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Women are undergoing surgery to create perfect genitalia amid a "shocking" lack of information on the potential risks of the procedure, a report says. Research published in the British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology also questions the very notion of aesthetically pleasing genitals.
Link : http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8352711.stmWomen are undergoing surgery to create perfect genitalia amid a "shocking" lack of... more
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Women who have surgery to improve the looks of their genitalia are shockingly unaware of the the potential risks, according to this report.Women who have surgery to improve the looks of their genitalia are shockingly unaware... more
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From learning how to cook budget meals to improving your networking skills to turning yourself into a highly desirable, indispensable employee, here are 100 skills you should learn for free while you’re unemployed.From learning how to cook budget meals to improving your networking skills to turning... more
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Life can come and go. The better way to deal with all ups and downs in life is to furnish your mind with inspirational and meaningful sayings that will help lift your spirit up. The message of these sayings can change your life and thinking, but most importantly, they can make you feel motivated and energized.Life can come and go. The better way to deal with all ups and downs in life is to... more
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Is it possible to be 'all-knowing' and 'all-powerful' provided that what one means by these terms is that god knows all that can be known and can do all that can be done?
"Can ominscient god who,
Knows the future find,
The ominpotence to
Change his future mind?"Is it possible to be 'all-knowing' and 'all-powerful' provided that what one means by... more
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These 50 games can help you apply the skills you learn in class to realistic situations and challenges. Keep reading for fun opportunities to become a better manager, small business owner, corporate player, real estate developer, and more.These 50 games can help you apply the skills you learn in class to realistic... more
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Life can come and go. The better way to deal with all ups and downs in life is to furnish your mind with inspirational and meaningful sayings that will help lift your spirit up. The message of these sayings can change your life and thinking, but most importantly, they can make you feel motivated and energized.Life can come and go. The better way to deal with all ups and downs in life is to... more
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This article has revealed 100 of the all-time best lifehacks for your workday, which will keep you motivated, productive and energized each week.This article has revealed 100 of the all-time best lifehacks for your workday, which... more
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Learn something new every day to keep your mind sharp.
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As always, too much of something is usually bad for you. But in moderation, some of the “unhealthy” things that we do might actually have some health benefits.As always, too much of something is usually bad for you. But in moderation, some of... more
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Life can come and go. The better way to deal with all ups and downs in life is to furnish your mind with inspirational and meaningful sayings that will help lift your spirit up. The message of these sayings can change your life and thinking, but most importantly, they can make you feel motivated and energized.Life can come and go. The better way to deal with all ups and downs in life is to... more
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Life can come and go. The better way to deal with all ups and downs in life is to furnish your mind with inspirational and meaningful sayings that will help lift your spirit up. The message of these sayings can change your life and thinking, but most importantly, they can make you feel motivated and energized.Life can come and go. The better way to deal with all ups and downs in life is to... more
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Life can come and go. The better way to deal with all ups and downs in life is to furnish your mind with inspirational and meaningful sayings that will help lift your spirit up. The message of these sayings can change your life and thinking, but most importantly, they can make you feel motivated and energized.Life can come and go. The better way to deal with all ups and downs in life is to... more
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Sometimes when I read psychology studies/incites I feel like these are things I already knew. Though on some level they're always able to help me see those common thoughts and activities.
Below is an article written on psychologytoday.com that discusses the brain's 5 most active quirks which lead to procrastination.
1. The brain is built to firstly minimize danger, before maximizing rewards.
Any threat to self is minimized, any handy reward is tempting. This alone accounts for a great deal of our procrastination as we avoid tasks that threaten the self, and we discount future rewards in favor of immediate gratification. A little more focus on emotional intelligence can help here. Too often, feelings trump reasons, and we give in to feel good.
2. Too much uncertainty feels dangerous. It feels like possible pain so we avoid it.
Task uncertainty is a major correlate of procrastination. As David put it, "it feels dangerous." We want to avoid this feeling, and we do. We procrastinate. The things is, we can strategically reduce uncertainty rather than just run away. The uncertainty in our modern world isn't a predator lurking, but our stone-age brain doesn't know this, we simply feel the potential for disaster.
3. Our conscious processing capacity is small, which makes us terrible at a lot of things, including predicting what might make us happy.
The planning fallacy and our poor ability at affective forecasting creates a very difficult situation for accurately setting realistic goals and sticking to them. We can enhance skills like "time traveling" to improve our predictions, but this takes practice and conscious work.
4. Our capacity to regulate emotions is limited, depletes fast and needs to be used quickly to be effective.
Willpower, that sadly limited resource, is a key issue in our self-regulation. Fortunately, it can also be bolstered, restored and used strategically to serve our intentions and goals. Speaking of intentions and goals . . .
5. Our intentions and goals alter the information that the brain pays attention to.
Yes, but there is often a big gap between our intentions and our actions, and this is a defining aspect of procrastination. Understanding the first four of these "quirks of our brain" helps us explain just how our intentions and goals alter our attentional processes, for better or worse. Supplementing goal intentions with implementation intentions can help too
-Individual Differences Matter-
Although our brains may be biased in these ways, one of the other key points that David made was that "All our brains, on one level, are very different." So, even with these major biases in the way we think, there are important individual differences. This means we each have to evaluate which subset of these factors are contributing to our own breakdown in self-regulation. We each also have to create an individualized strategic plan based on this "psychological fingerprint" within the context of our own lives.
In the end, David has it right. So many self-help books have common themes, as each is working on a common set of human frailties that create a variety of self-regulation failures that trouble us. These defining characteristics of our humanity are set into a wide variety of contexts, and I think this context is something that must be taken into account as each of our lives is defined by the dance of nature via nurture.
Wisdom is defined by how we translate basic principles into executable strategies in the context of our own life. Wisdom is in realizing how these principles play out in our own thinking. Realizing - making "real" in our lives. This is what the self needs help with, making things we know, things we understand conceptually, real in our day-to-day lives. The costs of delay are mounting for our health and relationships. Just get started.Sometimes when I read psychology studies/incites I feel like these are things I... more
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Life can come and go. The better way to deal with all ups and downs in life is to furnish your mind with inspirational and meaningful sayings that will help lift your spirit up. The message of these sayings can change your life and thinking, but most importantly, they can make you feel motivated and energized.Life can come and go. The better way to deal with all ups and downs in life is to... more
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Fasting, when done properly, can help you lose weight as well as sharpen your mental abilities.Fasting, when done properly, can help you lose weight as well as sharpen your mental... more
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Identification can be one of the most silent but insidious types of "identity theft" there is. If you identify with something and simply can't let go; that object, person or idea owns you. And just like identity theft, it owns your reputation as well.Identification can be one of the most silent but insidious types of "identity theft"... more
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Twitter allows you to be constantly tuned into your academic or professional field. Whether you want to listen in and research, or share your knowledge as an authority, there’s something for you on Twitter.Twitter allows you to be constantly tuned into your academic or professional field.... more
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