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分析你自己

SWOT Analysis of Yourself     By Stephanie Mayberry, eHow Contributor

        As you sit down to do a SWOT analysis of yourself, create a two-column table with two columns under each heading. Under the Internal Analysis column, place a column for strengths and another for weaknesses. Under the External Analysis column, place a column for opportunities and another for threats. Then you can list them and get a good picture of yourself or your situation. It helps, though, to narrow your SWOT analysis to one area at a time, such as career, personal growth, relationships or whatever area you choose.

    S: Strengths

        What strengths do you possess? Are you very good with computers? Are you very nurturing in a relationship? Once you have pinpointed the area or areas that you want to focus on, begin listing your strengths in that area. Each of your lists will feed into each other. As you identify strengths, you may spot weaknesses that directly contrast. As you look at opportunities, it may spark some strengths that you had forgotten. Threats can reveal weaknesses or even strengths. Just keep your mind open and remain realistic. List your strengths, what you can bring to the table in whatever context you have chosen to create this analysis.

      

    W: Weaknesses

        Everyone has weaknesses. Sometimes a weakness is just an untapped or undirected strength. Other times you just plain aren't very good at something. Whatever weakness you identify, though, you usually have a corresponding strength to pick it up. However, knowing your weaknesses will help you identify areas in your job, a project or a relationship where you know you need work or special accommodations. It may also mean that you need to steer clear of those situations. It is really a judgment call on your part.

    O: Opportunities

        Opportunities in your SWOT analysis on yourself can come in many forms. If you are analyzing yourself in a career context, you can consider your education, training, job market and networking contacts. This part of the analysis allows you to identify areas that may present possibilities and prospects for advancement and growth.

    T: Threats

        Threats are a vital part of your SWOT analysis on yourself. Some may feel that this portion of the analysis is not good because it focuses on negatives in your environment. In fact, it has several benefits. By identifying the threats that exist in your life pertaining to your personal growth, relationships, career or whatever area you are concentrating on, you can head them off and even turn some of them into opportunities. Identifying your threats help you recognize areas where you need to focus a little more and anticipate barriers and challenges.

Q:

Have you ever analysis of yourself?

How to analysis to one area at a time, such as career, personal growth, relationships?

Do you know your SWOT?

How to overcome your weaknesses? What are your threats?    

How to find opportunities in careers and personal growth?

How to deal with your threats? How to overcome your fears?

愛情改變我們

Does love change the way you think?

A landmark experiment in Pisa, Italy showed that early love (the attraction phase) really changes the way you think.

Dr Donatella Marazziti, a psychiatrist at the University of Pisa advertised for twenty couples who'd been madly in love for less than six months. She wanted to see if the brain mechanisms that cause you to constantly think about your lover, were related to the brain mechanisms of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder.

By analysing blood samples from the lovers, Dr Marazitti discovered that serotonin levels of new lovers were equivalent to the low serotonin levels of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder patients.

Love needs to be blind

Newly smitten lovers often idealise their partner, magnifying their virtues and explaining away their flaws says Ellen Berscheid, a leading researcher on the psychology of love.

New couples also exalt the relationship itself. “It's very common to think they have a relationship that's closer and more special than anyone else's”. Psychologists think we need this rose-tinted view. It makes us want to stay together to enter the next stage of love – attachment.

Q:

Does love change the way you think?

How to make someone fall in love with you?

What do you think about this saying “love needs to be blind”?

“Love “what it means to you?

Dose romantic love makes us do strange things?

What are the worst things we do immediately after falling in love?

Do you believe there is forever love?

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周四(4/30)1.強震2.女人高IQ?

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強震

Nepal earthquake death toll tops 2,400   By Paavan Mathema and Ammu Kannampilly ,AFP

Powerful aftershocks rocked Nepal on Sunday, panicking survivors of a quake that killed more than 2,400 and triggering fresh avalanches at Everest base camp, as rescuers dug through rubble in the devastated capital Kathmandu.

Terrified residents, many forced to camp out in the capital after Saturday's quake reduced buildings to rubble, were jolted by a 6.7-magnitude aftershock that compounded the worst disaster to hit the impoverished Himalayan nation in more than 80 years.

At overstretched hospitals, where medics were also treating patients in hastily erected tents, staff were forced to flee buildings for fear of further collapses.

“Electricity has been cut off, communication systems are congested and hospitals are crowded and are running out of room for storing dead bodies,” Oxfam Australia chief executive Helen Szoke told AFP.

