Quotes of the Day

It is critical that two people be well matched with regard to their moods. The two well-matched partners need to have approximately the same amount of life ambition. Their values about social issues, political issues, and environmental issues are highly important. Their views about saving money and giving money away should be similar. Two life partners need to have a similar level of interest in communicating with one another and a similar ability to communicate. Both partners need to be good at conflict resolution for a marriage to survive and thrive. [2002] - Neil Clark Warren

Gum recession can cause pain and tooth sensitivity, but it's not an indicator of poor mouth health. In fact, recession often occurs in healthy mouths from overuse of the wrong kinds of products (like baking soda, whitening pastes, or peroxide) or an excessive amount of flossing. Filling the erosion grooves in enamel is often a recommendation. This type of filling on the sides of teeth is called a Class V (five) filling, and they often fail and need constant replacement-which risks the health and vitality of these teeth. Ask your dentist why he/she recommends the filling of these eroded areas, and maybe discuss what he/she thinks about the idea of a delay in treatment. [2025] - Ellie Phillips

Invent several options all equally acceptable to you and ask the other side which one they prefer. You want to know what is preferable, not necessarily what is acceptable. You can then take that option, work with it some more, and again present two or more variants, asking which one they prefer. [1991] - Roger Fisher

Apart from price itself, the most useful indicator is volume. Volume tends to peak on days when there is a major price reversal, it tells you there is probably a major changing of the guard going on: if the bulls (the positive crowd) were dominant, then the bears (the negative people) are now in charge, and vice-versa. Volume can also be useful in other situations. For example, when a chart has been quietly trending sideways for some time, a sudden breakout is usually accompanied by a large increase in trading volume. But if the volume doesn’t increase, the breakout will often not follow through and will turn out to be a false breakout. [2019] - Glen Goodman

Flake-Out Factor is when you get a phone number or email address and your communication attempts are not returned, or her communication stops after one or two exchanges. The number one cause of the flake-out is that not enough comfort and rapport was generated. In other words, you probably bailed out of the conversation a little early, or you started to appear too interested and needy. The number two reason is that too much time has elapsed between the initial and subsequent contacts. [2012] - Christopher Gray