Article #518
Does a sense of humor make for a more creative mind? A look at the connection.

Article #516
Friday Video: TED Talk – At his Stanford University commencement speech, Steve Jobs, CEO and co-founder of Apple and Pixar, urges us to pursue our dreams and see the opportunities in life’s setbacks — including death itself.

Friday Video: TED Talk – Our lives, our cultures, are composed of many overlapping stories. If we hear only a single story about another person or country, we risk a critical misunderstanding.

This article gives advice and offers suggestions to people who are depressed and seek relief from their mood.

Friday Video: TED Talk – Pico Iyer’s latest focus is on yet another overlooked aspect of travel: how can it help us regain our sense of stillness and focus in a world where our devices and digital networks increasing distract us?

Friday Video: TED Talk – As a young surgeon, Peter Attia felt contempt for a patient with diabetes. She was overweight, he thought, and thus responsible for the fact that she needed a foot amputation. But years later, Attia received an unpleasant medical surprise that led him to wonder: is our understanding of diabetes right?

Life is a rocky road, no question about that. It is filled with successes and failures. Usually, we do not have issues with success. It is failure that bogs us down. How to deal with failures in life when they come? Can they truly represent a learning tool? This article will provide some answers to these questions.

Creative thinkers use their minds fluently. This means they generate large numbers of ideas. You can do this too by following these five simple steps.

Friday Video: TED Talk – Janine Shepherd shares a powerful story about the human potential for recovery. Her message: you are not your body, and giving up old dreams can allow new ones to soar.

Friday Video: TED Talk – Is there something you’ve always meant to do, wanted to do, but just … haven’t? Matt Cutts suggests: Try it for 30 days.