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Train yourself to think like a genius

Mon, 21 May 2007 19:04:59 GMT

clipped by: Newfman

"Even if you're not a genius, you can use the same strategies as Aristotle and Einstein to harness the power of your creative mind and better manage your future."

The following eight strategies encourage you to think productively,
rather than reproductively, in order to arrive at solutions to problems. "These strategies are common to the thinking styles of creative geniuses in science, art, and industry throughout history."

1. Look at problems in many different ways, and find new perspectives that no one else has taken (or no one else has publicized!)

2. Visualize!

3. Produce! A distinguishing characteristic of genius is productivity.

4. Make novel combinations. Combine, and recombine, ideas, images, and thoughts into different combinations no matter how incongruent or unusual.

5. Form relationships; make connections between dissimilar subjects.

6. Think in opposites.

7. Think metaphorically.

8. Prepare yourself for chance.

The practice of genius
(Guide blog #1)

Tags: society

5 Pressure Points To Relieve Body Discomforts

Thu, 17 May 2007 20:28:49 GMT

clipped by: zephyr1

Clip Source: odyb.net

(A) Heavenly Pillar

Relieves stress, over exhaustion, insomnia, heaviness in the head, eyestrain, stiff necks, swollen eyes, and sore throats.

(B) Heavenly Rejuvenation

Relieves nervous tension and stiff necks; increases resistance to colds and flu. It is also good for the lungs.

(C) Crooked Marsh

Relieves nervous stomach, anxiety, arm pain, elbow pain, and chest discomfort.

(D) Inner Gate

Relieves nausea, anxiety, palpitations, and wrist pain.

(E) Spirit Gate

Relieves emotional imbalances, fear, nervousness, anxiety, and forgetfulness.

Clip Source: pagead2.googlesyndication.com

Feeling The Pressure?

Treat stress at the source. Feel calm and relaxed in just 15 min.

StressEraser.com

Tags: health, acupressure, pressure points

Vaseline - A cure for all your ills?

Mon, 16 Apr 2007 01:54:06 GMT

clipped by: CrazyRedHead
clipper's remarks: From the article:
It is useful as a face cream for the same reason - the more moisture that can be retained in the skin, the plumper and less wrinkled it looks. Dry skin conditions, including eczema and even psoriasis, benefit from this added moisturisation too, but also from the fact that a Vaseline barrier reduces the penetration of irritants. "Eczema is probably caused by allergy-causing molecules getting into the skin," says Prof Hawk. "Any occlusive moisturiser would help to prevent this, but Vaseline is more bland than most, there are no perfumes or colourants, so it is less likely to cause irritation."

Clip Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

A cure for all your ills?

Last month, a reader wrote to our GP columnist Dr James Le Fanu to report the "miraculous" healing properties of Vaseline.

She had repeatedly applied a coat of the bathroom cabinet staple to two troublesome scars on her leg, which quickly disappeared, and then to a mole on her face that subsequently "dropped off".

A week after her letter was published, The Daily Telegraph mail bag was bulging with letters singing the praises of petroleum jelly for the treatment of everything from nappy rash and chapped lips to psoriasis and piles. One reader says it is the best face cream she has ever used

But what is it that makes this pot of grease so great?

"Vaseline is an occlusive moisturiser, which means that it creates a barrier on the surface of the skin. This is beneficial because it helps the skin to retain moisture, which is crucial to the healing process, and also because it keeps wounds sterile by preventing harmful bacteria from getting in."

Tags: science, health

Kurt Vonnegut's 8 Rules of Writing Fiction

Fri, 13 Apr 2007 14:22:25 GMT

clipped by: glimbit

Clip Source: www.janeespenson.com

1. Use the time of a total stranger in such a way that he or she will not feel the time was wasted.

2. Give the reader at least one character he or she can root for.

3. Every character should want something, even if it is only a glass of water.

4. Every sentence must do one of two things -- reveal character or advance the action.

5. Start as close to the end as possible.

6. Be a sadist. Now matter how sweet and innocent your leading characters, make awful things happen to them -- in order that the reader may see what they are made of.

7. Write to please just one person. If you open a window and make love to the world, so to speak, your story will get pneumonia.

8. Give your readers as much information as possible as soon as possible. To heck with suspense. Readers should have such complete understanding of what is going on, where and why, that they could finish the story themselves, should cockroaches eat the last few pages.

-- Kurt Vonnegut

Tags: writing

Learn Out Loud

Fri, 13 Apr 2007 14:15:29 GMT

clipped by: thisnamecantbetaken
clipper's remarks: This site is fabulous and one of my favourites. When you get tired, why not just lean back and let someone else do the reading for a change. LOTS of stuff here, to make you smarter. Go rummage through the titles. Tons of stuff for FREE and all downloadable. I clipped just a few titles at the end (until I ran out of characters) to show you what sort of stuff they offer. Enjoy! .

Clip Source: www.learnoutloud.com

LearnOutLoud.com is your one-stop destination for audio and video learning.
Browse over 10,000 educational audio books, MP3 downloads, podcasts, and videos.

