How does noise affect you? Are you one who needs some noise – you like to have people around you, music playing or the T.V. broadcasting in the background – or are you one who loves quiet so you can hear the sounds of nature or be with your own thoughts? Our preferences likely shift …
Did you ever wish someone would follow you around with a camera to capture unexpected synchronicities, spontaneous moments of love and laughter, and some of your most brilliant moves? It’s different when you carry a camera yourself. You miss being in the moment trying to document life but if someone else held the camera, to …
Have you ever tried to lose weight or reshape your body in some way? What method did you use? Did you follow a program that limited the type of foods or where you needed to measure them in some way? Were there time intervals suggested for eating, moving, sleeping or prepping? Did you accomplish your …
Would you agree that repetition is the mother of learning? That the more you repeat an affirmation, the more you repeat a skill or the more you repeat a behaviour, the easier it is to follow? Sure! Herbert E. Krugman wrote, “Why three exposures may be enough” and many advertisers followed it. He claimed that …
Have you heard of the Tesla Coil? It was one of Nicola Tesla’s inventions in 1891. Once Tesla got his own laboratory he had free reign to experiment, test and explore novel ways in which to prove his theories. Electricity was a hot one. With his discovery of terrestrial stationary waves, he proved that the …
Have you ever had something happen out of the blue? You were just thinking of someone then they telephoned. You realized your bank account was getting slim then an unexpected piece of business landed and filled the void. You’re booking a trip and there just happens to be a flight sale on.Sound familiar? Did those …
Have you ever been the victim of an unsuspecting contagion, like a yawn? Is it possible that by simply reading about a yawn, you will want to yawn? Researchers say yawning has to do with the temperature of the brain; when it gets too far off normal, yawning can help cool it down. Healthline agrees with my …
Where are you being taxed? Is it on your income? Or perhaps you’re handing over property taxes to your city or region? What about that pedicure, desk or birthday gift you bought? Was tax added to that purchase or is it buried like an import or manufacturing tax? Have you paid estate taxes, land transfer …
Who tells you what to do? My friend, Cathy, wrote a social media post addressing the women folk. The message suggested to them that they don’t need to ask permission from their spouse for something that supports their growth, expression, passion, purpose, or fulfillment. (I commented on the post that neither should men.) All good …
According to the Congressional Budget Office in the U.S., at the lowest point of the last recession, more than 12 million Americans were expected to be underemployed. That means being in jobs that are below their skill or education level. Have you ever been one of them? Have you worked in a position that you …