Archive for the 'Tips for life' Category

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, [...]

Smile, and smile, and…

February 23rd, 2008

photo by: tokyo ayano
“Because of your smile, you make life more beautiful.” - Thich Nhat Hanh
We can be quite certain that many of us owe our life’s happiness to the circumstances in which we posses a pleasant smile and so win the hearts of others.
One doesn’t need to read many self-improvement blogs to notice that [...]

(do not!) look at the bright side

February 13th, 2008

 

photo by: Scr47chy
When someone’s life isn’t exactly perfect, friends and family usually advise that person to look at the bright side of things, at what is positive.

When businesses fail, the managers who took them to the ground do the same thing; they look at the positive aspects of their failing businesses.

The two examples above share [...]

Ten things to follow for a joyolicious Christmas!

December 11th, 2007

Photo by: fotomaster
Instead of being a time of unusual behavior, Christmas is perhaps the only time in the year when people can obey their natural impulses and express their true sentiments without feeling self-conscious and, perhaps, foolish. Christmas, in short, is about the only chance a man has to be himself. - [...]

The miracle of laughter | Why you really should laugh more

November 14th, 2007

I am thankful for laughter, except when milk comes out of my nose. - Woody Allen
A good, real, unrestrained, hearty laugh is a sort of glorified internal massage, performed rapidly and automatically. It manipulates and revitalizes corners and unexplored crannies of the system that are unresponsive to most other [...]

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