Body ~ Mind ~ Soul --- Being Human

[Stryder50]

And a couple more;
Not just for career, but also other activities and social interactions;

How to Make the Right Connections When You Don’t Already Have an “In”​

A strong network is an invaluable career asset. Here are a few things to remember when getting started.

How to Make the Right Connections When You Don’t Already Have an “In”

If you’re new to your field or you’ve changed locations, you may not know the right people to connect you to business opportunities. To grow your network, try these five strategies. 1) Embrace specificity: tell your existing contacts exactly who you want to meet, whether that’s employees at a...

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Against Willpower​

Willpower is a dangerous, old idea that needs to be scrapped.
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EXCERPT:
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Ignoring the idea of willpower will sound absurd to most patients and therapists, but, as a practicing addiction psychiatrist and an assistant professor of clinical psychiatry, I’ve become increasingly skeptical about the very concept of willpower, and concerned by the self-help obsession that surrounds it. Countless books and blogs offer ways to “boost self-control,” or even to “meditate your way to more willpower,” but what’s not widely recognized is that new research has shown some of the ideas underlying these messages to be inaccurate.

More fundamentally, the common, monolithic definition of willpower distracts us from finer-grained dimensions of self-control and runs the danger of magnifying harmful myths—like the idea that willpower is finite and exhaustible. To borrow a phrase from the philosopher Ned Block, willpower is a mongrel concept, one that connotes a wide and often inconsistent range of cognitive functions. The closer we look, the more it appears to unravel. It’s time to get rid of it altogether.
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Against Willpower

Willpower is a dangerous, old idea that needs to be scrapped.

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[Stryder50]

I Tried These 8 Sleep Tricks, Here’s What Worked (And What Didn’t)​

The tips that finally led me to a better night’s rest.

I Tried These 8 Sleep Tricks, Here’s What Worked (And What Didn’t)

The tips that finally led me to a better night’s rest.

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[playtime]

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=liquid+mind

Senderguide

 

[Stryder50]

You’re a Bad Listener: Here’s How to Remember What People Say​

We come into conversations with our own agendas and low attention spans, but if you want to build better relationships you need to master active listening.

Youâre a Bad Listener: Hereâs How to Remember What People Say

We come into conversations with our own agendas and low attention spans, but if you want to build better relationships you need to master active listening.

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[MisterBeale]

You’re a Bad Listener: Here’s How to Remember What People Say​

We come into conversations with our own agendas and low attention spans, but if you want to build better relationships you need to master active listening.​

Youâre a Bad Listener: Hereâs How to Remember What People Say

We come into conversations with our own agendas and low attention spans, but if you want to build better relationships you need to master active listening.

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I worked for a crises hot-line one year at Uni., and we had to go through an intensive six week course on Empathic Listening, or Active Listening.

This was a really good piece, the only thing I would add, is reflecting back what the speaker is saying, but without judgement. This makes folks feel heard, and often helps them with their own ideas on what they are talking about.

It is often called "summarization." It will often help the speaker gain some clarity over that which they are speaking to you, which they themselves had not previously had, all with out you adding any editorializing.

Active Listening: The Art of Empathetic Conversation

Active & empathetic listening is vital in forming & maintaining relationships.

positivepsychology.com

Empathic Listening: Definition, Examples and Tips | Indeed.com

This article defines empathic listening and gives tips for becoming a more empathic listener.

www.indeed.com

 

[Stryder50]

Why Don’t People Return Their Shopping Carts?​

Pulling up to a parking spot and finding a shopping cart there can be pretty frustrating. Why do people ignore the receptacle?

Why Donât People Return Their Shopping Carts?

Pulling up to a parking spot and finding a shopping cart there can be pretty frustrating. Why do people ignore the receptacle?

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This Ancient Habit Will Maximize Your Focus​

Our thoughts are often so cluttered by worry and fear that we lose focus, having a mantra can help you get it back.

This Ancient Habit Will Maximize Your Focus

Our thoughts are often so cluttered by worry and fear that we lose focus, having a mantra can help you get it back.

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[Stryder50]

A good scrap​

Disagreements can be unpleasant, even offensive, but they are vital to human reason. Without them we remain in the dark
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In the town of Dayton, Ohio, at the end of the 19th century, locals were used to the sound of quarrels spilling out from the room above the bicycle store on West Third Street. The brothers Wilbur and Orville Wright opened the shop in 1892, shortly before they became obsessed with the problem of manned flight. Downstairs, they fixed and sold bicycles. Upstairs, they argued about flying machines.

Charles Taylor, who worked on the shop floor of the Wright Cycle Company, described the room above as ‘frightened with argument’. He recalled: ‘The boys were working out a lot of theory in those days, and occasionally they would get into terrific arguments. They’d shout at each other something terrible. I don’t think they really got mad, but they sure got awfully hot.’

