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Each person has a certain skill, a skill that he once developed. But much of what we know is more likely to be useful to us for general development or career.
site collected the skills that everyone should have. Although many of them may seem unnecessary, they will come in handy at least once in a lifetime.
Knit knots
Learning to knit various knots is by no means a useless exercise. Such skills will be useful for facilitating transportation, hiking and even fishing, if you, of course, like outdoor activities.
Distinguish between poisonous and edible mushrooms
Many of the poisonous mushrooms can be harmful to health even if you don't eat them. For example, some of them have mucus that can cause an allergic reaction or cause a burn. Such knowledge should be shared with children in order to protect them on a family vacation in the countryside.
Know the Heimlich maneuver
Thanks to the knowledge of the Heimlich maneuver, you can quickly navigate an unpleasant and life-threatening situation when a person chokes. There is first aid in such situations, and perhaps they all need to know.
Navigate in the forest
If you are going on a hike or vacation outside the city, you need to know how to navigate in a wooded and simply unfamiliar area. You should not count on modern gadgets, because communication can fail. To feel calm, you must at least be able to use a conventional compass.
Understand plumbing and electrical
This knowledge is useful in case of emergency and in order to save money. For example, while washing dishes, the faucet handle comes off and the kitchen is flooded with water. What to do? Prepare the boat for yourself and your neighbors before the arrival of the emergency service, if you do not know where to turn off the water. After that, you need to replace the faucet, and it's good if you know how, because this will save you time and money. Well, after watering the appliances in the kitchen with water, knowledge about electricity will definitely come in handy.
Use construction tools
Every self-respecting man has at home a minimum set of tools that are necessary in everyday life. And no matter how ridiculous it may sound, you also need to be able to hammer in a nail or screw a shelf to the wall. Not to call the workers every time you want to hang a new picture.
Save a drowning man
On the way to saving a drowning person, only one obstacle can arise - the inability to swim. If you feel confident in the water, then you are strong. Remember that you need to swim up to a person strictly from behind so that he does not notice you, since in a state of panic, a drowning person can prevent you from swimming or, having grabbed, drag you under water. After you have swum, you need to take a person under the armpits or by the chin and, placing his head in the abdomen, start moving towards the shore.
Know how to save money
Be able to equip a fishing rod and row a boat
You don't have to be a fisherman to know how. But it is necessary to know. For example, if fishing does not interest you, it may be interesting for your child. In every man there is a primitive instinct of a getter. And you should know how to row, if only because, as part of a romantic walk on the water, this will be a great pleasure for you and your soul mate.
Plan your vacation
A vacation or a weekend with friends is a well thought out plan. So that no troubles happen during your vacation or suddenly it doesn’t turn out that something is missing, approach the fees with all responsibility. Don't rely on memory. Use the old and proven way: make a list of what you need. If you are going abroad, buy tickets at low-cost airlines to save on flights.
Get away unscathed from a stray dog
If you happen to meet an angry dog on your way, you can resort to several defense options:
- If the dog is not large, you can try to scare it by pretending that you are lifting a stone. But before that, you must let her notice you. With shuffling and slow steps, go towards her, and when you are in the center of her attention, pull off this trick. A small and cowardly dog should be scared.
- If this method did not have any effect, most likely, you should prepare for an attack. In this case, you can try to hit the dog in the nose when he rushes at you, but the probability of an accurate hit is small. A more effective way is to let her bite herself. Without turning your back on the animal, without sudden movements, take off your outer clothing and wrap it around your hand. Let the dog cling to this hand, and then push the thing into her mouth and run.
use a jack
It is very useful to have basic knowledge about the device of the car. In the event of a hole in the wheel on the track, you need to replace it with a jack and a spanner wrench. And don't forget about wheel chocks so your car doesn't roll away while it's being lifted.
List of required knowledge
1.Time
Time is a huge value for any person. Unfortunately, we are not taught this at school and higher educational institutions, so we have to rely only on self-development. In the process of which it is possible to learn how to properly distribute it so that it works for you. After all, those people who learned how to manage it became successful. They broke away from the daily routine, set up a workflow and at the same time have time to relax.
