It isn’t what happens that matters, but how you respond to it.

Life is ten percent what happens to you and ninety percent how you respond to it. (Lou Holtz)

Life happens wherever you are, whether you live it or not.
Life happens wherever you are, whether you make it or not. (Uncle Iroh in The Last Avatar)

Startup Professionals Musings: 6 Personal Assessment Tools To Optimize Career Growth

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How Brilli’s healthy light bulbs combat seasonal affective disorder

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How Alphabet’s X division unleashes creativity on global problems

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Wisdom Quotes

Desire is the seed from which all achievements are harvested.
The starting point of all achievement is desire. (Napoleon Hill)
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It takes a fool to do the same thing again and again with the hopes for a different result.
Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. (Albert Einstein)

Filter out male privilege, and the web can be a ghost town

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SEASONED NUTS: QUOTABLE

“One ought to hold on to one’s heart; for if one lets it go, one soon loses control of the head too.” – Friedrich Nietzsche

“The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart” – Helen Keller

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This is what it’s like to experience the Oprah 2020 Experience

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If the Nuclear Family Has Failed, What Comes Next? – The Atlantic

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5 women on career success, ambition, and divorce

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QOTD

“It’s a moment that I’m after, a fleeting moment, but not a frozen moment.”

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Govt slams UN secy gen’s comments on J&K, says region integral part of India
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UN is overrated defunct, bankrupt physically, literally

Random phrases of the day

What Am I, Chopped Liver?Meaning: A rhetorical question used by a person who feels they are being given less consideration than someone else.
Greased LightningMeaning: Very fast or quick.
A Dime a DozenMeaning: Something that is extremely common.
On Cloud NineMeaning: Having strong feelings of happiness or satisfaction.
Up In ArmsMeaning: Angry; being roused to the point that you are ready to fight.

Random Acts of Kindness

Someone looking lost? Help them with directions
Forgive someone who has wronged you
Send a thank you note to someone you appreciate
Share something interesting you’ve learnt today
Bring in your neighbor’s trash cans

Fun Days

Fun days

World Nutella Day

World Nutella Day – 5 February

World Human Spirit Day – 17 February

International Tug-of-War Day – 19 February

Content marketing ideas

Listicle idea: Delicious desserts you can create with Nutella

Infographic idea: Strategies to win your next tug-of-war match

Video idea: Interesting dishes you did not realize you could use Nutella in

Podcast idea: How has the power of the human spirit managed to save natur

Random impromptu speech prompt

Coffee or Tea

A dialog about the merits of coffee versus tea.

Why ‘care’ and the ‘scare’ are inseparable when you love someone | Aeon Essays

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Why ‘outskilling’ isn’t yet a workplace revolution – BBC Worklife

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6 A’s DhAnAnjAyA jAy PArkhe© Daily

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Was Jeanne Calment the Oldest Person Who Ever Lived—or a Fraud? | The New Yorker

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WORD OF THE DAY

Apéritif

ə-PEHR-i-teef

Part of speech: noun

Origin: Latin, late 19th century

An alcoholic drink taken before a meal to stimulate the appetite.

(rare) An hors d’oevre, such as crackers, cheese, and olives, preceding a meal.

Examples of Apéritif in a sentence

“The hostess greeted her guests at the door with an apéritif.”

“The menu included a light apéritif served before dinner.”

How to Make a Good Impression Through Body Language: 12 Steps

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Did you know…

… that today is Ventriloquism Day? This day celebrates the 1903 birthday of Edgar Bergen, one of the most famous ventriloquists (someone who can throw their voice). His famous characters included Charlie McCarthy and Mortimer Snerd. He was also the father of actress Candice Bergen.

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Today’s Inspirational Quote:

“If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality.”

— Desmond Tutu