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Healthy mind & smart ideas through diversity

June 20th, 2008

Photo by: chrisjfry
One of the biggest enemies of a healthy mind is uniformity (lacking diversity or variation in its interactions). That is, having a homogenous interaction with the world and filtering out everything that does not fit one’s interests.

Imagine a John Doe who only watches horror movies, listens only to country music, eats only chicken, [...]

The core qualities of personal-development 2.0

January 30th, 2008

photo by: TW Collins
In a comment on my previous post, Z. Hereford raised a very important point; defining the truth and beauty on which I want to build personal-development 2.0 on.

Differing claims on such questions as what constitutes truth and beauty, how to define and identify them, whether they is subjective, relative, objective, or absolute, [...]

Actual recipe for a happy New Year!

December 31st, 2007

Yet another year has come to an end and here we are, ready to step on the other side, into the unknown. Don’t worry, I won’t mention New Year resolutions; I don’t have any, I never had. Instead, I’ll present you a recipe that teaches you how to prepare a delicious New year! Sounds [...]

Return of the Jedi | Sunday rambling

November 25th, 2007

“Yes, a Jedi’s strength flows from the Force. But beware of the dark side.” - Yoda

If you’ve been reading Project Armannd for a while, then you may have noticed that in the last period of time I got a bit lazy. I think they call it lazy blogging.

I got lazy, I lost my motivation, I [...]

A blindfold can improve memory and imagination

November 19th, 2007

Last night there was a power failure in my neighborhood. I was writing some emails on my desktop computer when all of sudden the power went down. Total darkness followed. And because the hour was pretty late (3 in the morning) I decided not to wait until the power comes back and I have gone [...]

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