Do Humans Seek and Create Meaning (Part 4)?
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Article #918
It is through our perception and connection with all life that we can experience meaning and have a fulfilling life.

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How the Worst Moments in Our Lives Make Us Who We Are
May 23, 2014 – 1:34 am | No Comment
How the Worst Moments in Our Lives Make Us Who We Are

Post #723
Friday Video: TED Talk – Writer Andrew Solomon has spent his career telling stories of the hardships of others. Now he turns inward, bringing us into a childhood of adversity, while also spinning tales of the courageous people he’s met in the years since. In a moving, heartfelt and at times downright funny talk, Solomon gives a powerful call to action to forge meaning from our biggest struggles.

4 Steps to Overcome Insecurity
May 18, 2014 – 11:59 pm | No Comment
4 Steps to Overcome Insecurity

Article #719
Everybody is insecure about something in their lives… yes everybody. But just because we all have insecurities it doesn’t mean they have to dominate our lives. Here are 4 steps to start living a free, happy and fulfilling life despite your insecurities.

Jonathan Fields – Turning Fear Into Fuel
May 15, 2014 – 11:43 pm | No Comment
Jonathan Fields – Turning Fear Into Fuel

Post #718
Friday Video: TEDx – How to turn fear from a source of anxiety and paralysis into fuel for action and achievement.

Tim Brown: Tales of Creativity and Play
May 8, 2014 – 11:26 pm | No Comment
Tim Brown: Tales of Creativity and Play

Post #713
Friday Video: TED Talk – At the 2008 Serious Play conference, designer Tim Brown talks about the powerful relationship between creative thinking and play — with many examples you can try at home (and one that maybe you shouldn’t).

How Schools Kill Creativity
May 1, 2014 – 10:50 pm | No Comment
How Schools Kill Creativity

Post #708
Friday Video: TED Talk – Sir Ken Robinson makes an entertaining and profoundly moving case for creating an education system that nurtures (rather than undermines) creativity. Creativity expert Sir Ken Robinson challenges the way we’re educating our children.

Why Do Some Affirmations *Work* – and Others Don’t?
May 1, 2014 – 12:55 am | No Comment
Why Do Some Affirmations *Work* – and Others Don’t?

Article #707
Affirmations are not all created equal. Some are, of course, better than others. When you examine the structure of these power affirmations, you too can learn how to create your own powerful affirmations for your specific purposes.

Everything That Is Or Was Began With A Dream
April 29, 2014 – 12:26 am | No Comment
Everything That Is Or Was Began With A Dream

Article #705
In his book, “What They Don’t Teach You at Harvard Business School,” Mark McCormack made an interesting discovery about the 1979 graduating MBA class. Within the group, 3% had written goals, 13% had thought of some goals and the balance were just thrilled to be out of school.

The Social Animal
April 24, 2014 – 11:59 pm | No Comment
The Social Animal

Post #703
Friday Video: TED Talk – New York Times columnist David Brooks is the author of “Bobos in Paradise,” “On Paradise Drive,” and the narrative of neuroscience, “The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources of Love, Character and Achievement.”

What Stops You?
April 24, 2014 – 12:22 am | No Comment
What Stops You?

Article #702
My coach told me she thought that what stops me is “not wanting to do the work”. She meant the “hard work” it takes to make a business successful.

Should you live for your résumé … or your eulogy?
April 18, 2014 – 12:06 am | No Comment
Should you live for your résumé … or your eulogy?

Post #698
Friday Video: TED Talk – Within each of us are two selves, suggests David Brooks in this meditative short talk: the self who craves success, who builds a résumé, and the self who seeks connection, community, love — the values that make for a great eulogy.

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