Climbers reported that the aftershock caused more avalanches at Mount Everest, just after helicopters airlifted to safety those injured when a wall of snow hit base camp on Saturday, killing at least 18 people.

The deadliest disaster in Everest's history comes almost exactly a year after an avalanche killed 16 sherpa guides, forcing the season to be cancelled, and as around 800 mountaineers were gathered at the start of the new season.

AFP's Nepal bureau chief Ammu Kannampilly, who was on assignment at base camp, reported that six helicopters had managed to reach the mountain on Sunday after the weather improved.

A stunning image captured by the agency's South Asia photo chief Roberto Schmidt showed a massive cloud of snow and debris cascading onto base camp, burying scores of climbers and flattening tents.

“People being stretchered out as choppers land — half a dozen this morning,” Kannampilly said in a text message. “Weather clear, some snowfall.”

Q:

What do you think about Nepal earthquake?

How to survive in big earthquake?

What if a big earthquake hit Taiwan?

Can people predict a really big earthquake?

How can we prevent walls from collapsing in earthquakes?

How to Be Prepared for Natural Disasters? How to Survive Natural Disasters?

女人高IQ

Yes, women ARE brighter. That's why I'll make a prediction that is sure to enrage them

dailymail By A N Wilson

The latest research has revealed that women have a higher IQ than men. I’m not surprised, are you? When I consider the broadest meaning of the word intelligence, I should say the females of my acquaintance, ranging from the very old to the very young, were, on the whole, noticeably more intelligent.

I do not mean just clever-clogs abilities to solve puzzles or do maths, but all-round intuitive intelligence, a combination of emotional intelligence, common sense, and general knowledge. IQ testing began about a century ago, and hitherto, women have lagged some five points behind men on average. The gap between male and female has been narrowing over the years, and this year, it seems women have moved ahead.

All sorts of reasons can be found for this. IQ in general has improved since tests first began. Psychologists think that this is because modern life becomes ever more complicated.

Closing the gap: Women now have a higher average IQ than men

Brain power improves by brain use, just as our bodily strength grows with exercise. And there is no doubt that a large proportion of the female population, from school days to late middle age, now have very complicated lives indeed. Much more complicated — on the whole — than their brothers, husbands, or sons.

They are expected to compete on an equal level with boys at school and at university. They compete for the same jobs. And then, when partnerships and parenthood begin, all social surveys reveal that it is the women who bear most of the responsibility for juggling not only the need to earn money but also the cares of home and the upbringing of the children.

In most households where both parents go out to work, it is still — nearly always — the woman who buys the children’s clothes, arranges their complicated social lives, remembers that on Tuesdays Johnnie goes to Scouts, on Wednesday the dry cleaning needs collecting, and on Friday it is the husband’s mother’s birthday.

Q:

Do you think women have a higher IQ than men?

Do you think modern life becomes ever more complicated?

Do men really earn more than women?

Why men still get more promotions than women?

Are women handle stress better than men?

How men and women handle stress differently?

Can women handle problems better than men?

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週二(4/28)1.網路犯罪2.讓自己更好

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網路犯罪

Cybercrime         Posted by Margaret Rouse

Cybercrime is a term for any illegal activity that uses a computer as its primary means of commission. The U.S. Department of Justice expands the definition of cybercrime to include any illegal activity that uses a computer for the storage of evidence.

The growing list of cybercrimes includes crimes that have been made possible by computers, such as network intrusions and the dissemination of computer viruses, as well as computer-based variations of existing crimes, such as identity theft, stalking, bullying and terrorism.

Another controversy related to cybercrime is the issue of digital surveillance and its impact on civil liberties. Since the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in September 2001, many have deemed it necessary to curtail some individual rights to privacy of information in exchange for greater security. According to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), government surveillance networks monitor enormous volumes of private communications and apply artificial intelligence (AI) applications to filter out relevant data. Although such extensive surveillance might significantly decrease the possibility of cybercrime, it is nearly impossible to do so without infringing upon individual privacy. Furthermore, because surveillance organizations operate in secret, they are not open to scrutiny. The ACLU suggests that while surveillance can be effectively used to curtail cybercrime, it must be properly overseen to ensure that it is not at the cost of individual rights.

cybercrime

 Q:

Do you know what cybercrime is?  

What are the illegal activities relate to cybercrime?  

Have you ever being cheated online?

How to prevent online scams?

What do you think of digital surveillance and its impact on civil liberties?

Do surveillance systems reduce crime?

