Articles in Learning
Post #596
Friday Video: TED Talk – After a catastrophic car accident that left him in a coma, Simon Lewis found ways to recover — physically and mentally — beyond all expectations.
Post #586
Friday Video: TED Talk – Steven Pinker’s book The Blank Slate argues that all humans are born with some innate traits.
Post #571
Friday Video: TED Talk – What we don’t know about science…that we might think we do. It is difficult to shift our perceptions. Poor teaching does more harm than good. When you fiddle with things, you compliment your learning.
Article #547
Focus is the hallmark of highly successful people and the key to your own happiness and success. However, there are a couple of problems. Although focus is much talked about, it is much misunderstood. More importantly, the normal mind appears to be built to be unfocused. This article explains focus, what you should be focused on and how to learn a little mental discipline that will change your life.
Article #537
It is important to live in the moment. This is impossible to consistently do, but overall, it is a goal that most should aim for. There is only the guarantee of the present, and after that, who knows. Life is taken away so quickly and is irreplaceable, so why not live for every moment.
Article #529
Successful people embrace change. They understand that everything around them changes, all of the time and they adapt accordingly. Although change can be exciting, it can also be fearful and a bit overwhelming. When change happens you have two choices: Accept it or resist it. The choice is yours. What is stopping you from reaching for that brass ring?
Post #526
Friday Video: Eckhart Tolle – Is the desire to take personal responsibility for things in life up to each of us? What is our “responsibility”?
Article #517
Everybody wants to be good at what they do. Most people would like to know how to improve thinking… their way of thinking.
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.
As the saying goes, the only people who like change are busy cashiers and wet babies.
