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Puzzle Shows Our Need to Slow Down and Pay Attention
In his book Thinking, Fast and Slow, the Nobel Prize winning economist Daniel Kahneman uses a simple puzzle to show the importance of slowing down and ...
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Husband Drives Away and Forgets His Wife
The story, published in a British newspaper, began with the following sentence: "Heartfelt commiseration to Dorothy Naylor of Plymouth, whose recent daytrip ...
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Ignoring the Counter-coaching in a Paintball Contest
A few summers ago I watched our 18-year-old son participate in a real X-ball paintball tournament. With sophisticated paintball guns that shoot 13 paintballs ...
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What We Like to Do at Dinnertime
Most popular activities at dinnertime, according to a 2009 survey:
- Watch TV shows/videos: 36 percent
- Talk with family/friends: 31 percent
- Just eat/drink: 27 percent
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How Billy Graham Treated a Student with Respect
When evangelist Billy Graham was in the prime of fame and influence, author Gordon MacDonald was an unknown student in seminary. Yet one day MacDonald ...
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Photojournalist Decides It's Time to Focus on Family
For sixteen years, Lo Scalzo served as a photojournalist for U.S. News and World Report. He covered assignments in more than 60 countries, winning countless ...
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Winning a Son's Heart
In his book The Masculine Mandate, pastor and author Richard D. Phillips writes of his meaningful relationship with his father. In 1972, Phillips was ...
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The Story Behind an Odd Contract Demand from Rock Band Van Halen
Many of us have heard about some of the outlandish demands made by music celebrities in their contracts with concert promoters. One of the most notorious ...
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The Importance of Knowing Heresy
In The Story of Christian Theology, theologian Roger Olson writes:
A popular misconception—perhaps a Christian urban legend—is that the United ...
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Resident Regrets Snap Judgment of Patient
Dr. Katrina Firlik was the first woman admitted into the neurosurgery residency at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. Her recent book, Another ...
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