40 Photo-Illustrated Questions to Refocus Your Mind 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. 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 Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers. April 13, 2012 In "Aspirations" 40 Questions that Will Quiet Your Mind Judge a person by their questions, rather than their answers … because asking the right questions is the answer. August 5, 2015 In "Happiness" 25 Photo-Illustrated Reminders to Help You Find Happiness Happiness is the highest level of success.
How To Steal Like An Artist by Austin Kleon Wednesday, March 30th, 2011 Buy the book: Amazon | B&N | More… Here’s what a few folks have said about it: “Brilliant and real and true.” Read an excerpt below… Tags: steal like an artist Brain Pickings 10 Reasons We’re Not Adults Yet It’s undeniable that, in one’s twenties, you begin to enter a time in your life where you are clearly no longer a child. But much like the demographic-straddling existential crisis that early 2000s Britney Spears went through, we are no longer quite grown-ups, either. And how do we know? Well, amongst many things, there are a chosen few that stand out as undeniable evidence that we still have some serious growing up to do. 1. At this point, it’s clear that there are definite ways to store and use our money that not only keep us from spending it recklessly, but actually might accrue some extra money on top of itself just from being kept in the right places. 2. While some things, like the ex that took twice the length of the actual relationship to break it off with, and Mountain Dew, might be errors in judgement that we’ve finally left in the past — most still need to be shaken from us once and for all. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
Eldon Taylor: The Rehearsal That Makes a Lifetime Difference Within every human being exists a propensity for greatness. The gifts may vary, and the greatness may live out in a vast array of alternatives -- say from carpentry to rocket science -- but the gift that gives one true self-respect, lifts the spirit from "same old, same old," resides within. It is our ability to do our very best with our talents in every thing we do. Every individual essentially has a self-representation that is rehearsed and eventually actualized. It is much more complicated than expressed here, but simply, it is also just this way. Our actual self. These categories were originally developed by P.A.D. Most of us are aware of a so-called actual self. The actual self pales by comparison to our ideal self. Then there is our "ought-to-be self." Finally, there is the desired self. The ought-to-be self, desired self, and ideal self share certain commonalities, but they also differ remarkably. Now, there's one more thing I wish to add before continuing. Bibliography:
The font that should not be on your résumé—and other tips for job seekers Times, they are a’changin’. Actually, make that Times New Roman. What was once the default font of choice is now seen as lackluster, lazy, and difficult—three words we’re sure you wouldn’t put on your résumé. The following infographic from Colorado Technical University recommends using a font that’s more easily readable, such as Georgia. It also suggests you break out the old storyboards and weave a theme into your C.V. to paint a better picture of yourself for potential employers We suggest a create-your-own-adventure style résumé, but that’s just us. View the rest of the tips below. (via Daily Infographic)
Funny monkey experiment Posted on February 7, 2012 in Humor If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to our RSS feed or follow us on Facebook or Twitter . Thanks for visiting! Rate this Post Loading ... So... Check this out on our Partner Network PHILOSOPHY POSTERS by Max Temkin | News | Design | Arts | Tech | Entertainment | Latest News | The Skunk Pot Philosophy is the study of general and fundamental problems, such as those connected with existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language. Philosophy is distinguished from other ways of addressing such problems by its critical, generally systematic approach and its reliance on rational argument. The word “philosophy” comes from the Greek φιλοσοφία (philosophia), which literally means “love of wisdom“. In this case, Max Temkin, the artist, wanted to create posters with quotes that motivated people to think ‘different‘. More about Max Temkin’s philosophy posters Also check out AMAZING SLEEPING BABIES PHOTOGRAPHY and MAPPING STEREOTYPES
