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May31
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In this last in the series of rubric measurements... I’d like to float the idea that diversity  is measured more by its evidence in the workplace than by its definition in the firm’s vision. It’s measured more from the equity of who holds power at the top ... and how salaries distribute ... than by the debates energized in a boardroom or staff room.
A good friend of mine sees diversity as potential in all people... a sort of notion .... that “culture is currency” and so do I.... What about you?
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May31
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When you think about it… no wonder so many differences show up in how we do things at work… Worker approaches differ because each of our brains is wired differently…. Add to that ... the fact that men’s and women’s...
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May30
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Which business does not want its top talent engaged in ways that increase its bottom line…? And yet talented people often tell you they come to work wishing they could use more of what they do well … to get...
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Exertia posted an interesting blog on how theory can become practice in ways that benefit business, and that got me thinking … about how the mind works to measure progress for better results at work. How do you assess your...
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May29
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Over the next few weeks I plan to describe unique facets in the lives of several creative business leaders who bring new shades, textures and angles to work through their creativity…. Know anybody who would fit my new series of...
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New Dimensions World Broadcasting Network did a story on Lynn Twist author of The Soul of Money, which described how “the personal relationship we have to money determines how it functions in our lives.” Many of us have wounds around...
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The Dixie Chicks took a great deal of heat when they spoke out where others stay silent… They seem to want peace instead of war …. So do I…. They see the fall in American respect from other parts of...
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A book you won’t want to miss if you want change as I do… is Rise of the Creative Class …. Its pages open a provocative new window into where we’re headed… as author Richard Florida shows increasing creativity in...
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May28
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Contrary to conventional wisdom…Kotulak said… people do not lose brain cells… in huge numbers… because of age. So why does it appear otherwise at times? Too many seniors allow their brain functions to stick… slog… and rust out… because of disuse....
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Stimulation keeps the brain alive and hopping for you. The opposite is also true…"For the first time we are gathering the biological evidence showing that lack of proper mental stimulation could actually harm the brain," Kotulak said. Too little healthy stimulation predisposes...
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April Thompson's exercise tips are designed to help the brain flourish daily… Her ideas came from one of my favorite books… Inside the Brain: Revolutionary Discoveries of How the Mind Works… by Pulitzer Prize-Winning author, Ronald Kotulak, I’ve decided to...
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Yesterday’s Chicago Tribune, tells of a stressed doe who attacked three passersby at Southern Illinois University… “charging them, rearing up, and whacking them with her sharp hooves.” Luckily injuries were only minor—but less minor is the fact that people are...
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Have you ever felt the need to break down a big project into more manageable bite-sized pieces. That’s where your left brain operations can help you out…. Regardless of your age or background learning … left brain capabilities…just as...
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May27
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Have you used all the tools available to achieve your goals for this year? Why not take a closer look at power tools sitting in your right brain alone ... and ask yourself if you are spending and investing this amazing deposit...
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Apparently Singapore Airlines reports profits yearly – with no losses reported … and all because they master in customer service …. Giving better customer service makes sense when you think of its ability to increase profits. It makes even more...
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May26
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Researchers at Queensland Brain Institute just identified the molecule that links the left and right brain. Professor Helen Cooper said her group's research provided new clues regarding development of the corpus callosum. Think of the corpus callosum as millions of...
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Just when we thought they had taken care of cell phones for brain health… a recent study on cell phones shows the side effect still excite parts of the brain. Is this good or bad…? Unfortunately researchers can’t say for...
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Have you noticed that tone either nurtures communication or creates conflict at work…? If tone is the body language of words … then good tone starts by affirming remarks that show another’s view … before you respond with your ideas....
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May25
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Have you ever thought about developing your math smarts while at the same time you bring together more differences at work…? If not you’ll enjoy these tips to get started in an exciting new direction for math ... for diversity......
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Have you ever wondered why some stores play certain kinds of music at times while people shop…? Store managers likely figured out what music is more likely to put you in a good mood… increase your chances of buying… and...
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Fellow writer and friend, Ann Michael, at Manage to Change, asked a question which challenged me to look again at how I capitalize on diversity at work….Ann asked: ”What do you do to make sure you’re hearing opinions that differ...
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May24
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Look around you from where you sit at work... What do you see in the art images...? Is the diversity your firm celebrates there in the art and images you see...? Art is a great way to rewire your brain...
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Language can rewire the human brain for diversity in remarkable ways.... SJ's excellent post about narrowing the gaps in the language divide for diversity's sake... makes a lot of sense from a brain based perspective... That's because language is used in...
