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30 Habits that Will Change your Life - StumbleUpon Developing good habits is the basic of personal development and growth. Everything we do is the result of a habit that was previously taught to us. Unfortunately, not all the habits that we have are good, that’s why we are constantly trying to improve. The following is a list of 30 practical habits that can make a huge difference in your life. You should treat this list as a reference, and implement just one habit per month. This way you will have the time to fully absorb each of them, while still seeing significant improvements each month.
Decoding skills: a neglected part of listening comprehension? Rachael Roberts, a teacher, teacher trainer and author, discusses the often neglected use of decoding skills in listening comprehension. When you sing along to a song, are you sure you’ve got the right words? Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody contains the line, ‘Scaramouche, Scaramouche, will you do the Fandango?’, but it is often misheard as ‘will you do the banned tango?’ The Police, actually sang ‘When the world is running down, you make the best of what is still around’, not ‘you make the best home-made stew around.’ Amusing, but the point is a serious one.
The Succulence Revolution » Blog Archive » You are Gourmet, Stop Acting Like Drive-Thru Are you feel tired of being alone? Do you wonder where all the delicious, conscious partners have gone to? When you see another woman madly in love and being adored by her partner, does your heart squeeze painfully as you hide your own desperate need to be met? How many more unfulfilling and uninspiring dates will you need to go on before you finally ‘strike gold’? May be you have found someone you really enjoy, but have no clue how to ‘keep them interested’?
10 Awesome Websites to Make You Think Intelligence is something that must compensate the lack of reflexes and a poor adaptation to the live world. We’re talking here about the humankind. If you look back in history, we’ve had many geniuses. We still have geniuses today. 2 week summer course at Oxford University Would you like to spend 2 weeks living and studying at one of Oxford University's oldest and most beautiful colleges? Oxford University Department for Continuing Education's annual Summer Seminar is a teacher development course focussing on current developments in the English language and in English language teaching. This course is designed for teachers of English working at primary, secondary and tertiary level who want to reflect on and develop their teaching skills. The majority of course tutors and plenary speakers are Oxford University Press authors and trainers and the topics are varied and interesting. As well as learning from ELT authors and experts during the day, you will have the opportunity in the evenings and weekends to experience life in Oxford through a full and varied programme of events.
Funky Junk Interiors: My Projects FJI projects in link format. Events and series All ideas and projects are original by Funky Junk Interiors and are copyright protected. Please feel free to copy for your own use and share with a link back, but please ask permission to sell. Thank-you! High Existence - StumbleUpon Memorize something everyday.Not only will this leave your brain sharp and your memory functioning, you will also have a huge library of quotes to bust out at any moment. Poetry, sayings and philosophies are your best options.Constantly try to reduce your attachment to possessions.Those who are heavy-set with material desires will have a lot of trouble when their things are taken away from them or lost. Possessions do end up owning you, not the other way around. Become a person of minimal needs and you will be much more content.Develop an endless curiosity about this world.Become an explorer and view the world as your jungle.
The Joyful Heartbeat Checklist : Janet Goldstein Writing, growing our businesses, making a difference can all seem more and more overwhelming and elusive in the noisy, hyper-speedy, competitive, and very public world we live and work in. The worry, confusion, and sheer pushing we do can make us forget that at the heart of our work is our creative spirit. Yet what happens when we forget (knock, knock) that we ourselves are the joyful, creative heartbeat at the center of our our ideas, our projects, and our relationships? How do we tap into, and really listen to, that joyful heartbeat? How can this joyful beat give us clarity and a lighter, happier step for even the hardest things we’re trying to do? I’ve thought about this a lot over the past couple of years when I’ve felt like I was stuck in the drudgery or wasting time.
How To Treat Others: 5 Lessons From an Unknown Author Five Lessons About How To Treat People -- Author Unknown 1. First Important Lesson - "Know The Cleaning Lady" The Science of Self-Affirmations Self-affirmations are a popular tool in self improvement. The basic idea is that we can adopt healthy, positive, and productive beliefs if we recite a belief enough times to ourselves. For example, if we repeat a thought like “I’m a smart and happy person” 20 times every morning, then we may begin to actually believe that about ourselves, and thus act in ways that could make that belief a self-fulfilling prophecy. Reciting these beliefs is said to work because increased repetition of certain thought patterns (and neural pathways) is said to condition our brains to begin thinking in these new ways. It’s kind of like working a muscle: the more repetitions you do, the stronger the thought will become. This article is going to recap scientific evidence for the different ways self-affirmations have been shown to improve our lives.
Short but tricky management ability test The following short quiz consists of 4 questions and tells whether you are qualified to be a “manager.” The questions are not that difficult. How do you put a giraffe into a refrigerator? The correct answer is: Open the refrigerator, put in the giraffe and close the door.This question tests whether you tend to do simple things in an overly complicated way.How do you put an elephant into a refrigerator? Wrong Answer : Open the refrigerator, put in the elephant and close the refrigerator. Correct Answer : Open the refrigerator, take out the giraffe, put in the elephant and close the door.This tests your ability to think through the repercussions of your actions.The Lion King is hosting an animal conference, all the animals attend except one.
Personal Responsibility I went for a run after dinner tonight. It was a beautiful night. The moon was full and I wanted to unwind after a long week of work. I was responsible. I wore a bright, white vest so cars could see me. I took my big dog with me so I wouldn’t be alone. How to Win Friends and Influence People - StumbleUpon Six Ways To Make People Like You Become genuinely interested in other people.Smile. Remember that a man's name is to him the sweetest and most important sound in the English language. Be a good listener. Encourage others to talk about themselves. Quantum intuition Quantum Intuition - boosting creativity and reducing stress For many years now western culture has been dominated by an engineering approach to the world based on the concept of logical thought. We are awash with problem solving methods that go along the lines - gather information - formulate options - evaluate options - decide. While logical thinking has its place, there are other, far more important, ways of thinking that have become submerged. In a world where innovation is key, however, it will be these other forms of thinking that start to dominate. And as a bonus, the techniques that support these forms of thinking also combat the scourge of western society, stress.