What exactly is the ocean? What is the sea? The answer isn't something you'll find in a book. To really know what the ocean is, you'll have to see it for yourself. You'll have to hear it. And taste it. You'll have to feel it's power. I remember the first major storm I witnessed first …
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Let’s Raise Kids to be Entrepreneurs
I believe that supporting the entrepreneurial spirit is the key to a brighter future for the United States. If many of the most successful people in business these days - industry titans like Bill Gates, Michael Dell and Facebook whiz Mark Zuckerberg - dropped out of school to implement their dreams, wouldn't we would be …
Child Survival is the New Brake
One of the greatest challenges facing humanity in the decades to come is dealing with population growth. The statistics are astonishing. Every second 5 people are born and 2 die, a net gain of 3 people every second. At this rate, the world population will double every forty years and will be 12 billion in …
Restoring Balance in a Polarized World
Where there is prolonged imbalance there tends to be polarization. In the physical body an energetic and biochemical imbalances result in organ systems that are either overactive and hot (hyper) or under-active and cold. In airplanes overly weighted aft of the center of gravity, instability results making the airplane unsafe. So it is with our …
Keys to Longevity
National Geographic writer Dan Buettner and his team study "Blue Zones," communities around the world that live longer and better than the average person. They found four geographic areas and studied them extensively to determine the underlying causes of their longevity. In this TED presentation filmed September 2009 Buettner reveals 9 common diet and lifestyle …
Our Fascinating Universe
There is nothing like a short course in astronomy to put things into perspective. All human activity in the course of human history, apart from several short forays by a select few just outside of the earth's upper atmosphere, has taken place on this tiny planet in a small corner of our galaxy, amidst billions …
The Virgin Experience: Business Leadership
Dyslexic as a child and a poor student who left school at the age of 15, Richard Branson now runs the largest group of private companies in Europe. With annual revenues topping $25 billion, Branson's family of "Virgin" companies look to turn conventional business wisdom on its head. Business has grown to be one of the most powerful forces …
Peace on earth: Dream BIG!
Everybody can be somebody. Everyone is free to make a difference in this world. Raul Midon, guitarist and singer, presents a pair of lovely songs at the TED 2007 conference. The first, entitled "Everybody," is inspiring and as the TED summary notes "category-defying" and the second, "Peace on Earth," carries a powerful message that I hope …
Intrinsic Motivation: Autonomy, Mastery and Purpose
Career analyst Dan Pink, in his fascinating talk given at TED Global 2009, explains why the traditional approaches to motivation (extrinsic) are incompatible with many of the types of work that we do in the 21st century. Autonomy, mastery and purpose. A sensible approach when applied to the right types of work. I suppose the challenge lies in mapping a transition strategy from the …
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Music is Medicine, Music is Sanity
In a previous post we considered the fact that certain types of music help to bring order to the conscious mind. Robert Gupta, violinist with the LA Philharmonica, shares a fascinating story about an encounter he had with this phenomenon. Nathanial Anthony Ayers, a Julliard-trained violinist, was diagnosed with schizophrenia. He left school and became homeless, only to be discovered …
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