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The sign of intelligent people is their ability to control emotions by the application of reason. -Marya Mannes Do you ever find yourself just blurting out what comes to mind? After you say it, do you regret it? Do you find yourself Read More …
There is a time for daring and a time for caution, and a wise man knows which is called for. -John Keating, Teacher in Dead Poet’s Society So, the challenge, as John Keating puts it, is how do we become Read More …
Warning: Humor may be hazardous to your illness. -Ellie Katz Humor refers to our human ability to perceive and express a sense of the clever or amusing: What is the astronaut’s favorite place on the computer? The space bar. Humor Read More …
If a man is called to be a street sweeper, he should sweep streets even as a Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and Read More …
If I had to select one quality, one personal characteristic that I regard as being most highly correlated with success whatever the field, I would pick the trait of persistence. Determination. The will to endure to the end, to get Read More …
Learning is the ability to make sense out of something you observe based on your past experience and being able to take that observation and associate it with meaning. – Ruth and Art Winter Intelligent human beings learn from reflecting Read More …
Our ‘inner voice’ is what we use to reflect on what we do, how and why we behave in the way we do, how we critique ourselves and how we connect the knowledge, ideas, concepts and concept frameworks developed using Read More …
“Change is the new normal: no industry is standing still these days, and this means that the innovation challenges we face are also constantly changing.” — Adam Richardson, creative director at Frog Design Do you ever find yourself fixed in Read More …
“Empathic listening is a deep level of listening. When we are engaged in real dialogue and paying careful attention, we can become aware of a profound shift in the place from which our listening originates. We move from seeing the Read More …
“Nothing reaches the intellect before making its appearance in the senses.” – Latin proverb Does this quotation shock you? Or should we say, shock your senses? Perhaps it is surprising to realize that your brain reduces the world to its Read More …