Five Common Myths about Happiness

We all believe in happiness, but often our beliefs are false. Happiness is associated with many false beliefs. Here are some of the most common ones, which are likely to be present in your life. Once you understand these happiness myths, you can begin to deal with them, becoming happier. 1. Happiness depends on time Do you expect happiness to come in your life? Will it come after retirem...

Learning of foreign languages enhances the brain

Learning of a second foreign language is particularly beneficial not only for one’s curriculum but also for the brain, according to a new scientific research, which comes to confirm previous studies claiming that knowledge of foreign languages ​​is a beneficial form of education of the brain, which enhances concentration, attention, memory, etc. Researchers from the Northwestern Universi...

10 Lessons of Life from Bill Gates

Bill Gates, speaking to high school students, named the 11 rules that teenagers, according to him, would never learn in school: 1. The world does not really care about your self-esteem and self-awareness. The world expects achievements from you without taking into account your self-esteem. 2. Frying burgers at McDonald’s is not a work below your dignity. Be sure that your great-gra...

Scientists create 3D map of the brain

Scientists at Harvard University managed to explore the interior of the brain using new, hi-tech imaging methods. With the help of MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging), which provides three-dimensional color images, experts now can have the first real image of one hundred billion brain cells, as well as of their modus operandi, which can result in treatment of many brain disorders. “Ov...

Geometric Shapes: Simple and Unusual Personality Test

Here is a very simple, but at the same time quite an insightful personality test. All you have to do is to look at the proposed geometric shapes and choose the one that you think best represents you as a person. In other words, choose the shape that you can clearly identify yourself with. Then arrange the remaining shapes in order of preference. Square The tireless worker. Exhibits hard...

Why don’t we remember all our dreams?

It happens due to a mechanism of the brain that controls remembering and forgetting and its work during sleep. This is supported by Luigi De Genaro, professor at theUniversity ofRome, and his team, who used an electroencephalogram to monitor the brain activity of students as they slept. The experiment involved 65 students: 30 who usually wake up during REM sleep (a sleep phase when the e...

10 impressive optical illusions

In the following article you will find some of the best optical illusions and visual paradoxes. 1. Magic stairs Focus on the stairs and you will see that in a while it will turn upside down. 2. Opening/closing door Focus on the door and answer the question: is it closing or opening? 3. Disappearing dots If you focus on the orange dot in the center of the rotating square for a few secon...

10 scenarios for the destruction of the world

Here are the 10 most popular scenarios for the destruction of the world in 2012, according to the Telegraph newspaper. This disaster, which according to some people will occur at the end of the year, may take the form of an extraterrestrial attack or occur because of the destruction of the Sun, the Earth’s collision with another planet or the climate change. Let’s look at the...

10 ways to enhance your brain power

If you are one of those people who are looking to increase their creativity and productivity, then this list of activities and ideas is for you. Probably, you might have already tried some of these things before, but perhaps some other ideas from this list will surprise you. 1. Learn a foreign language Mastering a foreign language is a fairly complex process, which we often encounter in ...

Silva method: how to achieve what you want

Jose Silva’s method is an easy and efficient way to reach your goals. It has helped many people and can help you. Here are several basic steps that can change your life. Control your emotions Negative emotions are a huge obstacle on the way to achieve the desired. They destroy your energy and strength, causing diseases and lessening the immune system. That is why it is important to learn...

7 tips on how to develop the habit of action

Personal growth is a movement forward, a habit to act and get results. Why is it so difficult to move yourself up and start taking real actions? The fact is that we have the habits of thinking twice, of analyzing, of weighing all the “pros” and “cons”. At the same time, our habit of action is very weak and often depends on external stimuli and incentives. Here are...

In the near future we will choose a partner by genetic compatibility

It seems that we are moving towards a new era of eugenics, and in the near future, our choice of a partner will be based not on the feelings of love, but on the compatibility of our genes. In the dystopia Gattaca full-fledged members of society could be only people born after a careful examination of the genetic code. All others were assigned the role of cleaners. Professor Armand Leroi ...

