December 2011
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The Joy of Quiet →
“We have more and more ways to communicate, as Thoreau noted, but less and less to say.”
Congress Really Is As Bad As You Think, Scholars... →
Congressional approval ratings are on the rocks, hovering in or near single digits for the first time since pollsters started measuring them. But just how bad is the current congressional stalemate?
Thomas Mann, senior fellow of governance studies at the Brookings Institution in Washington, is working on a book about Congress with a title that provides a succinct answer: It’s Even Worse...
“Be not the slave of your own past. Plunge into the sublime seas, dive deep and...”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson
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“Happiness consists in realizing it is all a great strange dream.”
– Jack Kerouac, The Lonesome Traveler
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Academia
“The difference between school and life? In school, you’re taught a lesson and then given a test. In life, you’re given a test that teaches you a lesson.”
- Tom Bodett
"So. That’s no way to start a sentence, much less... →
I am so guilty of this! So I am going to stop……
"Tweets are fun, but essays you’ll remember." →
~ David Brooks, The Sidney Awards Part II.
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“Direct your eye right inward, and you’ll find
A thousand regions in your...”
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M.I.T. Expands Its Free Online Courses →
“While students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology pay thousands of dollars for courses, the university will announce a new program on Monday allowing anyone anywhere to take M.I.T. courses online free of charge — and for the first time earn official certificates for demonstrating mastery of the subjects taught.”
This is quite amazing, and in sharp contrast to a certain...
“Description begins in the writer’s imagination, but should finish in the...”
– Stephen King, “On Writing”
(via planb-becomeapirate)
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Ten Myths of Introverts
Myth #1 – Introverts don’t like to talk. This is not true. Introverts just don’t talk unless they have something to say. They hate small talk. Get an introvert talking about something they are interested in, and they won’t shut up for days.
Myth #2 – Introverts are shy. Shyness has nothing to do with being an Introvert. Introverts are not necessarily afraid of people. What they need is a reason...
“…like a flash of lightning between the clouds. we live in the flicker…”
– Joseph Conrad
(from: Heart Of Darkness)
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“Teachers Don’t Like Creative Students
One of the most consistent findings in...”
– From Creativity: Asset or Burden in the Classroom?
Thoughts?
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The Neurobiology of Bliss--Sacred and Profane →
liliezencoach:
meditators are more aware of thoughts and feelings conceptually, but less emotionally disrupted by them, according to one study.
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Art and the Limitations of Neuroscience →
“… there can be nothing like a settled, once-and-for-all account of what art is, just as there can be no all-purpose account of what happens when people communicate or when they laugh together. Art, even for those who make it and love it, is always a question, a problem for itself. What is art? The question must arise, but it allows no definitive answer.
For these reasons,...
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“But I don’t think of the future, or the past, I feast on the moment. This is the...”
– Virginia Woolf
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Research: Multi-tasking is more stressful for... →
PowerProfs has led seminars on gender and leadership, and this finding confirms previous studies. Women multi-task much more in the hours AFTER work, 5-8 pm, dealing with families, food, chores, as well as work brought home. Men, on the other hand, tend to work longer hours on the job, then relax more at home. This translates to women reporting higher stress levels than men.
Questions: What...
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