“It is a positive and active anguish, a sort of psychical neuralgia wholly unknown to normal life.” Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness is U.S. writer William Styron's memoir about his descent into depression, and the triumph of … [Continue reading]
The Gift of Fear – Gavin de Becker
September 1, 2014 By
“It is understandable that the perspectives of men and women on safety are so different - men and women live in different worlds...at core, men are afraid women will laugh at them, while at core, women are afraid men will kill them.” True fear … [Continue reading]
The Origin of Everyday Moods
– Robert E. Thayer
August 30, 2014 By
Caffeine. Candy. Sex. Shopping. Smoking. Whether we realize it or not, all of us have strategies for self-medicating ourselves when we feel threatened or overwhelmed by tension or tiredness. But why does one person respond to pressure by … [Continue reading]
The Rise of the Creative Class
– Richard Florida
August 20, 2014 By Leave a Comment
"Cities have realized that they can attract educated people and they don't need good schools to do it." The Creative Class is a posited socioeconomic class identified by American economist and social scientist Richard Florida, a professor and head … [Continue reading]
Growing a Business – Paul Hawken
August 19, 2014 By Leave a Comment
“Good management is the art of making problems so interesting and their solutions so constructive that everyone wants to get to work and deal with them.” Paul Hawken (born February 8, 1946, California) is an environmentalist, entrepreneur, and … [Continue reading]
What Sherlock Holmes Can Teach Us About Decision Making
– Maria Konnikova
August 18, 2014 By
“the most powerful mind is the quiet mind. It is the mind that is present, reflective, mindful of its thoughts and its state. It doesn't often multitask, and when it does, it does so with a purpose.” Maria was born in Moscow, Russia and came to … [Continue reading]
Avocados – some fun facts
August 17, 2014 By
Avocados are a fruit, not a vegetable. In Brazil avocados mixed in with ice cream is a very popular dessert. The avocado is also called an Alligator Pear because of its pear-like shape and it's bumpy green … [Continue reading]
What’s wrong with what we eat
– Mark Bittman
August 16, 2014 By
From TED.com In this fiery and funny talk, New York Times food writer Mark Bittman weighs in on what's wrong with the way we eat now (too much meat, too few plants; too much fast food, too little home cooking), and why it's putting the entire planet … [Continue reading]
Authentic Happiness
– Martin Seligman
August 13, 2014 By
“While you can't control your experiences, you can control your explanations.” A national bestseller, Authentic Happiness launched the revolutionary new science of Positive Psychology—and sparked a coast-to-coast debate on the nature of real … [Continue reading]
The key to success? Grit!
– Angela Lee Duckworth
August 12, 2014 By
From TED.com Leaving a high-flying job in consulting, Angela Lee Duckworth took a job teaching math to seventh graders in a New York public school. She quickly realized that IQ wasn’t the only thing separating the successful students from those who … [Continue reading]
