When I was at the university, our education included genetics, the science which taught heredity and variation in organisms. We learned that our genes control our life: Our bodies and our behaviour are pre-determined in our genes. For many years this was the dogma (a truth without proof), and nobody challenged the validity of this
Does everyone want to be a creative, open-minded and brilliant thinker? Of course! The question is: What can we do to become that kind of person? The topic here is the human capability for better thinking and creativity. Last week, I had a chance to have lunch with my colleagues from our motivational group. Over
Do you find this title a little bit weird? You do? I need to confess something: The title sounds unusual, but technically it is correct. We do teach our brains to think differently and properly throughout the whole of our lives. We learn how to control impulses and how to motivate ourselves, which basically means
“What goes around comes around. I knew the day was coming, but I didn’t expect it so soon. After so many failures in the past couple years, I`m giving up. I’m not going to try anything else. It’s over.” When Larry said that, nobody was ready with a reply. We knew he was going through
She lost her job four months ago; he lost his yesterday. It could happen to you; it happened to me. Who is safe? I had a chance to speak to a number of people who lost their jobs recently, asking them to rate how devastating this loss is. I must say I’m surprised at the
What is your definition of greatness? Who is, for you, “a great person”? I guess, for many of us, a great person is someone who is famous, rich, young, and successful. In short, probably one of the many celebrities! Am I right? But, let’s take a look at what real greatness is. To begin, how
