Category: mind
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xkcd: Malamanteau
Malamanteau is a portmanteau of portmanteau and Malapropism, whereas malamanteau is also a Malapropos of portmanteau. (BBC News America: Malamanteau Wikipedia) Neologism is a newly coined word that may be in the process of entering common use, but has not yet been accepted into mainstream language. Portmanteau or portmanteau word is used broadly to mean…
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TED: Sir Ken Robinson: Bring on the learning revolution!
“The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new so we must think anew and act anew. We must disenthrall ourselves and then we shall save our country.” – Abraham Lincoln, December 1862…
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Unleashing Your Brain’s Potential (Part I)
Notes and Quotes from Richard Restak – Mozart’s Brain and the Fighter Pilot: Unleashing Your Brain’s Potential – Traditionally, neuroscientists believed that once the human brain achieved adult proportions, it remained stable over the next several decades and then underwent an inevitable decline in structure and function. They also believed that lost brain cells could…
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Top 2 Traits of Successful People
A successful person needs to be realistic and disciplined. Realistic It pains me when dreamers are repulsed by the idea that success requires realism and self-discipline. “What about dreams and overcoming adversity and shooting for the moon and landing amongst the stars?” These are all wonderful ideas, but only effective if stars are within range…