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In his post ... "Diversity -- Good for the Goose but not for the Gander?" John, makes a great case for the personal reflection it takes for one to live and do diversity. The brain actually helps us to develop more...
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I really liked the ideas I read at Francois' site today as a reminder to stop and learn from one another. Interestingly we now know that our interpersonal intelligence can help us to rewire our brains for more diversity.... What do...
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Did you know that May 22 was International Day of Biological Diversity...? What a cool idea! Check out Gimster's thoughtful post and photographs and you'll be inspired as I was to see how he to shows diversity at work in...
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May23
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Who’s smart and who’s not so smart in your world…? Is the genius… for you… the guy who scores high on tests in an MBA program or the woman who creates the brilliant ad for software that made big business...
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Apparently lead exposure leads to brain cell loss and damage many years later… looks like it’s even worse than once thought… and that “Eighteen years later, people who worked with lead have significant loss of brain cells and damage...
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You know how they told you the hard stuff would toughen you up…? It’s not exactly so… Seems all that was myth.... The University of Leicester found that adversity actually makes you more susceptible to suggestion and lies… Not good...
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Getting the most from your Mind...? A new study at UCLA and published in June’s American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry affirms that people may be able to improve their brain efficiency through simple lifestyle changes. Do memory exercises… eat healthy…...
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Frontier made changes in their set-up system so that my email no longer works. Because the day was already on overload at the MITA center… I decided to call Frontier and get a technician to help change my settings to...
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Do you start your day with the radio and catch the early morning news? Or do you grab a coffee and the newspaper to check out the headlines and scan a few main news items? If you do either of...
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May22
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Do you save more junk than you find places to store it…? Find it hard to get rid of things…? Many people have a tendency to save a bit too many things… but you might be surprised at what Dr....
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There you are ... invited to give a talk to win the deal of your career... and instead of enjoying the benefits that will likely follow… fear of flying fights you like a lion after its kill…. Does that describe you…? Dr....
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Dr. Daniel Schacter… Professor and Chair of Psychology at Harvard University , and the author of Searching for Memory: The Mind, The Brain, and the Past says the key to memory that lasts is to enhance a receptor in your brain…...
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Have you ever stood eyeball to eyeball with a person who lost somebody they loved and found that words stuck in your throat… leaving you numb and speechless? Robert Neimeyer is professor of psychology .... at the University of Memphis,...
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Do you remember the award winning movie...Il Postino..., which is Pablo Neruda's story? When I spoke in Valparaiso, Chile ... which is Neruda’s home … South American leaders there gave me the poet and activist’s Book of Questions. Since then...
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I’m not sure where civility resides in the human brain… and perhaps that’s because we are not cultivating it enough to get any images… Where do you think notions of courage and thoughtfulness and respect sit today…? Well known writer...
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I’m not sure where civility resides in the human brain… and perhaps that’s because we are not cultivating it enough to get any images… Where do you think notions of courage and thoughtfulness and respect sit today…? Well known writer...
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May21
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I once worked with a leader we all admired for his diligence and energy and so when these habits began to decline and Hank started losing weight ... people confronted him about his confusing symptoms. “Not a man for going...
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Foods create mood swings more than most people think. Have you ever noticed that when you eat your favorite foods you tend to feel good? Husband and wife team Drs. Richard Wurtman… and Judith Wurtman … from the MIT Clinical Research...
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How would you rate your workplace for emotional intelligence...? Daniel. Goleman, author of Emotional Intelligence and Working with Emotional Intelligence… points out that there has been a decline in the intelligence that shows how we handle ourselves… our empathy…our motivation.......
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Joe Ayala, a colleague at Know More Media posted today on Best Biz Ware site an interesting recommendation about VTC’s new program offering today and from Joe’s post this looks worth investigating here at MITA, so I plan to do...
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After years of watching mysteries and myths shroud the brain, Ronald Kotuluk’s book, Inside the Brain ... shows how researchers are fighting back… with life-changing answers…. Kotulak highlights 4 brain based areas that offer new tools for brain renewal: 1....
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Pick up any book on the brain… or ask about pictures in brain imaging… and you might get more gobble-d-gook than thoughtful answers…but that’s changing. It’s a good thing…. People feel intimidated to speak when language or body language makes...
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Brain Imaging increasingly helps us to shatter silences because it shows the brain’s extravagance in sharp pictures and yields new secrets about success possibilities…. Today I read an article by Joe Fahy, from April 5th, 2006 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, that showed another...
