What does it really mean to be “street smart” or “book smart”? You always hear idiots boasting about being either one or the other. What do you consider yourself? My mother always told me I was street smart. It might have been a little mental gymnastics on her part to make herself feel better about […]
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Growing old Doesn’t Mean Becoming Mature
In the old days, information was harder to obtain. As we get older, we are more likely to experience new things and run into new information. That’s where the whole getting mature thing came from. Back then, the average person was limited to the information of those around them. Anecdotal evidence was the most popular. […]
How to Get out of Depression
Before we figure out how to get out of depression, we have to identify depression. Depression, put simply, is a low self image due to the loss of ones identity. There’s a common myth floating around that depression is genetic. Some people say it has to do from chemical imbalance. There is a a change in brain […]
The Horror of Being Institutionalized
If any of you have seen the move “The Shawshank Redemption”, then understanding institutionalization should be a little easier. Just to stray away from any confusion, I don’t mean being admitted to rehab or a psycho ward when I say “institutionalized”. I mean being in or following an institution to the point of growing a […]
The Brain: An Irrational Response to an Emotional Stimulus
I’m going to attempt to explain something me and those close to my social circle call “the brain”. To say it simply, the brain is an irrational response to an emotional stimulus. The best way to explain that is by giving a number of examples.Every one of us (including myself of course) is guilt of making […]
How to be Creative
Of course, being creative isn’t a trait someone is born with. After all, behavior and values aren’t genetic, they’re all learned. This means anyone, at any point can learn how to be creative. Parents out there can have a head start in getting their kids to learn in such a way that promotes creativity. Teaching […]
How to be Responsible
If you’re wondering how to be responsible, it’s actually quite simple. Being responsible has all sorts of meanings, but the principles that hold value are always the same. One thing to keep in mind is that there are systems in place that need to be changed, not human value. In terms of effectiveness, blaming individuals is […]
Breaking Rules, Not Laws!
There is a difference between breaking rules and breaking the law. Breaking the law is breaking a set of rules that lead to an enforced social consequence. The rules that I’m talking about however, are the rules that we create for ourselves throughout life. An example out be to say “bless you” when someone sneezes […]
Sharpen the Saw – Learn to Stay on Top
“Sharpen the Saw means preserving and enhancing the greatest asset you have–you. It means having a balanced program for self-renewal in the four areas of your life: physical, social/emotional, mental, and spiritual. – Stephen Covey The idea to sharpen the saw or blade comes from the analogy that a blade that is consistently sharpened will never get […]
Learn to Steal
If you steal from one author it’s plagiarism; if you steal from many it’s research. Wilson Mizner We’ve been taught that stealing is a “bad” thing. Well, what is good and what is bad is subject to interpretation. Stealing material is illegal and unproductive in most cases, but what if we steal mentally? What I mean […]