Victoria's Blog

Is that really true? According to a recent article, that statement is factual – even though we may not realize it.In a profession like real estate where we negotiate all kinds of requests on a daily basis, I notice a constant hesitancy before I ask someone to do something – anything. Am I really ...

Have you ever been in situations where you simply run out of things to say or subjects to talk about or completely tune out and have no idea what’s going on?There’s nothing wrong with silence or quiet moments. But after what seems like a very long time without any words, the pause simply becomes ...

 I dare anyone to resist reading further with a title like that! Or maybe I’m just susceptible to provocative “come ons”. But who wouldn’t want to know whether foods we regularly eat can actually make us dumb(er)!?! The article with the dramatic title does sound like the plot of a cable TV movie:...

This interesting article asks the following question:Ever wish you had more mental strength over doing those things you just couldn’t control yourself over? My answer is a resounding “yes”, considering I had just been berating myself for eating nearly a whole bag of lime flavored potato chips!The...

I can’t exactly answer “yes” to the above question about fear, but uncertainty and what might be described as abnormal caution definitely are emotions that I deal with all too frequently. I’m not a “devil may care” type of person and probably try (too hard perhaps) to avoid risky situations.A rec...

Who could possibly pass up an article with a title like this one?!? Even if you don’t have memory problems, wouldn’t you like to know whether the foods you eat help maintain your memory – or if you should consider adding others to your menu.According to the article, researchers all over the world...

Habits of People Who Are Always on Time I don’t consider myself a person who’s always on time. But more often than not, I arrive for appointments, meetings and events at, or very close, to the designated hour. I wondered whether I actually shared the habits mentioned in this article with the inte...

The subject posed by this article from Yahoo naturally caught my attention. Not so much because I want to create “luck” – although that can’t be a bad thing – but more because I wanted to find out why some people just appear to be “luckier” than others. Me, for example! That’s the opening premis...

It’s a new year, with new beginnings and new resolutions to change/modify/correct/revise some behavior and/or habit that we perceive to be negative/harmful/unproductive/addictive, etc. One of my resolutions- for many years – has been to stop being fearful about trying new things, new methods, new...

With the holidays approaching, who wouldn’t like to know whether losing some control, as we often do at this time of year, means we’re totally doomed and on a future path of destruction. The article with the arresting title makes some very good points. It relates to a recently published book call...