I took 3 IQ Tests in my life (108, 132 and 150). How can the results be so widely different?

When I was a small child, I supposedly got the lowest score the tester had ever seen on one type of IQ test, followed by the highest score they had ever seen on a different type. Granted, mine was an extreme case - I had both obvious gifts and obvious deficits. But most people aren't equally good at everything.

Also, you're not going to perform the same on any given test. Maybe your sleep was off, or you just got upsetting news. Or maybe you happened to know the trick for something and solved it quickly. IQ is a meaningful predictor at the population level, but it's a crude estimate (at best) for any given individual.

How can I earn 30-50$ per day online?

Kaizen Lee, Founder & CEO at Kaizenomics Enterprise

Making $30- $50 per day online is very easy to achieve, if you use the right methods.

Some methods will take you too long to make you money, while some methods will take you a lot of effort.

Here, I am going to share with you a sure-fire method that can easily make you $30 per day or more without doing anything complicated.

This method involves the very popular business networking platform, LinkedIn.

So what is this method all about?

You are going to provide a resume writing service to the hundreds of millions of members on LinkedIn!

And nope.

You are not going to do any writing.

Instead, you are going to outsource the work on Fiverr.

Go on Fiverr and look for gigs that provide resume writing services. Most of these gigs start from a price of around $20.

So if you price your service on LinkedIn at around $50, you are going to make $30 in pure profit.

Remember to do your own due diligence on your Fiverr vendor, and ensure that they are reliable and have many positive reviews.

As for payment option, Paypal is always your reliable partner.

So after you have found the reliable vendor on Fiverr to deliver your resume writing service, its time to reach out to the massive LinkedIn marketplace available to you at your finger tips.

You can start off by sending out connection requests to any working professionals who needs this service, as they are always on the lookout for new job opportunities.

Once they accept your request, you can then reach out to them and offer your resume writing service.

Another way to look for more business is to go on Facebook and join groups that are related to the HR niche.

Go connect with the people in these groups, and then hit them up with your valuable resume service.

The more people you reach out to, the more orders you are going to get.

This is a simple numbers game.

All you need to do is to bring in one order per day, and you’ve hit your $30 target.

In an interview, how do you answer "What is your desired salary?" without either seeming too cheap to be happy or too expensive to get the job?

Jason Barber, Headhunter, CRM & ATS Enthusiast at FetchData.io (2016-present)

Recruiters are lazy. I’m a recruiter so I’m allowed to say we’re lazy. We’re lazy about pay for a reason.

The pay for any job is dictated by what the hiring manager negotiates with the CFO for his/her opening.

If you are going to get paid you need to negotiate like a CFO and not like an employee.

Give a padded range

“Mr. Barber, what exactly are your salary expectations?” (I’m imagining the recruiter has a sophisticated Aussie accent)

“Gee that’s a great question? I’m looking to make between $150–200K depending on bonus structure and the business targets that have been outlined for the role.”

Did you see what I just did? I gave myself 50K in flexibility and provided a business context for the range. That’s how a CFO negotiates. They negotiate in ranges not in precision.

Don’t waste your time or theirs

Don’t do the BS “I’m not comfortable giving my salary requirements until I’ve properly evaluated the scope of the job…blah blah puke”.

I know someone on this post is getting a ton of upvotes for the above strategy. Just because the crowd is upvoting them doesn’t mean they’re right.

Most good hiring managers know what a good pay range is for a respected professional in their field. They’re not going to nickel and dime you on your offer if you can get results.

Don’t lowball

Ask for a healthy bump in your pay upfront. Don’t be shy. If you don’t get a call back then you know that you were too expensive. If it was your dream job circle back with the recruiter and ask if you priced yourself out of the market for the job.

Ask what the budget is for the salary

Most hiring managers get a budget for all of their employee’s salaries. Surprise a recruiter by asking politely what their salary budget is for this position. Warning, they will lowball you. Add 10–15% and that’s the real number.

Don’t negotiate with terrorists

The HR department is the most freaked out and scared group inside of a company. They’re endlessly memorizing employer laws to make sure nobody is breaking the rules.

