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It’s never too late to stop thinking too little of yourself

“There is really only one liberal study that deserves the name – because it makes a person free – and that is the pursuit of wisdom.” – Seneca A student today told me he only wanted to reach the minimums in a discipline I teach with other colleagues on...

There’s wisdom in making peace

Every person is a learning opportunity unless you don’t relate to the other. There’s wisdom in making peace. But also a precondition. Unless you’re at peace with yourself, it will be hard, and almost impossible, to make peace with the next person crossing your path....

Unblocking thinking with kindness?

Mindfulness appears as the main practice which unblocks thinking in innovative ways. But, paying attention is not enough. The attitude matters if you want to innovate. A study reported in the Harvard Business Review aimed at engineering students says “mindfulness may...

How can we learn and not forget

“Love is so short, forgetting is so long.” (Pablo Neruda) Love is a high attention phase in our life, and once love fades, also memories. However, when we experience love as transformative, and such transformation endures throughout generations, forgetting becomes a...

How can we be messengers of a learning mind?

Once we recognize ourselves as learning minds, the best way to spread the word is being the word. The messenger becomes the message. A learning mind pays attention to its surroundings and the life experiencing every minute. It is curious about intriguing questions and...