LearnOutLoud.com has scoured the Internet to bring you over 500 free audio and video titles. This directory features free audio books, lectures, speeches, sermons, interviews, and many other great free audio and video resources. Most audio titles can be downloaded in digital formats such as MP3 and most video titles are available to stream online. Enjoy!

Internet's largest directory of free audio & video learning resources. Free audio books, lectures, speeches, and much more.

Complete resource to audio books from some of the greatest authors in self development, business, and more.

Comprehensive database of audio publishers including resources for language learning, rental services, and more.

Zaadz: Quotes on Courage

As a Man Thinketh

Beyond Vietnam

Speech by Gandhi

Discourses on Iraq and the Middle East

Free Guided Meditation

Tags: free, e-learning, ebooks, books, speech, podcast, litterature, video

20 Greatest Innovations by Muslims

Thu, 12 Apr 2007 04:44:28 GMT

clipped by: redhead328

Clip Source: www.wonderfulinfo.com

20 Greatest Innovations by Muslims

From coffee to cheques and the three-course meal, the Muslim world has given us many innovations that we take for granted in daily life. As a new exhibition opens, Paul Vallely nominates 20 of the most influential- and identifies the men of genius behind them Published: 11 March 2006

1) Coffee

The story goes that an Arab named Khalid was tending his goats in the Kaffa region of southern Ethiopia, when he noticed his animals became livelier after eating a certain berry. He boiled the berries to make the first coffee. Certainly the first record of the drink is of beans exported from Ethiopia to Yemen where Sufis drank it to stay awake all night to pray on special occasions. By the late 15th century it had arrived in Mecca and Turkey from where it made its way to Venice in 1645. It was brought to England in 1650 by a Turk named Pasqua Rosee who opened the first coffee house in Lombard Street in the City of London.

Tags: muslims, ethnicity, religion, society, culture

A “Podcast Paradise” at Second Life

Sat, 31 Mar 2007 19:59:23 GMT

clipped by: invictus
clipper's remarks: Podcast Island is the SL home of PodcastPickle.com community - and it's one of the best places at Second Life I've ever seen by now. A great example of a functional and fun presence of a web site & community in Second Life. If you are interested, read the whole review on my blog.

Clip Source: omega.wordpress.com

without a long introductory paragraph, I’d like to cut it short: If you are into the wonderful world of “podcasting” and are also a Second Life resident, you must visit Podcast Island. Go there and as soon as you step on the landing point, you’ll clearly understand what I mean. I bet you’ll spend long hours there on your first trip and won’t even think of leaving there to go elsewhere. This is what I call “falling in love with an island” in SL.

Podcast Island, by far, is the best example of the “SL Presence” of a popular web site / community. It’s almost exactly what I dreamt of for Clipmarks a few months ago: Carrying the web content elegantly to the SL metaverse; creating a comfortable meeting place for its users/members with so many fun things and possibilities; finally to attract SL folks to the web site and the content that is provided there. A two-way working great project. Congrats and kudos go to Podcast Pickle and his colleagues there, who created this awesome island.

Tags: second life, podcast island, podcasting, virtual places, radio, broadcast, free radio

When letting go is the only way to live...

Sat, 31 Mar 2007 12:44:27 GMT

clipped by: mugofcoffee
clipper's remarks: When we have let go of our fear and doubt; when we have left behind the idea of perfection; when have come into the knowledge that we are powerful and given up our weakness, then and only then can we create the beauty we see....

Clip Source: www.alchemyofacting.com

When Letting Go Is the Only Way to Live

”We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the life that is waiting for us.”

– Joseph Campbell

In any project, performance or journey there is a point at which we must let go. This point isn’t the end of anything, it isn’t the culmination of our responsibilities; it is only the beginning. So often we are afraid to let go of anything. We cling to things tightly in the hopes of finding security. But is there any need for that type of holding on? What can we gain by letting go? What do we lose by hanging on?

Giving up is not letting go

Those who have that difficulty letting go tend to call themselves “Perfectionist.” Don’t be fooled by this title though, they are not after perfection, they are scared.

Stage One is a planning and learning stage, the stage of ideas.

Stage Two is the working phase.

You can survive by holding on, but you can only live by Letting Go

When we have let go of our fear and doubt;

Tags: let go, live, life, inspirational, perfectionist.

21 Things To Remember

Sat, 17 Mar 2007 06:33:35 GMT

clipped by: Sorgalim
clipper's remarks: 19. Success is getting up one more time.

