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DO YOU REALLY KNOW HOW TO THINK?

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Image: Collets Primary school Observations by William Deresiewicz actually got me thinking and I found that he may be right.

EXCELLENT MAGIC OF DOING ONE TASK AT A TIME ACCORDING TO TONY SCHWARTZ

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Image: businessinsider Here are some good ideas on how to limit the usage of your energy and still be very productive.

MUST THE SAME DEATH THAT KILLED THE FOWL SELLER ALSO KILL THE GOAT SELLER?

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Must the same death that killed the fowl seller also kill the goat seller?

MAKING UNINTERESTING THINGS BECOME INTERESTING BY DEVELOPING VOLUNTARY ATTENTION

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It is no longer news that the will power or burning desire is the secret to achieving greater things in life. So how do we develop this strong will? How do we create that burning desire to excel in our choice of ways? Or maybe we should ask this inspiring question instead; how do we pay attention to our choice of pain? By pain I meant;what we are willing to do in order to attain a certain goal. That goal how do we begin to enjoy it without getting discouraged,or get tired or bored while we are at it. What we actually need is to develop that "voluntary attention". Now what is voluntary Attention? According to a psychologist,William Atkinson, he defined voluntary attention as "the attention directed by the will to some object of our own more or less deliberate selection. It requires a distinct effort of the will in order to focus the attention in this way, and many persons are scarcely aware of its existence, so seldom do they manifest it. Voluntary attention is the r

OUR DREAMS ARE ACTUALLY ACHIEVABLE,YOU ONLY NEED TO ASK YOURSELF THIS QUESTION

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Image: Wikipedia The following article was posted on the 1st of January,2016 by Mark Manson on qz.com.

YOU CAN ENJOY REAL HAPPINESS IF YOU TRY THESE THREE THINGS ACCORDING TO EPICURUS

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Happines....what is happiness? To my own understanding of the word,

STICKING OUT TONGUE TO GREET IN TIBET

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In Tibet,you only need to Stick out your tongue to greet a Tibetan.

SPITTING ON FOLKS AS GREETINGS

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Image:Pinterest  SPITTING ON FOLKS AS GREETINGS Well is is not just an ordinary  spitting,it is a tradition by the Masai tribe (an ethnic African group found in Kenya and Tanzania). They have an unusual way of greeting each other: they spit on one another  as their own greeting tradition.  Their men would spit on a new born baby and say it is a bad baby,so that the baby will enjoy a good life.  Believing that praising the baby will make it life a terrible life. It is a tradition I believe they have been practicing for so long. Their warriors would also spit on their hands before offering them for shake when greeting others as a sign of respect.

WONDERFUL TRADITIONS IN HUMAN HISTORY -PROSTRATION AND KNEELING WHEN GREETING IN NIGERIA

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Image: Oduarere This time,I will like to talk about customs and traditions of different ethnic groups around the globe.