In life, it is important to appreciate every moment, because time flows irrevocably, and the inability to manage it is reflected in the form of unfulfilled needs and desires. Tell me, having spent minutes of your life aimlessly watching TV, what do you get? If nothing useful and resourceful, then I recommend reading my article. It describes in detail how to use every minute effectively to reach your goals and reach your potential.
2.Money
What else should a modern person understand? And how to use money properly. It is thanks to this skill that it is possible to accumulate a fortune, or at least reach the desired financial level. Have you heard the stories that when a poor person won a million in the lottery, for example, then after a year or two he again became a beggar? And all because he does not know how to handle money.
If you read the article, then you know that almost all of them were in great need in childhood. They starved and sometimes slept just on the floor, not having a bed. They managed to achieve tremendous success, taking a leading position in the list of the richest people in the world. Thanks to the fact that they had information about what to do with money, where to invest and how to save what they earned.
3.Health
To realize your needs, develop and advance in life, it is important to know how to maintain your health. In order not to spend the accumulated capital and free time on treatment, but to use all your possibilities in order to prevent the development of any diseases, to keep the body in good shape, to save and increase the flow of energy.
Unfortunately, it often happens that people notice the value of health only when they encounter some physiological difficulties and limitations. Therefore, a modern person is simply obliged to know how to maintain his health, in addition to a healthy lifestyle, taking various vitamin complexes and playing sports, it is also important to undergo medical examinations on time in order to be aware of the state of your body.
4.Communication
Also for the overall development is a very important, but at the same time very complex and capacious point - the psychology of communication, which is also not taught at school. I have already said in the article “What are human communication skills and why they are vital” that we are social creatures. Without communication, they simply would not be able to survive. Especially in the modern world, when the ability to formulate one's point of view, to be clear, interesting and active is the key to success and advancement.
No matter what sphere of life we pay attention to, there are relationships with other people everywhere, and the functionality of this sphere depends on the quality of their construction.
5. Self-awareness
Self-awareness is also important, because in order to set goals and achieve success, build collegiate or, for example, family relationships, and generally live well, it is important to develop awareness in yourself. Understand why and what exactly I do, what I am and how I react to various situations.
And if a person understands himself, has information about his resources, opportunities and limitations, he will better understand other people and how to deal with them. Recognize their intentions, and, for example, lies.
Conclusion
That's all, dear reader! I spoke about the main stages of development of modern man. They will help improve the quality of life, fill it with pleasure and achievements. Develop, take care of yourself and remember that you should never stop there. The acquisition of knowledge is a continuous process that should accompany us every day, regardless of the level of education and lifestyle.
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anna baseMan is an exceptional creature. It is not news that the human body is a complex and intricate system, right? The parts of the body and the daily functions hold amazing facts. The human body has not been fully studied. Consider 15 interesting facts about a person, his body and organs.
What do we know about our body?
human brain- the most complex and not fully explored part of the anatomy. The brain uses the same amount of energy as a 10W light bulb. This internal organ never rests and works more actively at night than during the day. The human brain consumes 20% of the oxygen present in the blood. At a speed of 170 miles per hour, nerve impulses travel from and to the brain. 80% of the human brain is water, so when you feel like you're dehydrated, drink water to keep your brain healthy. Scientists have noted that there is a connection between the brain and body weight: women have 22 g of brain for every kg of body, and men have 20 g. Women have 10 times more white matter in the brain of the head than men. In men, the gray matter is 6.5 times larger than in the fairer sex. 
Why is biological knowledge and terms, the basics of geography, historical facts, dates and events, including those in Russia, useful to know for a modern literate person? - precisely for the development and maintenance of the brain in working condition for many years.
They are non-living parts of the body, but people watch them carefully and for a long time. Every day a person loses from 60 to 100 strands of hair. It depends on various factors: time of year, pregnancy, age, diseases. A woman's hair is about half the diameter of a man's hair in thickness. This is necessary to know for general development: the blondes sung by various stories and anecdotes have more hair, and their hair is very thin and thick. Sparse and thick hair - in red people, the "golden mean" are brown-haired and brunettes. On average, the lifespan of a human hair is between 3 and 7 years. In brown-haired men, the beard grows more slowly than in men with blond hair.
