Entries from 2015-01-01 to 1 year
Going after your dreams is tough and you will face inevitable obstacles and failures along the way. But you don’t need to make these barriers worse by beating up on yourself every time you do something that doesn’t turn out perfectly. Many…
Catch the star that holds your destiny, the one that forever twinkles within your heart. Take advantage of precious opportunities while they still sparkle before you. Always believe that your ultimate goal is attainable as long as you comm…
Every day we hear about people making radical career changes. The opportunities exist, but will all these changes make us any happier once we get there? Maybe the question is not How can I get the job I'll love?, but How can I love the job…
Imagine life as a game in which you are juggling five balls in the air. You name them: work, family, health, friends, and spirit, and you're keeping all of them in the air. You will soon understand that work is a rubber ball. If you drop i…
We all have different personalities, temperaments. and preferences. We don’t all want to be lawyers, have hundreds of friends, run marathons, be super-skinny and live in a mansion. Anxiety makes you see yourself as less talented, lovable o…
Happiness is like a pebble dropped into a pool to set in motion an ever-widening circle of ripples. As Stevenson has said, being happy is a duty. There is no exact definition of the word happiness. Happy people are happy for all sorts of r…
Often heard people complain about, why not my face, why so bad weather today, why do I live in such a poor family, why God told me ... ... why should we complain about it complained that it? Life was not all the best, life was not perfect,…
Does anxiety lead you to hesitate and second-guess yourself? When you think of starting a new project or going into a group situation with people you don’t know, do you feel butterflies in your stomach or a sense of dread? Do you come up w…
Love is as critical for your mind and body as oxygen. It's not negotiable. The more connected you are, the healthier you will be both physically and emotionally. The less connected you are, the more you are at risk. It is also true that th…
When the Roman poet Catullus wrote about devouring the road, he meant it as a metaphor for journeying. The prospect of physically extracting energy from the roadway may just become a reality, though, if the U.K. government pulls off the te…
Today is the official memorial day for China's victory in the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression. Now, let's take a look at why September 3rd was chosen and made a national holiday. Japan's announcement of surrender actually hap…
Lang Ping helped China reclaim the World Cup trophy after a 12-year drought, and throughout her career, whether as a player or coach, the Iron Hammer has long been known for her persistence, a trait which has now helped her team return to …
Those with greater levels of internet addiction are more likely to succumb to illness, than those who spend fewer hours online.researchers at the universities of Swansea and Milan believe the reason lies in the fact people with an internet…
Smart palm trees have been installed and are ready for use in Dubai this summer enabling beach goers and park visitors to have limitless power and internet access on their mobile phones. Soaking up the sun during the day, these state-of-th…
Sitting on a hill overlooking the crash site near Shanksville, the $26 million visitor center complex was dedicated and opened to the public on Thursday, one day before the annual 9/11 observances in Pennsylvania, New York and Washington. …
After stealing critics' hearts in the Amy Schumer summer comedy, Trainwreck, the NBA star is plotting more projects for big and small screens. On Wednesday, Warner Bros. announced a partnership with James' company, SpringHill Entertainment…
"I dread to come to the end of the year,said a friend to me recently, "it makes me realize I am growing old.” William James, the great psychologist, said that most men are "old fogies at twenty-five",He was right. Most men at twenty-five a…
Our character, basically, is a composite of our habits. “Sow a thought, reap an action; sow an action, reap a habit; sow a habit, reap a character; sow a character, reap a destiny,” the maxim goes. Habits are powerful factors in our lives.…
My skills, my mind, my heart, and my body will stagnate, rot, and die lest I put them to good use. I have unlimited potential. Only a small portion of my brain do I employ; only a paltry amount of my muscles do I flex. A hundredfold or mor…
Success means different things for different people. Some may equate it with fame, some with wealth and still some with accomplishments. For me, it means fulfilling one's dreams. Whatever your dreams are, you have a goal there and then foc…
What would you say when you are under work pressure, "stressed out and frantic" or "challenged and energized"? There is very little physiological difference between the two, says a growing contingent of experts who claim works stress has a…
I will know that only those with inferior ability can always be at their best ,and I am not inferior.There will be days when I must IN THE WORLD constantly struggle against forces which would tear me down,Those such sa despair and sadness …
With age comes experience and with experience comes knowledge and understanding. No one individual is ever completed with his or her growth. For the wisest of all men has death to face. And with death imminent for all, one will still have …
Once a circle missed a wedge. The circle wanted to be whole, so it went around looking for its missing piece. But because it was incomplete and therefore could roll only very slowly, it admired the flowers along the way. It chatted with wo…
Today we have higher buildings and wider highways,but shorter temperaments and narrower points of view; We spend more,but enjoy less; We have bigger houses,but smaller famillies; We have more compromises,but less time; We have more knowled…
Chinese stocks plunged on Tuesday as investors rushed to cash out following a wobbly recovery in recent weeks. The Shanghai Composite index lost 6.1 per cent, while the Shenzhen Composite shed 6.6 per cent. Both were the biggest daily loss…
These are the six exercises that any office worker can do at their desk to stay healthy. The simple moves, including a chest stretch and a chair twist, were designed by physiotherapists who warn that 'sitting is the new smoking'. They have…
The world's population will reach 9.7 billion by 2050 as India becomes the largest country, the UN has reported. In 35 years' time, there will be an extra 2.4 billion people in the world owing to high fertility rates in a handful of countr…
When the late Nadine Stair of Louisville, Kentucky, was 85 years old, she was asked what she would do if she had her life to live over again. I'd make more mistakes next time, she said. I would relax. I would limber up. I would be sillier …
For while fictional diarists Bridget Jones and Adrian Mole used journals to record their woes and embarrassments, paying attention to the things that lift our moods mean we can learn how to cheer ourselves up, says a leading physicist. Aut…