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I was glad to read today at Google Adsense that Sears holdings shares are up after 1Q. I like getting my oil changed at the Sears Automotive Shop at Eastview Mall…. For years I’ve heard stories of car shops that sell you parts you...
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This morning the Democrat and Chronicle published the news … Rochester ’s urban groups are looking to grants…. On the surface looks good – more money to fix urban problems…. Who’d disagree…? Look a bit deeper though… money may...
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May20
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What book would you have chosen as the best book of fiction in the last 25 years? The New York Times did a survey and the results … just in ...might surprise you…. The full list of winners will...
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In an Interview on The LCM Radio Show… The Infinite Mind… Rocco Dispirito, chef and owner of the Union Pacific Restaurant in New York gave us a picture of what creativity means within the food industry. I was especially...
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Know anybody at work who’s just plain …flat out… selfish…? Dr. David Sloan Wilson, and Dr. Elliott Sober… at the State University of New York in Binghamton … co-wrote Unto Others: The Evolution and Psychology of Unselfish Behavior which shows...
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At Washington University In St. Louis a computerized atlas now highlights critical changes in brain disorder, according to Michael Purdy post on May 18th… The computerized atlas has illustrated the genetic condition known as Williams syndrome as 33 abnormalities in...
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Walk into an office where the boss is smiling and gesturing for you to sit down and you likely tend to relax and follow the clue to chat…. But what if you walked in… saw furrowed brows and heard him...
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We’ve come a long way since Erma Bombeck said “anybody who watches three games of football in a row should be declared brain dead…” Springer Science + Business Media put out a press release on May 19th to show...
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Seth Godin cheers for more flexibity when it comes to marketing and Seth's rally makes sense when you think about it...Since there is no one formula to the winning solutions that move a firm forward… Why not motivate workers to use their unique personal...
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Question first and solutions tends to follow faster. Have you noticed how good questions help workers to map their interior worlds and motivate problem solvers to explore new lands? Target with a win in mind. Leaders who help their teams...
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On January 24, 2000 at UCLA … surveys of more than 260,000 full-time college freshmen, reported boredom, drudgery, and disengagement in class. This lack of interest in listening to somebody talk, is also the reason Problem Based Learning ...or PBL as...
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After a brain injury, Andrew found a new way to get ahead at work and it came from focusing on what his brain could do to improve his day. Now there is an idea that can take any of us past...
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May19
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How many books do you read in a year…? In a week...? Did you know that linguistic intelligence ...which includes reading... is only one of your multiple intelligences? Yet language ... and maybe math intelligences ... were likely the main...
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As long as your brain is a mystery…so too will much of your world also be a mystery… Joel Davis who wrote Mapping the Mind: The Secrets of the Human Brain and How it Works, put it this way: ”The...
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I was interested in John Gratton's post at Core Character today about teens who learn to mask their fear and found myself wondering about the rest of us... Do you remember the fox in Aesop’s Fable…”The Fox and the Mask?”...
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I always enjoy reading about customer care and creativity that comes from using more of our brains at Kathy’s Sierra’s blog at Creating Passionate Users. According to Tim Claydon… Jet Blue’s senior vice president of sales and marketing… Jet Blue’s climbing fast...
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Many workers tell you they prefer Online courses … partly for their convenience and flexibility…and partly because they feel more in control of their own career progress. Far fewer though ... ever finish Online programs as hoped….Turning on the computer...
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Miracles happen everyday when it comes to a human brain’s power to rebuild… Who can forget the news from 1848 – when a three and a half foot long iron rod rammed into Phineas Gage's face…and he recovered. At the...
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May18
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Thanks to Colbert Low and his blog at IT Tech Tips which is part of the Know More Media Network ... I found a really cool site bursting with "games for the brain".... Since your brain develops new links and better acumen through these kinds of...
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Differences between men and women at work come more from hormone levels and mixes than once thought.... Dr. James McBride Dabbs looked at testosterone levels in more than eight thousand people ... and showed links between testosterone and behavior....
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If you’ve ever done business with a person who exhibits up-down-and- unpredictable business patterns ... you’ve likely met a person controlled more by hormones than business acumen…. So what are these chemical surges that race through your brain…? Since experts...
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I was interested in a story Science Daily reported that confirmed... when personal safety is threatened or wiped out during tropical storms it comes with a long term cost…. Sociologists in Florida State University… followed South Floridians who survived 1992's...
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May17
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Mike Treder asked in his blog today ... if a computer can ever be as smart as a human... and his answers will fascinate you and show you your brain on a microchip.... Sounds like a future blog here ... thanks...