The fastest growing nail is the nail on the middle finger. Interesting, isn't it? Compared to fingernails, toenails grow four times slower. Everyone noticed that in warm weather, nails grow much faster. Do not torture yourself with different diets - they will lead to the fact that the growth of nails will stop, and they will become brittle and thin.
The largest organ of the body is the skin. In an adult, its area is 2 m2. The health of a person is judged by the condition of the skin. So, acne on the chin speaks of a failure of hormones in the body, acne on the forehead - about diseases of the gastrointestinal tract and the digestive system. The skin performs respiratory, tactile, heat exchange, regenerating and cleansing functions. The thinnest skin layer (0.5 mm) is located on the eardrums and eyelids, and the thickest is on the soles of the feet (0.5 cm). During the day, the skin releases approximately 1 liter of sweat and 20 g of sebum, creating a protective film on the skin. 
How fast do we sneeze? That's right, 100 mph. For this reason when sneezing, it is impossible to keep your eyes open. But, if you support the eyelids with your hands, then this can happen. This is an excuse to cover your mouth when you sneeze.
Having a hearty snack, it is not recommended to go to a music concert. Why? Yes, for one obvious reason. Solid food affects the ear, and it becomes less perfect. 
Men smell worse than women. From birth, women have much better receptors than men. Therefore, the representatives of the weaker sex remain the best tasters of smell until the end of their lives. According to research, women are able to identify the smell more correctly. So, they more clearly define coffee, citrus, vanilla, cinnamon smells. Newborns recognize their mother's scent. Humans are also able to identify the smell of familiar people. Part of the smell depends on food, environment, various hygiene products and genetics.
A person will go without food more time than without sleep. Up to 60 days a person will live without food if there is water. It also depends on some factors, such as the amount of fat in the body. But if a person does not sleep, after sleepless nights there will be changes in his psychology. A person can go 11 days without sleep is the longest time that the experimenter experienced. After this time, he could not speak normally, had hallucinations and forgot about his actions.
Surprising things about pregnancy and newborns
You know…? Below are listed almost everything that absolutely all novice mothers need to know - so, the mandatory list of facts about the baby in the womb and the newly born crumbs:
Fingerprints in a newborn appear during pregnancy in the third month of life. They are imprinted for life.
Your long-awaited baby may cry while in the womb.
Talk to your baby during pregnancy. Studies by British scientists have shown that children with whom mothers talked on adult topics were distinguished by a high level of intelligence. Talk, consult with them, and ask questions in silence.
To facilitate childbirth, you need to sing. Since the hormone of happiness, endorphin, is released during singing, hearing the mother's singing, the child calms down. So, by singing, reduce the pain during contractions.
Does your baby need noise to fall asleep? Do not be surprised. In the womb, the baby adapts to the noise of the body.
Scientists have refuted the hypothesis that in newborns things are mixed into one point and the world is perceived in an altered form. According to the research, it was found that the child sees the mother's face clearly.
Up to seven months, the child breathes and swallows. All this is done at the same time. Adults cannot do this. Newborns breathe only through their nose.
When a human being is born, at that moment there are 14 billion cells in the brain that do not increase and after 25 years they shrink by 100,000 a day.
300 bones are contained in the body of a newborn, while an adult has 206.
Unusual facts about sleep
Sleep is an extraordinary human state. People spend 1/3 of their lives sleeping. This is the time when the brain processes and decides what to forget and what to remember from the retrieved information of the day.
Get a good sleep before something important
how you learned the tickets and go to bed quickly before memorizing. According to psychologists, the character of a person can be judged by the way he sleeps. People sleeping in a ball, fenced off from the outside world. The longest dream was recorded by D. Powell in 1994 - its duration was 3 hours 8 minutes, the man was examined in the American city of Seattle.
The essence of prophetic dreams is also extremely interesting. Scientists have long found that the cerebral cortex becomes less active when a person falls asleep. While he does not know about his illness, in the affected blood cells this news already exists. It is reproduced in the form of dreams and images. According to doctors, it is possible to predict the flu, a cold, 1 or 2 days before the onset of its signs, and an ulcer - 2 to 3 weeks before. During research on dreams, British professionals found that For a positive attitude, people need to sleep 7 hours a day.
The table of chemical elements that Mendeleev dreamed of is one of the most famous dream phenomena in science.
