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By Vlad Dolezal
“Mediocrity is the worst enemy of greatness.” – Icelandic proverb
Imagine you sit down on a hot radiator. In a few seconds, you will feel intense heat on your bum, jump up, curse, then go sit down somewhere else. And you’ll be ok.
Now imagine you’re in an uncomfortably hot room. [...]

This entry was posted on March 1, 2010 and is filed under: Change - 19 Comments »

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By Ali Hale
Do you have a teen who just won’t get off his backside and do anything? Is your brother deeply in debt? Have you got a friend whose romantic life is a series of disasters which she never seems to learn from? Are your parents severely overweight? Is your partner [...]

This entry was posted on February 9, 2010 and is filed under: Change - 15 Comments »

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By Ali Hale
Broadly speaking, there are two political outlooks on change. Reactionaries see change as a bad thing, something to be treated with caution. Revolutionaries celebrate and embrace change.
Take, for instance, attitudes towards the rapid changes in society due to technology. A reactionary would voice concerns about children playing video games, about [...]

This entry was posted on January 21, 2010 and is filed under: Change - 13 Comments »

By Henri Junttila
Poker is a tricky game. If you aren’t familiar with the game it can seem like a game of random events, when in reality the game has intricate patterns and a culture of its own. Poker has a large degree of luck, which means that it will take longer for the true results [...]

This entry was posted on January 14, 2010 and is filed under: Change - 6 Comments »

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By Peter Clemens
Prior to 2009 I had very little experience with gambling. This changed, however, when one night in early 2009 I was invited to play Texas hold’em poker with some friends. I had no idea what I was doing, and unsurprisingly came away little bit poorer (say $20). Despite this [...]

This entry was posted on January 11, 2010 and is filed under: Change - 25 Comments »

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By Armen Shirvanian
The same failures you might look back on as your biggest mistakes are also your future mistakes if you don’t make a change. It isn’t enough to just notice past failures, because that is avoidance of working through them. It is foolish to talk like you were a [...]

This entry was posted on January 1, 2010 and is filed under: Change - 11 Comments »