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I’ve recently started reading the famous book ‘How to win friends and influence people’ by Dale Carnegie, because I feel Im too retarded at dealing with people. As I read the book, I came cross one section particularly interesting. I think it illustrates a good point, so I quote the section here to share it […]

According to a very recent BBC news article, ‘up to half of the 12,000 Army recruits each year are at or below levels expected of 11-year-olds. More than half of Army managers found the poor skill levels prevented soldiers from carrying out their jobs.’ It then went on to say, ‘The report - […]

Here is an interesting article titled ‘Not all successful CEOs are extroverts’. As you probably have guessed from the title, it says lots of nice things about introverts. Yes, I am an introvert so I liked it. Below are some parts I found particularly interesting:
“It seems counter-intuitive, but introverts and closet introverts populate the highest […]

While I was reading the very last parts of ‘The World is Flat’, I found one section particularly illuminating. In it the author talked about why hybrid and flexible-fuel vehicles can be very effective in reducing America’s dependence for foreign oil. The incredible practical feasibility of developing this new type of environmentally friendly and fuel-efficient […]

Check out this article. I found it a while ago, it lists some really funny domain names. I tried to think of some similar names for myself and found it quite difficult to come up something like that, probably it has to be unintentional or it won’t be funny.
1. A site called ‘Who Represents‘ where […]

just a few minutes ago I was searching for the meanings of some English phrases online, and then I found the following paragraph by accident.
The pig go. Go is to the fountain. The pig put foot. Grunt. Foot in what? ketchup. The dove fly. Fly is in sky. The dove drop something. The something on […]