Who spends more on a date: men or women?
ght be the ladies. Click the image above for a closer view. As the bottom of the infographic shows: "...though men spend more on the actual date, women spend more on pre-date activities and grooming." (Hat tip: Mandi Woodruff at Business Insider) Join 25K+ readers. Get a free weekly update via email here. Related posts: 5 things you didn't know about first dates What are the best questions to ask on a first date? 5 ways to make someone more attracted to…
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How To Live A Long Happy Life – 8 Insights Backed By Research
bsp; One of the reasons young people do such risky things is because they think happiness declines with age so they live it up. They're only half right: you are happiest at ages 26 and 83. There's a lot of evidence that we're happier when we're older. What's interesting is the meaning of happiness does change as we age: young people associate happiness with excitement. Older people connect happiness with peacefulness. The mid-life crisis may be a myth. Life does…
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On a scale of 1 to 10, how happy should you aspire to be?
an "8". Via Happiness: Unlocking the Mysteries of Psychological Wealth: Do the extremely happy achieve more than the very happy? Surprisingly, the answer is no. When individuals complete happiness surveys that use a one to ten scale, those scoring around an eight often tend to fare the best in achievement. Why might the eights of the world outperform their friends and neighbors who are nines or tens? It could be that eights benefit from the creativity and energy of…
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Is “six degrees of separation” really true?
bsp; Basically, yes. The original study was replicated in 2003 with email and (of the messages that reached their destination) the median number of connections it took accomplish it was 5 to 7. Via Subliminal: How Your Unconscious Mind Rules Your Behavior: To explore just how connected we humans are, in the 1960s the psychologist Stanley Milgram selected about 300 people at random in Nebraska and Boston and asked each of them to start a chain letter. The volunteers were…
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Do we marry people because of their last name?
bsp; People with the same last name are much more likely to marry each other. Via Subliminal: How Your Unconscious Mind Rules Your Behavior: The source of love has been pondered for eons by lovers, poets, and philosophers, but it is probably safe to say that none of them has ever waxed eloquent about this particular factor: the person’s name. This table, however, shows that a person’s name can subtly influence your heart— if the name matches your own. Listed…
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5 tricks for improving your communication skills:
llow @bakadesuyo Here's a good trick for dodging questions you don't want to answer. There's a right and a wrong way to brag. "I don't mean to sound arrogant, but..." No, personal disclaimers don't work. Name-dropping doesn't work either. Swearing can reduce pain and make you more persuasive. Sarcasm can make you more creative. Gesturing makes you a better communicator and speaking quickly makes you more persuasive. Follow me on Twitter here or get updates via email here.
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5 reasons to smile today (that aren’t corny):
llow @bakadesuyo 1) You'll be more creative. 2) You'll be more attractive. 3) It will improve your mood. 4) Smiling can prevent bank robberies. Seriously. 5) How can you improve your smile? Smile slower. Follow me on Twitter here or get updates via email here.
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How To Never Be Bored Again: 5 New Secrets From Research
at can we do to cure boredom? The quickest and easiest way is to change your context. If you're alone, it's pretty straightforward: get up, go out, see friends, put yourself in a new situation where you have less control over your environment and things will stimulate you. But there are a lot of areas where boredom seems tougher to deal with: relationships, work, etc. Boring Relationship? In the context of a relationship, stop thinking about you or your…
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