I loved pharma. Had great pay, a great boss, a flexible schedule and the opportunity to be around really fun people. But the one thing that killed me was my lack of authenticity. My success depended on the ability to win over people, and it became more and more important…..
If a child lives with criticism, he learns to condemn. If a child lives with hostility, he learns to fight. If a child lives with ridicule, he learns to be shy. If a child learns to feel shame, he learns to feel guilty. If a child lives with tolerance, he…..
This is the beginning of a new day. You have been given this day to use as you will. You can waste it or use it for good. What you do today is important because you are exchanging a day of your life for it. When tomorrow comes, this day…..
The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life. Attitude, to me, is more important than facts. It is more important than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than failures, than successes, than what other people think, say or do. It is more…..
Live with steady superiority over life. Don’t be afraid of misfortune, and do not yearn after happiness; it is, after all, all the same: the bitter doesn’t last forever, and the sweet never fills the cup to overflowing. It is enough if you don’t freeze in the cold and if…..
TEDTALKS: INSPIRED TALKS BY THE WORLD’S LEADING THINKERS AND DOERS AID VERSUS TRADE: Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala the former finance minister of Nigeria, sums up four days of intense discussion on aid versus trade on the closing day of TEDGlobal 2007, and shares a riveting personal story explaining her own commitment to this…..
TEDTALKS: INSPIRED TALKS BY THE WORLD’S LEADING THINKERS AND DOERS EDUCATING A NEW GENERATION OF LEADERS Patrick Awuah leaves a promising career at Microsoft and returns home with a commitment to educating young people in critical thinking and ethical service, values he believes are crucial for the nation-building ahead. Patrick Awuah attended…..
Mobile: With 5 billion devices units in use, mobile has become an important tool for news. Google seeks projects that use mobile devices to produce, deliver, consume, share and otherwise engage with news. Maji Mazuri would provide a community owned radio station where people can text opinions (to the radio) and…..
Being “jilted” can concurrently increase desire to obtain an outcome, but reduce its actual attractiveness. Thus, people can come to both want something more and like it less. By “jilted” we mean — being thwarted from obtaining a desired outcome. Think about for example the folk-wisdom of “playing hard-to-get” in…..
In this age of minimalist expression our constricted, teeming minds are too enamored of style and cool to engage fully with reality, let alone aspire to nobility. We are so grateful to be temporarily distracted we rarely complain about the lack of heart or meaning we find in the preponderance…..
