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Those with low self-esteem - precisely the kind of people who do not respond well to positive feedback but tend to read self-help books or attend therapy sessions encouraging positive thinking - didn't feel better after those 16 bursts of self-affirmation. In fact, their self-evaluations and moods were significantly more negative than those of the people not asked to remind themselves of their lovability. (See pictures of couples in love...
...some people naturally better at finding their way than others? Is it genetic? It could be genetic, but I don't think we have any evidence yet that it is. If you look at how traditional way-finding cultures managed, there are certain key elements that you see over and over again. One is that they cultivate an exquisitely fine eye for visual detail. They just plain notice stuff. And a lot of the time in our everyday life, we don't. Everybody encounters people from time to time who say, "I have a wonderful sense of direction. I never...
...tapped to run for VP. Circumstances have so drastically changed, I just have to be realistic about it and I have to be honest about it and say Alaska - certainly, Alaska, our state's fine without me at the governor's desk - but Alaska's going to be even better off in terms of progressing and reaching our potential and our destiny with Sean Parnell coming in, taking over the reins. Same agenda, same staff, but it turns down the volume on the distractions that had been ramped...
...official business at hand, the 2009 G-8 is expected to be dominated by discussion over a new form of world governance in light of the global downturn. What's more, there's talk of the need for a better-structured form of dialogue to deal with the likes of Brazil, China, India, Mexico and South Africa. Recession? Emerging economies? It's almost as if the annual summit has come full circle from its beginnings back in 1975. For the members of the world's most exclusive club, it must seem like...
...seemed to know that better than Zelaya himself. After his aborted return, Zelaya - who during the Sunday flight told reporters melodramatically that he felt "blessed with the blood of Christ" - said, "I will return to Honduras, there is no doubt about that." And now, after his private discussion Tuesday with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in Washington, his chances look better. Their meeting sent the strongest signal yet that the U.S. not only considers Zelaya to be Honduras' legitimate President, but that it's convinced that restoring him to office is crucial to safeguarding Latin America's fledgling sense...