Somewhere over the rainbow, skies are blue, and the dreams that you dare to dream, really do come true... [CREDIT: Found on FLICKR > ] … [Continue reading]
The riddle of experience vs. memory
– Daniel Kahneman
July 11, 2014 By
From TED.com Using examples from vacations to colonoscopies, Nobel laureate and founder of behavioral economics Daniel Kahneman reveals how our "experiencing selves" and our "remembering selves" perceive happiness differently. This new insight … [Continue reading]
Christopher Gardner &
“The Pursuit of Happyness”
July 10, 2014 By
[ INSPIRATIONAL MOVIES To Learn From ] The "Pursuit of Happyness" movie trailer (2006) http://youtu.be/fZJLXLRkLZw The Pursuit of Happyness is a 2006 American biographical drama film based on Chris Gardner's nearly one-year struggle … [Continue reading]
Happy for No Reason
– Marci Shimoff
July 9, 2014 By
A BREAKTHROUGH APPROACH TO HAPPINESS What would it take to make you happy? A fulfilling career, a big bank account, or the perfect mate? What if it didn’t take anything to make you happy? What if you could experience happiness from the inside … [Continue reading]
Outliers: The Story of Success
– Malcolm Gladwell
July 8, 2014 By
“Practice isn't the thing you do once you're good. It's the thing you do that makes you good.” There is a story that is usually told about extremely successful people, a story that focuses on intelligence and ambition. Gladwell argues that the … [Continue reading]
Meet the future of cancer research
– Eva Vertes
July 7, 2014 By
From TED.com Eva Vertes — only 19 when she gave this talk — discusses her journey toward studying medicine and her drive to understand the roots of cancer and Alzheimer’s. Eva Vertes is a microbiology prodigy. Her discovery, at age 17, of a … [Continue reading]
The Lion King
July 6, 2014 By
[ INSPIRATIONAL MOVIES To Learn From ] "The Lion King"(1994) - Movie Trailer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHDRl1eBD-M The Lion King is a 1994 American animated musical adventure film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and … [Continue reading]
The First 30 Days
– Ariane de Bonvoisin
July 5, 2014 By
Has a change happened in your life that you are having trouble accepting? Is there a change you would like to make to help you love life more? If you answered yes to either of these questions, this is the book for you. This year alone, many of … [Continue reading]
Teach every child about food
– Jamie Oliver
July 4, 2014 By
From TED.com Sharing powerful stories from his anti-obesity project in Huntington, W. Va., TED Prize winner Jamie Oliver makes the case for an all-out assault on our ignorance of food. Jamie Oliver is transforming the way we feed ourselves, and our … [Continue reading]
Let’s talk about dying
– Peter Saul
July 3, 2014 By
From TED.com We can’t control if we’ll die, but we can “occupy death,” in the words of Dr. Peter Saul. He calls on us to make clear our preferences for end of life care — and suggests two questions for starting the conversation. (Filmed at … [Continue reading]
