the other day and the idea of the life list/bucket list got me thinking again. 10 Tips for College Students. The 5 Things I'd Tell My 21 Year Old Entrepreneurial Self&