Problem: Write an article based on this summary: Ask your friends what they think. If you're feeling bold, ask his friends. Ask him yourself.

Answer: If you have some close friends who are always hanging around you two, then you may be able to ask them if they think he really likes you. You may be too blinded by Cupid's arrow to be able to see the situation clearly, but one of your friends may have more insight. Ask a friend you trust who already knows the situation well. If she's seen you hang out a bunch of times, she should have an opinion. Ask a friend to study the two of you next time you're together and to report back. Just make sure the friend isn't being too obvious. Pick a friend whose opinion and judgment you value. Pick someone with good social sense to get the best answer. Tell your friends to be honest. If they really don't think he likes you, or even know that he likes someone else, then you should benefit from the truth. This is a very dangerous step. There are few boys who would break "bro code" and not run and report your question back to your crush. But if you don't know who else to ask or if you really trust one of his friends, then casually ask how he feels about you. Though this is a riskier step, his friends will have a better answer than your friends, since they have first-hand information from your guy. Ask his friend if he likes you could also just be a sneaky way to let him know how you feel. If you're too scared to tell him yourself, this information will get back to him ASAP if you tell the wrong person. Once you're feeling fairly confident that the guy likes you and are tired of waiting around and reading the signs, it may be time to just tell him how you feel and ask if he feels the same way. He could be really shy and may be relieved that you're taking the initiative. Here's how to ask him if he really likes you: Find some time to be alone with him. Make sure you don't ask him when his friends are looking over your shoulder. Be honest and open. Just say you have a crush on him and want to know if he shares your feelings. Before he responds, let him know that it's no big deal if he doesn't like you. You should only do this if you're pretty sure that he likes you. If he has exhibited multiple signs of liking you, then be bold and ask him. If he has shown no signs of liking you, then it may be time to wait to see what happens.

Problem: Write an article based on this summary: Prepare for the climb. Learn the "Dragonrend" shout. Use "Dragonrend" to bring Alduin to the ground. Use "Clear Skies" tactically. Avoid Alduin's front. Use frost magic. Apply poisons to your weapons. Keep the pressure on.

Answer: Purchase or craft a number of healing and fire resist potions in any town. You may want to consider recruiter a follower to help you as well. A solid melee fighter, like Lydia or Mjoll are good choices to tank Alduin when he lands. Ilia is also a good choice for her proficiency in frost magic. There will be a few Ice Wraiths on the climb, so a couple of frost resist potions may be a good idea as well. If you have training in Restoration magic, you can use spells to substitute for healing or resist potions. When you reach the top, you will speak to Paarthurnax and watch a lengthy cutscene to learn the shout before the fight with Alduin begins. Paarthurnax will aid you in your fight against Alduin and act as a distraction, but you will have to deal the bulk of the damage. Tap and hold the shout button to charge it. Follow Alduin's flight with the camera as you charge so that you do not miss. If you miss you will have to wait while your shout recharges. Equip an Amulet of Talos if you need the shout cooldown to be shortened. Although Paarthurnax will spar with Alduin in the air, Alduin cannot be damaged until you ground him with Dragonrend. A single tap of the shout button will do a single-charge version of the shout that can still effectively stun Alduin after he is already grounded. You can use this to help preventing him from becoming airborne again. Alduin has his own shout that causes meteors to rain from the sky. When this happens, you can use Clear Skies to cancel it. You will have learned this shout from The Greybeards before being allowed to ascend the mountain, so you cannot have missed it. If your shout is on cooldown when this happens, then it is a good time to use a fire resist potion. Remember, using Clear Skies means your shout will go on cooldown and you will have to wait for it to recharge before you can use Dragonrend again. Once on the ground, Alduin uses a powerful fire breath attack that does lots of damage to everyone in front of him and a strong tail whips from the back. Try to attack from the sides regardless of range or melee. Eventually he will turn to bite you, causing you to face his front again, so keep strafing to the sides. Fire resist potions can help if you want to challenge him from the front, but best to avoid it altogether. If you have training in destruction magic, spells like ice spike and ice storm can do big damage to Alduin since he has a slight weakness to frost. Ice storm can damage your follower, so use it with caution. If you have it, the Marked For Death shout will greatly increase your damage with magic, but timing it between uses of Dragonrend and Clear Skies can be difficult. Lingering poisons are just as effective against Alduin as any other non-undead creature. These can be crafted or acquired from an alchemy shop in any town. Using poisons if very effective when using a bow from afar while a follower tanks Alduin's hits at melee range. Keep Alduin on the ground with Dragonrend, use health potions when you get low, and before long Alduin should succumb to the damage and retreat.