Professionals believe that this comes true when a person persistently solves a problem.
Psychological facts
Concentrated attention you hold for ten minutes. So, being present at some meeting, you will listen to a topic that the speaker tells very well and informatively. You maintain attention for up to 10 minutes, after which it decreases. Take a break for further retention.
We are failed predictors of the future. We overestimate our responses to future actions, whether positive or negative. The professionals found out an interesting thing: people think that positive events, such as getting married or getting a job, will make them better than they really were. By the same analogy, it seems to us that negative events will cause more despondency, discouragement than it really is.
Many people think that they can do several things at the same time. Scientists have proven that it is impossible. Why? The answer is simple. So, while walking with a girlfriend and talking with her, the brain at this time focuses on one main function. It says that we are not able to think about two different things.
People feel much happier when they are busy
Imagine you are at the airport where you have to collect your luggage. You need 10 minutes to get to this place. At the end of the term, you reach and take the suitcase. Please tell me how unrestrained you seem to yourself? Now imagine that you reach this place in 3 minutes and wait 7 minutes to pick it up. On two occasions spent 10 minutes, but were in all likelihood impatient and unhappy the second time around. Thus, if a person believes that he does not need to be active, he is inactive. Although energy is conserved, when we do nothing, we feel more unhappy. So get to work and keep busy.
There are unusually many interesting and surprising facts about a person, since the human body and mind are an unusually complex, truly unique biological machine in which everything is interconnected and, with a healthy body, works smoothly, clearly, and balanced. Every minute, every hour, every day opens the world to man, and to the world of man - we still have a lot to learn about ourselves.
Conclusion
Interested in interesting and surprising factors? Then positively tune in to life, take everything positive from it, take care and keep your health. Study yourself and study this limitless world, develop constantly and daily- make, for example, your own list: the meanings of incomprehensible words, clever articles, classical and modern poems, interesting facts from history and elementary things that every educated person should know. Choose an area of interest to you and work on it—for example, formulate questions about politics that every erudite person should answer, and try to give detailed, well-founded answers to them. Or 100 questions about animals / birds / fish that any intelligent person should answer - anything, as long as life is interesting, diverse, attractive at 20, 50, and 80 years old.
Good luck, good mood and positive attitude!
February 9, 2014, 09:1120 THINGS EVERYONE SHOULD KNOW: 1. The world wants you to stay dumb. The dumber you are, the easier it is for you to sell products and services. The diagonal size of the TV is inversely proportional to the IQ. 2. Do not blindly believe in the educational system. The curriculum is outdated on the first day you start your studies. (An exception is fundamental programs, but only in the exact sciences; the question of applying fundamental knowledge in everyday life remains open.) 3. Read without stopping, read as much as possible. You never know when new knowledge and concepts will come in handy, but you will be much better prepared for life's surprises. 4. Learn to communicate with others. Avoiding people, considering them unworthy of your communication, means not finding clients, friends, or work in the future. 5. Being shy is a waste of time. Don't let emotions rule your decision-making processes. 6. If you don’t like something in a relationship with another person, in the event of your breakup, this “something” will be the reason. 7. As much as possible communicate with people older than you. Try to understand their value system, their outlook and the logical connections between the situation and the decisions made. 8. Find people to admire and try to outdo them. 9. Over time, people become more conservative. If you want to do risky things, do them while you are young. I came to the conclusion a long time ago that reformism is the result of a lack of knowledge, not a focus. 10. Don't spend money on nonsense: save it for something serious (including your own startup). It will also teach you how to spend money in business: wisely and for a purpose. 11. When choosing between spending money on things or experiences, choose experiences. The joy of impressions and memories is higher. 12. After you have learned how to save, learn how to earn. 13. Learn to program. It is easier to make a prototype yourself than to spend time and money explaining it to someone else. If you don't want to code, learn how to do something with your hands so that you can produce something useful. 14. Don't gain weight when you're young. This will shorten your active life by 10-20 years. 15. Learn how to cook food. The best time to think about something is when you're chopping up ingredients for a salad or soup. 16. Get enough sleep at night. Lack of sleep greatly affects the quality of decision making. 17. Write down your activities. Memory is not enough, no matter how fantastic it may be. 18. Have a big dream. Being flexible is great, but without dreams it can turn into running in circles. 19. Become an expert in your field before changing the field of activity. The point here is the 10,000 hour rule, and the fact that a good generalist must have been a good specialist in the past. 20. Don't try to fix people. Look for those who are not yet corrupted. Bonuses Learn 2-3 foreign languages. Knowledge of a language also gives an understanding of culture and an understanding of diverse points of view and values. Learn to speak culturally and write without mistakes. The ability to speak fluently and to the point will come in handy when you convey the company's point of view to consumers, as well as manage people. Learn to compete ethically in the areas of life you need. Life is a very competitive thing, and the inability to compete reduces your chances of changing your position or social status.
