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Why is there so much hate and anger in the world?
valme.io link posted by 200 days ago in braincrave
From a WoW forum: Original post: "So many trolls be trolling....thugs be thugging....haters be hating.... I love everyone on this server Spread the love." Reply post: "Homo." Sarcasm aside,...
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Getting off the sauce - do we choose to drink?
valme.io link posted by 200 days ago in braincrave
According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, over 50% of Americans age 12 or older have used alcohol in the past 30 days, almost 25% are binge drinkers (5 drinks within 2 hours), and 7% drink...
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Good form - etiquette and manners for politeness
valme.io link posted by 200 days ago in braincrave
Good etiquette facilitates relationships, and good relationships help us live better lives. We've previously discussed proper manners in communications. Continuing in our etiquette and manners series...
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Learning to relax through hypnosis
valme.io link posted by 200 days ago in braincrave
Most of us live stressful lives. Perhaps it's time we give ourselves a little break. Try this self-hypnosis/relaxation video for 16 minutes. Did it work for you? What do you do to relax? Try...
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Bearing responsibility for your own existence
valme.io link posted by 204 days ago in braincrave
The higher your self-esteem, the more confidence you have in your ability to cope with life's never-ending challenges. Strong self-esteem is based on many factors, one of which is self-responsibility...
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Perfectionism - doing better than your best
valme.io link posted by 204 days ago in braincrave
In the movie The Rock, Sean Connery says to Nicholas Cage "Your best? Losers always whine about their best. Winners go home and fuck the prom queen." There are those who think that perfection can be...
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Critical thinking
editorial posted by 204 days ago in braincrave
Ayn Rand wrote that the process of thinking "is the process of defining identity and discovering causal connections." She claimed that thinking is a choice - not an automatic function - and she admon...
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Positive vs. accurate thinking
editorial posted by 206 days ago in braincrave
It is said that bad habits die hard. How many times have you read in someone's dating profile: "I'm a positive person?" How often have you told someone to "think positive?" Psychology suggests this m...
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Save someone's life
editorial posted by 206 days ago in braincrave
Generally, people refrain from taking action, assuming that someone else will do it. For example, take medical emergencies. Have you ever seen someone collapse because of a heart attack, expecting so...
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Living your dreams
editorial posted by 207 days ago in braincrave
As I get closer to formally launching the real-life dating website braincrave.com, I've spent a lot of time reading about how to advertise. Not having any real experience, I first turned to the maste...
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I Stumbled... Upon Fun
editorial posted by 209 days ago in braincrave
Sigmund Freud famously said that "...we men... find reality generally quite unsatisfactory." Over the years, we have become less polite and more sloppy. Now-a-days, we say reality's a bitch. Regardle...
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Rules of Success to Adopt by Age 13
garynorth.com link posted by 1036 days ago in Note to Self
I don't agree with everything on his list, but included are many great principles. Here is why you should take me seriously. I was born in 1942. I have seen what works and what doesn't. I hav...
Image of The most beautiful people we have know are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern. Beautiful pe
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750 Words - Write every day. Learn a new habit... and about yourself.
750words.com link posted by 1147 days ago in writing
★ What is this site about? It's about learning a new habit: Writing. Every. Day. I've long been inspired by an idea I first learned about in The Artist's Way called morning pages. Morning ...
Image of Self-change is tough, but not impossible, nor does it have to be traumatic. Here are 10 principles necessary for successful change.
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