Hey, did you hear that my blog turned two this past week? I wish I could tell you that I’ve been celebrating by stuffing my face with all sorts of metaphorical cake – but I haven’t. Instead I’ve been reading, and here is the best of that I encountered last week.
Babies can understand what you’re saying at just 6 months old by Robert T. Gonzalez on iO9
Read this because: You have babies, or you don’t, but you are curious about how the developing mind works. This article is about a recent study that shows that babies, as young as six months old, are able to identify nouns when associated to objects. Fascinating.
How Bad Do You Want It? By Sam Davidson on Sam Davidson
Read this because: You’ve heard the story about young business man who meets a guru on a beach, but you’ve never read it before – Sam shares this story on his blog with some advice:
“When a want is unmet, we may feel uncomfortable. We might get sad or upset. Life can continue. But when a need is unmet – we suffer. We cringe, react, and are thrown off course. Something is amiss and we have to set everything else aside until we fix it.
Get rid of your wants. Start needing your dreams. Until you can’t go another day without chasing a passion, you’ll never lace up your shoes and get going. Once it becomes crucial to your happiness and wellbeing, then you’re ready to run.”
How Social Media Can Makes Us Antisocial by Tac Anderson on NewCommBiz
Read this because: You believe that social media has changed the world for the better. But then why are you sitting at home on a Friday night surfing Facebook to see who’s doing what or who’s also online in hopes that someone will send you a Facebook message?
Social media, while it gives us access to the lives of our “friends,” isn’t really all that social. It gives the appearance of being social, but in reality, it distances us from them and them from us. You have over 500 friends on Facebook, but when was the last time you called one of them to wish them a happy birthday in real life?
What did you read this week?
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Thanks for the mention – and congrats on 2 years!
Thank you, Sam!
This is a fun one. Questions what you know about sleep. Check it out: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-16964783?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=pulsenews
Saw that one! I like the idea of sleep cycles and how it’s “okay” to wake up in the middle of the night.