#4 My Thursday Fun

1. Quote I am thinking about:

“He that has once done you a Kindness will be more ready to do you another, than he who you yourself have obliged.”-Ben Franklin

Have you ever thought long and hard about how you could make someone who doesn’t like you, come to like you? Well, Ben Franklin suggested you ask that individual for a favor to get on their good side. This idea become known as the Ben Franklin Effect.

2. What I am reading:

“What Every Body is Saying”- by Joe Navarro

Here are two excerpts to give you a taste:

“We lie with our faces because that’s what we’ve been taught to do since early childhood. “Don’t make that face,” our parents growl when we honestly react to the food placed in front of us. “At least look happy when your cousins stop by,” they instruct, and you learn to force a smile. Our parents—and society—are, in essence, telling us to hide, deceive, and lie with our faces for the sake of social harmony. So it is no surprise that we tend to get pretty good at it, so good, in fact, that when we put on a happy face at a family gathering, we might look as if we love our in-laws when, in reality, we are fantasizing about how to hasten their departure.”

“Research tells us liars tend to gesture less, touch less, and move their arms and legs less than honest people.”

“For our purposes, any touching of the face, head, neck, shoulder, arm, hand, or leg in response to a negative stimulus (e.g., a difficult question, an embarrassing situation, or stress as a result of something heard, seen, or thought) is a pacifying behavior. These stroking behaviors don’t help us to solve problems; rather, they help us to remain calm while we do. In other words, they soothe us. Men prefer to touch their faces. Women prefer to touch their necks, clothing, jewelry, arms, and hair.”

3. Skill I am developing: AI Video Editing

AI video editing tools help you focus on your artistic vision and storytelling.

Instead of cutting, trimming, adding captions and taking care of?other technical details.

AI Video Editing Tools

·?????? Opus Clip?? Turn long videos into short clips

·?????? Descript?? The simple, powerful and fun way to edit

·?????? Typeframes?? Turn text into product videos

·?????? Gling AI?? Cut silences and bad takes

·?????? invideo AI?? Create videos with text prompts

·?????? FireCut?? Lightning-fast AI video editor in Adobe Premiere Pro

·?????? Zubtitle?? Add subtitles, trim and repurpose videos with a few clicks

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