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In today’s digital age, a less-than-stellar online reputation can affect your employment, personal life, and even financial prospects. When you discover negative and damaging information about yourself or your business online, you want to get that content removed, and quickly. – The internet is an ever-expanding world of its own. Profiles, web pages, blog posts, articles, videos, comments, l...

For those not particularly automotively-inclined, it can be hard to understand why some individuals love having a vehicle that alerts the whole neighborhood to its presence wherever it goes. Why do some drivers seem to get such joy from specifically optimizing their vehicle to make noise? Why do some people like loud cars? – There are several main reasons why certain people like their cars t...

Once you have served your debt to society, you will walk out of prison a free person. What you do with your life is up to you. Becoming a productive member of society will require that you find a job and treat any addictions or mental health problems you have. Fortunately, help is available, but you’ll need to do your research to find it. Your success will also depend on avoiding other criminals a...

Pretending to live in a perfect world is a key to fundamental change. By doing so, we set aside our conventions and preconceived notions. Pretending to live in a perfect reality opens the doors to perfect design. Such an ideal reality is, however, perfectly imperfect. It makes the glass ceiling of limiting beliefs visible that stands in the way of growth and transformation. – Many of the Per...

A little positive goes a long way. Cliche right? But, it’s so so true. – Sometimes, it’s really hard to stay motivated and keep going. I get lazy and decide to take a nap instead of go to the gym, or I decide that it’s just too cold to walk outside. I get pickish late at night while watching Netflix, and I often snack a little more than I should. Sometimes, I feel like all my efforts are goi...

It’s a feeling that most of us can relate to from time to time. You have lots to do, but you’d rather do anything else than the task at hand. But why do we procrastinate? Is it a case of being lazy? And how can we stop avoiding what needs to be done? – Here, we explore the concept of procrastination, what it means, the different types and causes, and some top tips on how to avoid procrastina...

Spread the love and you spread the joy. To be a truly fulfilled, positive person, one must thoroughly embrace compassion. So how do we cultivate compassion? How do we make sure that at the end of the day, it’s our kindness and compassion for which we’ll be remembered? – This is our topic for todays episode. Please share your views on our Twitter page @ https://twitter.com/MadSoapbox –...

Ask shoppers what they want and you’ll find they want it all — good quality products, wide selection, low prices — and they want it all now. That is the reason that Amazon.com gives every other retailer fits because in the first of those three wants, Amazon pretty well beats all comers. On the last, instant gratification, Amazon still has a ways to go, though the time efficiency of Ama...

When we’re rushing, we are living in a state of resistance. It produces a state of consciousness that often comes about when we’re feeling anxious. It’s a lack of willingness to be in the present moment. Have you ever noticed how rushing implies a feeling of lack? – People often get stuck in the hurry cycle because they have a hard time saying no. When you accept more respo...

Reach a certain age, and it’s almost expected that if you’re not, say, the sweet old granny happily baking strudel, you’re more than likely to become the cranky, cane-waving curmudgeon. No wonder the 1993 film Grumpy Old Men is getting retooled for a new generation, this time starring Eddie Murphy. – But the assumption that a grumpier outlook accompanies wrinkles and gray hair is simply wron...

To sum up, others’ opinion matters because it’s our way to feel we control our environment. Others’ opinions have indeed tremendous value: we are social beings and we care about what other people think of us. This is why every single one of us will be affected by others’ views. – This is our topic for todays episode. Please share your views on our Twitter page @ https...

I can assure you that the human race has confronted, and endured, darker times. But today it often feels as though the world is getting better and worse at the same time. – Compared to a generation ago, we have made gains in reducing extreme poverty, increasing access to education and curbing hunger. But sadly, democratic progress has stalled, and hundreds of millions, if not billions, of pe...

