Understand The World Better By Thinking Critically Critical thinking is underused and understudied in education today. It's a particularly potent tool to argue for in the sciences, where it's most heavily used. However, the educational establishment has a bad reputation for excluding thoughts, that don't mesh with their understanding of science and knowledge. So where does that leave the rest of us? Whether you lecture your children or talk to your friends, you have to work…
7 Things, That You Should Refuse In Your Life To Get On Well Often, people say, that the life is a journey, but so many people just don't put in their effort to make the journey that much more enjoyable. It's so much easier to keep going straight – so long as you're in a straight line. But what if you actually wanted to explore? What if you actually wanted to live your life the way you want? There are probably a lot of things in your life right now, that you want to refuse…
The Characteristics Of An Aspiring Writer Every person has a different way of writing, different ideas on what style to write in. However if you are just starting out, you should be careful. If you're not sure, pay attention to the feedback you get. If you have a particular writing style, you should know what defines, that style and what can lead to a successful writing journey. What type of writer am I? It's a question many may ask themselves, when faced with awkward…
5 Reasons Why You Should Invest In Yourself First Before Any Investments Investing in yourself first is a no-brainer. And if you want to be an investor or a business person, it’s pretty much a law to follow. You have a budget to work with. What do you do with that money? If you don’t invest in yourself, you might invest in the wrong projects, select the wrong people, and lose valuable time. Do you know those entrepreneurs, who spend their money on vacations and fancy cars,…
The Limitations Of Knowledge: How Do We Know, That What We Know Is Real And True? The limitations of knowledge - how do we know what we think we know is really true? - is not an idea you'll hear from every scientist, but I believe it's an idea worth listening to. As philosophers and scientists alike are coming to agree, there's more to know, than can be known. In a complicated and ambiguous word like *"real"*, it can be so easy to be misled. There is so much information, so…
What Would The 4th. Industrial Revolution Mean To The Society The fourth industrial revolution is slowly taking over our society and culture. It's a revolution, that brings you more advanced technology, more automation and new ways of living and improving our lifestyle. But beyond the revolution is a society, that uses new tech to solve problems and create a better society. If the fourth industrial revolution meant anything, it would be something completely new and…
5 Ways To Find The Best Possible Balance In Life To achieve balance in life can be a difficult thing, but it can best be achieved, when you're doing more, than just one thing. If you are like so many people today and find yourself juggling work commitments and family life, you may very well be working at the expense of the very thing, that used to be your priority. We all know how difficult it is to find the perfect mix between work and personal life, but what if we were…
6 Blogging Trends To Keep Your Readers Attentive Blogging is an ideal medium for many different aspects. It has gone through so many changes over the last decade. Jargon, point ideas, paid content and social media integration and the industry continues to change because of it. It's not easy being authentic with your blog, because of 360-degree storytelling and headlines, that jump out of rapid fire. What's the best way to write compelling, high-quality blog posts, while…
6 Vital Personal Values To Practice To Be Trustworthy There are some things we all say and do, that we know are wrong, but don't say or do, that we know is right. Thinking about things in this light, we can see how vital personal values are, how they are a way to be trustworthy and how they are also a way to make other people trust us. When we are authentic and transparent we earn people's trust. But it's not easy to be authentic and trustworthy. It's vital to stress the…
The Difference Between The Desire Driven Motivation And The Competence Driven Motivation Often times when we focus on our desire for things, not only does it feel good, but it's also a place to start. However, when we focus on our competence as we begin to set goals, it can feel overwhelming and overwhelming means not achieving and taking a step back which can be frustrating. It is really easy to identify what motivates an individual, if you fully understand their desire as…
Regain The Conversation From The Embarrassing Silence Some people don't really want to talk. That's a fact and we don't know how to get them to open up, so we resort to making them uncomfortable. We don't want to ensure their happiness or that they trust us, we want to make them being comfortable with us. However, in order to control a conversation, in order to get the people to talk to us, we need to regain their confidence first. To understand how to regain the…
Show Repentance And Don't Suffer With Pride There's nothing like waking up to the realization, that you've screwed up, given every opportunity to do the right thing, you fail on every step. Your ego remains intact and you eventually come to trust your judgment again. Sometimes you will fall. It will happen and in the sermons you may hear that you should show repentance and not suffer with pride. For the show of true repentance, it is required that you store away your new…
Does Fear Change Human Behavior? It's a question, that has been nagging at you for quite some time, ever since someone pointed it out. Cognitive scientists often assume, that fear does not change human behavior. This dismissal is rooted in evolution. As one researcher puts it, fear is only fear if it has a biological function. There are some very interesting studies about how fear effect human behavior. These studies open up a new dimension for how to live in a positive and…
