Tony Robbins is famous for a lot of things. He once famously answered when posed the question, “What is the best career advice you have ever been given?” The answer that he gave was: Proximity is power. Simple right? Confusing also. Here is what he meant… “ If I wanted to make a movie, it would …
It was only a few days back that Leonardo da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi sold for $450 million. Leonardo’s legacy will always be valued at millions but his principles and his work ethic is available to us all. Walter Isaacson’s biography has once again put the life of this great man in the lime light. Da Vinci’s …
School will teach you that in life you’ll be tested but it never teaches you by whom. In life you’ll be tested by your colleagues, friends, your family and even your dog. You’ll be tested by everyone around you. Paints a negative picture of the world doesn’t it? But don’t worry it’s something you’re also …
There are many books on bets and impossible feats where always the reader wins while the unsuspecting party loses. Although these ideas make for great conversation material you can also win some money if you know how to leverage them. Firstly it’s all on you’re persona. If the other person believes that they can win …
Like my friends I like doing nothing better on Fridays then reading academic journals. Here is a recent study I came across. “[T]he ability to detect deceit is important in many contexts; no doubt this is why there has been extensive research on the topic […] However, until recently very little research had examined the …
A study by the new scientist has found out that our profile pictures maybe saying a lot more about our personalities than we intended to. Here are their findings: People who scored high in conscientiousness tended to show themselves on their own rather than in groups. They also expressed positive emotions in their pictures. Those …
It’s not easy telling if someone you’ve just meet is an honest person or not. Thankfully in his very informative book author Richard Wiseman offers a unique solution. If you want to find out whether the person sitting across you is a devil or an angle, just ask them to draw the letter Q across …
Before the interview you need to be feeling good about yourself. You need a win. It’s proven that winning increases your confidence. So before the interview come in the right frame of mind. Talk to people you don’t normally talk to. Dial random numbers on your phone and get the other person to recommend a …
“As a pop novelist, he was divine. A Crichton book was a headlong experience driven by a man who was both a natural storyteller and fiendishly clever when it came to verisimilitude; he made you believe that cloning dinosaurs wasn’t just over the horizon but possible tomorrow. Maybe today.” -Stephen King In his life Micheal …
The saying jack of all trades and a master of none is as old as print media. You can’t become a master at everything and it’s better to stick with one thing or so goes the wisdom. What if I told you that no one was a master of none. They weren’t a jack of …
