How Narcissistic are you?

This is not a very accurate measure,  but I scored 21 points out of 40 which is above the average of 15.3. Yesterday I took the Pinsky test, which measures how much are you absorbed into yourself. The areas covered include Self-sufficiency, Vanity, and Exhibicionism. The questions made me reflect where I position myself among other people. If you have time for another episode of Family Guy, do this test instead.

Question of the day: Suppose you are a blogger. Choose one option:

• The opinion posted in your blog is better than most people could produce.
• The opinion posted in your blog is rather average and most people could produce this or better.
• Your internet space is designed to put funny pictures.

Listening is the key

One of he main ideas from the Dale Carnegie’s book: carefully listen to what your conversation partner says and everything will be fine.  Here’s a random thought, so very true:

More often than not, when someone is telling me a story all I can
think about is that I can’t wait for them to finish so that I can tell
my own story that’s not only better, but also more directly involves
me.

Usually occurs in areas densely populated with exchange students and in locations of medium to high alcohol consumption. Remember the last time you were so dying to tell something that you didn’t listen to the other person. It was today, right? ;)

Some links for your consideration

1. Short movie: russians drink vodka in style [youtube].

2. People on your periphery are more important than you thought [psychology today]

3. Peter Boettke on what’s wrong with neoclassical (and Austrian) economics.

4. Krugman on what’s wrong with economicts (yep, the same everyone already posted).