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Elizabeth Gilbert on Genius and Creativity

Natalia Golubkoff — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 16:02:45 +0000

“Eat, Pray, Love” Author Elizabeth Gilbert muses on the impossible things we expect from artists and geniuses — and shares the radical idea that, instead of the rare person “being” a genius, all of us “have” a genius. It’s a funny, personal and surprisingly moving talk.

The Missing Tile Syndrome

Natalia Golubkoff — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 03:06:44 +0000

Listen to Dennis Prager as he explains that happiness comes from focusing on the tiles you have, not the one that is missing…

10 Secrets to Success and Inner Peace by Wayne Dyer

Natalia Golubkoff — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 02:42:56 +0000

1. Have a mind that is open to everything and attached to nothing

2. Don’t die with your music still in you

3. You can’t give away what you don’t have

4. Embrace silence

5. Give up your personal history

6. You can’t solve a problem with the same mind that created it

7. There are no justified resentments

8. Treat yourself as if you already are what you’d like to be

9. Treasure your divinity

10. Wisdom is avoiding all thoughts that weaken you

Aubrey de Grey says we can avoid aging

Natalia Golubkoff — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 16:22:59 +0000

Aubrey de Grey, British researcher on aging, claims he has drawn a roadmap to defeat biological aging. He provocatively proposes that the first human beings who will live to 1,000 years old have already been born.
Humans age in seven basic ways, he says, all of which can be averted.

“Aubrey de Grey is a man of ideas, and he has set himself toward the goal of transforming the basis of what it means to be human.” MIT Technology Review

Baroness Susan Greenfield: Is Online Networking Harmful?

Natalia Golubkoff — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 16:10:08 +0000

Nearly half of Americans use at least one social networking site, should we be worried? Increasingly children are raised in front of television and computer screens. What are the effects that this can have on brain development? Do websites like Twitter and Facebook contribute to a culture of short term attentiveness?

Baroness Susan Greenfield is a neuroscientist at Oxford University and argues that we should be increasingly wary of how the changing technological environment is affecting the minds of the young.

Dean Ornish on healing

Natalia Golubkoff — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 15:45:30 +0000

Dean Ornish talks about simple, low-tech and low-cost ways to take advantage of the body’s natural desire to heal itself.
Dr. Dean Ornish is a clinical professor at UCSF and founder of the Preventive Medicine Research Institute. He’s a leading expert on fighting illness – particularly heart disease with dietary and lifestyle changes.
Dean Ornish wants you to live longer, and have more fun while you’re at it. He’s one of the leading voices in the medical community promoting a balanced, holistic approach to health, and proving that it works.

Alain de Botton: A kinder, gentler philosophy of success

Natalia Golubkoff — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 14:52:43 +0000

Alain de Botton examines our ideas of success and failure — and questions the assumptions underlying these two judgments. Is success always earned? Is failure? He makes an eloquent, witty case to move beyond snobbery to find true pleasure in our work.

Audrey Hepburn’s beauty secrets

Natalia Golubkoff — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 15:52:29 +0000

“For attractive lips, speak words of kindness.

For lovely eyes, seek out the good in people.

For a slim figure, share your food with the hungry.

For beautiful hair, let a child run his or her fingers through it once a day.

For poise, walk with the knowledge you’ll never walk alone.

People, even more than things, have to be restored, renewed, revived, reclaimed, and redeemed; Never throw out anybody.

Remember, If you ever need a helping hand, you’ll find one at the end of your arm.

As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself, the other for helping others.

The beauty of a woman is not in the clothes she wears, the figure that she carries, or the way she combs her hair. The beauty of a woman must be seen from in her eyes, because that is the doorway to her heart, the place where love resides.

The beauty of a woman is not in a facial mole, but true beauty in a woman is reflected in her soul. It is the caring that she lovingly gives, the passion that she shows, and the beauty of a woman with passing years only grows!”

Audrey Hepburn’s favorite beauty tips that she often quoted in public were written by Sam Levenson. Levenson wrote “Time Tested Beauty Tips” for his grandchild. Audrey read it to her children on her very last Christmas Eve.

Talks Dan Pink on the surprising science of motivation

Natalia Golubkoff — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 14:23:57 +0000

Career analyst Dan Pink examines the puzzle of motivation, starting with a fact that social scientists know but most managers don’t: Traditional rewards aren’t always as effective as we think. Listen for illuminating stories — and maybe, a way forward.

Christian the lion

Natalia Golubkoff — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 02:52:14 +0000

So touching… so sweet… I love it!