Daily Archives: January 16, 2011

Of Tiger Moms or Chinese Mothers

Recently in the US there’s been a bit of controversy over Amy Chua‘s new book on the superiority of the “Chinese” mother in which she catalogs her approach to parenting and fostering achievement and academic excellence within her kids with a whole slew of things her kids can NEVER do such as: attend a sleepover…

How to Plant Ideas into Someone’s Mind

Adam Dachis presents a summary of excellent principles of mind manipulation and lays out solid ideas on how to implant ideas into another person’s mind in simple and straightforward manner. Yes, it can be manipulation but it is most certainly influence and these techniques are in use all the time. See the essay at lifehacker…