47 Mind-Blowing Psychological Facts You Should Know About Yourself WHAT YOU ARE ABOUT TO READ IN THE NEXT PARAGRAPH IS COMMONLY BELIEVED, BUT NOT TRUE – You read by recognizing the shapes of words and groups of words. Words that are in all capital letters all have the same shape: a rectangle of a certain size. This makes words displayed in all uppercase harder to read than upper and lower case (known as “mixed case”). Mixed case words are easier to read because they make unique shapes, as demonstrated by the picture below. OK, NOW THE TRUE STUFF STARTS — When I started this article the topic was supposed to be why all capital letters are harder to read. The research doesn’t exist, or “It’s complicated” — Something happened when I went to find the research on the shape of words and how that is related to all capital letters being harder to read. It’s parallel letter recognition, not word shape — The old theory on word shapes comes from a psycholinguist named Cattell who came up with that theory in 1886. Example of fixations and saccades
Life's Instructions - Concepts, Ideas, Thoughts &38; Bullsh!t Thom Byxbe is Publisher and Editor of Concepts, Ideas, Thoughts & Bullsh!t He is based in Southwest Detroit, MI, and is a Knowledge Evangelist, Futurist, National Speaker, Author, Entrepreneur, Coach and Expert Blogger. Thom has been a respected author for over 15 years. If you have suggestions, comments or would like to submit recommendations for articles to appear in Concepts, Ideas, Thoughts & Bullsh! Georgia O'Keeffe | Georgia O’Keeffe: Invincible Very few major American artists have ever been as productive, for so long, in so many mediums, as Georgia O’Keeffe was during her extraordinary career. From her early, accomplished drawings — which caught the eye of her future husband, Alfred Steiglitz, in 1916 — through her taut studies of urban life and architecture in the 1920s and well into her gorgeous later works inspired by the natural beauty of New Mexico, O’Keeffe forged a unique, solitary path through the landscape of modern art. Born during the year of Queen Victoria’s Golden Jubilee (1887), the span of O’Keeffe’s life seemingly encompassed not mere decades, but ages: the invention of the airplane, two world wars, the Cold War, the Space Race and the introduction of the Macintosh personal computer. So much of her work — the huge flowers; the sun-bleached skulls; the brilliant, near-abstract nature studies; the sensuous pottery — is so distinctive that categorizing her, or placing her in one school or another, is impossible.
Civil war: Who would come out on top if the United States all declared war? This question originally appeared on Quora. It was taken from Quora's "hypothetical battles" topic, where readers "can ask questions and get answer on fighting that wouldn't likely or ever happen in real life." Answer by Jon Davis, veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom, sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps: These are the accounts of the Second American Civil War, also known as the Wars of Reunification and the American Warring States Period. After the breakup, many wondered which states would come out in control of the power void created by the dissolution of the United States. Here are the states that held the greatest strategic value from day one. CaliforniaTexasNew York Others that have many of the qualities that gave them an advantage are also listed. WashingtonColoradoIllinoisVirginiaFloridaGeorgia Day 12: "It's getting scary. First came a period of massive migration back to the homelands. Day 42: "Citizens of California are advised to stay away from the Mexican Border. Illinois was calm.
Life advice: Letter to a younger me Dear 22 year old Dave, Hi there. You probably don’t recognise me from all the way back there in the last century. If you’ve got a few minutes, though, I thought you might like to hear what we’ve figured out together over the last thirteen years. Try being yourself for a change First things first, mate. The funny thing is that the popularity contest that was your school years doesn’t mean a thing once you hit the real world anyway. You’ll figure this out on your own eventually, but it’s gonna take a while. Stop caring so much about what other people think of you There’s a lot of people in the world who take a perverse delight in bringing you down. Be happy with who you are, back yourself to make the right decisions, and things will turn out just fine in the long run. You really don’t need to plan so much Yeah, I know that everyone keeps telling you that you need to be making plans. Cheer up Stop being so damn miserable. Laugh with people, not at them. Oh, and smile. You don’t. Love,
Why Being In Your 20s Is Awesome I know I talk crap on being a twentysomething but I’m only half-kidding. In actuality, there’s no age I’d rather be. (Besides maybe seven years old because they don’t do anything besides eat ice cream and poop themselves. That sounds like an ideal life to be completely honest.) Being in your twenties is all about discovering which things hurt you and what makes you feel good. This is what your twenties are for — to feel and see as much as you can, to take advantage of not being tied down to anything and anyone and to go balls to the wall with everything that you do. It’s important to talk about why your twenties are great because it seems like we spend so much of our time wanting to be somewhere else other than where we are. We’re not stuck.