4 Reasons Why Curiosity is Important and How to Develop It

How Much Weight Should You Gain if You Are Overweight or Obese? Weight gain during pregnancy is inevitable — but how much you should gain safely should depending on your BMI at the time you get pregnant. If you are overweight (with a BMI of 25-29.9), you should be gaining no more than 15-25 pounds during the course of the pregnancy. If you are obese (with a BMI of over 30), you should only gain 11-20 pounds....

Social norms are informal understandings that govern the behavior of a society. Norms can be cultural products that include values, customs, and traditions. These represent individuals’ basic knowledge of what others do and think they should. When we follow the norms of our society, we are participating to either maintain or challenge it. The idea of norms provides a key to understanding social influence in general. Norms provide order in society....

Nothing. Or rather, that sort of thinking is the wrong way to go about things. Mom does not want to go to some spa. She does not want some ridiculous French perfume, or to take a day trip to the beach or to go out to some expensive restaurant. She does not want the $170 which families are spending now on Mother’s Day. She wants to be herself. Not Mom, but Susan or Jean or Molly or Rachel or Sally....

If you weren’t able to figure out the perfect gift for your significant other, friends, or family members, you just might have been on the wrong track from the get-go. When shopping for someone we love, we tend to look for quirky and cool gadgets that we just know they’ll love. But we become disheartened a few weeks later when we notice the gift we thought they’d love has yet to make its way out of its packaging....

I’ll start with a brief introduction of Bruce Wayne, for those of you who are unfamiliar with the comic books or — in this case — Christopher Nolan’s Batman films. Bruce Wayne was a young boy when his parents were murdered in front of him. Due to this horrible tragedy, Bruce experiences a psychological trauma. As Bruce grows up, he learns to bury his hate and guilt of his parents murder inside as he leaves Gotham City....

This thought-provoking video asks you what you would do if money was no object? What would your life be like? Where would you be? What would you be doing? Watch the video above and get thinking.

If you are not familiar with it, bandwidth is the total amount of information that can flow through the various channels of the Internet; it’s not a measure of speed, so much, but of the capacity. When the Internet was in its infancy, it was primarily dedicated to research and educational ventures, mainly because not much else required Internet access. However, when the Internet, as we know it, came to fruition around 1995, bandwidth limitations became a critical issue....

According to psychologists Nathaniel Branden and Robert Sternberg, who have both researched and written about the challenges of romantic relationships, these little displays of interest and affection can be more important than all the “active listening” and trust games in the world. Their research has suggested 10 keys to keeping both partners content, satisfied, and happy with each other. 10 Keys to a Successful Romantic Relationship

1. We don’t really care Yes we don’t care. We can numb our feelings and will make dumb conversationalists. Perhaps we are so caught up in our world that what is going on the outside simply doesn’t bother us. 2. We don’t focus on the world There are so many distractions. We just can’t stand a lot of this especially when we are pushed to buy into what everyone is trying to sell to us....

Luckily, in addition to the top 10 reasons why people don’t reach their goals, I’ve included a quick fix for each of them. So let’s get to it. Top 10 Reasons Why People Don’t Reach Their Goals

You need to select an appropriate design and message that properly reflects the sentiment you are trying to express. If it is too salesy, it may be quickly discarded as just another ad while impersonal cards may not have the affect you desire. Since the selection of an appropriate holiday greeting can be challenging, and business communications require a different type of etiquette than those you would send personally, we have gathered some tips to help you....

Shortly after you begin detraining (discontinuing your normal exercise sequence), noticeable changes begin to occur in your body based upon your level of fitness. The lack of exercise influences how you look, feel and represent yourself. It hastens the aging process. Your cardiovascular health, muscular structure, brain function, emotions and concentration can be impacted. You develop an elevated risk for chronic illness. Dr. Harry Pino, Personal Trainer and Rehabilitation Specialist, Exercise Physiologist, Consultant and experienced marathoner, is quoted heavily by many on the subject of detraining....

There are some crucial things to remember when dealing with loss. A good place to start is understanding that… You’ll never completely get over your loss. Instead, you’ll adapt, learn, and become a stronger you. It is difficult to relate to any kind of pain. Even if there are similarities between occurrences, everyone deals with pain differently. That’s okay. There’s no “correct” or “appropriate” timetable towards healing. Everyone’s will be different....

The number one cause of a good date gone bad, is our dangerous tendency to become focused or even obsessed with the imaginary ideal of a relationship that we create in our minds. We can devote so much energy towards this fantasy that it takes on a life of its own. If we get really carried away, longing for the relationship we would like to be having mutates into resentment about the one we are actually in....

Balancing your bottom line against increasing worker fatigue is always tricky. Knowing exactly when to hire in your small business can elude even the most discerning managers. Prospective employees are also bringing a shopping list to interviews as they increasingly demand “finding the right fit” for them. How is a small business owner to know when to hire or even how to engage in such a vastly altered landscape?...

If you choose to leave because you feel unwanted, you have taken the first step in reclaiming your value and your self-worth. But let’s be honest here, it is easier said than done. However, it can be done. Leaving someone, no matter how much you love them, is a difficult thing to do. When you feel unwanted, it can even be mind boggling when you’re deciding it’s time to leave....

Keeping track of the various roles I play helps keep my head in order and prevent that feeling of being torn into a thousand tiny pieces. Every so often, usually during my version of a weekly review, I flip to an empty page in my notebook and make a list of roles: step-father, partner, teacher, anthropologist, employee, writer, son, friend, brother, brother-in-law, nephew, uncle, citizen. It helps to see it all spelled out like that, and writing it down helps me focus on what I’m accomplishing and what my goals are for each role....

“Just do it!” “Do Something!” “Act now!” “Ready, Fire, Aim!” We are surrounded, on a day-to-day basis, by the exhortation to act. Hustle, hustle, hustle, get a move on, get going. Whether its a friend giving us advice or a multi-million dollar ad campaign, everyone seems to be telling us – in the vaguest way possible – to get off our butts and go do something. Any-thing. New research out of the University of Illinois suggests that this social pressure to be always-on and always on the go may lead us to act, but only accidentally in productive ways (if at all)....

Today, hundreds of professional filmmakers and amateur photographers are making the switch to 4K cameras, bidding adieu to their old and outdated ones. Why? Because 4K offers four times the resolution of a traditional Full HD camera. Moreover, cameras like the Sony FDR-AX1, Canon EOS-1D and the Panasonic Lumix GH4 4K are changing the dynamics of film making and photography by offering superior slow motion and high-speed video capturing features never before seen....