In another short and funny six minute TED talk called Don’t Eat the Marshnmallow Yet by Joachim de Posada, the advantages of delayed gratification are tested with four year old kids and marshmallows. If the kid could wait 15 minutes without eating a marshmallow in front of them, they got another one. The original Stanford…
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8 Secrets of Success
Well, there’s certainly a lot more to be said about the details of how to achieve each of these “secrets,” but this short and sweet TED talk by Richard St. John is a good place to start. It’s no coincidence that “practice, practice, practice” is in there! Check it…. Want to learn more about the…
Mirror, Mirror in the Brain; or Monkey See, Monkey Do
“You use a glass mirror to see your face; you use works of art to see your soul.” George Bernard Shaw Pretend that you’re a budding jazz guitar player. You’ve been practicing for a year or two so you’re beginning to have an idea of how it’s done and what you need to do to…
Twisted views of Creativity and Genius
Our fascination with excellence and those who manifest excellence leads us to some odd conclusions and slightly twisted relationships with the concepts; relationships that aren’t all that healthy, though they won’t cause congestive heart failure or flabby thighs. What I’m talking about is that tendency–which I believe we all have to some extent or other–to…
Success is Failure, Failure can be Success
The obstacle is the path.
The Tyranny of Perfection
This blog has been spotty so far, to say the least, and that is mostly because I feel as though what I post here needs to be finished, polished, well-reasoned, and complete In a word: Perfect. That’s ironic because it defeats the purpose I had in mind. My intention was for this space to be…
The Practice of Practice 