What is there about women that drives you crazy?
Bad CrazyHow they give very subtle and unnoticeable signs of their relationship with you. They Not all girls mind you usually drop hints and signs for everything instead of telling us guys directly what is they want or feel.The problem with this is that guys are unable to ‘translate’ their hints and cues into their needs and desires, such as a girl subtlety dropping clues him that she likes him, even though the guys is probably too confused to understand.Good (Sexual) CrazyBiting their lips- Gives off a playful sign and a hint of desireFlipping their hair- Pretty flirtatiousA wink- “Wowww, what could that mean?”A Smile- “She looks really cute.”Crossing her legs at full view- “Ohh la laa”Maybe subtlety isn’t always bad after all
When a guy says, "you drive me wild."?
Depends how he said it! I think if he looked you in the eyes, smiling and said it like he meant it he has romantic feelings for you (cause that's how I would play it if I truly had romantic feelings for a girl)...if your heart bounced a little If this happend then I think you could safely say that he has romantic feelings for you (which to me feels so much better than sexual feelings although the two combined is amazing), anyways if he said it looking at your body or you felt led on than he's probabley having sexual feelings...also, if you guys were texting and he said that I think he may not realize the extent of how broad something like that is to say to a girl...if ya'll were talking over the phone and his tone sounded sincere and real I think there's also a fair chance he meant what he said but I wouldn't take it to the heart just yet. Talk to him about it and tell him how it made you feel but you were just unsure of what he meant, the guy is bound to be honest if he really cares about you! Good luck:)
Gamification: What are some car companies that use game mechanics? In which models and how?
The Toyota Prius was the first one which comes to my mind that used a very simple feedback on it's drivers fuel consumption over time (see here for a picture and article - Gamification: Green tech makes energy use a game—and we all win). It created the trend of hypermilling and it's indeed the one number that is in your focus all the time.I've personally own my third Toyota Prius now and though there is no direct leaderboard to compare yourself against all other drivers (this feature will for sure be added in the future), it's the main talk about hybrid car drivers. How many kilometer (or miles) did you achieve with one full tank? Pictures are being posted and I even run out of gas one time on my personal best achievement just when I entered the parking of my company (as I didn't notice the car was running on electrical power only the last couple of minutes).Second example coming a bit later is in a bit different format, where the screen shows leaves growing and shrinking based on your driving behavior. Two car maker companies are currently going for that route, Honda (thanks to Aape Pohjavirta for refreshing my memory) is using the Eco score to give direct feedback to the driver on his fuel consumption: Additionally they use different colors for the dashboard (blue for too much fuel consumption and green for efficient fuel consumption), read here more about it: 2010 Honda Insight Ecological Drive Assist System Grows Leaves, Gets Other Features Ford is using a system that they call "Smartgauge with EcoGuide" to show also some leaves to the driver as a direct feedback system, though in a more graphical way, compare yourself with Honda's leaves: This adds a bit of an abstract layer to it and makes it a bit more difficult to compare but I think that this game mechanic of comparing mileage achieved with a full tank is anyway more appealing to male then to female (my own personal observation in discussions and the Prius forum). I guess using a plant that is growing leaves into a full grown tree is touching more the female driver than the male one.Last example is just out fresh since two weeks and is from Volkswagen (and Google) in their app called SmileDrive (Make driving more fun and social.) Check out this video explaining it's function where the game mechanics are more on the social side than the previous examples:
How can I become who I really am?
First of all… I am moved by your question and at the same time I notice myself smiling, because you already have so much. It looks to me like you are starting to become aware… aware of your past, that it wasn’t as ideal as it could have been, aware of something you feel you are lacking in this moment… of not (yet) knowing yourself, lacking skills, not knowing who you want to become and what you would like to do…And that is as good a place to start as any… that very same awareness is very often the basis of life as a creative journey, where you begin to look for and create the experiences you would like to have, begin the search for the things that make you tick, that inspire you, etc.There’s that option!! Always.And you can change your mind…. lots of times, and make the journey incredibly exciting and worth your while. You grow into the person you’re meant to become by taking action on the things that inspire you right now, or where you sense a lack… Give yourself the opportunity to experience and try things out, stick to something or other for a while, finish other things, just for the hack of it, and because it feels good to accomplish something, and all the while keep noticing what nourishes you, how you are changing in the process, and which things you would like to keep and which things no longer make sense.Join groups, find mentors, travel, …Keep dreaming, keep growing, keep taking action… and then one day you’ll look back, and say…. I am so happy I trusted myself enough to become me!It’s a journey, not a destination.Hope you will enjoy.