Yes man

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Cindy Ford - What the Young Must Pursue

I watched with great interest the movie Yes Man (2008).

Apparently, saying “Yes!” to everything is something positive. I won’t deny this, it can be so.

But it can also be something negative. For example, it might mean you don’t trust yourself enough to accept the critical part of yourself. You might almost surely have negative feelings about something – you don’t like going everywhere, you won’t like some of the things suggested to you, you would prefer that instead of 10 things to have on your “To-do” list there would be only 5.

Saying yes to everything has some advantages – you will be confronted with lots of situations, you might earn more, you will tend to be more productive, you’ll accomplish things.

But it might bring some dissatisfaction – you might fail some deadlines, you will overpromise, at times, you will say things which won’t necessarily happen.

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How do I lose weight?

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Ed Yourdon - Summertime lunch at Bryant Park, Aug 2009 - 50

How can you tell whether someone is vegan ?

Answer: Because they tell you… again, and again, and again

One of the key things in losing weight is, at least for me, keeping track of what I eat using MyFitnessPal.com (Free Calorie Counter, Diet & Exercise Journal).

If today I eat something with a large number of calories, and with high-calorie density (highly processed foods, sweets), by weighing myself the next morning I will likely see an increase in my weight. Tracking very thoroughly my calorie intake also helps with this – it helps me keep in my mind the fact that I need to lose weight.

Other than that, I try to do some basic calorie restrictions and having a longer time frame of not eating.

I do some sports, it surely helps, but I consider the impact at a minimum level.

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On repetition

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Michael Coyer - 2020 Summer Garden-158

“Repetition is the mother of learning, the father of action, which makes it the architect of accomplishment.” ― Zig Ziglar

Note – on the article below, most of the things are from the perspective of a novice, who wishes to clarify things for himself. These should not be treated as expert knowledge.

The thing with repetition is that it’s required on more levels.

Sure, in an enumeration you tend to remember the first item and, to a lesser degree, the last one.

If you wish to memorize something, repeating might help. You need to recall the information in different ways, though – you can summarize information, make an essay, create your own question-and-answers tests, teach someone something about the information you want to memorize.

On another hand, even “brute” repetition works. Just going through the same information over and over will help you remember things.

But how about other aspects of your life? Other than memorizing things, if you want to enforce a habit, going through the same habit a few times will help reinforce it. Do the same thing for 30 days, and you’re more likely to turn that into a habit.

If you want to change your mind, it might help going deep, really turning an issue upside-down.

But it might also help if you go through the process again and again. Instead of doing, how I did it, in one session, for a day or two, just writing for hours at a time, you could go through the process a few minutes each day.

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Ce să implementați dintr-un audit SEO / UX realizat de mine?

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HD - Internet

Ce recomand spre implementare în urma unui audit SEO / UX realizat?

  • Întâi de toate, e nevoie de spirit critic. Nu tot ce recomand e și valid 100%.
  • Apoi, poate fi vorba de dificultăți în implementare. Pot recomanda lucruri care nu se implementează ușor.
  • Mai e și vorba de perspective diferite. E posibil să îmi scape detalii vizibile altora.
  • În fine, lucrurile trebuie prioritizate. Se pornește de la low-hanging fruits, lucrurile din audit ușor de implementat și cu impact puternic, și se încheie cu lucrurile greu de implementat și cu impact mic.

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Why do I tend to forget things?

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Kurt Stocker - Vergissmeinnicht

I think of a lot of things, lots of things pass through my mind. Thus, I forget things.

I don’t consider it a big problem, just a little annoying.

Also, this has implications on long-term vs. short-term goals. I tend to focus a lot on short-term things, even though I would like to give more emphasis to long-term priorities.

Sometimes, it’s as if I have no history with person/brand X.

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One less evil person

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Enara Hernandez Manrique - Self portrait

There’s a quote:

— Leşii sunt! striga tanarul ce venise de curand şi pre care l-am auzit vorbind; şi-au schimbat drumul şi vin aici…
— La porţi, flacai! zise batranul. Încuieţi-le şi gramadiţi bolovani pe ziduri. Aşezaţi-va toţi pe la metereze. Sa nu zica leahul c-au intrat într-o cetate romaneasca ca într-o ţarina pustie.
— Dar noi suntem numai nouasprezece şi asta-i o oaste întreaga, observa unul; cum se…
— Taci mucosule! îl curma batranul. Te temi ca-i peri? Mare paguba! Un mişel mai puţin.
Vanatorul astfel înfruntat se trase ruşinat şi se sui pe ziduri.

(Sobieski si romanii | | e-povesti.ro)

which says, basically, that if you care too much for your life you will not be able to do good things.

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Follow-up: Dr. Stelian Gomboș – Duminica femeii cananeence – Cuvânt de învățătură (2021.02.14, Parohia Micșunești, județul Ilfov)

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Dr. Stelian Gomboș - Duminica femeii cananeence

În data de 14 februarie 2021 a avut loc la Parohia Micșunești, județul Ilfov Sfânta Liturghie.

Dr. Stelian Gomboș a susținut un cuvânt de învățătură la Duminica femeii cananeence.

Mai jos, imagini și video de la eveniment.

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Testimonials vs. Experience

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Mr. Nixter - Transformative Experience

In a portfolio, in my opinion, there should be two things, at the same time:

  • Testimonials / case studies / sample projects – of course, generally people choose to showcase their best results. They’re an important thing to add to a portfolio page.
  • Experience – how many clients, how many years, how much effort – give me some numbers to help me understand what’s your level of expertise.

These two go hand in hand.

You need some case studies, to go deep and make the visitor have an idea of what you can do.

You also need to list your experience, so that the viewer of your portfolio understands what’s your overall knowledge.

Don’t miss either of them.

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Cum se pot gasi cuvintele cheie care au o tendința de creștere în căutări?

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John - As Deep As Skin

Răspunsul la întrebare e mai nuanțat..

Google Trends arată astfel de lucruri, dar e un pic anevoios de folosit (trebuie să luați cuvânt cu cuvânt, și nu sunt date precise, ci, cum întrebați, trenduri.

În Google Search Console puteți vedea mai ușor evoluția unor cuvinte, dar sunt doar cuvintele pentru care rankează siteul vostru.

SEO Monitor au un instrument de predicție, e un tool foarte bun, e premium.

Pe de altă parte, predicțiile nu sunt exacte, se pot face estimări, dar nu există garanții.

Tooluri de cuvinte cheie se găsesc în partea finală a articolului acestuia »

Sunt acolo mai multe resurse despre cum se face research-ul de cuvinte cheie.

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