With the evolution of generations, the experience of a person “grows”. For example, the generation during the Great Depression is fundamentally different from the generation during the baby boom, which is certainly different from the current one. No offense, who today is young and young, and believes that he knows everything in the world. Every generation is a little different. It depends on many factors, including gender and upbringing. In compiling this list, we took all this into account.
So, what are these 40 things that everyone who crosses the 40-year mark should know?
In other words, many of the 40-year-olds do know something about "how our world works." If you are one of them, it will be very useful for you to read and understand that there is definitely something in this. So…
Don't treat the list like a math formula. Something will do, something is the other way around ... But read on. Wow - fit!
We wanted to amuse you, make you think, and maybe something else. You decide…
In any case - here they are - these 40 things that everyone who has already celebrated their 40th birthday should know:
1. Hanging out all weekend is definitely not the best idea.
2. There is nothing better than a good night's sleep.
3. A career is a whole bunch of rakes that you step on and step on and step on.
4. Remember that there are no irreplaceable people. And you are no exception.
5. Your social circle will be narrower and narrower. And that's even better.
6. You need to sleep either alone or with someone you truly love. No options.
7. You already had at least one big love that you had to endure.
8. Have children or not? Now you know the answer to this question for sure.
9. Should I get a cat or a dog? The same. It's either yours or it's not.
10. You have already experienced at least one tragedy. Unfortunately…
11. You are definitely a little weird. And you start to like it!
12. You fought like a lion to get better... sacrificing money, time... and how?
13. Singing karaoke while sober is the fastest way to trigger a panic attack.
14. And singing karaoke when you've had a few drinks is something. This is amazing. This is an explosion.
15. Fashion means nothing more to you than the color of your toilet lid.
16. You already know for sure (I hope) that we will all die, and therefore live to the fullest.
17. If you are not a “public person”, then most likely you will never become one.
18. Fatty foods are still harmful. From them puffs.
19. Exercise is the perfect antidote to just about anything.
20. Good reading is also a great antidote to just about anything.
21. The word "success" takes on a completely different meaning for you.
22. Intimacy (i.e. "sex life") is wonderful in moderation...and when you're in love.
23. Young people are increasingly turning to you for advice - good or bad.
24. Dancing is either amazing (if you know how to dance), or - never and under no circumstances.
25. 99% of what you were taught at the university has never been useful to you and will not be useful.
26. Slippers, bathrobe, cardigan - you have some or all of these and / or you like crossword puzzles.
27. Marijuana ... you either know what it is, or you will never know.
28. You have your own internal "counter", and only you know the score ...
29. Communication on the phone with people takes you no more than 1% of the time, the remaining 99 are colleagues and family.
30. If you were not invited somewhere, this is really real luck.
31. Meetings and briefings at work invariably make you bored.
32. Playing computer games, other games... it's so cool. Or not…
33. If you don't have a plan, that's fine. If there is, it's no less good.
34. When you call, write or other types of communication - oh, there is nothing worse!
35. If you are learning something new, then only if you really want it with all your heart. There are no other motivations.
36. Arguing with someone is: 1. Waste of time. 2. Deprived of any meaning. 3. Not my favorite show, that's for sure.
37. You still want to travel the world. And it doesn't matter if you have a passport.
38. Is drinking and partying worth a heavy hangover? Definitely not.
39. The snooze button looks pretty nice Monday through Friday… maybe Saturday and Sunday too.
40. Understand that 40 is very little. And you still have a lot of gunpowder in the powder flasks. Be thankful for this.
Forward! At 40, life is just beginning!
