You are only as smart as you appear..
I found this funny and kind of weird article online.. I was searching for how to be smarter. I was actually looking for the physical approach.. like eating better, excersizing.. etc.. but I found this article which I found quite funny.. cuz I do most of the things that is said on there.. cuz I don’t talk much.. I just say ok.. aha.. sure.. lol Read more of it
1. Say Less
Talkative people rarely seem smart. Think of the adjectives that describe them: chatty, garrulous, loquacious. Garrulous has several meanings, including “given to excessive and often trivial or rambling talk”; loquacious means, in part, “apt to blab and disclose secrets.” John Dryden wrote of impetuous youth “who think too little, and who talk too much,” who are “loquacious, brawling, ever in the wrong.” In fact, you can often say more with a gesture or a nod than an entire paragraph replete with quotations from the mid 17th century.
2. Active Listening
This step is a natural extension of Step 1. It involves only a small adjustment to your listening style. When listening to another (talkative, hence less smart) person relate an anecdote, you may find yourself inserting a murmur or an “uh-huh,” encouraging the speaker without intruding upon what they’re saying. Instead, replace “uh-huh” with a brisk nod and the word “sure.” Practice this dialogue with a friend:
FRIEND: So, I was at the mall yesterday. . .
YOU: Sure.
FRIEND: . . . and I thought I’d head over to Abercrombie & Fitch. They were having a sale, plus I find myself drawn to their homoerotic advertising imagery. . .
YOU: Sure.
“Sure” serves much the same conversational purpose as “uh-huh,” while suggesting that you’re already familiar with life’s trivialities and do not need to have things explained to you. Once you’ve become comfortable with “sure” and its usage, you may also substitute “of course.”
I donno.. it is one of those days where I am so unmotivated to really do anything and I have all these crazy weird thoughts going on in my head. I donno why.. Maybe cuz HE (remember the EX) actually came online the past couple of days.. I actually talked to him yesterday saying wow.. your online.. been a while.. he is like yes.. it’s snowing outside.. I was like duh! hmm.. I donno.. after that I really didn’t talk much neither did he.. after that I realized.. eh.. I hate him.. I really do.. So I blocked him.. I was really fed up.. I really don’t feel anything towards him except pure hatered.. not hate him directly.. but hate the way he acts and how he changed and how much he really did not like me (not even as a friend) at all and wasted 4.5 years of my life.. he just used me.. and I was so gullible! I have so much anger in me now.. and so much unmotivation.. I have not seen him since like August I think.. aaah.. and I always wonder how heartless he is.. and why.. was I really that bad? I wonder sometimes.. I think I just have too much anger inside me and towards everything.. and I honetly blame it on him.. when I was little I was very calm.. even in highschool I was very calm and kind of cold.. but I never got mad.. I always dealt with things in a calm manner.. but I guess the University life and the Arabs I met and the tragic drama I put my self in.. really really made me weak.. now I can only deal with things in an angry manner.. I am trying really hard to be calm.. It’s hard when someone spent the past 7 years of their life under stress and anger! wow.. since I was 18 I been like this.. holy.. I wonder sometimes if I have started my blog since I was 18.. I would have had waay too much dramatic stories.. crazy stories I swear that no one would believe.. the backstabbing.. the horrible treatment by other people.. and I swear.. I think I seriously snapped when I was 20… that is when I just could not stand it anymore.. so I became cruel and mean.. and now I am 25.11 and I am so frustrated and mad all the time.. always thinking.. always wondering what if!! I think I need to really need to stop this.. be calm.. I think it will be my new year’s resolution.. a new beginning.. something more calm and more peaceful life.. I really don’t want a guy anymore. I donno at this rate I don’t want to get married or like anyone ever again. I just don’t trust arab guys anymore. They are so selfish and only think of them selves. I cannot stand it.. I am completely opposite.. I donno.. I have been living in North America too long and I was raised to be nice and help others. I donno.. I need to snap out of it seriously.. It’s been a bad few months but I think I really need to relax.. I need mind relaxation sessions.. :lol: aah.. my life.. at this point.. it sucks.. I need to turn it around! I want to go back to how I was in my teen years.. I miss being a teen! 
