Here is this weekend's reading selections. Happy Holiday Shopping. Have a Great Weekend!
10 Truths I Wish I'd Known Sooner
Occasionally, being better informed leads to better decisions. Mostly, though, I think we make choices based on who we are, not what we know. The lessons here are things that people who knew and loved me tried to tell me. So thank you to my relatives who scolded me in four languages, and to my high school English teacher who watched over me like Cupid with a Ph.D., and to my best friend, who taught me patience. These people did their best to make me smarter in the ways that count. If I had been willing and able to understand them, their words might have tilted me more (and sooner) in the right direction. If I could have, they might have. Or, as my father often said, if your grandmother had balls, she would be your grandfather.
What Does Your Handwriting Say About You?
How you craft letters and words can indicate more than 5,000 different personality traits, according to the science of graphology, also known as handwriting analysis. To introduce students to the field, graphologist Kathi McKnight has them write She sells seashells by the seashore in cursive. Why cursive? Graphologists say it gives them a better read on a person. Try writing the same sentence now in cursive (even if you usually print), then read on to see how graphologists might characterize you. (Note: Each analysis corresponds to the handwriting sample to its right.)
Tara Stiles: 10 Steps To Getting What You Want
Everything we need is already there. The challenge is letting go of all our stuff in the way.
The Benefits of Assertiveness: Manage Stress, Improve Relationships and More!
What Is Assertiveness?:
Assertiveness is the ability to express one's feelings and assert one's rights while respecting the feelings and rights of others. Assertive communication is appropriately direct, open and honest, and clarifies one's needs to the other person. Assertiveness comes naturally to some, but is a skill that can be learned. People who have mastered the skill of assertiveness are able to greatly reduce the level of interpersonal conflict in their lives, thereby reducing a major source of stress.
Soren Gordhamer: Video Games And Children -- What's The Right Amount?
"Dad, I really want a PSP," my seven-year-old son Navarre recently said to me.
Eating well boosts immune system
This fall, many of us are looking for ways to keep our immune systems strong and healthy. The good news is that many healthy lifestyle habits -- such as good nutrition, stress management, regular physical activity and sleep -- nourish our bodies and our immunity. These habits have a powerful effect on our ongoing fight against potentially harmful invaders
Improving on the Latke - NYTimes.com
Take grated potatoes, onions and a little salt and pepper, mold them into perfect little pancakes and fry them in hot oil to a deep, golden brown crisp, and you have the much loved Hanukkah treat: the latke.
Hanukkah is an eight-night celebration. The Hanukkah celebration includes lighting the candles of the Hanukiyah (in English-speaking countries this is often called a Menorah, which is the Hebrew word for a candelabra) on each day of the holiday, playing with the dreidel, eating latkes and exchanging Hanukkah gelt.
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