Brain, Emotional intelligence, Health
Which way’s your attention facing? Inny or Outy? We’re social animals and are hard-wired to be with, and to relate to other Human beings. Too bad if you don’t like it! If you’re one of those people who say you don’t need ‘em, the chances are that it’s your defence [...]
Brain, Emotional intelligence
While we’re on the subject of making decisions, my good friend, and Informal Learning expert, Paul Matthews wrote about this story in his recent newsletter: A man in Gandhi’s entourage was forever complaining about this, that, and the other. Finally, Gandhi said to him… “If it is a peaceful and calm life [...]
Brain, General, Health
Heavens above: It’s all in the stars! Q: What’s a more reliable predictor of living a long and healthy life, than your ahem, horror-scope? A: How strong the muscles in your legs are! Not a lot of people know that! Older folk often come a right cropper when they fall, [...]
Brain, Emotional intelligence, General
Those of us of ‘a certain age’ might recall seeing ‘Pollyanna’ on TV many moons ago. Based on the bestselling novel by Eleanor H Porter, Pollyanna is now considered a classic children’s book, and the name, synonymous with having an optimistic outlook. We’ll come back to Pollyanna later, because I [...]
Brain, General, Learning
Cor, lummy, I don’t half feel old when I start talking about the younger generation! Yes, yes. There’s a good reason for that! Please don’t write in! As I was saying, the problem with the yoof of today, is that they’ve grown up in a culture that seems to judge [...]
Brain, Health
I’m a fat-head! Are you? You’d better hope so, since our brains are 60% fat! When I was at school, I was taught that we are born with a full complement of brain cells, and as we get older, they die off, leaving us with fewer and fewer. (OK, I [...]
Brain, Emotional intelligence
How to get laser-sharp mental focus from Genius Material No, it's not just you, many of us are sleeping less and less these days. It seems to be a symptom of the busy busy, information-rich, multitasking environment we live in. It's almost as though with so much going on through [...]
Brain
Apparently, Intelligence is a moveable feast! – Well! Who knew! I am a great fan of Annie Murphy Paul and her work on learning and intelligence. Here’s what she says about our IQ. The old view of intelligence is that it’s something like your height: it is what it is; [...]
Brain
I don’t know about you, but speaking a second language seems like a plan! I’m extremely grateful to be a native English speaker. Although I studied French at school, that was a long time ago! And it’s been ages time since I’ve spoken any French at all. So needless to [...]
Brain, General, Health
Are you one of those people who says that music moves you? Well, this bloke in Vancouver was moved all right! Two metres to the right, to be exact! You can try it for yourself. What you need to do is listen to your iPod with in-ear headphones, while jogging [...]
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