10 Things Super Successful People Do To Stay Calm The ability to manage your emotions and remain calm under pressure has a direct link to your performance. TalentSmart has conducted research with more than a million people, and we’ve found that 90% of top performers are skilled at managing their emotions in times of stress in order to remain calm and in control. If you’ve followed my work, you’ve read some startling research summaries that explore the havoc stress can wreak on one’s physical and mental health (such as the Yale study, which found that prolonged stress causes degeneration in the area of the brain responsible for self-control). The tricky thing about stress (and the anxiety that comes with it) is that it’s an absolutely necessary emotion. Our brains are wired such that it’s difficult to take action until we feel at least some level of this emotional state. New research from the University of California, Berkeley, reveals an upside to experiencing moderate levels of stress. They Appreciate What They Have “What if?”
10 Discoveries Unexplained by Science Each day more discoveries are being made by researchers and scientists all over the world. Some of these discoveries are unexplained with our currently level of technology and understanding. Check out this video that goes over ten of these fascinating events that leave us wondering. Check it out and let us know in the comments which topic you find to be the most insteresting! 10. 9. 8. 7. 6. 5. 4. 3. 2. 1. This just goes to show that there is so much more going on in this world than we thought. Let us know what you think and what other interesting discoveries you have come across in the comments. Thank you for reading, Kirsten, & the Spirit Science Team The Best 10 Motivational Videos For 2013 Once in a while a video comes along that is powerful enough to transcend language barriers and speak directly to our soul. That’s why today I’ve decided to do a list with the motivational videos that had great impact on me and have served me as a motivational source almost on a daily basis. Dream – Mateusz M Key Quote: Most people they raise a family, they earn a living and then they die. If today were the last day of my life – by Steve Jobs Key Quote: Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. Be Phenomenal – MotivationGrid Remember Me – Devinsupertramp Vision – Mateusz M Key Quote: We have to see ourselves there long before it happened. How Bad Do You Want It – Eric Thomas Key Quote: When you want to succeed as bad as you want to breathe then you’ll be successful. Key Quote: They didn’t call my name… told me it was over.. but I’ve been deaf since three, so I didn’t listen. No arms, No Legs, No worries – Nick Vujicic
“Street-Fighting Mathematics” is NOT your normal math textbook #makereducation March 25, 2014 AT 11:30 am Street-Fighting Mathematics: The art of educated guessing and opportunistic problem solving by Sanjoy Mahajan grew out of the author’s course at MIT. Mahajan encourages a hands-on, messy, creative approach to using mathematics to address real world situations. The book focuses less on complex problems with neat solutions and more on developing the right tools to make educated guesses and assessments. The full text is available to the public here. In problem solving, as in street fighting, rules are for fools: do whatever works—don’t just stand there! Read more. Each Tuesday is EducationTuesday here at Adafruit! Related No comments yet. Sorry, the comment form is closed at this time.
A criticism of CouchSurfing and review of alternatives | All that is wrong with the world... Table of Contents Introduction Free Accommodation The “CouchSurfing Spirit” and Super-Hippies Problems with CouchSurfing ……..Fraud and illegal behavior ……..The Verification Scam ……..Privacy Concerns ……..References and the lack of a dispute resolution process ……..Censorship Alternatives ……..Hospitality Club ……..GlobalFreeloaders ……..BeWelcome ……..Tripping ……..Crashatmine Conclusion References Introduction For the last six years I have been traveling a lot, being in a different place every few months. Before the internet was as popular as it is, there were other sites that offered hospitality exchange although it was arguably not the main focus. Free Accommodation There can be no question that one of the things all of these hospitality exchange sites have in common is free accommodation. Not everyone will use these sites for the purpose of free accommodation but the majority of people surfing do, at least to varying extents. The “CouchSurfing Spirit” and Super-Hippies BeWelcome
Shemhamphorasch The Seventy-Two Names of God, a Christian diagram; the IHS is a monogram for "Jesus". (in the Oedipus Aegyptiacus) A 216-letter name for God is found in Jewish Kabbalistic sources (mentioned by Tosafot as well as by the Kabbalists) as well as in Christian Kabbalah and in Hermetic Qabalah, derived from the 72 groups of three letters, each of these triplets being the name of an angel or intelligence. Spelling variants include Shemhamforash, Shemhamphorae, Shemhamphorash, Shemahamphorasch, Shemhamphoresh, Shem ha-Mephoresh, Shem ha-Mephorash, Shemhamphoresch, shem hamitfaresh. History and derivation[edit] Verses[edit] וַיִּסַּע מַלְאַךְ הָאֱלֹהִים הַהֹלֵךְ לִפְנֵי מַחֲנֵה יִשְׂרָאֵל וַיֵּלֶךְ מֵאַחֲרֵיהֶם וַיִּסַּע עַמּוּד הֶעָנָן מִפְּנֵיהֶם וַיַּעֲמֹד מֵאַחֲרֵיהֶם׃ And the angel of God, which went before the camp of Israel, removed and went behind them; and the pillar of the cloud went from before their face, and stood behind them: Goetia[edit] Occult tarot[edit] Satanism[edit] References[edit]
How to Build a Memory Palace (with Sample <img alt="Image titled Build a Memory Palace Step 1" src=" width="728" height="546" class="whcdn">1Edit step1Decide on a blueprint for your palace. While a memory palace can be a purely imagined place, it is easier to base it upon a place that exists in the real world and that you are familiar with or you can use some places of your favorite video game. A basic palace could be your bedroom, for example. Larger memory palaces can be based on your house, a cathedral, a walk to the corner store, or your town. The larger or more detailed the real place, the more information you can store in the corresponding mental space.
