Although this is an unusual post for this site — both in timing and content — I felt information on the Coronavirus/COVID-19 (i.e., its contagiousness, threat, precautionary measures, etc.) should be accessible to people. Because I couldn’t find any centralized information on it, though, I took the time to research and source the following facts…
The brains of humans contain a mechanism that is designed to give priority to bad news. — Daniel Kahneman Although it may seem minimal, tiny variations in the way you’re asked a question can have a surprising impact on your thoughts and behavior. And I do mean surprising… Let’s start with a basic example. Imagine you’re…
You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. — Plato We’re going to try something brand new today. Recently, I put a call out on Facebook for people’s everyday problems that could use a little advice. After writing down everyone’s responses, I chose one today…
Vision is the art of seeing what is invisible to others. — Jonathan Swift I don’t know the exact point in humans’ evolutionary history where a genetic mutation gave moms an extra set of eyes in the back of their heads, but it’s a given fact that they have them. Like the childhood instance when…
A brand for a company is like a reputation for a person. — Jeff Bezos (CEO of Amazon.com, pictured below) If you didn’t know, Amazon is taking over the world. Already, they are the distributor for nearly 400 million retail products; their artificial intelligence system (Alexa) is in over 10 million homes; and now they own Whole…
Life is so constructed, that the event does not, cannot, will not, match the expectation. — Charlotte Bronte My dad has tried some unusual remedies to resolve his ailments (e.g., magnetic bracelets supposed to realign your chi but actually destroy your laptop’s hard drive); however, one of his voodoo concoctions I was actually persuaded to…