Appreciate The Little Things In Life To Live The Best Life Possible In day to day life, it can be tough to stop and appreciate things. When you're so busy and caught up in the day to day hustle and bustle, why would you care to take a step back and appreciate the little things in life? If you spend a lot of time in your daily life thinking about life, do you ever stop to appreciate what you have? You might give something a second thought: your favorite shirt, a heartfelt…
5 Approaches In Postmodern Philosophy, That Oppose Traditional Modernist Episteme Postmodern philosophers have argued, that traditional modernist episteme are inadequate to the understanding of a technological, late-capitalist society. However, as many scholars have noted, the adoption of a postmodern perspective is most unlikely to lead to any actual political or social change. The apparent skepticism of postmodern philosophy should be understood in a hegemonic, not a…
What Is It Like To Live A Life With Imposter Syndrome? Living with Imposter Syndrome, a documented psychological phenomenon experienced by high-performing individuals, who feel an intense desire to prove themselves to those around them, is much like living with a sense of uncertainty and worry. Imposter Syndrome can occur in anyone, but there are some key differences between those who develop it and those who don't. People with Imposter Syndrome are more likely to struggle…
Create Empathy In Your Content Through Fear And Anger We know people are more likely to feel empathy for someone with whom they have a shared interest. Lucky for those of you who believe in the power of words, you have the wonderful ability to use them to make people feel certain emotions. And it turns out that certain emotion can then lead people to act in certain ways. Case in point: seeing the word *"fear"* in an article or a book title can make them empathize with the…
Should You Care About What Other People Think About You? Most of the time, if you care about what someone thinks about you, then you must not be able to stop what you're doing to ask for their permission or change anything you're doing. People often tend to care too much about what others think of them. Care deeply about what matters to you, instead. It's so easy to want to know what other people think about you, especially when you hear comments, that make you feel bad, but…
What The Revealed Remains Of The Ancient Egyptian Civilization Tell Us One of the most notorious mysteries of the modern world remains unsolved: the rich and mysterious ancient Egypt: the state, that gave you pyramids, pharaohs, mummies, and Egyptology. Scholars still argue whether these ancient ruins are the ruins of a civilization or the work of an advanced civilization, that predated Egypt. A lot of researchers believe, that Egypt was a much more technologically advanced…
Achieve Success Easier By Eliminating Negative Self-Talk And Practicing Positive Self-Talk Instead It's easy to let negative self-talk creep in and take over your life. The only way to defeat it is to quickly realize what's happening and then work in your own self-care. Too often, negativity can turn into a full-blown toxic environment. In this post, I take a look at how optimistic thinking and positive self-talk can help see the world through a lighter lens, which not only…
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Is The Middle-Class Really Disappearing? A Deep Dive It seems as if people are always talking about the middle-class disappearing, but is this a myth? Numbers about the shrinking middle-class have been floating around for a few years now and seem to have reached a fever pitch recently. It's difficult to deny that people across the board are facing substantial income inequality. Still, there's irritation around the phrase *"middle-class"*. It feels like it's used to describe…
Independence, Commitment And Responsibility Are Vital To Becoming An Adult There is a certain age when you realize, that life isn’t just about pleasing everyone. It’s about standing up for yourself while being true to your principles. When you can do this, you become more powerful and your world is profoundly changed. When you're a teenager, it's easy to be overconfident, to believe you can change the world and do what you want, even though you're 13 years old and have never…
6 Techniques For Conscious Change Many of you desire to make a difference in this crazy world, but you are often warned against *"self-importance"* – a charge reserved for the people, who believe they are so important, that the world would end without them. Such an attitude is dangerously close to the model of self-importance. There are a number of rigorous scientifically-driven approaches to studying the human species. They seek to understand the way you think and act, in…
Does Daydreaming Help To Boost Creativity? The mere act of daydreaming has been shown to be a valuable creative medium. Perhaps, more so than other natural states of mind. And who'd have guessed that? Daydreaming is an activity, that you indulge in without actually knowing there is anything to gain from it. The imaginative flights of daydreaming seem to have been similarly ignored, with few insights or insightful writing. But there is a lot to learn from daydreaming and the…
Hey everyone and my lovely readers, followers and sponsors. I guess I will be off with writing articles for a few day. I just can't concentrate and I would not be able to write anything at all. I have Covid and I am not very well. I have headache coming and going as well as blocked nose and cough. Basically same symptoms as common cold, but it makes me tired too. I see how I feel and will be back as soon as I can.
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