We’re so familiar with the fact that the Wright brothers invented the aeroplane that the miraculous nature of their achievement goes unheralded. Wilbur and Orville were not scientists or qualified engineers. They didn’t attend university and they weren’t attached to any corporation. In fact, before their breakthrough, they’d accomplished little of note. So, just how did they come to solve one of the greatest engineering puzzles in history? Their success owes a lot to their talent for productive argument.
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Why disagreement is vital to advancing human understanding | Aeon Essays

Disagreements can be unpleasant, even offensive, but they are vital to human reason. Without them we remain in the dark

aeon.co

 

[Stryder50]

Four Reasons You Shouldn’t Exist​

Physics says you’re an impurity in an otherwise beautiful universe.

Four Reasons You Shouldn’t Exist

Physics says you’re an impurity in an otherwise beautiful universe.

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[Deplorable Yankee]

We humans tend to be complex creatures and this threa dis to focus on those many aspects of what it means to be a human. How to be a healthy human that is on the path of development and hopefully improvement through out one's lifetime.

Yeah, it might also seem a place to put those interesting click-bait articles we come across, but many aren't worth a thread of their own, yet along with being of interest, also inter-connect with other ones.

So I'll lead off with this one;

Try these 9 easy exercises to train your brain to be more productive​

Yes, you really can “rewire” your brain for optimal performance at work and home.​

Try these 9 easy exercises to train your brain to be more productive

Yes, you really can “rewire” your brain for optimal performance at work and home.

www.fastcompany.com

Mind body an soul
Absolutely
How one goes about it is on the individual

 

[Stryder50]

Self-Control Is Just Empathy With Your Future Self​

The same part of the brain that allows us to step into the shoes of others also helps us restrain ourselves.

Self-Control Is Just Empathy With Your Future Self

The same part of the brain that allows us to step into the shoes of others also helps us restrain ourselves.

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[Stryder50]

Brain Gain: A Person Can Instantly Blossom into a Savant—and No One Knows Why​

Some people suddenly become accomplished artists or musicians with no previous interest or training. Is it possible innate genius lies dormant within everyone?

Brain Gain: A Person Can Instantly Blossom into a Savant—and No One Knows Why

Some people suddenly become accomplished artists or musicians with no previous interest or training. Is it possible innate genius lies dormant within everyone?

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[Stryder50]

Swimming gives your brain a boost – but scientists don’t know yet why it’s better than other aerobic activities ​

Swimming gives your brain a boost – but scientists don't know yet why it's better than other aerobic activities

Mounting research shows that going for a swim can preserve memories, reduce mood disorders and increase mental acuity in all age groups.

theconversation.com

 

[Stryder50]

An eclectic range of items here, but fits with something Robert Heinlein once said about humans and being human ....

Sniffing Out Love​

Sniffing Out Love - Longreads

"Instead of swiping, the strategy is wiping: namely, one’s perspiration onto a cotton pad."

longreads.com

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3 Simple Things That Will Make You the Most Interesting Person in Any Conversation​

Time to get rid of the small talk.

3 Simple Things That Will Make You the Most Interesting Person in Any Conversation

Time to get rid of the small talk.

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The Art of the Elevator Pitch​

A winning pitch starts with a winning logline — a valuable lesson for innovators in any field.

The Art of the Elevator Pitch

A winning pitch starts with a winning logline — a valuable lesson for innovators in any field.

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3 Basic Compass Skills Everyone Should Learn​

Advances in GPS technology are no replacement for basic navigation skills.

3 Basic Compass Skills Everyone Should Learn

Advances in GPS technology are no replacement for basic navigation skills.

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[Stryder50]

The Unique Science of Left-Handedness​

Being a lefty goes beyond just a hand preference.

The Unique Science of Left-Handedness

Being a lefty goes beyond just a hand preference.

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[Stryder50]

Brains Might Sync As People Interact — and That Could Upend Consciousness Research​

When we cooperate on certain tasks, our brainwaves might synchronize. This finding could upend the current understanding of consciousness.​

Brains Might Sync As People Interact — and That Could Upend Consciousness Research

When we cooperate on certain tasks, our brainwaves might synchronize. This finding could upend the current understanding of consciousness.

www.discovermagazine.com

(Be warned, Discover allows a limit of free articles then expects you to pay ...)
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36 Questions That Can Help Kids Make Friends​

A question-and-answer exercise may help middle schoolers build friendships, including with kids of different ethnicities.​

36 Questions That Can Help Kids Make Friends

A question-and-answer exercise may help middle schoolers build friendships, including with kids of different ethnicities.

greatergood.berkeley.edu

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(Maybe belongs somewhere in "Religion" threads, but parking here for now ...)

Meet the Modern-Day Pagans Who Celebrate the Ancient Gods​

Deep in the woods of the Pacific Northwest, a community of Druids is reviving Celtic rites. They might seem hokey or outlandish, but maybe, just maybe, they’re the ones who have it all figured out.

Meet the Modern-Day Pagans Who Celebrate the Ancient Gods

Deep in the woods of the Pacific Northwest, a community of Druids is reviving Celtic rites. They might seem hokey or outlandish, but maybe, just maybe, they’re the ones who have it all figured out.

