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Psychology

Choose Engagement Over Comfort

by Stephen Mills January 15, 2011

We have our faces glued to some kind of screen instead of actually participating in joyful activities with other people. Incredibly in the U.S. where TV watching is the highest in the world, the last decade of TV technology improvement has resulted in a further increase of 15% in average daily TV time. In that same decade the amount of time spent staring at other, usually small screens, has exploded. That time comes from somewhere and it doesn’t come from school or work. It is being taken from time we could use to actually participate in something that would include being engaged with other people.

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More Myths That Need Busting

by Stephen Mills January 3, 2011

Even Europeans who ban genetically modified food are eating exactly that. Very little food is natural and its genes have been manipulated by humans for thousands of years. Wheat is a hybrid of three varieties of plant. Corn started out as a grass. Many crops are hybrids that are sterile.

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Why Money is Not a Good Motivator

by Stephen Mills December 27, 2010

There are experiments that show people who are being paid will not continue a challenging task, during breaks in the experiment for example, while people who are not being paid will continue to work on it. In other words being paid somehow destroys motivation; it turns something you enjoy into work. Being paid makes people spend less creative time on the task.

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How to Make Great Decisions

by Stephen Mills November 28, 2010

The amount of anxiety that goes into most decisions is ridiculous. Further, the amount of time people spend making decisions, even the most trivial ones, is a life-wasting shame. Visit your local company meeting for endless examples of how to torture wage slaves with trivial decision making.

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Top 25 Small Things You Let Ruin Your Mood

by Stephen Mills October 20, 2010

For me personally, and I think for most people, it is easier to notice and correct your negative reaction on those occasional “big issues”. In reality though, it’s not the occasional big issue that make you unhappy; rather it’s the accumulated wear and tear of all the small things all day every day that grind your mood down.

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The Problem With Resistance

by Stephen Mills October 13, 2010

Resistance and struggle against that which opposes you or that which you don’t like is very often the worst thing you can do. Just like the rip current, you should generally step aside and just watch whatever is bothering you roll on by. Instead of wasting your energy on the negative, you can focus it on the positive and with far less effort achieve far greater results.

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Saying More With Less

by Stephen Mills September 25, 2010

In today’s world of information overload, people move quickly from sound bite to sound bite. To be successful with your message and to avoid be washed away in the sea of noise, you must connect quickly and convey effectively. You must transmit something meaningful in the small window in which you have been granted the benefit of their attention. This is true in face-to-face as well as electronic communication. How many times, even when you are physically present with someone, are they distracted by some electronic device? Failure to connect with someone and convey meaning to them quickly will often lead to failure.

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Living a Tolerant Life

by Stephen Mills September 18, 2010

For you own sake and for the peace of the world, this is a plea for tolerance. Think what you want and think it passionately. Do what you want and do it passionately. Choose your own beliefs and follow your own path. Try to see that others are doing exactly the same thing with their own lives and just let them be. Set yourself free.

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10 Useful Things To Know When Dealing With Other People

by Stephen Mills September 8, 2010

Criticizing others makes you seem more intelligent and competent. People who criticize others are perceived as more intelligent and competent than people who don’t criticize. The downside is that people will like you less. Clifford Nass says you can be “clever and contemptible” or “kind and clueless” depending upon whether you criticize or praise.

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Deep Death Bed Thoughts

by Stephen Mills August 21, 2010

I’m thinking old age regret is going to suck. In order to avoid it, I find it useful to put myself on my death bed and imagine how I will feel. It’s easy to piss your precious life minutes away when you are young, or even when your not so young, but it is sometimes helpful to realize at some point you are done and will get none of them back.

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