Today's Daily Brain Teaser (Feb 01, 2014)

Telephone Problem



A woman depended on a public telephone to make her calls, but it was usually out of order. Each day she reported this to the phone company, but nothing was done. Finally she came up with a fib that she told the phone company. The phone was fixed the next day. What did she tell them?





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Today's Daily Trivia Quiz (Feb 01, 2014)

The Greek Gods and Goddesses

Test your knowledge on the Greek gods and goddesses in this quiz.



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Vocabulary : Word of the Day : Sidereal

si-de-re-al



adj :: Of, relating to, or expressed in relation to stars or constellations.



"Astrologers are more concerned with sidereal time than they are with regular time."

Memory : Memory Conformity

Two people who witness the same event may have different memories about what happened. This is because people pay attention to different things, and because memories fade and become distorted. If these people are allowed to talk, they can seriously distort each other's memory of what happened. This phenomenon is called "memory conformity." People who experience the same thing naturally want their memories to be the same, and as a result they can be talked out of their true memory and convinced to believe something that is false.



This frequently happens to married couples or family members who are trying to remember something that happened in the past. If the two people disagree on a particular detail, one person can often be convinced that their memory is wrong even if it isn't.

Vocabulary : Word of the Day : Peripatetic

per-i-pa-tet-ic



adj :: Moving or traveling from place to place.



"Once my children were born I gave up my peripatetic lifestyle and settled down."

Creativity : Clear Your Mind

Because we are always thinking, planning, and worrying about things, our minds tend to get cluttered with thoughts and it becomes difficult to focus all of our mental energies on a specific task. You can't think creatively about a problem when half of your mind is thinking about what you want to eat for dinner or how bad the traffic is going to be when you leave work. Before you begin a task where you want to apply all of your creative ability, start by clearing out your mind.



There are many ways of doing this, try this one to start. Sitting comfortably, find a nearby object such as a pencil. Now, stare at it. Try to empty your mind of every thought that isn't related to your object. Your whole universe is the pencil. What would it be like to be a pencil? Without touching it, close your eyes and imagine what a pencil feels like. Does it have a smell? A taste? If any unrelated thought enters your mind, refocus your attention onto your object. With practice you will become better at shutting out unrelated thoughts. Do this for at least 5 minutes (set a timer so you aren't thinking about the time). You should find that your mind is more focused and has fewer distracting thoughts. This is the correct mindset for creative thinking.

Stress : Types of Stress

There are four types of Stress that can impact our lives. Not all of them are bad. In fact, some stress is good for us. Good stress gets us out of bed in the morning and motivates us to excel.



Eustress

Eustress is a good type of stress. This is what you feel when you are watching a suspenseful movie, riding a rollercoaster or about to finish running a marathon. Eustress helps motivate us to finish projects that we are excited about and contributes positively to a creative mindset.



Distress

Distress refers to frustrations, unresolved anger, or fear. It causes anxiety and mental suffering. This is a bad stress and does a great job at blocking creativity.



Under-stress

Under-stress is the lack of any stress, and is similar to boredom and hopelessness. An unchallenging job can lead to under-stress. If people are not challenged then they are not motivated to be creative.



Over-stress

Over-stress is what you feel when you have pushed yourself too hard, are late for an important meeting, or have a big deadline that is looming. People who are in this condition do not have the time to think creatively. They are only worried about dealing with the issues immediately at hand and cannot step back to look at the big picture.

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I guarantee that every single one of you reading this right now are completely pumped, because it’s Friday and the weekend is finally here. All you have to do is make it through the work day and then you’ll have the next couple days off. Ahh, now that’s a good feeling, isn’t it? Well, I’m going to give you a little bit of entertainment while you’re at work today. I’m going to hook you up with an optical illusion that I have dubbed the “Black Void Optical Illusion.” This is one of those optical illusions that effectively uses black and white to mess with your sense of perception. As you look at the optical illusion below, it seems as if you’re getting sucked into it, traveling down the black void that is the dot in the middle of the illusion. Scroll down to check out this optical illusion now.

Do you see what I’m talking about? Doesn’t it seem as if you’re traveling down the center of this optical illusion? Either that or it seems like the illusion is pulsating. If you want, you should share this optical illusion with your friends and see what they think about it. I bet it will be able to blow their minds. If you like this optical illusion, you should leave a rating by hitting one of the stars below. That way, I’ll know whether or not you like the optical illusions that I’m posting up on the site. Have a great day and an awesome weekend!

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