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[TroglocratsRdumb]

Some people have a mind and a body, but they still do not have a soul.

 

[Stryder50]

Boys Still Get These 3 Things From Parents That Girls Don’t​

Things are improving slowly, but gender stereotypes are still entrenched in parenting practices.​

Boys Still Get These 3 Things From Parents That Girls Don’t

The ways parents talk to their boys and the toys they provide them say a lot about how entrenched gender stereotypes are in parenting.

www.fatherly.com

 

[Stryder50]

More pointers on living;

A 27-Year Study Says 1 Thing Is Key to Happiness and Longevity in Work and Life​

It all comes from one thing that you can spark with eight questions to yourself.

A 27-Year Study Says 1 Thing Is Key to Happiness and Longevity in Work and Life

It all comes from one thing that you can spark with eight questions to yourself.

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How to Stay Cool at Night, Even When You’re a Hot Sleeper​

You don’t have to take an ice-cold shower.

How to Stay Cool at Night, Even When Youâre a Hot Sleeper

You don’t have to take an ice-cold shower.

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How to Survive for Three Days in the Wilderness​

This 72-hour plan will buy you enough time to wait for search and rescue to arrive.

How to Survive for Three Days in the Wilderness

This 72-hour plan will buy you enough time to wait for search and rescue to arrive.

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[Stryder50]

As so often, a lot has to do with the demographics of those solicited and responding, which as seen here if one reads through, was rather narrow. Still, FWIW:

What Being a Cat- or Dog-Person Says About You​

Which one are you?
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Are you a cat person, or a dog person? The answer to this age-old question could reveal a little bit about your personality, some research shows.

For example, there are notable differences between dog and cat people as demographics. In 2014, Mikel Delgado, a postdoctoral researcher and applied animal behaviorist at the UC Davis veterinary school, authored a study that looked at something called the “Big 5” personality measurements in those who said they preferred one or the other species, as well as those who said they have no preference or don’t like cats and dogs.

The Big 5 are widely used metrics of personality, often referenced with the acronym OCEAN: openness, conscientiousness, extroversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism. (That last one, neuroticism, is defined in this context as sensitivity or nervousness.) These traits, as defined in scientific literature, can be broadly applied across cultures and form a useful way to understand personalities.

Delgado found that respondents who said they preferred cats tended to be higher in openness and neuroticism, while self-identified dog people tended towards more extroversion and agreeableness.

These findings line up with previous studies on this issue. Such studies have also found that those who identify as dog people tend to be more dominant in social interactions and more narcissistic and those who identify as cat people were, at least in one study, more likely to be female.

Still, research like this isn’t perfect. “Most of us are doing research on a limited budget, and we are doing survey research,” says Delgado. Ideally, research is conducted with balanced populations of people who are compensated for their participation. In this case, she says “the people who are likely to fill out a survey, especially a long survey, about their pets are going to fit a certain demographic.” They also probably have a much higher level of attachment to their pet that the average owner, she says.

The survey respondents in this area are overwhelmingly women, she says, often representing 85-90 percent of respondents. They also tend to be white, which is consistent with the demographics of pet ownership in the United States. That means that survey responses probably say a lot more about how that specific population of pet owners feels about their pets than what all pet owners are likely to feel or think.

What’s more, Delgado says, the pet industry is a huge funder of this research, which naturally shapes the kind of work that gets done. Research that’s more likely to make pet ownership seem appealing—for instance, associating certain personality traits with certain kinds of pets—supports the sale of animals and animal products. Other research, such as how being owned benefits or detracts from the wellbeing of the animals themselves, is less likely to do that and thus harder to get funding for, Delgado says.
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What Being a Cat- or Dog-Person Says About You

Which one are you?

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[Stryder50]

An eclectic range of items here, but fits with something Robert Heinlein once said about humans and being human ....

Sniffing Out Love​

Sniffing Out Love - Longreads

"Instead of swiping, the strategy is wiping: namely, one’s perspiration onto a cotton pad."

longreads.com

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3 Simple Things That Will Make You the Most Interesting Person in Any Conversation​

Time to get rid of the small talk.​

3 Simple Things That Will Make You the Most Interesting Person in Any Conversation

Time to get rid of the small talk.

getpocket.com

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The Art of the Elevator Pitch​

A winning pitch starts with a winning logline — a valuable lesson for innovators in any field.​

The Art of the Elevator Pitch

A winning pitch starts with a winning logline — a valuable lesson for innovators in any field.

getpocket.com

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3 Basic Compass Skills Everyone Should Learn​

Advances in GPS technology are no replacement for basic navigation skills.​

3 Basic Compass Skills Everyone Should Learn

Advances in GPS technology are no replacement for basic navigation skills.

getpocket.com

Supplement to this last item of Basic Compass Skills;

Five Map and Compass Skills Every Outdoorsman Should Master​

How to master the art of finding your way home.

Five Map and Compass Skills Every Outdoorsman Should Master

How to master the art of finding your way home.

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