Spending time with family for the holidays?

Here are 10 thought-provoking questions guaranteed to spark an interesting dinner conversation.

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1) In something he calls the “theory of maximum taste,” columnist David Brooks says that each person’s mind is defined by its upper limit — the best content that it habitually consumes and is capable of consuming.

How did you improve your "content diet" this year?
2) Malcolm Gladwell says there are 3 three things we need for work to be satisfying: 1) autonomy, 2) complexity, and 3) a connection between effort & reward.

He adds, “Hard work is a prison sentence only if it does not have meaning.”

Do you feel this way about your work today?
3) Research shows the seemingly trivial social encounters — chatting up a person in the elevator, making small talk with the barista, or even just smiling through your face mask at a passerby — can have profound positive changes in your mood.

When's the last time you did this?
4) Some of the world's most successful (Beyonce, Adele, LeBron James) adopt an alter ego when they have to perform.

It's a psychological tool that helps people reason & see the situation from a slight distance

When have you used an alter ego to reduce anxiety & gain confidence?
5) None of us are ever really bored anymore.

Anytime you have a small window where your heart rate isn't spiking, you open your phone for a dopamine hit.

Boredom can actually enable creativity by allowing the mind to wander & daydream.

When is the last time you felt bored?
6) The Roman Emperor Charlemagne once said: “To have another language is to possess a second soul.”

Research shows that the language we speak can influence our thinking, giving us wildly different perspectives of the world.

How has the language you speak shaped your identity?
7) Happy couples have a ratio of 5 positive interactions to every negative interaction.

“A smile, a head nod, even just grunting to show you’re listening—those are all positive,” John Gottman says.

How many positive interactions have you & your partner had today?
8) Our society labels people as fixed characters — ones incapable of change. Entire swaths of people are labeled as "addicts," "racists," "socialists," & "criminals."

Every time you label someone, you filter what you see.

Who is someone you can see through a lens of nuance?
9) When we set goals, we're told to be realistic. So, they tone down their ambitions.

Chef Grant Achatz decided he wanted to open the best restaurant in the country. "Anything else would be a failure."

What is the biggest, boldest, most ambitious goal you could conceive of?
10) The Theseus Paradox posits whether an object which has had all its components replaced remains the same object.

Same goes for identity.

Is it your body or mind that defines you? Which ‘you’ is the real you? The person you are today? Five years ago? Five years from now?
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ज्योतिषाचार्य अक्सर ग्रहों के दुष्प्रभाव के समाधान के लिए मंत्र जप, अनुष्ठान इत्यादि बताते हैं।

व्यक्ति के जन्म के समय ग्रहों की स्थिति ही उसकी कुंडली बन जाती है जैसे कि फ़ोटो खींच लिया हो और एडिट करना सम्भव नही है। इसे ही "लग्न" कुंडली कहते हैं।


लग्न के समय ग्रहों की इस स्थिति से ही जीवन भर आपको किस ग्रह की ऊर्जा कैसे प्रभावित करेगी का निर्धारिण होता है। साथ साथ दशाएँ, गोचर इत्यादि चलते हैं पर लग्न कुंडली का रोल सबसे महत्वपूर्ण है।


पृथ्वी से अरबों खरबों दूर ये ग्रह अपनी ऊर्जा से पृथ्वी/व्यक्ति को प्रभावित करते हैं जैसे हमारे सबसे निकट ग्रह चंद्रमा जोकि जल का कारक है पृथ्वी और शरीर के जलतत्व पर पूर्ण प्रभाव रखता है।
पूर्णिमा में उछाल मारता समुद्र का जल इसकी ऊर्जा के प्रभाव को दिखाता है।


अमावस्या में ऊर्जा का स्तर कम होने पर वही समुद्र शांत होकर पीछे चला जाता है। जिसे ज्वार-भाटा कहते हैं। इसी तरह अन्य ग्रहों की ऊर्जा के प्रभाव होते हैं जिन्हें यहां समझाना संभव नहीं।
चंद्रमा की ये ऊर्जा शरीर को (अगर खराब है) water retention, बैचेनी, नींद न आना आदि लक्षण दिखाती है


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मंत्र इन ऊर्जाओं के सटीक प्रयोग करने के पासवर्ड हैं। जिनके जप से संबंधित ग्रह की ऊर्जा को जातक की ऊर्जा से कनेक्ट करके उन ग्रहों के दुष्प्रभाव को कम किया और शुभ प्रभाव को बढ़ाया जाता है।
And here they are...

THE WINNERS OF THE 24 HOUR STARTUP CHALLENGE

Remember, this money is just fun. If you launched a product (or even attempted a launch) - you did something worth MUCH more than $1,000.

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The winners 👇

#10

Lattes For Change - Skip a latte and save a life.

https://t.co/M75RAirZzs

@frantzfries built a platform where you can see how skipping your morning latte could do for the world.

A great product for a great cause.

Congrats Chris on winning $250!


#9

Instaland - Create amazing landing pages for your followers.

https://t.co/5KkveJTAsy

A team project! @bpmct and @BaileyPumfleet built a tool for social media influencers to create simple "swipe up" landing pages for followers.

Really impressive for 24 hours. Congrats!


#8

SayHenlo - Chat without distractions

https://t.co/og0B7gmkW6

Built by @DaltonEdwards, it's a platform for combatting conversation overload. This product was also coded exclusively from an iPad 😲

Dalton is a beast. I'm so excited he placed in the top 10.


#7

CoderStory - Learn to code from developers across the globe!

https://t.co/86Ay6nF4AY

Built by @jesswallaceuk, the project is focused on highlighting the experience of developers and people learning to code.

I wish this existed when I learned to code! Congrats on $250!!