When you break the HR “rules” in a salary negotiation HR feels a threat of terrorism. Why? Because their job is to obey the rules. Negotiate with the hiring manager not HR.

HR doesn’t decide salary, I promise

“But the hiring manager said that the HR department decides the salary.”

HR does bull crap research on Glassdoor, Salary . com, or the Bureau of Labor Statistics to figure out what a “fair” salary is.

Hiring Managers can go over HR’s head to the CFO and get a higher salary approved.

I don’t know how to end this answer.

If I offered you a bottle of water in the park on a nice breezy day you would nickle and dime me down to say $2 for the water. If instead, it was day 4 of being stranded in the Sahara, you would offer me your entire inheritance for that same bottle of water.

Be on the lookout for hiring managers stranded in the Sahara. Stay away from the CFO in the park.

How will 150 pushups every day change me?

Chris Edwards, Self aware ASPD/ Narcissist/Sadist

As a man who used to do 200 push-ups in sets of 50 on his knuckles daily in my teenage years.

The benefits I received were mildly increased upper body size, but nothing compared to lifting heavy weights.

More toned, loss of bodily fat.

Increased strength on the bench press.

Well developed pectoral muscles, these are one of the most developed parts of my body due to the constant training I've put them through, my chest literally sticks out now and if I run my hand across my chest its pretty much rock hard.

Increased cardio, doing pushups is good for a fitness regime, but they are not good for gaining mass.

So if you want to increase your cardio, tone your muscles, develop your pectorals, and also increase your bench press, doing this many pushups will help you with those things.

but do not expect massive size growth from these, you definitely need the heavy weights for extreme upper body growth.

What is the brutal truth about being an only child?

Joanne Friedman, BA Psychology, MEd Special Education, Farmer, Teacher, Horseman, Writer, OMG I'm old!

As mother to an “only” (by choice and also by Fortune), I’ve heard her complaints. Her biggest complaint, which only arose lately as she turned 40, has been that she believes she’s expected to care for all of her parents, both blood and in-law, by herself, which is overwhelming. No matter how often we assure her that none of us expects her to spend her adult life as our caretaker and that we’ve all made significant other plans for our care, she feels that weight. Only time will remove it.

The other negative became evident when she was a mid-teen and her father and I, who had divorced when she was young but remained co-parents, both found other partners who also had family members (as most people do, after all). I can well recall her having a flat-out hissy fit one holiday when I invited her to join me and my partner’s family for an event. It wasn’t about not liking my partner or her stepmother or the event in question. It was about feeling overwhelmed. She yelled, “I have too much family already! There’s you and your family and Dad and his whole family, and now there’s two more whole families and I can’t stand it!” She dug in her heels and firmly refused to include any further people. Period. Hard stop. Until then, she’d been able to choose her “family” from the cadre of friends with whom she surrounded herself. Suddenly the choice was no longer hers alone to make and it rankled badly.

That stance continued until she was in her mid-20’s. Having grown up as an only, she did not relish trying to accommodate so many other people in her life, but life has a way of ignoring our desires. At 27, she married into a very large family, and suddenly, despite adding some 15 or so more hearts to her cache, she began to be less irritated and more welcoming. Now her home constantly vibrates with the sound of visiting family members and she loves it as much as she thought she hated the very idea.

That’s the “brutal truth”. At some point, onlies have to accept that there is room inside them for more love and caring than they grew up expecting.

What is the brutal truth about being an only child?

Joanne Friedman, BA Psychology, MEd Special Education, Farmer, Teacher, Horseman, Writer, OMG I'm old!

As mother to an “only” (by choice and also by Fortune), I’ve heard her complaints. Her biggest complaint, which only arose lately as she turned 40, has been that she believes she’s expected to care for all of her parents, both blood and in-law, by herself, which is overwhelming. No matter how often we assure her that none of us expects her to spend her adult life as our caretaker and that we’ve all made significant other plans for our care, she feels that weight. Only time will remove it.