20. Now is the most interesting time of all.

21. When things go wrong.....don't go with them.

Clip Source: mail.google.com

1. No one can ruin your day without YOUR permission.

2. Most people will be about as happy, as they decide to be.

3. Others can stop you temporarily, but only you can do it permanently.

4. Whatever you are willing to put up with, is exactly what you will have.

5. Success stops when you do.

6. When your ship comes in.... make sure you are willing to unload it.

7. You will never have it all together.

8. Life is a journey...not a destination. Enjoy the trip!

9. The biggest lie on the planet: When I get what I want I will be happy.

10. The best way to escape your problem is to solve it.

11. I've learned that ultimately, 'takers' lose and 'givers' win.

12. Life's precious moments don't have value, unless they are shared.

13. If you don't start, it's certain you won't arrive.

14. We often fear the thing we want the most.

15. He or she who laughs......lasts.

16. Yesterday was the deadline for all complaints.

17. Look for opportunities...not guarantees.

18. Life is what's coming....not what was.

Tags: remember, things, success, opportunities

Life Explained : the differences between men and women

Tue, 13 Mar 2007 10:42:05 GMT

clipped by: iznubadd
clipper's remarks: The differences between men and women.

Clip Source: sprott.physics.wisc.edu

The differences between men and women.

Life Explained

Tags: difference between men women, life explain

AMERICAN NUDIST RESEARCH LIBRARY

Tue, 13 Mar 2007 05:16:37 GMT

clipped by: CrazyRedHead

Clip Source: www.anrl.org

AMERICAN NUDIST RESEARCH LIBRARY

It is the Library’s intention to make the multitude of information that we store available to visitors, members, scholars and authors who are creating the history of the nudist lifestyle in the US and other countries.

BOOKS
While there have been relatively few books published on the subject of nudism, the ANRL has a copy of almost all of them as well as other books on related topics.

MAGAZINES

There is also an extensive collection of nudist magazines from other countries, as well as current nudist publications.

CLUBS, ORGANIZATIONS AND PEOPLE

Through the years, more and more clubs have been formed to offer social nudity a better atmosphere for recreation and friendship.

VISUAL AND ORAL HISTORY

Tags: nudists, science

Albert Einstein's Quotes

Sat, 03 Mar 2007 12:25:22 GMT

clipped by: kwonsu

Clip Source: rescomp.stanford.edu

"Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius -- and a lot of courage -- to move in the opposite direction."

"The hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax."

"Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one."

"A person starts to live when he can live outside himself."

"Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character."

"I never think of the future. It comes soon enough."

"Sometimes one pays most for the things one gets for nothing."

"Science without religion is lame. Religion without science is blind."

"Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new."

"Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler."

"The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education."

"God does not care about our mathematical difficulties. He integrates empirically."

"Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding."

Tags: einstein, quotes, people, life, humor

How to improve your memory - Techniques

Sat, 03 Mar 2007 03:48:31 GMT

clipped by: kwonsu

Clip Source: www.mindtools.com

Memory Improvement Tools

Introduction to Memory Techniques

Remembering a Simple List - The Link Method and Story Method

Remembering Ordered Lists - The Number/Rhyme Mnemonic

Remembering Ordered Lists - The Number/Shape Mnemonic

Remembering Middle Length Lists - The Alphabet Technique

Remembering Long Lists - The Journey System

Remembering Grouped Information - The Roman Room System

Remembering Very Long Numbers - The Major System

Using Concept Maps to Remember Structured Information

Memory Games - Have fun while you improve your memory

How to... Learn a Foreign Language

How to... Remember Information for Exams

How to... Remember People's Names

How to... Remember Lists and Long Numbers

Other Memory Tools - Reviewed... - Our reviews of other important memory resources

Download this section of Mind Tools in PDF format to read and print at your leisure

Tags: memory, brain, science, health, people, life

Top 8 inspirational quotes

Fri, 02 Mar 2007 15:47:11 GMT

clipped by: kwonsu

Clip Source: quotations.about.com

1) Mark Twain

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.

2) Luigi Pirandello

In bed my real love has always been the sleep that rescued me by allowing me to dream.

3) Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Take the first step in faith. You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.

4) Zig Ziglar

People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing - that's why we recommend it daily.

5) T. S. Elliot

Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.

6) Buddha

All that we are is the result of what we have thought.

7) Ralph Waldo Emerson

Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.

8) Peter F. Drucker

We know nothing about motivation. All we can do is write books about it.

Tags: quotes, people, life, inspiration, love

Virtual Life in Second Life

Thu, 01 Mar 2007 14:22:04 GMT

clipped by: information

Clip Source: pogue.blogs.nytimes.com

An Experiment in Virtual Living

This past Sunday, my report on the Second Life phenomenon aired on “CBS News Sunday Morning.” (You can watch it here.)

Second Life, as about 2 million people have already discovered, is a virtual world on the Internet. You’re represented by a computer-generated character (an avatar) that can walk around, fly, teleport, or exchange typed comments with other people’s characters. You can make yourself young and beautiful, equip yourself with fancy clothes, build a dream house by the water, or make the sun set on command. The average member spends four hours a day in Second Life.

One thing that makes Second Life different from other online 3-D games is its economy. People make stuff and sell it to each other: clothes, rockets, cars, new hairstyles. Second Life itself is free, but members nonetheless pay real money—$220 million a year—to buy these imaginary accessories.

Tags: second life, virtual life, games, virtualization