Archive for January, 2006
How to get a women’s phone number and email ID within 3 minutes of meeting her - by David DeAngelo (author of “Double Your Dating“)
Let me start off by telling you something interesting: I’ve personally stopped focusing on just getting phone numbers. I’ve found that EMAIL addresses are far better (I still get the phone […]
There are some specific conditions or situations in which we tend to comply with direct requests.
Foot in the door - Once we have granted one request, we are more likely to comply with another request. So a salesperson will make a small request first: “May I ask you a few questions?” and “May we sit […]
Confident: (noun) Freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities.
The dictionary has only got it half right. Confidence is about belief in yourself and your abilities, but not the absence of doubt.
How does “doubts” contribute to the confidence level of a person? It creates anxiety - which sets of a physiological reaction in the […]
Everyone forgets. The good news is that we can learn to reduce these bouts of forgetfulness and improve our memory. But before we get to the tips, it helps to understand how the brain works.
How does the brain store information? - The mind is set up to store and retrieve information - anything from brief […]
Correct spelling, indeed, is one of the arts that are far more esteemed by school ma’ams than by practical men, neck-deep in the heat and agony of the world. - Henry Louis Mencken
This is for computer geeks and others who use a word processor to draft any and every document.
Here’s a simple way to […]
“In real life, unlike in Shakespeare, the sweetness of the rose depends upon the name it bears.” - Hubert H. Humphrey
Can’t remember names? Bet you get self-conscious during social interactions too … but that’s another story.
The key to remembering names is to:
Believe that remembering names is really important: Unless you strongly believe it is important […]
“Just because someone loves you doesn’t mean that they are also good for you.” - Unknown
As teenagers, many of us feel that ‘unconditional love’ is the answer to all our problems. Some never outgrow this and continue to hold on to this unhealthy fantasy that fun and companionship from a loving relationship can cure all […]
“It doesn’t matter what we do until we accept ourselves. Once we accept ourselves, it doesn’t matter what we do.” - Charly Heavenrich
Everyone realizes that we need to change to grow. But too often, we get so obsessed about changing some part of us that we start hating ourselves.
Some people believe that this self […]