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Why We Do What We Do?

October 14, 2010 – 1:17 pm | No Comment | 209 views
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?

October 13, 2010 – 4:08 am | No Comment | 38 views
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

September 27, 2010 – 12:45 pm | No Comment | 135 views
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

July 29, 2010 – 7:32 am | No Comment | 91 views
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?

July 26, 2010 – 10:29 am | One Comment | 64 views
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

June 12, 2010 – 11:06 am | No Comment | 207 views
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 …