Articles in On the Lighter Side
Article #600
My six-year-old son says please and thank you compulsively. He attaches these words instinctually onto every request or question and while he uses please as more of a verbal question mark, his thank yous are very deliberate. I want to follow his lead. In a year where I spent too many hours self-absorbed, I left too many thank yous unspoken. I want to speak some now.
Article #553
Unfortunately, it can also be read as a long line of claims to have discovered allegedly sure-fire recipes that turn out to be not so sure-fire after all.
Post #551
Friday Video: TED Talk – In our anxious world, we often protect ourselves by closing off parts of our lives that leave us feeling most vulnerable. Yet invulnerability has a price.
Post #546
Friday Video: TED Talk – Dr. Brené Brown is a researcher professor at the University of Houston, Graduate College of Social Work, where she has spent the past ten years studying a concept that she calls Wholeheartedness. How do we cultivate the courage, compassion, and connection that we need to embrace our imperfections and to recognize that we are enough — that we are worthy of love, belonging and joy?
Post #521
Friday Video: Eckhart Tolle is joined by bestselling author and innovative educator Sir Ken Robinson to discuss the common threads of their transformational teachings.
The first date is your opportunity to make a positive impression and in order to make a good impression you must be prepared. Perhaps the biggest decision to make beforehand is where to take your date.
Friday Video: TED Talk – Is there something you’ve always meant to do, wanted to do, but just … haven’t? Matt Cutts suggests: Try it for 30 days.
Friday Video: TED Talk – Behncke Izquierdo (a TED Fellow) shows how bonobo ape society learns from constantly playing and is key to problem solving. Can it work for humans?
Yes, it is true. Just one good joke in a day can actually relieve a high amount of stress, and make your hormones come to their normal levels despite all the anxiety and pressures of the professional life.
Friday Video: TED Talk – In this heartfelt talk, Neil Pasricha reveals the 3 secrets (all starting with A) to leading a life that’s truly awesome.
