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Instantly Vaporize Your Stress

December 3, 2011 by A. T. Bui

Manhattan skyline

To some extent, the state of your house reflects the state of your mind. When your mind is in turmoil, you will be more likely to leave dishes unwashed, your bedroom strewn with dirty clothes, and unfinished paperwork scattered about. The hidden benefit of this relationship is that it also works in reverse. Clearing up environmental clutter helps to clear up mental clutter.

The reason is, whether you intend it or not, your mind creates and maintains a checklist of all the things that need to be done. This puts strain on your reticular formation (the part of your brain that makes you aware of things that are relevant), which diverts precious energy that you could utilize for more important matters. As you simplify and bring order to your surroundings, your brain will spontaneously erase those items from your mental checklist.

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Google, Page 1 !!

November 26, 2011 by A. T. Bui

Fireworks!

About 6-8 weeks ago, I googled “cool nerd blog” (my domain name) and couldn’t find my blog anywhere.  I was somewhere beyond page 25.

Last week, the same search put my blog on page 3.

Last night, a search for “cool nerd blog” showed my blog on page 1 of Google!

If you do a search for “the cool nerd”, the website shows up on page 4!  Not bad!

My next target will be to get searches for both “cool nerd blog” and “the cool nerd” to display my blog among the top 3 links.  All I need is for more people to know about the website.

Spread the word!

Love

A. T. Bui

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Secrets of Charisma, part 2

November 26, 2011 by A. T. Bui

A grey magnet

This post is a continuation of Secrets of Charisma, part 1 and it is meant to be read in order.

7) Stop correcting.

If he makes a grammatical mistake while he’s arguing with you, don’t correct it just so you can be right about something.

If she doesn’t get the details quite right as she’s recounting your last adventure to a friend, don’t jump down her throat because of a minor detail. If it’s important, you can fill in the gaps or tell your side of the story when she’s finished.

If someone makes a mistake that can’t be corrected, stop bringing it up!　 Focus on what you can change, not on what you can’t. Make people feel good about their decisions.

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The Meaning of Thanksgiving

November 24, 2011 by A. T. Bui

Turkeys!

Thanksgiving, as celebrated in America, traces back to Plymouth colony in 1621. Without the help of the Native Americans, providing seeds to the colonists and teaching them how to fish, half of them would have starved to death. After a good harvest, a feast and thanksgiving was celebrated to honor their good fortune. Since then, it has become customary for U.S. presidents to issue a proclamation of thanksgiving for various things including our peace, our prosperity, and The Constitution. You can read them all here.

What all the proclamations have in common is that Thanksgiving is a time of gratitude. I’m all for ambition, drive, accomplishment, results, results, results, go go go. But a life without pause…

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How To Take Action Sooner

November 23, 2011 by A. T. Bui

A thermostat

I went to my local laundromat one day and was pleasantly surprised to see an updated layout. My eyes pored over the shiny tiles that concealed the once drab wall on one side, and the brand-new dryers that now occupied the other. The washing machines had been moved about to allow air flow through a side door that I previously didn’t even know existed. I had heard that a fire broke out about a month ago so I assumed the flames had consumed most of the building. But that was not the case at all.

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