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  • Learning a Second Language

    I’m occasionally inclined to learn a second language – wouldn’t multilingualism be fun? Sure, but what’s the point? Aren’t I getting too old? And who has the time? What’s the point? Continued learning has mental, emotional and social benefits. Learning another language can help keep our brains receptive and agile, be a regular outlet and…

  • Unleashing Your Brain’s Potential (Part II)

    Last night, I finished Richard Restak – Mozart’s Brain and the Fighter Pilot: Unleashing Your Brain’s Potential while I should have been sleeping. It’s the first book I’ve actually read cover-to-cover since last October. I’ve never read a more mentally and emotionally uplifting book. I felt more alert and appreciative any time I read Restak…

  • 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…

  • The Daily Show With Jon Stewart: Chris McDougall – Born to Run

    “The shoes are the root of the problem. Without the shoes you can run painlessly and joyfully forever.” – Christopher McDougall The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c

  • How to Say I Love You (Part 1)

    It’s important not only to feel loved but to be able to share your feelings with others. When it comes to “I love you,” too often we gloss over these important words or don’t say them at all. In a world where socialization is now dominated by digital communication we’re robbed daily of the necessary…

  • 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…