CIA Secret Experiment with LSD Makes French Village Go Mad

A U.S. journalist claims that the CIA conducted a secret experiment with the well-known psychedelic drug LSD on residents of the small picturesque French town of Pont-Saint-Esprit, putting the drug in bread flour. The story played out in the summer of 1951, when the “cursed bread” (as the inhabitants called it) led five people to death, while 300 got ill and 30 were taken to ...

10 Mind-Blowing Theories That Will Change Your Perception of the World

Reality is not as obvious and simple as we like to think. Some of the things that we accept as true at face value are notoriously wrong. Scientists and philosophers have made every effort to change our common perceptions of it. The 10 examples below will show you what I mean. 1. Great glaciation. Great glaciation is the theory of the final state that our universe is heading toward. The u...

Effective methods of motivation

Motivation helps keep persevering until the end. Success and failure depend on the internal state of a person. Motivation can be nurtured as any other habit. Whether we are driven by our most vital goal or by a slight intention, we need a sincere motivation. Often on the way to their goal people give up in front of difficulties because of the lack of incentives. Even the most intelligent...
     

Tips for Students

Useful tips for those who study: student life, reading strategies and tips on how to pass an exam

5 Step Path to Preparing for an Interview

2 weeks ago
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job interview preparationPreparing in the right way for an important interview means covering a few key areas – what are some of the main things that you should be focusing on, from researching a post, through to preparing a portfolio, and ensuring that you are psychologically ready on the day of the interview? It’s also important to be able to anticipate questions before an interview, and to be able to prepare for rejection, while still being able to learn from problems and build on them for your next interview.

1. Researching the Post

You’ve received an invitation for an interview, and now have to wait for the date – during this time, you should go back over a job application pack to check all the specifications for the post that you’ve been given; read through your CV and covering letter to check that you’re able to elaborate on points, and read up on a job online. You can gain a broader understanding of what a business or institution does, and can be prepared to discuss topics and issues around a job or industry. (more…)

Expanding Your Mind – Learning For Success

2 months ago
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expand mind learningWhen learning, it’s important to broaden your horizons as much as possible; this means reading widely, and learning more about subjects that you might not normally be interested in. It also means making use of the many free and inexpensive resources available to you on and offline, as well as changing how you learn; doing so can help you towards a higher degree of employability, and can also set you up for lifelong learning.

Reading More 

Just taking the time to read more every day can make a big difference to your education; try to read the newspaper online, and cover multiple papers to get a different point of view. It’s also possible to broaden your horizons by reading a wide range of different genres, which can be particularly useful if you’re into the habit of reading the same authors. While it’s not a good idea to force yourself to read things you don’t want to, it’s worth sampling as much as you can.  (more…)

10 Lessons of Life from Bill Gates

3 months ago
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bill gates lessonsBill Gates, speaking to high school students, named the 11 rules that teenagers, according to him, would never learn in school:

1. The world does not really care about your self-esteem and self-awareness. The world expects achievements from you without taking into account your self-esteem.

2. Frying burgers at McDonald’s is not a work below your dignity. Be sure that your great-grandparents would consider any work like this a “good opportunity”.

3. It is not very likely that you will be paid 50,000$ a year right after high school. Moreover, you are not going to become a vice president with your own limousine and personal driver, until you deserve it.

4. Your parents were not as uninteresting and boring people as they seem to you now, before (more…)

4 bad study habits and how to break them

3 months ago
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study habitsImplementing and adhering to good study habits can be tricky; for some students formulating any kind of study plan or revision timetable is something of an unknown world. As assignment deadlines loom or examinations draw closer a student starts to feel the incipient signs of panic and begins to dread possible failure.

There are four particularly widespread study mistakes, and yet they are easily remedied once noticed and acknowledged. Once these faults are banished it will be much easier for a student to review their study habits and get their revision and progress back on track. (more…)

Tips on How to Balance Homework

4 months ago
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balance homeworkThese tips are fundamental and target the root cause of why many students are struggling with school and homework. No impractical “make a to do list” tips here. Only raw structural advices to help you make it.

The best tactics for getting through school are these.

  • Live on campus. Many studies have shown, and every school will confirm, that students living on campus have on average higher grades than their off-campus counterparts.
  • Don’t do all Gen. Eds. right away. Spread them out and mix them with major classes. Some people like, say international students, find it easier to leave all the general education classes for later.

    • (more…)

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