Cultivate the habit of attention and try to gain opportunities to hear wise men and women talk. Indifference and inattention are the two most dangerous monsters that your ever meet. Interest and attention will insure to you an education.

Hutchison's Law:
Any occurrence requiring undivided attention will be accompanied by a compelling distraction.

I asked a Burmese why women, after centuries of following their men, now walk ahead. He said there were many unexploded land mines since the war.

My suspicion is that women are paying more attention to their health and are working on it. Men tend to make light of health issues more and wait until it's too late, some crisis comes along. They have a heart attack. Their blood pressure goes up.

The most basic way to get someone's attention is this: Break a pattern.

A woman needs a man, more than a man needs a woman. We can thank prostitutes for that.