Articles in self-improvement
Why We Do What We Do?
What really motivates us? This is the question the two following great speakers try to answer:
1) Tony Robbins discusses the "invisible forces" that motivate everyone’s actions.
In the first video Tony Robbins discusses why we do …
What is Intelligence?
While Jeff Hawkins was creating the Palm Pilot, launching the era of handheld computing and amassing hundreds of millions of dollars, a big part of his mind was somewhere else: His true passion is something …
Where Good Ideas Come From
Here’s a great video teaser (4min) for Steven Johnson’s book Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation:
Watch this video on YouTube
In this book Johnson provides the complete, …
Born To Run
A while ago I got myself a pair of Vibram Five Fingers Shoes (the KSO model) to try the new trend of barefoot (or nearly barefoot) running. After a week or so and feeling pain …
Is Your Office Chair Killing You?
Do you feel some pain in your lower back? A light numbness in your rear and lower thigh? Are you feeling a little down?
These symptoms are all normal, and they’re not good. They may …
Wear Sunscreen
The following essay was written by Mary Schmich and published in the Chicago Tribune as a column in 1997. She described it as the commencement speech she would give if she were asked to give …