讓自己更好

Ways To Challenge Yourself Every Day That’ll Make You A Better Person

Kylie McConville

Wake up early and go for a run/jog/walk.

Yes, waking up at the crack of dawn is the enemy, and it’s hard to get moving an hour before your alarm is even set to go off, but guess what? Drag yourself out of bed and outside even if you don’t want to. The light, sounds of the city, free sunshine and endorphins you release just by moving will make you happier and might even change your perspective on a few things.

Be honest with someone close to you.

You don’t like your best friend’s boyfriend? Tell her. Maybe she has her doubts too.

Make a to-do list for your future self.

Skip the day-to-day stuff, like buying a gallon of milk and picking up extra paper towels and aim bigger. Think about where you want to be in three or even five years from now – and what you need to do in order to get there. Think about the type of person you want to be, where you want to call home and what you hope you’ll achieve professionally by then.

Write down the things you want to change about yourself.

You know that person you desperately want to be? The one you spend all day thinking about, hoping for, planning for and shopping for? Start being that person. Today. Right now. And if you want to get there, make a list – an honest list – of everything that you want to change about yourself – and that you can change – in order to get there.

Let go of the anger, regret, tension and resentment that’s holding you back.

You’ve seen “Frozen”. You get the point. Just let all that stuff that’s holding you down and hanging off you go free. Give it up. It’s not worth your time.

Q:

What are the ways make you a better person?

Do you early or late?

Have you ever tried wake up early and go for a run/jog/walk?

Is it good always be honest with friends

Do you think of making a to-do list for your future self?

Telling us the things you want to change about yourself?

How to let go of the anger, regret, tension and resentment?

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週六(4/25)1.天氣與心情2.旅行教你的事

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天氣與心情

Can Weather Affect Your Mood? By John M. Grohol, Psy.D.

Higher temperatures can bring a depressed person up.

Denissen et al. (2008) found that weather’s daily influence has more of an impact on a person’s negative mood, rather than helping one’s positive mood. Higher temperatures raise a person with a low mood up, while things like wind or not enough sun made a low person feel even lower.

Seasonal affective disorder is real.

Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) is a very real kind of depressive disorder (technically referred to as a depressive disorder with seasonal pattern) wherein a person’s major depressive episode is connected to a specific season. While we most commonly think of SAD affecting only people in the fall or winter months, a minority of people also experience SAD during the spring and summer months too.

Heat (and extreme rain) brings out the worst in people.

Hsiang et al. (2013) found a link between human aggression and higher temperatures. As temperatures rose, the researchers noted that intergroup conflicts also tended to jump — by 14 percent (a significant increase). The scientists also found interpersonal violence rose by 4 percent.

These findings held true not only for higher temperatures, but also that wet stuff that falls from the sky — rain. The more it rained (especially in areas where high rainfall is not expected), the more aggressive people seemed to get. However, this research could only show a correlation between the two. It’s not at all clear that weather causes these things to happen.

Other research has confirmed this finding. For instance, researcher Marie Connolly (2013) found that women who were interviewed on days “with more rain and higher temperatures [reported] statistically and substantively decreasing life satisfaction, consistent with the affect results.” On days with lower temperatures and no rain, the same subjects reported higher life satisfaction.

Suicides peak during the spring ; summer.

While springtime may be the season of hope for many, it’s the season of hopeless for those who are depressed. Perhaps buoyed by the increase in daylight and warmer temperatures, researchers (Koskinen et al., 2002) found that outdoor workers were far more likely to commit suicide in the spring months than during the winter months. For indoor workers studied, suicides peaked in the summertime.

A Swedish study (Makris et al., 2013) that examined all suicides in the country from 1992 to 2003 found a similar spring-summer seasonal pattern peak for suicides as well — especially those treated with an SSRI antidepressant.

Q;

Can weather affect your mood? How weather affects our mood and impacts our lives.

Do you like summer or winter?

Does rain make us sad?

Do you have a good in sunny days or rainy days?

What other factors impacts our mood?

Do you think heat (and extreme rain) brings out the worst in people?

Do you think weather also influence your personality type?

旅行教你的事

Things Travel Can Teach You                            ordinarytraveler.com

1) To SLOW down: Oh what a rat race the United States can be. It’s easy to slip into the mentality of wanting more and wanting it now! Many employers encourage working overtime and they do not allow more than 1 to 2 weeks vacation a year. This is a shocker for many Europeans who get vacations of one month or longer per year. When I took 6 weeks off work recently to travel around South East Asia, everybody I know said, “Wow, that is a LONG time.” Once we were on the road and meeting other travelers, people were astonished at how SHORT of a time we were taking to travel.

