Researchers are building a mathematical model of how brains keep time, and finding some surprises. In the middle of your brain, there’s a personal assistant the size of a grain of rice. It’s a group of about 20,000 brain cells that keeps your body’s daily schedule. Partly in response to light signals from the retina, [...]
How many times have you got into a conversation with someone and suddenly you are exchanging battle stories with them? It begins rather innocently with you telling them about a time in your life when you went through something you thought was incredibly awful and how it either devastated you or how you overcame it. [...]
How many of us have ever asked the universe for something we wanted and received a result that wasn’t exactly what we intended? The wording of our intentions and the verbalizing of our desires must be very specific! Take a look at these examples: Ken wants to be completely free of debt, so he states [...]
Nature and instinct. They teach us so many lessons as we go through the stages of life. Unfortunately, we soon forget those life lessons and, instead, convince ourselves that there’s a better or easier way. Ask any parent how it was for their children to learn how to walk and they will describe the same [...]
Balance. We see it when a tightrope walker nimbly walks across the high wire and marvel at their ability. When we see a ballerina beautifully dancing en pointe we are amazed at her poise and ability to dance on such a small surface. These are amazing acts of balance. In life, though, balance is not [...]
How many of you wake up in the morning and announce, “I’m going to change the world today!”? I don’t see too many hands up in the air! I’m certain most people would feel a bit awkward saying this out loud, but I feel that many of us really DO want to change the world [...]
Have you ever wondered why some people seem to be able to turn everything they touch into gold; while others seem to be doomed to fail even before they begin? If they succeed, we think that they have all of the luck in the world. We probably say something like, “You are such a lucky [...]
You spend a lot of time reading. Whether it’s blogs, magazines, journals, Twitter streams, newspapers or good old fashioned books, you’ve got a huge amount of information at your fingertips. Every day, you take in tons of ideas for overhauling your life: whether it’s shaking up your fitness regime, working more effectively, or having stronger [...]
Success means different things to different people. Even though we may envision success differently, we are all capable of dreaming, just like we are all capable of achieving. Give this some thought – if you could do absolutely anything you wanted to do right now, what would it be? Would you want to become a [...]
Do you feel you are in complete control of your life, truly happy and fulfilled? Or, like so many people today, are you unhappy and unfulfilled about substantial parts of your life? You are in control of your circumstances and how you feel and act in response to your surroundings. In his best-selling book “The [...]
