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Difficult people

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We are people I've been in countless situation where a customer was abusive with an employee, the irate customer is not happy with the employee's answer arguing that it was inaccurate, sometime wrong, sometime incomplete And the customer is going irrationally angry at them, start shouting, is being rude, is asking to speak to their manager, threaten them, etc ... In today's economy, this is really stressful, the employee is afraid to lose his job, and the situation usually escalates and the consequences are not satisfactory in the end for anyone. I wish in a perfect World, that we would talk to each other as human beings, as partner in this messy world, on a relatively short journey, ... Maybe this employee is already under the stress of a divorce, a sick child, in debt, or he is depressed, or suicidal, we do not know about each other journey, at this new stressful situation maybe will be the last straw for him I wish people would be nice we each other.

Discipline trick

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There are some tricks to get things done, best is to plan ahead of time Start the day before  Write down 3 to 5 things you want to accomplish the following day.  That way, when morning comes, you have a purpose When planning do not add just one line in a to do list, assign each tasks to a time period (morning, afternoon, after work) Morning is the golden period , best is to put the easiest task first thing in the morning.  It then feels like you start with a win, by doing easily one simple task then tick off one item of the to-do list. You will be filled with the good energy of dopamine  From there everything just becomes easier Whenever the day starts to slow down, try doing something easy (that doesn’t require a lot of focus and attention) When a small task comes up, do it immediately Bonus  Be kind to yourself

Mentalist trick

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Mentalism is more or less a subcategory of magic and, when performed by a stage magician, may also be referred to as mental magic. A Magician will usually have great hands and moves trick (prestidigitation) while a Mentalist will use mind trick, putting ideas, using subconscious signals, or simply psychologist knowledge. Here is an example, ask a friend to play along. Explain to your partner, that you will read their mind, and guess what they think, you will need paper and a pen, that is it. There can be 3 or more questions, but let's make it simple and start with three. - what is your favorite color? - what is your favorite animal? - do you prefer going to the beach, or hiking in the mountain? Here is the trick, the two first question are very open, and may have a range of response up to 1000 of possibilities, while question 3 is just only has 2 options. Now using assumptions, and making some eye contact, holding hands. chanting, or pretending to be in a transe state, the mentali

Before it is too late

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Why is there a +18 only banner for some content on the internet? What happens when someone turns 18, is this person suddenly getting some wisdom? Nope, I have found some 18 years old dude with zero wisdom. What should happen is that a person would gain some experience, and be able to distance himself from what he is confronted, some news, or content can be hurtful. To understand this (or to actually remember how it felt) try to put yourself back into your shoes, the day someone told you about the World War 2 concentration camp, or the day you discovered what the Catholic inquisition was doing. That is the day, you absolutely freaked out, and realized that humanity is not cuddle and hugs. There is a darkness in all of us, an awful abyss of the most gruesome horrors And being 18 or older, you are supposed to have this knowledge ; and therefor you may handle some disturbing content that might be visual or reading material, that will not keep you up at night ... Otherwise, try to make the

Take as much sleep as you can

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Not sleeping enough may damage the cardiovascular and immune systems,  it will impact diabetes, increase heart disease, and trigger indigestion, irritability and depression. We all know this, but do we get more sleep? Do we stop before the end of the movie to go to bed at 11 pm? Do we take naps?

Instagram addiction

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 How to describe the feeling? - like an urge to check the Instagram notifications and messages, once a picture is posted How to explain the purpose of using Instagram? - Instagram is fantastic when it comes to social networking, interacting with other users, and especially internet famous people - it is great to grow an audience of followers, may it be for later selling merchandising, or to have a public listening and giving feedback but there is a high price to pay for this dopamine rushes Instagram is very addictive, and even if the sense of being liked and admired can be overwhelming it is all virtual and mostly fake Beside, to be an influencer  a serious chunk of the day has to be dedicated for posting new content, and interacting with followers.  Another crazy detail about Instagram, is that this platform is bullying its users by cancelling account, asking for selfie for verification purposes, adhering to the Instagram platform is really like entering a toxic relationship based on

Elon Musk lacks charisma

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Elon Musk is both the good and bad aspects of capitalism rolled up into one.  He has managed to consolidate a ridiculous amount of wealth, and pretends like his successes are his alone. He would happily pay workers poor wages and do everything in his power to tighten his grasp on them.  If he could outsource all of his workforce and lobby the government to allow children to work at his factories he would do so without a second thought. On the plus side he disrupts stagnant industries by creating better products/services than the incumbents. What he's done for space development, the automobile industry, and now the internet is spectacular.  It's all things that any of the existing industry giants could have done, but didn't because they were busy making as much money for as little investment as possible. Of course the fact that Elon is one of the better examples of a billionaire, and that any positive comments about him have to be prefaced with a very large asterisk, really

Automatonophobia

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If you are afraid of robots (like Terminator, or cylons, synthetic humans, cyborgs and the like) Just think of it this way ... currently the main real threat in 2022 is global warming That means, if our scientists are working on anything else but reducing our carbon emissions, and lowering the temperature Worldwide,  we are not going to make it in the next 20 to 50 years. Robots, cyborgs, androids, and artificial beings are not going to be a threat, ... Unless they are currently planting trees, all over the globe. And if they are,  well then maybe they are not that bad, and we should not be afraid of them.