“Many toxic parents compare one sibling unfavorably with another to make the target child feel that he's not doing enough to gain parental affection. This motivates the child to do whatever the parents want in order to regain their favor. This divide-and-conquer technique is often unleashed against children who become a little too independent, threatening the balance of the family system.” WantFeelsChildrenLittlesEnoughOrderParentBalanceGainsIndependentAffectionTechniqueFavorsConquerCompareTargetDividesToxicThreateningSiblingParentalUnleashedDivide And Conquer Author:Susan Forward
“Is it not a rather fantastic historical irony that the torture techniques that the North Vietnamese used against McCain that forced him to offer a videotaped false confession are now the techniques the Bush administration is using to gain "intelligence" about terror networks. How is it possible to know that everything John McCain once said on videotape for the enemy was false, because it was coerced, and yet assert that everything we torture out of terror suspects using exactly the same techniques is true?” KnowsSaidUsedEnemyOffersGainsHistoricalTerrorTechniqueAdministrationFantasticIronyTortureSuspectsConfessionMccainVietnamese Author:Andrew Sullivan
“Universities are fantastic places to gain knowledge on a subject, develop a personal network, explore your character and learn new techniques to approach problems. I do however believe that there is a strong argument for students who have an idea they are passionate about to just try and turn it into a reality. I fell into this category and I don't regret not going to University.” TryingBelieveIdeasCharacterProblemRealityTurnsStrongSubjectsStudentsRegretApproachGainsArgumentUniversityPassionateTechniqueFantasticCategoriesDon't Regret Author:Richard Branson
“Another technique for fending off suffering is the employment of the displacements of libido which our mental apparatus permits of and through which its function gains so much in flexibility. The task here is that of shifting the instinctual aims in such a way that they cannot come up against frustration from the external world.” WorldWaySufferingGainsTasksFunctionAimCome UpTechniqueEmploymentFrustrationPermitFlexibilityShiftingDisplacementLibido Book:The standard edition of the complete psychological works of Sigmund Freud Source: The standard edition of the complete psychological works of Sigmund Freud
“The correct method for tracking the stock market is to use semilogarithmic chart paper, since the market's history is sensibly related only on a percentage basis. The investor is concerned with percentage gain or loss, not the number of points traveled in a market average. Arithmetic scale is quite acceptable for tracking hourly waves. Channeling techniques work acceptably well on arithmetic scale with shorter term moves.” WellsUseMovingTermLossNumbersPaperGainsConcernedBasesMethodAverageWaveTechniqueScalesRelatedInvestorsAcceptableTraveledPercentagesChannelingArithmeticTracking Author:Robert Prechter
“Universities are fantastic places to gain knowledge on a subject, develop a personal network, explore your character and learn new techniques to approach problems.” CharacterProblemSubjectsApproachGainsUniversityTechniqueFantastic Author:Richard Branson