Big may not be better for most countries - FT.com
If defense is a priority and trade is restricted Big Nation has an advantage .
But in 21st century both these conditions will vanish , hence chances of Smaller nations succeeding will increase.
The US continues to benefit from its scale. In other countries, though, the advantages of bigness have waned. Big countries have a leg-up when defence is the top public-spending priority (because they can afford more of it) and when trade is restricted (because big nations have large internal markets). But neither of those conditions holds now. In fact, the world has been rebuilt according to small countries’ dreams. “Smallness tends to encourage openness,” Prof Barro wrote, because small states must trade to survive.
Sunday, May 4, 2014
Don't ever let a negative thought get into your mind replace it with the most positive that you can ever think of
There are some people who seem to get everything they want in life. They hardly struggle or complain, and there is a good reason for that; they know that those two behaviors are not self-serving, so they don't do them.
Anyone who has ever experienced the life of their dreams will tell you that you cannot focus on what you don't want and still get what you do want.
In other words, you have to be focused on positive things in order to attract positive things into your life.
There is no more denying the truth that positive thinking is essential to overcoming challenges and getting what you want in life.
The great minds have always preached positive thinking, but now research is backing up their claims and a new field of study has emerged, called positive psychology, which is furthering the research to discover just how far positive thinking can take us.
For now we know that relationships, career, mental health, and physical health all improve when positive thinking is involved.
Why? Because positive people are more likely to participate in healthy behaviors. Moreover, they can cope with all kinds of stress more effectively.
Are you worried that you will never be able to think positively and reap the benefits? Are you stuck in the deep end of negativity? Not everyone can see the light at the end of the tunnel.
The truth is that some people experience negative life events which makes positive thinking a challenge. For some people, there seems to be so much to be negative in their life that it becomes all they can focus on.
But, the good news is that everyone has the ability to overcome their past and develop the skill of positive thinking to benefit their future.
The first step is to eliminate negative thoughts as soon as they appear. When one enters your mind, consciously replace it with a positive thought.
The positive thought will be unique to you, but is should be something that makes you feel better - even if it is slightly better.
Your positive thought should remove hate, anger, and sadness and replace them with kindness, acceptance, and the desire to keep moving towards your ultimate life.
Do this and you will be on your way to incorporating habitual positive thinking in your life.
Anyone who has ever experienced the life of their dreams will tell you that you cannot focus on what you don't want and still get what you do want.
In other words, you have to be focused on positive things in order to attract positive things into your life.
There is no more denying the truth that positive thinking is essential to overcoming challenges and getting what you want in life.
The great minds have always preached positive thinking, but now research is backing up their claims and a new field of study has emerged, called positive psychology, which is furthering the research to discover just how far positive thinking can take us.
For now we know that relationships, career, mental health, and physical health all improve when positive thinking is involved.
Why? Because positive people are more likely to participate in healthy behaviors. Moreover, they can cope with all kinds of stress more effectively.
Are you worried that you will never be able to think positively and reap the benefits? Are you stuck in the deep end of negativity? Not everyone can see the light at the end of the tunnel.
The truth is that some people experience negative life events which makes positive thinking a challenge. For some people, there seems to be so much to be negative in their life that it becomes all they can focus on.
But, the good news is that everyone has the ability to overcome their past and develop the skill of positive thinking to benefit their future.
The first step is to eliminate negative thoughts as soon as they appear. When one enters your mind, consciously replace it with a positive thought.
The positive thought will be unique to you, but is should be something that makes you feel better - even if it is slightly better.
Your positive thought should remove hate, anger, and sadness and replace them with kindness, acceptance, and the desire to keep moving towards your ultimate life.
Do this and you will be on your way to incorporating habitual positive thinking in your life.
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