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Anybody see Akeelah and the Bee? It was kind of a fun movie about a smart kid who came from the wrong side of town…worked to win a spelling bee and about a professor of the classics who coached her...
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David Daniels made a great case for investing in more team building and I like his comparisons to Canadian hockey who learn to move together only through hard work... In Ned Herrmann’s latest book, he shows how he left General...
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A few scientists figured they found out why we enjoy telling people off… We do? BBC News … the version ran a story about Researchers from the University of Zurich in who claimed …”People genuinely enjoy telling others off if...
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It’s no secret that business is forcing the halls of higher education to rethink their mission and in some cases to change their directions… Is that as it should be…?According to Adrian Wooldridge… at Economist.com there are several factors...
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May16
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Know anybody who trips over words or repeats the same words over and over? Science Daily shows the brain’s role in those who stutter…. I was especially interested in the discovery that… "Adults who stutter often have great language...
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Look like the size of one's working memory is as much the cause of frustration in adults as it is the cause of learning problems in children…. You likely already know that working memory is smaller than your short term...
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On April 28, Seth Godin looked at belligerent customers on the one hand and at Stew Leonard’s famous granite rock on the other … and wrote: “… if it's not worth making the customer right, fire her.”Support for the firing…...
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May15
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A reader asked what the brain does when we sleep and that question led me to find out the latest news…According to Robert Roy Britt who is the LiveScience managing editor...“Your brain never stops working. But it does cease talking...
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Interested in following rather unique brain based discoveries…? A publication… originally designed as a specific resource for science writers—a "morgue in the mail"—The Brain in the News is now a monthly publication... a free one.... It’s especially valuable for anyone interested...
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You can re-pattern your brain and live a new you…. Start by changing one old belief that holds you back and you’ll be ready for new stepping stones forward….Re-adjust your brain chemicals for well-being… for instance… and you’ll begin to...
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What you do in a day can throw your brain into chemical imbalances that leaves you with lasting mental affects you may be unaware of....Athletes …or the millions of American men who take steroids to improve their speed and increase...
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The news is full of proof that life limits you daily… So those of us who sip coffee and read the local paper … start our work day with a head full of what went wrong or promises to wipe...
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You might be interested in a breakthrough in previously unrecognized growth factor that stimulates regeneration of injured nerve fibers … or axons … in the central nervous system.Seems that researchers at Children’s Hospital Boston have discovered a naturally occurring growth...
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What if you could turn on genius power much like those from the greatest minds in humankind? More and more evidence shows that while we use a tiny portion of our mind… a tiny sampling of the population crack the...
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May14
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Your Brain is Wired for Renewal... Are You? Renewal is brain based, and one person can ripple it through workplace communities.... It's just that it takes action to make it ripple.... 1. Personal renewal is as much about passion and...
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When I think of lifelong learning… I think of William Yeats’ metaphor, "Learning is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire!" Peter Senge suggested that every business organization should be considered a learning organization…. Senge would...
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What one area would you like to see change most at work…? Is productivity down…? Do people slack off…? Are skills lower than you like…? Do workers scrimp on quality…? I’m challenged by Ralph Waldo Emerson's suggestion, "Do not go...
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Today’s Mother’s Day and that makes it a great day for some and rather sad for others…. That came to me yesterday when my best friend and business associate gave me a beautiful bouquet of flowers which will hang in...
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May13
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It bothers me when people hear only one side of a story… or when they tell stories as if only one side could possibly exist….We all do it… and still I am often surprised at how facts are used merely...
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Just this week I bought wireless capability … and yesterday I had it hooked up here at the MITA Center … so that I can work Online and still be outside in the garden. Have you ever thought about...
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If Ben Carson were here he’d remind us to that the human brain was created to think big…. Does yours...?Or do you let barriers bring your business down…? Ben Carson's role as a much respected and admired neurosurgeon has taught him...
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Ann Michael’s blog today shared how games can be a tool for problem solving and self expression, ideas taken from A Whole New Mind, where Dan Pink discussed games, humor, and joyfulness… all parts of play… Thanks Ann.. your post...
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May12
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Dr. Deepak Chopra wrote an interesting blog today about three conditions of the mind that impact the state of our health… “Feeling loved, wanted, and useful…. All three are necessary for optimal health,” he said. I was especially interested in Deepak's ...
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People who ask and answer questions … about anything … including work routines... help themselves and others to grow new brain connectors for more success… In the best workplaces we are all teachers and all learners and so we ask...
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Your worldview rewires itself whenever teens tell about history in biblical terms....as they did in these collected essays, which claimed.... “The inhabitants of Egypt were called mummies. They lived in the Sarah Dessert and traveled by Camelot. The climate of the Sarah is...
