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You don’t have to be good

Or bad. Just be you. Photo by Gift Habeshaw on Unsplash Why? Because the world craves for the creative self inside your learning mind. And we are learning minds.

Why should we defragment thinking

Every time we look at our watches to see the time, we experience how it is fragmented. However, it seems that not only we fragment time, but also our thinking. Time to think about reverting this situation. Let me share an example of fragmented thinking. I recently...

Move your legs to have a healthy brain

A friend told me once – ” we’re made for walking.” – and a recent study shows he was right. Photo by Alvin Mahmudov at unsplash In May 2018, researchers from the universities of Milan and Pavia showed in the Journal Frontiers in Neuroscience, an...

We’re never too old to learn

Once a friend said – ” I’m too old to learn a new computer language” – was she right? “ it is more or less taken for granted that mind affects the body, although the pathways are still unknown. (Ellen Langer) A body growing old is evident, even if people...

The Age of What?

Whenever we produced a technological innovation that radically changes the world, a new age seems to begin. Lately, it’s hard to keep up with so many “ages.” When radio emerged, then television, information began to flow throughout the world with unprecedented...

Last word

Zyzzyva. This is the last word in the English dictionary. But, what are words for, anyway? According to the Oxford Dictionary, ” A genus of tropical weevils (family Curculionidae) native to South America and typically found on or near palm trees. Also (in form...

Overcoming stress

Simple. With silence. Photo by Kristina Flour at Unsplash I recently read there is a lot of research supporting the positive effect of silence in reducing the levels of stress hormones like cortisol, adrenaline, and others. I remember the feeling of absolute silence...

One Minute

Do you know how many useful things you can do in one minute? Photo by Mike Erskine at unsplash Do nothing to get bored and enter in mind-wandering. Think about someone you love. Write a few sentences in a simple thanking note. Start a new reading habit. Learn one...

Learning is Spiritual

And the reason contains three essential words: meaning, purpose, and connection. Photo by Pierre Van Crombrugghe on Unsplash In an article, Vachel Miller, professor at the Appalachian State University stated ” Spirituality has many definitions. For some, spirituality...

What matters most

Living for your work or working for a living? Neither. Working is an intrinsic part of being human. It’s so different from a job. Nobody gets paid for being human.