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post #46 of 55
9/30/10 at 10:34am
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Originally Posted by MetroStyles View Post


I have heard that the Scandinavians have their priorities straight. What was your approach to getting a job in Denmark?


I got myself invited to give lectures and presentations in my field, made friends, and when the right job came along I applied and used my friends as references. It took about 5 years in all, but only a few months after I applied for the job I wanted.
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post #47 of 55
9/30/10 at 1:00pm
What kind of meditation is good?
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post #48 of 55
9/30/10 at 11:39pm
meditation, martial arts, prayer
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post #49 of 55
10/1/10 at 3:10am
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Originally Posted by Jekyll View Post
What kind of meditation is good?

The kind that comes in bottle or pill form.
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post #50 of 55
10/2/10 at 7:30pm
take royal jelly..

you can pass actuarial exams on this stuff...
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post #51 of 55
10/2/10 at 7:42pm
roughly following the Zone diet helps me (no it's not a high-protein diet like Atkins). The biggest benefit IME comes from focusing on "favorable" vs "unfavorable" carbs. In other words, eating massive amounts of fruits and vegetables every day and very little if any processed sugar or starches, and just enough protein mostly from non read meat sources. Also avoiding caffeine and alcohol.
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post #52 of 55
10/4/10 at 2:36am
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Originally Posted by sho'nuff View Post
i heard cutting out certain things completely like white sugar, white flour, etc from your diet will improve your focus, memory, brain function tremendously. i never tried it though

I think there might be something to this.

That aside, I'm a big skeptic, and all the talk of meditation sounds like BS to me, but given how many people are suggesting it maybe there's somthing to it.
I think sleep might help, not just getting more of it, but making sure you follow you circadian rhythms of whatever.
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post #53 of 55
10/4/10 at 4:41am
Whatever you do, don't play World of WarCraft, shit is like a cancer.
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post #54 of 55
10/4/10 at 4:31pm
Meditation (and hypnotism, they are related) works because it is sort of like exercising and increasing your ability to control your subconscious mind via your conscious mind. Or maybe it's the other way around. Doesn't matter.

The fact that you can do it (focus) when you have a deadline means you actually have complete control over the situation. You don't need medication. No bullshit "ADD" drugs, etc..

So you can focus when you "have" to. This means it's completely psychological, unless you think the deadline causes a chemical/physiological change.
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post #55 of 55
10/5/10 at 9:15am
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Originally Posted by XenoX101 View Post
Whatever you do, don't play World of WarCraft, shit is like a cancer.

It's like logging on Sf, just a little harder. Shit, I should be studying.
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