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When to follow up and when not to

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You should, in my opinion, follow up after asking for help.

When shouldn’t you? When offering help.

So, if you ask for something and receive help, say what happened with the help.

When you offer help, you may follow up, but not necessarily so.

La ora 11 noaptea la geamul lui Ștrulă bate cineva.
– Cine e acolo?
– Sunt Bulă, fratele tău… Ai cerneală?
– Nu am!
La ora 1 dimineața din nou se aud bătăi în geam.
– Cine-i acolo?
– Tot Bulă, fratele tău. Tot nu ai cerneală?
– Nu! Lasă-mă să dorm!
La ora 3 dimineața din nou se aud bătăi în geam.
– Am adus cerneală…

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On La sociedad de la nieve (2023)

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LA SOCIEDAD DE LA NIEVE. ASÍ SE HIZO LA PELÍCULA DE J.A. BAYONA - Norma Editorial

I liked La sociedad de la nieve (2023). Good movie, not excellent, but good.

One thing, though – it made me think about what people do when faced with extreme situations.

It seems that even in the most complex, most difficult situations, people tend not to use their creativity 100%.

To solve their situation, they had to do two big things. At some point, they did one, and following that, they did another big thing in the movie.

The question is – why did people have to die? What kept them from acting right from the start the way they did?

Even in life-and-death situations, we don’t use our potential enough.

“You’ll die if you don’t do this!”

“Ok.”

(to me, this is not an appropriate answer)

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There’s a difference

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I went to London in 2015. When I went there, I had some job interviews.

People assumed I was the same as a regular Londoner – I had hands, eyes, and energy. What was different was my culture and my habits.

I wasn’t raised in the UK, and although I had the same body as everyone else, my culture, way of thinking, and education were all different.

In some aspects, I might have been better; in others, worse.

But it’s not the same as hiring Breda, who was raised in Romania, the Netherlands, or the UK: different countries, different “Breda”s.

It seems simple, but some people don’t observe this.

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I must not fear ― Frank Herbert, Dune

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Nick Kenrick - I feared the dark Until I saw the beauty of the starlight

I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.”  ― Frank Herbert, Dune

I like this quote. :)

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Top moment for making a change

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When you meet someone on the street, those very first moments are key to the meeting’s success.

If you want to give up a bad habit, how you behave when temptation kicks in matters.

If you want to remember something, you might want to associate it with a key event.

When you look into a dog’s eyes, they tend to perceive this as a sign of aggressiveness or mating.

That very small step of the encounter is key. What you do initially matters, just when the meeting moment starts.

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The last entrance of actors in theater plays

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MOȘ NICHIFOR - Teatrul Act

You go to a theater play and see this – actors play, and, at the very end, they come back on the stage for some final applause.

I like this a lot – actors might be upset, happy, evil, or too enthusiastic in a play. And, when they return at the end, you get a few seconds to feel how they are.

If an actor plays a negative role, you see it in the end as happy. If someone is too enthusiastic, you see them as calmer or whatever they are.

I like this.

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Ce aș face dacă aș câștiga la Loto?

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Cam greu să câștig, dacă nu joc.

Am câștigat odată o Dacia Break la un concurs televizat (Tele Euro Bingo Show, ceva de genul acesta). Nu jucasem eu, dar biletul era pe numele meu.

Mașina – vândută, din bani nu s-a ales mare lucru. :) M-am bucurat de premiu, dar n-am făcut nimic deosebit.

Dacă aș câștiga o sumă mai mare, după ce mi-aș asigura într-o formă sau alta necesitățile până la finalul vieții (plus o marjă, că nu mai ai încredere în nimic că nu va intra în faliment odată cu fondul tău de rezervă), probabil aș dona.

Gigi Becali prinde peștișorul de aur.

Peștișorul:
– Eu sunt peștișorul de aur, știi, ăla cu cele 3 dorințe…

Gigi Becali:
– Bine, mă. Zi, ce vrei?!

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