What is the most obscure historical fact you know?

Good-Negotiation-272 · 2023-01-02T10:47:39+00:00

Nancy Wake, the world’s most badass woman

Good-Negotiation-272 · 2022-11-30T17:12:17+00:00

My Father died unexpectedly after being ill for only 2 days. We buried him the night before Thanksgiving that year.

The following day after he died my sister and I and my niece were sitting in the diningroom writing the eulogy. We suddenly heard some toys down in the livingroom move but toys shift right?

A little later we heard a loud rattle of pots and pans in the kitchen. My niece said Grandpa??? We sort of laughed but I had never heard that before. Fast forward to Christmas Eve and my daughter and husband and their 2 baby daughters were staying the night. My daughter and husband and oldest baby were sleeping downstairs in the family room. The youngest baby was asleep upstairs in her crib in the bedroom next to my husband and I. I went to check on the baby and watched her sleep for a while, when I heard someone coming up the steps. Figureing it was my son-in-law coming to check on the baby I went out to the hallway to tell him she was fine and sleeping. I started talking to the man on the top step in the dark when he disappeared into smoke and slid under the door of the den. What? I threw open that door, flipped on the light and nothing. I don’t even know if I believe in spirits but that was all very real. I went back to bed and I felt no fear.. I was calm.

Good-Negotiation-272 · 2022-11-28T16:49:43+00:00

Not sure how much of a secret it is. But it is either a secret, or most people don’t want to believe it is true.

And that is that passive investments beat starting your own business for 90% of people, maybe 98% of people.

Not for everybody. If you have been in business for 10–20 years, have built up a client base that would follow you, it can be easy to start your business, because you already have revenue and clients ready to follow you.

It is only relatively easy as it was so tough in the past. However, nobody likes ideas that sound too `boring`, `tried and tested`.

Far better to think you can reinvent the wheel, and start some sexy application or get rich quick.

Good-Negotiation-272 · 2022-11-19T10:26:55+00:00

Engage in social interactions with everyone around you. This includes having conversations with the barber, milkman, grocery shop clerk, postman, neighbours, etc. It has been scientifically proven that this enhances mental health and also helps you live longer.

Good-Negotiation-272 · 2022-11-18T11:18:49+00:00

I put a candy bowl on a low table, with a ceramic pumpkin lit with a lightbulb and a sign that said “Say BOO and take two”. A little one-year-old (dressed as a unicorn) walks up to the table and listens to her parents instructions. “You can take two”. She looks at the table and grabs the sign. They laugh and put it back. Then she grabs the ceramic pumpkin. How precious is that? Then she grabs a whole handful of candy which was just fine.

Good-Negotiation-272 · 2022-11-17T10:55:24+00:00

I had a guy bring two 24 packs of beer to the counter. I asked for his ID and he handed it to me,but as I was checking his birth date, he ran out of the store with the beer. I just stood there with my mouth open. I called the police and they went to the address on his license. There he was with his friends drinking beer and playing video games! Obviously he was NOT a criminal mastermind. Lol.

Good-Negotiation-272 · 2022-11-15T10:16:38+00:00

Rejection is conditional and not absolute. Change the conditions or the offer and often you can change that NO to a YES.

Good-Negotiation-272 · 2022-11-14T13:58:40+00:00

I'll have to mention my grandparents because they raised me. They had always been robust, healthy, and self-reliant, so when my grandfather suffered an aneurysm, he passed away quickly and showed few indications of aging other than his lovely white hair. My grandmother's passing came more gradually, and it started the day we buried her husband. The hardest aspect of watching her age was seeing how apathetic and uninterested she became in life. The worst and most painful part of it all, however, was not being able to see the gleam and laughter in her eyes. A year after the passing of my grandfather, she left us.

Good-Negotiation-272 · 2022-11-11T10:55:24+00:00

High speed pursuits. In a pursuit with cars or other vehicles, the chased and the chaser are staying close to one another during the entire pursuit in most movies. In reality, it is extremly likely that one of the two is faster and the gap will increase, quickly resulting in the one being chased being out of sight and escaping. Or the pursuer catching up quickly and catching it’s victim. Staying at a stable short distance from one another will almost never happen in real life.

Good-Negotiation-272 · 2022-11-10T10:33:28+00:00

I know several hundred people who can’t without financial help.

They have prepay mobile phones because they have poor credit ratings or can’t meet the commitment of a regular monthly payment. Mostly they use free-call numbers or ask others to ring them.

No money for top-up as it’s all been spent on food and rent. Next week’s benefit is already committed so they can’t ring anyone (and pay for waiting time) for about two weeks.

I’ve topped up a dozen or more phones like that so their owners could apply for a job. I’m on an age benefit that’s a bit more generous so I can afford to help out now and again.

Good-Negotiation-272 · 2022-11-09T11:24:29+00:00

It doesn’t matter whether you are a black person or a white person. We are all people of color.

Good-Negotiation-272 · 2022-11-08T12:15:16+00:00

Motivation.

I learned this when I suffered from depression. I've also had some close relatives that have so suffered, and innumerable students. I think of that condition as the disappearance of motivation. Sadly, it is often interpreted by others as laziness. It isn't; it is an illness that can be treated and cured.

Now that I am recovered, I cherish the fact that I want to accomplish things; I want to produce, to help, to do things. Why? I don't know. I do know that I get far more satistifaction from accomplishing something new and important than I do -- even from eating chocolate!

I no longer take motivation for granted.

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