Research shows that punishment of children for lying doesn’t work, and harsh punishment makes them better liars.
Having kids promise to be honest before you ask a question makes it more likely that they will say the truth.
Recognizing and valuing honesty by positively reinforcing it works.
#Bullying is now considered a public health issue, and the CDC is involved.
In the last 12 months, 25% of high schoolers report being bullied, among which 80% is online bullying.
There is a spirit behind bullying. The bullying spirit is very similar to political polarization, religious sectarianism, sport rivalries, police brutality, and violence within the gaming industry.
When countries and politicians are bullying each other, then we tell kids not to be bullies, it shows hypocrisy if we are not fighting all bullying.
“You don’t always recover, but you adapt”. Richard Bernstein, Michigan Supreme Court Justice … the first elected blind justice and a marathon runner (19 marathons including full ironman triathlon)
A bully in a room is just a sign that the room is full of cowards.
Islamophobia is anti Semitic
Self awareness is more important than self love.
The average effective interest rate on mortgages is 250%
“Average American works 5 months a year for the IRS”
Playing classical music in a wine shop, increases the value of the wine bottles to the shopper by an average of $10 a bottle.
‘Atmosphere Segmentation: Managing Store Image With Background Music’ by Gulam, C.S. & Schewe, C.D. (1994).
Did you know that in order to get the look and the feel of Finding Nemo’s characters and atmosphere just right, Pixar’s in-house art team was required to take courses and audit lectures in marine biology, oceanography, ichthyology while enrolling in scuba diving classes.
That is called respect of one’s project and work and respect of scientific accuracy.
The amount of work that is put into such productions make it a beautiful display of the night of human civilization!
Thank you #SteveJobs
Wissam Charafeddine 