geoffreyhale's comments

geoffreyhale | 6 years ago | on: Basic Social Skills Guide (2012)

Aggression is violent and seeks to harm or at least disregards the recipient's well-being.

Assertiveness is considerate and has compassion for the recipient, considers how our assertion may affect the recipient, may offer understanding and empathy for their situation, then asserts our need by taking personal ownership and using "I" language, etc.

geoffreyhale | 7 years ago | on: Liquid water 'lake' revealed on Mars

"significant progress in the solutions of technical problems is frequently made not by a direct approach, but by first setting a goal of high challenge which offers a strong motivation for innovative work"

geoffreyhale | 8 years ago | on: List of oldest companies: Before 1300

"...excluding associations and educational, government, or religious organizations."

And yet it lists "government owned institution" Monnaie de Paris, "government-owned" Royal Mint, et cetera...

Ignoring those rule-breakers, 7 of Europe's top 10 are alcohol-related, while Japan holds the top 5 with primarily Hotel and Construction companies.

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