"What do you do? I'm an accountant. What company do you work for? Oh, I don't work for a company. That's your definition of success. I do it for the numbers." -Rob Paravonian As an accountant, I measure the success of businesses every day, in dollars and cents. To judge a life likewise, however, is not a full picture. Success in life has many different faces. Some people want that money out of life. Some want recognition, and some want power. Usually, when gaining one of the...

Exaggeration. Blowing things out of proportion. Use of absolutes. We all(gasp!) tend to do these things, especially when debating. However, they leave one open to attacks, such as... "You're exaggerating!" "You're blowing things out of proportion!" Or, "Not ALL people do this." etc. So why do we still do it? I don't know! But it doesn't help to attack THAT and ignore the point, because if you do, all you'll get in response is "You've completely missed my point!" I see that ...