When In Doubt, Mimic the Body Language of Others to Be More Persuasive

by Eric Ravenscraft | Jul 3, 2016 | Mind Success

Body language varies from one person to another. Trying to follow a set of specific actions to effectively communicate with everyone is bound to fail. If you’re talking with someone one-on-one, mimic their body language instead to be more persuasive. As advice site...

This DIY Wood Beer Carrier Even Has a Bottle Opener on the Side

by Alan Henry | Jul 3, 2016 | Mind Success

GIF Instructables user Herbsco built this reusable, good-looking beer carrier out of solid walnut, which probably explains why it looks so good, but even if you don’t have that available, he has everything you need to make your own—and attach a bottle opener to it, as...

How Board Games Can Make You a Better Person

by David J Salmon | Jul 3, 2016 | Mind Success

It’s no secret that play is essential to learning. We learn best when we’re having fun. For this reason, games are widely acknowledged for encouraging development in a variety of different areas: empathy, reasoning skills, mathematical ability and vocabulary – to name...

2016 Winnipeg Fringe Festival

by Steve Pavlina | Jul 2, 2016 | Mind Success

I’ll be in Winnipeg July 15-25 for the Winnipeg Fringe Festival. If you’re in the area, let’s meet up — I love Canadians! If enough people are interested, perhaps we could do a group meetup as well. The last time we had a Winnipeg meetup was in December 2010 at The...

How To Find the Power in Your Story

by Omkari Williams | Jul 2, 2016 | Mind Success

Sometimes we feel powerless in our own life. We feel as though nothing we do is working in our favor. Life can feel like that. We have all had those moments, days or even weeks where life felt like – and was – a hard slog. Yet if we look more closely we can find that...

The Best Strategy for Surviving a Grenade Blast, Backed by Science

by Patrick Allan | Jul 1, 2016 | Mind Success

[embedded content] Hopefully you never have to worry about a grenade going off near you, but it’s good to know what to do just in case. This video explains how a grenade works, and how you can lower your chances of being injured if one explodes nearby. In this video,...