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Life
Nicholas Wade | January 23, 2011Trust and Testosterone
The glue that binds a human society together is trust. But people who trust others too much are...
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Career
Jason Fried | January 18, 2011Why Work Doesn’t Happen at Work
Jason Fried has a radical theory of working: that the office isn’t a good place to do it....
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Entrepreneurship
Dean Rieck | January 9, 2011The Hidden Motivators That Make People Buy Stuff
If you’re writing an ad to sell a new floor mop, the very first question you should ask...
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Life
Nicholas Wade | January 6, 2011Eckhart Tolle & Cesar Millan
Eckhart Tolle talks with Cesar Millan about his trust in animals, living in the present and what dogs...
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Life
William Ury | January 4, 2011The Path From “No” to “Yes”
The Walk From “No” to “Yes” William Ury, author of “Getting to Yes,” offers an elegant, simple (but...
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Relationships
Daily Mail | January 1, 2011The Thin Line Between Love and Hate
Here is a fascinating research study on the thin line between between love and hate reported by the...
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Success
Shelle Rose Charvet | December 26, 2010Can Visualisation Create Bad Judgement?
My coaching client Sophia had explored a business opportunity with a franchising organisation and was very excited to...
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Wellbeing
Tom Venuto | December 12, 2010Are You an “Active Couch Potato?”
In the past few years, newspapers, magazines and TV have been broadcasting warnings about the hazards of too...
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Wellbeing
Kim Gorgens | December 1, 2010Protecting the Brain
In a lively talk from TEDxDU, neuropsychologist Kim Gorgens makes the case for better protecting our brains against...
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Entrepreneurship
Gihan Perera | November 28, 2010How to Write Stuff People Will Want to Read
Smart business owners know that content is king for Internet marketing. This has always been true, but never...
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Wellbeing
Heribert Watzke | November 23, 2010The Brain in Your Gut
Did you know you have functioning neurons in your intestines — about a hundred million of them? Food...
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Career
Andrew Bryant | November 18, 2010How to Achieve Mastery
This weekend I watched a magician enthral an audience with his art. As he performed his sleight of...
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Wellbeing
Vilayanur Ramachandran | November 7, 2010Your Mind, Nature or Nurture
Vilayanur Ramachandran tells us what brain damage can reveal about the connection between celebral tissue and the mind,...
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Wellbeing
Tom Venuto | November 1, 2010The Elusive Good Night Sleep
Question: Your fitness newsletter is great – please keep it up! It is very motivating to receive it...
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Success
Stephen Covey | October 31, 2010Success On The Far Side of Failure – Learning From Failure?
Successful people often share similar characteristics. But I have come to believe that the single thing they have...
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Life
Steve Jobs | October 26, 2010How To Live Before You Die
At his Stanford University commencement speech, Steve Jobs, CEO and co-founder of Apple and Pixar, urges us to...
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Success
Michael Cooper | October 21, 2010The “I” In Team
As a person who works with athletes in many sports at all levels from juniors to international teams...
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Life
Rosina McAlpine | October 17, 2010Are your children too busy to learn essential life skills?
As parents, one of our main jobs is to prepare our children for life. Sooner than we think,...
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Entrepreneurship
Melinda Gates | October 12, 2010What nonprofits can learn from Coca-Cola
At TEDxChange, Melinda Gates makes a provocative case for nonprofits taking a cue from corporations such as Coca-Cola,...
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Relationships
Helen Fisher | October 3, 2010Finding and Keeping the Love of Your Life
Could this be the year you meet your soul mate? Renowned anthropologist Helen Fisher, PhD, author of the...
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Community
Chris Anderson | September 28, 2010Crowd Accelerated Innovation
TED’s Chris Anderson says the rise of web video is driving a worldwide phenomenon he calls Crowd Accelerated...
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Life
Seth Godin | September 15, 2010This Is Broken
Why are so many things broken? In a hilarious talk from the 2006 Gel conference, Seth Godin gives...
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Life
Helen Fisher | September 10, 2010When to Trust Your Gut
That little voice that nudges you when you’re stuck between two choices? It’s real. You’re faced with a...
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Global
Jeremy Rifkin | September 1, 2010The Empathic Civilization
In this talk from RSA Animate, bestselling author Jeremy Rifkin investigates the evolution of empathy and the profound...
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Career
Scott Dinsmore | August 22, 201012 Tips for Outsourcing
Whether you’re a part of the largest multinational company or a single small-business owner, the fact of the...
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Career
Judith Pearson | August 12, 2010NLP-Based Coaching: An Overview
“Coaching is a twenty-first century methodology for empowering people through profound questions so they can take charge of...
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Career
Graham Richardson | August 8, 2010Why Hire a Professional Coach?
Greek philosopher Aristotle said, “Criticism is something you can avoid easily—by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing.”...
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Life
Sheena Iyengar | August 4, 2010The Art of Choosing
Sheena Iyengar studies how we make choices — and how we feel about the choices we make. At...
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Entrepreneurship
ctv news | August 1, 2010Drive Hard Bargains
If you want to negotiate a tough deal, make sure you are sitting on a hard chair. That’s...
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Life
John Maxwell | July 25, 2010Kicked in the Rear?
Greek philosopher Aristotle said, “Criticism is something you can avoid easily—by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing.”...
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Life
Chip Conley | July 20, 2010Measuring What Makes Life Worthwhile
What do you count? It’s common to count numbers and/or count on people. But is that what is...
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Life
Michael Shermer | July 5, 2010The Pattern Behind Self-Deception
Do you know why you believe? Human tendency is to believe strange things Michael Shermer explains what they...
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Relationships
Bill Knaus | June 27, 2010How to Get Out of a Love Rut
Sex and relationship fantasy materials are hot and sell. Popular magazines like Cosmopolitan sell because of articles on...
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Arts
John Underkoffler | June 22, 2010Science Fiction Reality – GUI Design
Minority Report science adviser and inventor John Underkoffler demos g-speak — the real-life version of the film’s eye-popping,...
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Life
Nick Vujicic | June 17, 2010No Arms, No Legs, No Worries
Imagine being born without arms. No arms to wrap around someone, no hands to experience touch, or to...
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Career
Ken Robinson | June 6, 2010Cultivating Creativity
Creativity expert Sir Ken Robinson challenges the way we’re educating our children. He champions a radical rethink of...
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Sustainability
Alice Rawsthorn | June 1, 2010The Toxic Side of Being, Literally, Green
LONDON — As Kermit the Frog sang so wisely, it’s not easy being green. Think of Britain’s wannabe...
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Life
Viktor Frankl | May 28, 2010Why To Believe In Others
In this rare clip from 1972, legendary psychiatrist and Holocaust-survivor Viktor Frankl delivers a powerful message about the...
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Success
Edward de Bono | May 25, 2010Right Brain/Left Brain Passages Of The Day
The simple geography of right brain/left brain has made it very appealing – to the point that there...
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Career
Simon Sinek | May 20, 2010How Great Leaders Inspire Action
Simon Sinek has a simple but powerful model for inspirational leadership all starting with a golden circle and...