Most scammers are not as direct as the infamous Nigerian Prince scam. Instead, con artists use subtle psychological tricks to get you to cooperate. These tricks take advantage of people’s kindness, naïvete, shame, greed, or fear. For years, people assumed you are stupid if scammers fooled you. But researchers have found that that’s not the ...
Life has many pitfalls you must be careful to avoid. Here is a story about three of those common pitfalls. A farmer was on the way to town to sell his donkey and goat. A little bell was tied around the goat’s neck. Three thieves saw the farmer. The first one said: “I will steal ...
Life-changing moments and true tests of character can happen at any time, often unexpectedly – even in the blink of an eye. With no time to think about it, the spontaneous decision that needs to be made at that time can have a profound life-altering outcome. What we really are deep down inside will determine ...
Not everything is as it seems. People around the world have always used moral fables to help people gain deeper insights and understandings. Here are 3 moral fables to expand your thinking 1. Look up and you look beautiful Jenny is a young girl. Not having faith in her looks, she always kept her head ...
Produced by New Century Pictures, the new short film Dog Hunt is a heart-warming, humorous, and light-hearted comedy pet film. Since its online release on November 12, Dog Hunt has received an overwhelming response. Audiences have been impressed by the storyline and the particular dog “actor,” and they have left many compliments and positive comments. ...
A man went to see a Buddhist teacher and asked: “What is the most terrible thing in the world?” The master replied: “It is desire!” The man appeared confused at the answer and he had a puzzled look on his face. The master told him: “Listen to me and let me tell you a story.” ...
There was once a little shop called the Conscience Pawnshop. When the business began to decline, the owner, Zhang Yipin, considered closing it down. Around the same time, the owner became seriously ill and lost his eyesight. Now blind and too ill to run the business, he let his son, Zhang Sanbao, manage the shop. ...
Greed can cost a man everything. During a war, with more and more people fleeing the famine, Wang Laoliu picked up all his worldly possessions — a bag of sweet potatoes — and joined the departing villagers. Halfway to his destination, he came across a man and his son who were starving. The man was carrying a heavy bag. When the man saw that ...
During the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty, a scene unfolded at the Lianji Bookstore in a Beijing street where a young man was reading a book near the counter. Another customer in front of the counter was paying for his book. One of his coins fell to the ground and rolled to the side ...
An old demon saw that human beings were blessed in the human world, so he told the little demons: “We need to disrupt human life, otherwise there is no place for us in the human world.” So he chose to send a little demon to a farmer. The first little demon and the farmer He ...
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