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- May Agent of the Month – Amy Nielsen – Interview Part One
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Category Archives: Stress test
Happiness Secrets and the Study of Natural and Synthetic Happiness
Are you a people watcher? If you’re a writer, you are. I am, and I’ve noticed something disturbing. At least once a week I leave our quiet rural roads where we all smile and wave to one another, even if … Continue reading
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Tagged choices, Dan Gilbert, emotions, happiness quiz, happiness. happy, i09, people watcher, protagonist, psychology of happiness, smile, synthetic happiness, TED, writer
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What I Learned from the Song Bird in a Wooden Cage
The endearing song of some small bird pulled me, I had to see the source. I trotted down a narrow, stone street, these streets were all made for traffic of the two wheeled or two legged kind. I was fortunate … Continue reading
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Tagged Charlene Dietz, culture, education, ideas, imagination, Kotor Montenegro, Medina Morocco, Motril Spain, opinion about U.S.A., people, travel, writing
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Defining Our Differences: Another Test For You
I pulled out my car keys and started out the door. My husband stopped me and smiled. He handed me a map because he knows me well. I usually have a good sense of where I’m going and how to … Continue reading
Posted in Pen Points, Scheme Stalker, Stress test
Tagged character development, comfort zone, Gregorc, intelligence, intuition, Learning Styles, relationship, writer
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Perception Video Quizes
Dr. Daniel Simons and his assistant Christophe Chabris , in the1990’s, created a sixty-second perception test that required people to watch a video. This little brain-test quiz is now world famous. Even though this video and his subsequent ones are … Continue reading
Frog Leap Test
Second Graders in China have no problem solving this problem. Frog Leap Test The solution isn’t so obvious to those of us with older minds.
CHARLENE BELL DIETZ, Author: Inkydance Studios 