As of today, 150 million people around the world are living in homelessness. 2,668 is the Number of billionaires with a net worth value of US$12.7 trillion. 56.1 million millionaires representing just 1.1% of the world’s adults. – This is our topic for todays episode. Please share your views on our Twitter page @ https://twitter.com/MadSoapbox – Join us here each weekday morning (NYC t...

You say you want a revolution Well, you know We all want to change the world You tell me that it’s evolution Well, you know We all want to change the world But when you talk about destruction Don’t you know that you can count me out – This is our topic for todays episode. Please share your views on our Twitter page @ https://twitter.com/MadSoapbox – Join us here each weekda...

Most former British colonies, with some exceptions, drive on the left side of the road, whereas the United States of America, Latin American countries and European countries drive on the right. Almost always, in countries where one drives on the right-hand side of the road, the cars are built so that the driver sits on the left-hand side of the car. Conversely, driving on the left-hand side of the...

So, there’s a general understanding that reviews are important. However, I sometimes think people don’t grasp just how important they truly are. Year after year, there is more and more data demonstrating the importance of consumer behavior, positive reviews, social validation and more. For example, according to BrightLocal’s Local Consumer Review Survey, 91% of 18-34-year-old consumers trust onlin...

Gaslighting – an elaborate and insidious technique of deception and psychological manipulation, usually practiced by a single deceiver, or “gaslighter,” on a single victim over an extended period. Its effect is to gradually undermine the victim’s confidence in his own ability to distinguish truth from falsehood, right from wrong, or reality from appearance, thereby rendering him pathological...

Peer pressure, or influence, comes in several forms, and these types of peer pressure can have a tremendous impact on a young person’s behavior. Research shows the most impressionable age for peer influence seems to be the middle school years. This is when a child is forming new friendships and choosing an identity among those friends. – It is also the most common age for kids to start exper...

Mentors can be lifesavers — until they’re not anymore. When you outgrow a mentor, surpass them in their skills, or simply establish your own level of sufficiency and independence to function as their equal, breaking up can be hard to do. The most talented go-getters often find older, wiser mentors to guide them early in the careers. But as more young managers ascend to the executive suite wh...

It’s no secret that dating is different in the post-lockdown era. Whether you and your quarantine boo didn’t make it or you’ve been single for the long haul, making social or romantic connections in person is a bit more difficult than it used to be. Beyond the effects of isolation — like unexpected social anxiety brought on by the extended time you spent alone baking banana bread or learning a rid...

What does it mean when someone calls you buddy? Buddy is most commonly used as an informal word for a friend. Buddy is often used as a form of address (as in Hey, buddy, I haven’t seen you in a while!) or a term of endearment (an affectionate way of referring to someone). It is sometimes shortened to bud. – Is being called Buddy disrespectful? The use of the term buddy may be offensive...

For years, researchers have studied the effects of sound on the human brain. Specifically, people have tried to understand why certain sounds alter someone’s mood, physical sensations, and even memory. – The most common example of this phenomenon is music. It’s a form of art and tradition inherent to every known culture on Earth, and in some cases music (particularly the use of chants, horns...

Growing up I was a very shy little guy. I was so shy that I rarely put myself out there in situations that I was unfamiliar with and never asked other people for favors unless I was either in desperate need or very familiar with the other person. – I remember my mum telling me on numerous occasions when I was too shy to ask people things – ‘you’ll never know unless you ask’. – It struc...

If there’s a thing or two that pain will teach you in this lifetime, it’s how it feels to swim and how it feels to sink. We must learn both. We must make this discovery because without determining how much effort it takes to keep our head afloat, or even understand how it feels to hit rock bottom, we will not truly understand our power. – With that power, we can break away from the past and...

Spam email — also called junk mail or spam mail — refers to unsolicited messages sent in bulk to many different email addresses. Most spam appears in the way of relatively harmless emails from advertisers. But spam is also a low-risk, high-reward method for scammers to unleash phishing attacks. – Just opening a spam email can result in getting even more spam, and clicking a malicious link or...