Ephemeralization Ephemeralization, a term coined by R. Buckminster Fuller, is the ability of technological advancement to do "more and more with less and less until eventually you can do everything with nothing".[1] Fuller's vision was that ephemeralization will result in ever-increasing standards of living for an ever-growing population despite finite resources. The concept has been embraced by those who argue against Malthusian philosophy.[1] Fuller uses Henry Ford's assembly line as an example of how ephemeralization can continuously lead to better products at lower cost with no upper bound on productivity. Fuller saw ephemeralization as an inevitable trend in human development. The progression was from "compression" to "tension" to "visual" to "abstract electrical" (i.e., nonsensorial radiation, such as radio waves, x rays, etc.).[1] Length measurement technologies in human development, for example, started with a compressive measure, such as a ruler. Consequences to society[edit] See also[edit]
Learn How To Play The Hang Drum / HandPan In many ways the Hang, and HandPan are generally thought of as being quite intuitive instruments. And at least part of their popularity stems from the fact that even those with no musical experience, or training, can pick one up, and start making some pretty nice sounds, with little to no guidance whatsoever. And in my own personal experience, this tends to become true, just as soon as the novice player has mastered ‘the touch’ – a strike that is often described as being like ‘checking a stove to see if it is hot’, i.e. fast, and gentle. However, with this said, my own playing has improved massively, from watching and paying closer than usual attention to others playing HandPan on YouTube and the like, and especially, from watching videos specifically intended to tutor in HandPan playing technique. There are now a growing number of HandPan tutorial videos to be found online. Alternatively, and/or should you have exhausted the free resources mentioned within the above linked to post.
Most Successful College Dropouts 100 Amazing Books to Read in a Lifetime Hi Cora- Yikes! I am sorry you are so upset. I don’t think I was disrespectful or had guns blazing or attacking you. I hope you aren’t suggesting I am closed minded and ignorant? I read your comment as suggesting the list was composed to sell movies by Amazon. This is what I read from your original comment: “I’m with Sari….most to promote books to movies. So I must have misunderstood what you were saying and I guess I am confused considering the authors you mentioned also have movies out? And then when you made this remark: “There are better lists than this. I thought this was a great list- not perfect but we all know that would be impossible. I don’t think having a popular movie takes anything away from the books and it doesn’t mean they aren’t worth reading or that the entire list is not good.
7 Things Self-actualized People Don’t Do “What a man can be, he must be. This need we call Self-actualization.” “Human beings are not born once and for all on the day their mothers give birth to them. Life obliges them over and over again to give birth to themselves.” –Gabriel García Márquez The term “self-actualization” was originally coined by the theorist Kurt Goldstein for the motive of realizing one’s full potential, but was brought fully to light by Abram Maslow in his hierarchy of needs theory of human development. It is the self-realization of one’s individuated maturity in balance with an interdependent spirit. Wayne Dyer 1) They don’t fear change “Nature will not let us stay in any one place for too long. Self-actualized people realize that there is no permanence. Locus of Control 2.) Self-actualized people understand that not everything is under their control. Worthy 3) They don’t feel unworthy “We are what we repeatedly do. Self-actualized people never feel sorry for themselves. Take risks The obstacle is the path
32 People Reveal The One Book That Blew Their Minds There are probably a handful of books out there that have changed the way you see everything — fiction and non-fiction. Some of them you read in high school or earlier, and others you discovered or rediscovered in your adult life. I went to AskReddit to learn what books have changed people’s lives. Consider this your Spring reading list. 1. One full of intellectual surprises Thinking Fast and slow by Daniel Kahneman 2. Flowers for Algernon absolutely hit me hard.It really made me think about intelligence and knowledge as a blessing and a curse. 3. The Psychopath Test. 4. If you give a mouse a cookie Basically taught me appeasement before first grade. 5. 100 years of solitude. 6. “A brief history of time” time dilation made me put the book down and consider it for a week until my peasant brain accepted/understood it. 7. “Cryptonomicon”Where fiction becomes reality: Describes cryptocurrency, 7 years before BitCoin was created. 8. 9. 10. Not a book, but a short story. 11. 13. House of Leaves.