The other negative became evident when she was a mid-teen and her father and I, who had divorced when she was young but remained co-parents, both found other partners who also had family members (as most people do, after all). I can well recall her having a flat-out hissy fit one holiday when I invited her to join me and my partner’s family for an event. It wasn’t about not liking my partner or her stepmother or the event in question. It was about feeling overwhelmed. She yelled, “I have too much family already! There’s you and your family and Dad and his whole family, and now there’s two more whole families and I can’t stand it!” She dug in her heels and firmly refused to include any further people. Period. Hard stop. Until then, she’d been able to choose her “family” from the cadre of friends with whom she surrounded herself. Suddenly the choice was no longer hers alone to make and it rankled badly.

That stance continued until she was in her mid-20’s. Having grown up as an only, she did not relish trying to accommodate so many other people in her life, but life has a way of ignoring our desires. At 27, she married into a very large family, and suddenly, despite adding some 15 or so more hearts to her cache, she began to be less irritated and more welcoming. Now her home constantly vibrates with the sound of visiting family members and she loves it as much as she thought she hated the very idea.

That’s the “brutal truth”. At some point, onlies have to accept that there is room inside them for more love and caring than they grew up expecting.

How can I become mentally strong, so that no one can dominate me, influence me and bring me down?

Charissa Enget, lives in Kamphaeng Saen, Nakhon Pathom, Thailand

When I moved to Thailand, I went through verbal abuse unimaginable to anyone from a Western culture. I was the only foreigner in my town, and as such, I was the tallest, fattest one there.

I will not go through everything that was said to me, but I rarely went a full day without someone negatively commenting on my appearance. Professors told me I looked more beautiful in long sleeves because they covered my “fat arms”. Random children yelled to their parents that “I wasn’t that fat for a foreigner”. Adults I knew reached over and covered my stomach if they thought it looked unflattering. Random women publicly humiliated me in a language I didn’t know. You can read more about it here if you’re interested.

For months I was filled with rage. I felt insecure constantly, I knew everyone was judging my body. I felt dislike towards every Thai person I saw. Most days I avoided leaving my apartment when possible so I wouldn’t have to deal with the comments. I kept my head down to avoid attention, but being the only white girl in a town of Thai people, that never worked. Eyes were on me constantly.

After months of this, something happened. I was going to be here for two years, there was no changing that I’d never fit in. I had a shift in the way I thought of myself.

I began to think of myself as the weirdo.

There’s power in accepting that you’ll never be accepted. You don’t have to try anymore. There is no fear of rejection because you expect to get rejected. Nothing offends you anymore.

If I walk down the street and hear, “That is the fattest, biggest foreigner I’ve ever seen”, it doesn’t offend me at all anymore. If I hear someone insult my hair, I’ve identified as the foreigner so I don’t care about matching their standards.

Nothing offends me. It’s like a superpower.

I can wear whatever I want. I can say whatever I want (as long as it is kind, of course). I can pursue any dream I want. I can look however I want. I can do anything I want. I am unlimited.

When you expect to not be accepted, and you’re okay with it, you’ll become powerful beyond measure.

Is there one secret about luxury cars that people should know?

Vineet Madan, Former engineer and follower of all things automobile related for 30+ years

The one secret is that there are many secrets about luxury cars that people should know, for starters:

Spending more money on a car does not equal higher quality in most cases, Lexus is probably the major exception today (2018)

The basic platform of most luxury cars is shared with cheaper models - take a look at an Acura MDX and the Honda Pilot, the Porsche Cayenne and Volkswagen Touareg (image above), or choose any comparable Infiniti/Nissan, Lexus/Toyota, Acura/Honda or Porsche/VW group pairings.

The three things you generally pay more for with a luxury car are: (1) higher quality interior appointments - soundproofing, richer leather, more digital “stuff” (which also breaks over time), (2) better performance - mostly higher quality brakes, tires and more powerful engines, (3) the badge - maybe this should be #1

Oh, and let’s not forget that depreciation on your brand spanking new $85+K SUV is going to be brutal. Three years from now that’s a $35–40K used car for someone to buy outright. Yes, you would have paid half - or more - of the purchase price in depreciation if you sold your luxury car in three years whereas the enterprising used car buyer can spend the same money that you did yet own the vehicle for the remainder of its life if they choose to for the same money - call it $40K each. Yes, that’s correct. The new luxury car buyer gets a three-year rental for that money and the used buyer keeps it forever.

