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Not stupid--hopeless

Posted February 7, 2009 - 03:26 by Philip Brewer

Personal Finance

Lilly

You can't avoid hearing about them these days--people making stupid financial choices. I heard a while back from a woman with huge debts wanting arguments for convincing her husband to cash in his retirement savings so she could buy yet more consumer crap. Some of these people are stupid--or at least ignorant about financial matters. But I think many of these cases are something else. Some of these people are not stupid. They are, rather, hopeless.

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“I see dumb people” – Learn to cold-read like a so-called “psychic.”

Posted November 20, 2007 - 15:51 by Paul Michael

Consumer Affairs

Paul Michael psychic sign

I don’t believe in psychics, palm readers, telekinesis or mediums. Not because I’m a huge skeptic but because I’ve been researching them for years and have found NO evidence that their skills are real. And what’s more, I’m seriously angry that these frauds prey on people who are mourning, and very open to suggestion, just to make money. It’s sick. Now, I’ll show you some of the fruits of my labor and how you, yes you, can cold read just like a psychic. Maybe this will help prove once and for all that it’s all bunk.

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Look where you want to go

Posted 2 years ago by Andrea Dickson

Filed Under: Life Hacks

Yesterday, as I teetered precariously on my motorcycle at the top of a steep hill, riding home from the repair shop and thus marking my first time on a motorcycle that wasn't in a flat, closed course, I was repeating one of the standard Motorcycling Mantras: Look where you wanna go. Look where you wanna go. Look where you wanna go.

I was also repeating the Greenhorn Mantra: I don't wanna die. I don't wanna die.

The funny thing about motorcycling is that you can find all kinds of life metaphors in the sport. Take the "look where you wanna go" thing.

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