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Brain…

Thriving Creativity

28 Jan 20206 Jul 2020
Our culture promotes a stereotype that creators like writers and entrepreneurs must sacrifice everything—food, sleep, relationships—for the cause. Long hours, sacrifices, and courageous decisions take a toll, and exhausted people…
Collaboration…

Training for Global Prosperity and Peace

25 Nov 20196 Jul 2020
Imagine a country with more highly educated doctors and engineers than jobs for them, a country short on skilled tradespeople, a country with a population of about 10 million supporting…
Brain…

For Engineers and Other Geniuses Who Cannot Spell

26 Oct 20196 Jul 2020
My dad was an industrial engineer and his spellings were creative. His colleagues shared that talent. When I taught college, many of my students were engineering majors, demonstrating that skill…
Change the World…

Why we should put the little people first

27 Apr 20162 Sep 2019
It's state budget time! And Arizona is into a budget surplus, and out of excuses. We could fund education. We could even begin to "restore the years the locusts have eaten." Here's the letter I…
Brain…

Don’t think of a purple giraffe (and what else not to say)

31 Jan 20154 Jul 2016
A company I admire allowed an employee to blog, "You probably don't want to come to our conference, but here's why I think you should." Really? I don't want to…
Books…

Reading is for Babies

25 Jun 201413 Jun 2015
The American Pediatrics Association says, "Immunize your children against illiteracy." NPR's Audie Cornish interviewed Professor Susan Neuman about new evidence showing that the younger you read to your children, the better. Reading benefits babies,…
Brain…

Want a More Effective Brain?

15 Feb 201215 Jan 2012
Do you think of your brain as a tool? Or have you confused your brain, your processes, your thoughts with your very being? You are not your brain, yet exercising…
Brain…

Writing Detox

8 Feb 201215 Jan 2012
Sheila Patel, MD, of the Chopra Center suggests "9 Practices for Seasonal Detoxification," many of which you might expect from a "board-certified family physician and Ayurvedic expert." She prescribes an…
College…

Online Learning Success

20 Oct 2011
Online classes can be so efficient. You waste no time in travel or trivia, but only if you manage that time! Here are a few tips for success in the…
Books…

“The Power of Your Past”

13 Oct 201113 Oct 2011
The week of my birthday, I won a book! (The Berrett-Kohler newsletter I've recommended to you has a challenge, and I entered.) And because I was in transition, stepping from…
Caring…

Hamlet in Prison

12 Jul 201111 Jul 2011
Jack Hitt's hour-long report  for This American Life on Hamlet performed by prisoners, originally broadcast in 2002, has inspired me all week with its deep insights about Hamlet and encouragement for…
Business…

How to Succeed in American Business

11 Jul 2011
Teaching in a multicultural environment often includes overtly explaining American business culture and helping students practice that language. For starters, there's the direct eye contact, the body language, the smiling,…

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