Now you see why most people don’t purchase luxury cars, the math doesn’t make sense. From our friends at Car & Driver:

The most commonly leased cars are small luxury sedans. Leases soaked up 60 percent of these models. More than half of all luxury sedans of any size are leased.

The Most Commonly Leased Car Brands in America (and the Most Commonly Purchased)

Keep in mind you’ll be spending 3–5x/year over a regular car in maintenance and upkeep after the first few years as fancy gadgets break quickly and cost a mint to keep running. Check out replacement prices for a Mercedes air suspension or Porsche’s carbon ceramic brake rotors. Yes, you could buy a lightly used BMW i3 for about the same cost as these repair expenses.

On the flip side, the coffee in the service area might be a little better than your run-of-the-mill high-volume, low-price, dealership. Drink up, you need to consume a lot of coffee to get to economic break-even!

What are some hacks for hygiene?

Danielle McKinney, studied at Green River Community College

I feel compelled, since you have no answers.

When you shower, make sure you wash your hair first. I had horrible acne as a teenager, I tried proactive, I tried noxema, I've done pills, pads, wipes, creams, washes, masks, you name it. Nothing seemed to help. It just got worse. Then my mom says, ''Alright, this isn’t working. Nix all the treatments, let's get back to basics. Square one. Basic hygiene, how are you washing your face?” With some trial and error we figured out that my breakouts all over my torso were from residues left by bath products. Namely, my conditioner. It leaves a film of conditioner all over you, so make sure you shampoo and condition first, then gently wash the residues from your skin.

An electric razor works for men and women. You can still have a razor, for when you need it, but it's so much faster and easier to just run an electric razor over armpit hair real fast as part of a regular routine than it is to bother with the shaving cream.

If you experience foot odor, try bleach. I've never had a problem with foot odor, but my brother had such horrible feet that he wouldn't take his shoes off. Not even for bed. My mom found the solution, she filled a bucket with water and a generous amount of bleach and had him soak for five or ten minutes, dumped baking soda in his shoes, and put them in a garbage sack and shook the hell out of them, and, presto! Foot funk gone. Now he does it about every other week.

This is gross, but if you have tonsils you may be struggling with bad breath from tonsil stones. They form inside of tonsils and tend to smell awful. You can get rid of them manually (finger, q tip, etc) and you prevent them by gargling regularly. They are harmless and come out on their own, eventually, but they stink in the meantime. Also, brush your tongue every time you brush your teeth! Try a tongue scraper if you must know exactly why it's necessary. The first time I used one I was shocked and disgusted. I actually snapped at my boyfriend for kissing me with all that in my mouth, the sicko. He was the one who got me the tongue scraper.

What is seen as a big waste of timebut actually isn't?

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Yasir Chowdhrey, studied Self-Improvement & Charisma at SelfEducation

Updated Tue

A lotof people see DISHWASHING as the waste of time but its the productivity hack oftwo richest people on the earth.

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Yes,Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos have been quoted multiple times that they wash dishesafter dinner.

Theiraverage wealth is $ 100 Billion and they can afford at least a Milliondiswashers each.

Whyare they doing that?

1. It helps them in playing their part in housemanagement.

2. Break from office Routine

3. Close the DAY properly.

4. Be the Role Model for Kids.[1]

Sonext time you see the dirty dishes, YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO!

What seemingly strange trait willreveal a lot about a person?

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Kyle Phoenix, Writer and student & Instructor at ColumbiaUniversity

Updated Oct 29

Tella man no.

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Thisseems weird, I know. But I have learned to discern a man’s character simplytell him no.,

No,you’re not interested in a date. No, you don’t want to have sex with him. No,you don’t agree with his opinion.

Thenwait.

Itdoesn’t have to be snarky or sarcastic just a casual no.

Immediatelyafter that he will either congenially accept your answer but leave it open toreturning for more discussion, be friendly, be polite.

Or…

Hewill call you a lesbian, a bitch, a dyke, a fag, fat, dumb, stupid——he willattack you.

Thefragile male ego can’t handle no.

Thestrong male ego wants you to be your own person, might still want to persuadeyou but doesn’t need to debase you.

Tella man no and watch and listen to how he reacts.

Worksevery time.