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  • 4 Ways to Talk to Boring People

    4 Ways to Talk to Boring People0

    If, like myself, you are an incurable snot, you probably often find yourself trapped in hopelessly boring conversations with hopelessly boring people. These, “boring people” could be friends, relatives, coworkers – anyone whom social standards (and basic human decency) oblige you to regularly engage in small-talk. However, even as you shrivel up inside as one

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  • 4 Ways to Stay Sane in Crazy Times

    4 Ways to Stay Sane in Crazy Times14

    “There you go again.” With those four words, along with a characteristic shake of his head and a twinkle in his eye, Ronald Reagan won a debate against Jimmy Carter in the 1980 presidential race. The phrase has since become a part of the political lexicon, directed at an opponent who has misrepresented the facts.

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  • 4 Ways to Navigate Toddler Meltdowns While Shopping

    4 Ways to Navigate Toddler Meltdowns While Shopping0

    What’s worse than being stuck in a long line at the supermarket? Being stuck in a long line at the supermarket while your child is having a meltdown. Every parent has been there, and it’s every parent’s worst nightmare. My kids are four and two – in other words, prime ages for throwing fits in

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  • 4 Ways to Make a Really Bad First Impression

    4 Ways to Make a Really Bad First Impression0

    There is a hilarious scene in the Oscar-winning film La La Land that shows the easiest way to make a terrible first impression. Emma Stone’s character Mia arrives at a pool party and is introduced to a man named Carlo. The conversation begins fine. Carlo repeats Mia’s name, demonstrating that he’s paying attention. He firmly

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  • 4 Ways to Get Beyond Superficial Conversation

    4 Ways to Get Beyond Superficial Conversation0

    Several weeks ago, Intellectual Takeout posted a piece about the exhausting nature of superficial conversation. According to this piece: “Human beings are those whose nature is to ask deeper questions, and we primarily do this through our relationships with others. When these relationships are dominated by superficial conversations, we are not acting according to our

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  • 4 Ways to Avoid Being Fooled By Propaganda

    4 Ways to Avoid Being Fooled By Propaganda0

    We live in a society where propaganda is hurled at us nearly every waking hour. One need only recall the last election to verify that such a statement is true.  Unfortunately, the vast majority of the public is ill-equipped to deal with this propaganda. This is because, as former University of Chicago professor Richard Weaver

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