While the complexity increases, people are willing to listen to the people who tell the most meaningful stories or things. If you are trying to convince people with logical analysis, then you certainly have a serious problem: People don’t give decisions based on logical analysis. They think they do, but in fact they usually giv

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So, a man has been killed, then he has sprung back to life, and then been killed again. Strange things are afoot in Lord Likely's latest astonishing adventure, The Curious Case of the Conjuring Calamity.

Naturally, his lordship is determined to get to the bottom of all this, and so he goes to interrogate the prime suspect, and winds up co

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The first question your visitors ask themselves the minute they realize you want to influence them with your blog, is “who is this blogger?” Your story will help them see what you want them to see about you. Logon to TED and watch some videos there. You will easily see that public speakers, who start with a funny joke answer a

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Well, if you are busy, young, or a professional from the middle class, poverty comes to mind usually when a community activity has been conducted in the slums, or when it is reported on TV - along the squatters’ areas, or in a far off barrio in the

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Guys…this may just be one of the funniest things ever.

Here’s an excerpt from the beginning of a news article on the BBC website i stumbled upon today:

“The Philippines government says it has reached an agreement with the country’s main Islamic separatist group on boundaries for a Muslim homeland.....

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Your readers won’t cooperate with you if you don’t provide a plausible explanation of your good intentions early. It is quite natural that before you tell them what is in it for them, they want to know what is in it for you.

If you want your readers to buy a product, subscribe to your RSS feeds, or take your advice, you shou

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The serpent night slithered its dark demons,
and trees swayed laden heavy with its vices,
the wind howled,guilty,in demonic guises
Windows shut,conscience killed,
lights gone, not a soul reeled.

An excellent piece, written sometime ago. Had been a huge hit, with people from South East Asia who are familiar with this story.

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What if 43 years of your life was taken without asking you, punishing you for something which you never did?
What if you wake up one day to discover that all what you prayed for has been granted, yet you are not happy?
What if you find yourself suddenly the loneliest man in the world, nobody by your side to share kindness?
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If, like me, you are a budding amateur scriptwriter, you may be selecting the competitions you will be concentrating on this year. That means more reading, more discussion about which is the best scriptwriting software and more debate about structure, style and format.

With so many products available for the amateur scriptwr

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A tale of three pearls of wisdom. A well respected landowner required the services of a woodcutter. Soon, a burly man volunteered for the job. The landowner explained that, in order to get approved to the job, any candidate should axe down, in a single day, a leafy and huge cedar that was in front of his house. Faced with the d

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Aristocratic adventurer and gentle-man of action, Lord Likely, has already had quite an eventful Christmas, what with him urinating on beggars and having intimate relations with a ghost.

However, his lordship's Christmas gets even more astonishing when he receives a rather unusual gift from his man-servant, Botter...

Grab a glass of w

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Thanks for your site - I really enjoy it! And I thought you might be interested in a new project I've just started, Thanks Cards. It's an online interactive art project that posts people's postcards that outline (anonymously) what someone did for them and why they're thankful for it. The cards I've gotten so far have made

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Two monks were once traveling together down a muddy road. A heavy rain was falling. Coming around the bend, they met a lovely girl in a silk kimono and sash, unable to cross the intersection. “Come on, girl,” said the first monk. Lifting her in his arms, he carried her over the mud. The second monk did not speak again until tha

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