Grow Yourself,Grow Others
June 25, 2014 Leave a comment
Hate Means Afraid
June 24, 2014 Leave a comment
When a little boy says something like ‘I hate frogs’,it means he is in some way afraid of them.The same habit continues in adulthood.When a man says he hates something,it means that’s his weak point,something he is not so good at and an area where he regularly gets bested.
Justine Musk On The Life Of A Starter Wife
June 23, 2014 Leave a comment
In the late spring of 2008, my wealthy entrepreneurial husband, Elon Musk, the father of my five young sons, filed for divorce. Six weeks later, he texted me to say he was engaged to a gorgeous British actress in her early 20s who had moved to Los Angeles to be with him. Her name is Talulah Riley, and she played one of the sisters in 2005’s Pride and Prejudice. Two of the things that struck me were: a) Pride and Prejudice is a really good movie, and b) My life with this man had devolved to a cliché.
At least she wasn’t blonde. I found that refreshing.
When I first met Elon, I wasn’t blonde, either. I was an aspiring writer in my first year at Queen’s University in Ontario, Canada, sprung from a small hometown and recovering from a difficult case of first love with the older man I’d left behind. I liked older. I liked poetic andrebellious and tortured. I liked a guy who parked his motorcycle beneath my dorm-room window and called my name through the twilight: Romeo in a dark-brown leather jacket. Read more of this post
Bank Balances And Orgasms
June 23, 2014 2 Comments
The important bulge in a man’s pants is apparently his wallet. Women report having better sex with wealthy men.
Researchers have found that women’s sexual pleasure is directly linked to their partner’s bank balance — in fact, the wealthier a man is, the more frequently his ladylove has orgasms.
The researchers came to the conclusion after analyzing data gathered in one of the world’s biggest lifestyle studies, the Chinese Health and Family Life Survey which targeted 5,000 people for in-depth interviews about their sex lives, income,etc.Among these were 1,534 women with male partners whose data was the basis for the study.
They found that 121 of these women always had orgasms during sex, while 408 more had them “often”. Another 762 women ‘sometimes’ orgasmed while 243 had them rarely or never.
There were of course, several factors involved in such differences but money was one of the main ones, according to the researchers.Increasing partner income had a highly positive effect on women’s self-reported frequency of orgasm. More desirable mates cause women to experience more orgasms.
5 Negotiating Blunders
June 20, 2014 Leave a comment
Every entrepreneur has to spend some time negotiating, whether it is with customers, suppliers, investors, or would-be employees. But the moment something careless just slips out while negotiating ,you get into trouble.Following are words you must never say in the course of a negotiation:
1. The word “between”: It often feels reasonable—and therefore like progress—to throw out a range. With a customer, that may mean saying “I can do this for between Rs 10,000 and Rs 15,000.” With a potential hire, you could be tempted to say, “You can start between April 1 and April 15.” But that word between tends to be tantamount to a concession, and any shrewd negotiator with whom you deal will swiftly zero-in on the cheaper price or the later deadline. In other words, you will find that by saying the word between you will automatically have conceded ground without extracting anything in return.
2. “I think we’re close.”: We all experienced deal fatigue,i.e.the moment when you want so badly to complete a deal that you signal to the other side that you are ready to settle on the details and move forward. The problem with arriving at this crossroads, and announcing you’re there, is that you have just indicated that you value simply reaching an agreement over getting what you actually want. And a skilled negotiator on the other side may well use this moment as an opportunity to stall, and thus to negotiate further concessions. Unless you actually face extreme time pressure, you shouldn’t be the party to point out that the clock is loudly ticking in the background. Create a situation in which your counterpart is as eager to finalize the negotiation (or, better yet: more eager!) than you are. Read more of this post
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