Do you want to be a wise person? I certainly do, and I believe you do too. Being wise is different from just being smart though. Here is a definition of wise from Dictionary.com: having the power of discerning and judging properly as to what is true or right; possessing discernment, judgment, or discretion. And, [ Read More ]
Archive for the ‘Thinking’ Category
Note: This is a guest post from Lisa H of Getting to Zen Sometimes I feel like I am wearing a heavy backpack, but it is not a backpack on my back, it is a backpack wrapped tightly around my mind. My knees buckling under the weight as I trod down the trail of life. [ Read More ]
Note: This is a guest post from Walter Adena of LionSlinger.com Anxiety is a fact of life. Being part of our psychological makeup, this response is automatic when we are faced with situations threatening our sense of well-being. Since this propensity is genetically embedded on our brains, we have no way of preventing its manifestation. [ Read More ]
The more I observe brilliant people, the more I notice that one distinguishing characteristic they have is immense curiosity. I’m reminded of this quality when I read two articles by Bill Gates where he listed his favorite Teaching Company courses. There are two things I notice: He watches a lot of courses in addition to [ Read More ]
Note: This is a guest post from Scott Young of Learning on Steroids We’ve been taught how to study, but not how to learn. That’s the only conclusion I can draw when I watch otherwise intelligent people spend hours cramming for exams, while failing to understand the material being taught. Studying tends to focus on [ Read More ]
Note: This is a guest post from Mark Harrison of Effortless Abundance First – a sweeping statement. Everyone wants success and happiness. We might not agree about what this means – each of us defines ‘success’ and ‘happiness’ in a different way – but everyone aspires to these things. Yet for so many people, happiness [ Read More ]