Problem: Write an article based on this summary: Understand when to say no. Learn why it's hard to say no. Accept your power and importance. Accept that others are the same. Understand that "no" isn't cruel.

Answer:
Two-year-olds are famous for saying "no" like it's going out of style, because they've only recently learned that such a thing is possible, and the new chances for independence it provides are fun and exciting. Two-year-olds are also known for being selfish and thoughtless. However, they're on to something: it's okay to say no. What separates adult usage of the word is that we can learn when it's appropriate and when it isn't. Saying no when you just don't feel like doing something is okay, as long as the thing you're being asked to do won't reflect on your job or school performance. There's nothing wrong with wanting time for yourself instead. Saying no because you don't have the time to meet a commitment is okay. Others often don't realize how difficult making such a commitment would be, given your schedule; some people do know, and are only asking just in case, even though they know you'll probably decline. Saying no to a situation that makes you uncomfortable is perfectly okay. You never have to step outside your personal comfort zone to accommodate the wishes of anyone else (except, perhaps as an active-duty soldier following orders). Saying no when you're asked to buy something is okay. There are many different specific reasons a person might find it hard to say no to others, but the common thread that ties them all together is worry worry about what the outcome will be if you say no. It's normal to worry about decisions that you make, but it's important to understand two things: first, worrying won't change what happens after you've made your choice; second, worries should never stop you from acting in your own best interests to begin with. No matter what your reason for being scared to say no, it stems from your worries about what will happen when you do. Will people still like you? Will you miss an important opportunity? Will you seem lazy, uncaring, or incompetent? Acknowledge that you don't say no because you worry, then accept the fact that worrying never helps anything, regardless of the outcome. Like a piece in a jigsaw puzzle, you're a vital part of the landscape around you it wouldn't be complete without you in it. This applies no matter whether you're always out with friends, or you sit at home and hide all day. The fact is, no matter who you are, your presence in the social landscape is valid. Furthermore, the decisions you make have an effect on that landscape. This means you owe it to yourself and those around you to make honest decisions, for the betterment of everyone whether they realize you're helping or not. Worrying about what will happen when you say no is symptomatic of a larger problem: worrying about the power you wield over those around you. Acknowledge that you wield that power no matter what you do or say. Though people vary in terms of personality, opinions, and attitudes, one thing they all have in common is a presence in the social landscape around them, same as you. It's an immutable fact of living in human society. Therefore, controlling and channeling your own presence in such a way as to help you be happy is really the only sensible choice there is. It's not as though you have some great and terrible reserve of influence nobody else has: if you say no, you're only exercising the same power everyone around you also has. How they react to your decision is their business, not yours. You have every right to set boundaries for yourself. After all, your friends do, and people still like them. In fact, being assertive or even aggressive about what you want won't make you hated or despised. The only thing that will make that happen is openly treating those around you as though they're inferior. Saying "no" isn't an expression of superiority; it's an expression of mutual respect. By itself, saying no isn't rude, mean, or uncaring. We attach those qualities to it when we speak in a rude, mean, or uncaring way while telling someone no. There's no reason you can't firmly decline and still be pleasant and polite; therefore, there's no reason to fear making a poor impression because you say no, as long as you're mindful of how you say it. In other words, once you understand that it really is okay to say no, the rest is just learning how to say it politely.