Listen to how Gothenburg Homeless Aid, a voluntary organisation that helps the homeless, substance abusers and other vulnerable people, managed to make regular letters stand out in the avalanche of Christmas cards, advertisements and junk post and collect 163,000 € in 2009. I think it’s a marvellous idea!
If you want to get off to a good start in the morning, take a look at these eight ways on how to energise each morning. You’ll feel a lot better and your colleagues and customers will, too! 😉
You wouldn’t really expect to go dancing six metres below the Indian Ocean, would you? But today it is possible. Situated 500 metres offshore of the island resort Niyama in the Dhaalu Atoll, you’ll find the world’s first underwater nightclub. It might be rather expensive, but if you’re looking for a new kind of experience, it might be something for you! 😉
Young man to florist: “I’d like a bunch of flowers, please.”
Florist: “Certainly, sir. What flowers would you like?”
Man: “Er … I’m not sure … Umm …”
Florist: “Let me help you, Sir. What exactly have you done?”
You might be surprised to learn that there’s a lot we can do to increase our intelligence. It just needs the willingness to do the work.
So what do we need to do? According to this article on “How to become a genius“, we should train our memories, open ourselves to new points of view, find motivation, do cardiovascular workouts, meditate and – surprise, surprise – play video games. Good to know!
Now on a completely different topic. I’ve just found this project from Sehsucht Berlin’s artists. Instead of opening a little window on an advent calendar, you click on a square to open a new resolution every day. I think it’s a great idea.
You might read or hear the word “Wunderkinds” or “Wunderkinder” in the English-speaking world. The English do have a word for these children, though. They call them “child prodigies”. And what are they? People who achieve great success at an early age.
Here’s a short article in the New York Times Style Magazine about a “wunderkind hairstylist”.
