If everyone fails at something and even successful people fail frequently, why do some of us shrink from the idea? In a society full of win-lose propositions, it may come down to what we imagine failure says about us- and the feelings that evokes. People experience different things when they fail: It may be humiliation; [...]
Failure is not the opposite of success it is more like an ingredient. Every young journalist soon discovers that editors want to hear many times more ideas for stories than they ever assign. And in Hollywood, thousands of ideas for new TV shows are pitched each year, but only a select few get to the [...]
A casino is a nice place to have fun and make money. There are so many games which we can play in casinos. The casino games will keep us occupied and entertained for hours. Casinos were very popular until a decade back. Due to several reasons, the number of people going to casinos has gone [...]
After it is believed that the recession is coming to an end people are thronging the streets for their holiday shopping. Christmas is not very far off and people are busy doing their last minute shopping. Festivals mean being happy and buying gifts. It is still believed that Santa Claus visits you with gifts. For [...]
Any old house can be re-modelled to suit the modern trend. Buying and re-modelling an old house is cheaper than buying a new house. Everything from the paint to the furniture, curtains and carpets can be changed. This gives the house a new look. Take out a style to decorate each room, it can be [...]
The prices of all commodities are rising at an alarming rate. Does this mean that the world is running out of all these raw materials? First there was this rise in the price of oil followed by wood and then gas. As discoveries of these raw materials are made the production rate increases but as [...]
Recession period is the best of times to sow the seeds of investment. The investment can be made in fixed-income investment or in equity shares.
Fixed-income assets
The interest rates on FDs has been increased from up to 7% last year to as much as 11%. If you take long-term deposits now at today’s rates and lock [...]
There are more ways to lose weight than you can imagine. Deciding on a diet is more difficult than choosing one piece from a box of assorted chocolates. We all like to have chips with too much salt, a piece of cake or thick white toast dripping with butter. We are not aware of a [...]
The internet has so many applications. One of the main priorities which the internet has these days is socializing. People love to socialize online through the several social networking sites and the chat websites. Online chatting has become very popular these days and there are many websites that provide online chatting. It allows us to [...]
All the nations are borrowing to help its growth but it is true that the growth is on a shaky foundation and has lead to the fall. The crisis of the past two years has exposed vulnerabilities across the entire global economy. During the fat years in the middle of the decade there were clear [...]