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Happiness research shows the biggest obstacle to creativity is being too busy — Quartz
"A 2014 study (pdf), published in the Journal of Experimental Psychology, found that people who went on daily walks scored higher on a test that measures creative thinking than people who did not, and that people who went on outdoor walks came up with more novel, imaginative analogies than people who walked on treadmills."
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The Busier You Are, the More You Need Quiet Time
Cultivating silence, as Hal Gregersen writes in a recent HBR article, “increase[s] your chances of encountering novel ideas and information and discerning weak signals.” When we’re constantly fixated on the verbal agenda—what to say next, what to write next, what to tweet next—it’s tough to make room for truly different perspectives or radically new ideas. It’s hard to drop into deeper modes of listening and attention. And it’s in those deeper modes of attention that truly novel ideas are found.
Treat em all and let God sort them out
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The gist of the news was the researchers’ claim that “six simple questions” can reliably diagnose adults with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder. And diagnose it they did: the researchers found that 8.2% of those sampled suffered from ADHD, almost double that found from a comparable study about 10 years ago.
I wish health journalists had asked one simple question in order to give their readers much needed context: Who funded the research? Just follow the money.
Why Easter is called Easter, and other little-known facts about the holiday
“Bede wrote that the month in which English Christians were celebrating the resurrection of Jesus had been called Eosturmonath in Old English, referring to a goddess named Eostre. And even though Christians had begun affirming the Christian meaning of the celebration, they continued to use the name of the goddess to designate the season.”
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How to Bake Chicken Wings That Are SOOO Crispy - The Cookful
Use 1 Tbsp baking powder and 1/2 tsp salt per 10 wings. Supposedly, changes acidity and helps skin crisp in oven. Tried it and works great!
