At the end of yet another jaw-dropping TED talk education scientist Sugata Mitra makes a this “guess”: “Education is self-organizing system, where learning is an emergent phenomenon.” He says that this should take a few years to prove, experimentally. Yet it is worth the try. In the meanwhile, his “Hole in the Wall” experiments show [...]

By Nick Jervis What action can you take to ensure that you hold onto your staff and keep your recruitment costs as low as possible? Estimates vary, but to replace a solicitor the total expense in terms of recruitment, lost man hours of the outgoing staff and the training of the incoming member, can exceed [...]

By Anthony K Wilson Sr As I look back I now understand how many hardships I did not have to face if I had taken my parents advice; now I will help my children break this cycle and capitalize on all this valuable insight. Perhaps your parents had limitations which you do not have. Perhaps [...]

By John Halderman If you are wanting to live your life uniquely, your own way, doing what you are here to do, you will need to take a good look at what is influencing you day in and day out. Your family, friends, groups and society all can influence your life usually beyond your awareness. [...]

Continuously learn new skills. Unlike a computer, your brain can adapt and adjust. Thus if you religiously learn new skills and do novel activities, it can learn how to learn… making the process of memorizing far easier! Unfortunately, of course, people stop learning as soon as they leave college… and the older generation tend to view learning as wasting time because they felt they’ve reached the end of the road.
But that sort of thinking is a self-fulfilling prophecy. As you stop learning, you lose your ability to learn because synapses for that skill break down.

You’re obsessed. You’re obsessed with your work, your craft. You think about your art, your character, painting, sculpture, upcoming tour, or screenplay seemingly every waking minute of every day. Heck, you even dream about it! This fiendish infatuation with your craft, the passion that drives you to get out of bed in the morning is [...]

Hide not your talents. They for use were made. What’s a sundial in the shade? – Benjamin Franklin The most exciting place to discover and actualize your talent is in yourself. What does it mean to realize your talents, and how do you do it? When you actualize your talents you understand them clearly and [...]