In other words, in many other places in the world things go a lot slower. You will find that many cultures don’t even understand the word we call, “stress”. Instead, many times you will hear the phrase, “no worries” on a daily basis. While visiting these places, it’s easy to adopt this way of life while you are on the road. You realize that you are on their time, and it’s not a bad time to be on!

2) Live in the moment: Traveling does the same thing for me as surfing does when it comes to living in the moment. When you are surfing, you have to be fully aware of your surroundings in order to catch a wave, and sometimes in order not to get pummeled by the ocean. Travel can also do this for you. In many places, you have to be on guard while you are traveling. You want to make sure nobody steals from you, mugs you, takes advantage of you, etc etc. Also, you will find that things do not always go as planned when you are traveling. You learn to go with the flow and make the best of what is thrown at you.

3) Our day to day problems are not such a big deal: Sometimes we tend to live in a little box and think that our problems are monumental. But compared to what some people have to deal with on a day to day basis, many of our problems really are not that bad.

Q:

What are the things travel can teach you?                       

Any special travelling experiences?

What are the activities good for holidays?

How to slow down your life?

How to live in the moment and enjoy life?

Which beautiful places you recommend for travelers?

In this article said” our day to day problems are not such a big deal” what do you think?

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周五(4/24)1.結婚?不結婚?2.如何結束吵架

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結婚?不結婚?

Is Life Better Staying Single or Getting Married? medindia.net

Freedom for Singles

There have been many cases where married people had to give up personal interests in order to accommodate other responsibilities. But for singles, personal hobbies and interests do not take a back seat. There is enough time to hone and pursue new skills and passions, thus constantly reinventing oneself into a new person who can follow dreams without interruption.

Singles also enjoy the freedom to take decisions without much hassle. They do not need consensus from all corners of the house before embarking on any major assignment or work.

Better social network

In the age of technology, there are so many things to handle that time constraint is a big hurdle. Staying connected with all is one big challenge in itself. With so much agenda on the platter, social networking gets hindered at times for married people. But singles are independent to travel anytime, anywhere to improve upon their connectivity. Research has proved that marriage leads to less contact with parents and friends compared to remaining single.

Problems of Staying Single

Singles are Lonely, Lack Social Security and Support

Staying single can bring in loneliness and can push people towards depression. It may not be possible for singles to find suitable company according to their timing and wish. And at these moments when they find no one trustworthy to spend time with them, they can very easily slip into the phase of depression.

Singles’ Economic Problem

When married, if one partner is not able to work or earn enough money, the other partner can pitch in. But for singles, earning your bread and butter even when the body or mind is exhausted can be a big challenge. Earning money single-handedly can put a lot of pressure at times, pushing the person towards serious addictions, depression and other health problems.

Q:

Is life better staying single or getting married?

Do married people had to give up personal interests?

Single or married? Which status gives you more freedom?

Pros and cons of being single?

Pros and cons of being married?

How to have a better social network?

Do singles are lonely?

如何結束吵架

3 Steps to End Any Argument  

huffingtonpost Shannon Kolakowski

Arguments are a normal part of life -- it's certainly not expected that you never disagree with the people that you care about. But what can help is finding a way to disagree that doesn't drive a wedge between the two of you. Wouldn't it be a relief if there were a way to end an argument more effectively, bringing the two of your towards a common ground?

1. Ask. This step involves taking a step back from the argument and asking the other person to let you summarize their position to make sure you understand it correctly. You might say, "Let me make sure I understand where you're coming from," or "I want to make sure I'm hearing your point of view correctly." Then, paraphrase what you believe is the issue based on their point of view. This may seem counter-intuitive at first, because typically in an argument you are trying to make a case for your side. But that's exactly why it's so effective. When people argue, they are desperately trying to get their perspective heard. So when you stop explaining your side -- and start listening to their side -- it makes the conversation much more manageable. By ending the power struggle to be heard, it allows the other person to feel less defensive.

2. Validate. After you correctly identify the person's perspective about the problem, the next step is to validate how they feel about the problem. Validating doesn't mean you have to agree with the other person's perspective, but it does show that you know where they're coming from. You might say, "I can see how you'd feel that way," or "It makes complete sense that you'd feel that way given the situation." To do this, focus on the parts of the other person's argument that are legitimate and that you can relate to. Showing that you understand where he or she is coming from allows the other person to let their guard down, and makes them more likely to be willing to look at things from your perspective.

3. Join. The last step is essential. This is where you join with the other person, showing the other person that you both ultimately want the same thing: to resolve the conflict and maintain the relationship. You might say something like, "We're on the same side here, not against each other. I want to work this out together." By brining up the fact that your relationship is more important than the argument, it puts things in perspective. Yes, the issue at hand is important to you both, but your relationship together is ultimately what really matters. Joining with the other person also defuses the angry emotions or coldness that might be building, because it reminds you both that you do care for each other.

Q:

How to end any argument? 

Are arguments good for relationship?

How to relive your anger?

How to avoid offensive words?

What are the things to do when you feel extremely angry?

How to be mad at the one you love?

How to avoid conflicts with others?

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周四(4/23)1.醜食物與浪費2.嫁給有錢人

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醜食物與浪費

Ugly fruit and vegetables against food waste   By Martha Cliff dailymail.co.uk

It is well known that we eat with our eyes as well as our stomach, however one French supermarket is attempting to re-educate our perspectives on lumpy, ugly, misshapen fruit and vegetables with a new initiative.

The third largest supermarket chain in France Intermarché, launched a campaign earlier this year that sought to put an end to food waste.

Inglorious Fruits and Vegetables celebrates the 'ugly' produce that is often thrown away by growers and considered unfit for consumption.

Intermarché wanted to help prevent food waste by proving to customers that unattractive fruits and vegetables are just as delicious as their pristine counterparts.

The campaign follows the news that we throw 300 million tons of food away each year, encouraging the European Union to make 2014 the year against food waste.

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The campaign by Intermarché is supported by advertising agency Marcel who, with the help of  photographer Patrice de Villiers, produced seven posters starring the unattractive produce to go alongside it.

The posters included images of the grotesque apple, the ridiculous potato, the hideous orange, the failed lemon, the disfigured eggplant, the ugly carrot, and the unfortunate clementine.

For de Villiers the most important part of the process was giving character to the greens.

She told the Fast Company: 'The most vital element was ensuring the "strange but lovable" theme shone through I spent time observing our uglies trying to find the precise angle which showed both their "ugliness" and their loveliness, finding their unique character.'

Q:

What do you think about the campaign of this supermarket?

What do you think the article mention about “the news that we throw 300 million tons of food away each year”?

What do you think about ugly fruit and vegetables? How to deal with them?

Do you throw ugly food sometimes?

How much food do we waste? Why do we waste food?

What are tips to reduce food waste?

What are the ways to save money on fo

嫁給有錢人

Smart Women Marry Rich, Says New Book   By SUSAN DONALDSON JAMES

At least according to a new book, "Smart Girls Marry Money: How Women Have Been Duped into the Romantic Dream -- and How They're Paying for It."

The book confirms what mothers have been telling their daughters for generations: "Girls are told at their mother's knee: "It's just as easy to love a rich man as a poor man." Or, "No Romance without Finance." And, "Marry the one you can live with, not the one you can't live without."

Many women would agree that one good man in the boardroom is better than two in the bedroom.

Such was the case with Ginger Borgella, a 29-year-old Maryland therapist who writes the blog, "Girls Just Want To Have Funds."

"How a man treats his finances -- if he is not willing to honor his debts and obligations -- is an indicator of how he will treat you in the marriage," she told ABCNews.com.

"I want a man who is financially savvy," said Borgella, who asked to see her prospective husband's credit report.

That report wasn't perfect, but the couple made a mutual plan to establish financial security and have now been married since 2006 and own their own house.

"I don't want to be broke," said Borgella. "I'm not Paris Hilton, but I lead a comfortable life."

"Smart Girls Marry Money" is a satirical self-help guide is written by two middle-aged professionals scarred by their first marriages.

They aim their advice squarely at nubile girls who have falsely equated romantic love with happiness.

Why are girls are encouraged to court the man with the "big blue eyes" rather than the one with the "big green bankroll?" they ask.

Both authors -- Los Angeles mothers Daniela Drake and Elizabeth Ford -- say they "married for love, but reaped the consequences."

Q:

Why smart women marry rich?

Why do girls prefer marrying rich?

How to meet and marry a billionaire

What do you think about the saying "no romance without finance."?

In your opinion, marry money or love?

Marry rich warranty good life?

What do you think about marriage?

Do you think love is forever?

Is it good having romantic dream?

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