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Your attitude has more to do with the brain's ability to learn new skills... than you think.... No question... some develop better skills earlier in life than others, but the adult brain is far more malleable than once thought.... so wherever you are now ......
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Engineers have recently linked up with doctors in a war against strokes. It all started with a professor at the University of Houston whose research students linked up with physicians at the Methodist Neurological Institute on new technology… Their goal...
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Today I readi an interesting note from the University of Southern California, that expects to hand us tools soon to measure music’s impact on our emotional intelligence…. Seems an engineering class at USC used computational modeling of music which integrated approaches...
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May11
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Are arts districts healthy in your city? The City of Rochester, NY, has been blessed over time with one of the highest cultural capitals in the US. Amazing talent is represented at the Eastman School of Music, the Rochester Philharmonic,...
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The other day I was rushing to work at the same time a Canadian goose was waddling her babes across my road to the pond… and the site made me wonder how that chicken ever makes it...
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Views you see can expand what you do… and land you better results for your efforts…. I was interested in a study published in the May issue of Psychological Science which showed how people's racial identity influences what they see....
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Are you getting the most out of directions that you give to others…? Are you happy with the results you get back when you describe what you want in a project that others are expected to complete? Or do people...
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May10
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More and more people are claiming that the human brain is hard-wired for God… Research is showing increasing evidence that people who put pressures and “to-do” lists aside … and give the mind a break from daily noise … get...
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Internet Addiction can be bad for business…. The Internet makes millions of business deals daily… but workers who rely too much on computers for personal use at work or those who fall into Online addictions … can end up losing...
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Have you ever felt that nothing can go wrong …? Have you experienced that rush at work ... when ideas and excellence come to as naturally as a mighty water fall cascades into pools… and the boss praises your results…?...
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Most of us already know that happiness can help you beat illness and makes you more fun at work…. But did you know that happiness is less tied to externals…such as other people or money….than previously thought…? Not always though…and...
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Scientists at Georgia State University … are looking to discover why people eat more and gain weight when under stress and hamsters are helping to yield the answers. Their hope is to unravel the complex factors that lead people...
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May 9
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Good news - time is more in your control than you may think…. H. Jackson Brown, Jr., a New York Times best seller suggests you prepare your mind for better time use. He warns: Don't say you don't have enough time....
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There is nothing like a collaborative project where you find yourself really stretching .... I mean stretching... together with smart people....OK... I guess there is one finer thing... that would be working together with fun people... I've been lucky in that most...
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Over lunch today, two good friends and I wondered why Rochester NY … our city… seems so stalled … with so many bright business leaders all pulling in different directions… Recently I visited MA and couldn’t help to compare the lively streets...
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May 8
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Dr. Bill Cala is really a leader’s leader… But for the past 9 years he’s been an Award Winning Superintendent of Schools here in Fairport , New York . Since he chose an early retirement from leadership here… in...
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If curiosity is the brain’s fuel tank…and I think it is… you'll want to avoid running too close to empty…. A good way to fill the mental curiosity tank at your firm ... is to start the day by asking: “What if…?” That...
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Pick up business news today…and you often feel bombarded …with words of corruption in big business… lies in political posturing... deceit…fear … or greed… Seems that the marketplace at times is masking as undercover networks.... While it’s true ... we...
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I just read today… in Science Daily … that neurobiology of dread gives scientists clues about human decision making .... Neuroscientists ...led by Gregory Berns, MD, PhD... used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to identify areas of the brain that...
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What exactly do you want when you request a completed task? Do you know...? Can you see the finished product projected onto screens of your mind...? Few would disagree that most shoddy results come from a lack of clear excpectations. It reminds...
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May 7
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Problems hit every leader – but those who build new neuron pathways for possibilities, energize and inspire creative approaches for innovative solutions. According to Robert Kennedy, most people reach their visions, more from problems they solve to move forward, and less...
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It happened again… and there you are facing off with an irate customer…. You’re standing eyeball to eyeball with a person who’s as angry as a hornet… and while you have no idea why … the customer’s toxic tone prevents...
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Revolutionary discoveries in dendrite research... are changing the way some people do business.... If you’re wondering what a dendrite is …it’s a brain cell … a sort of connector cell that impacts your progress and productivity…. Not only can dendrites benefit you...
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It looks now like those times when you mustered up the courage to forgive somebody who did you in…will actually work in your favor… Researchers now tell us that people who forgive… tend to be healthier and happier… than those...
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How many moral calls would you say you make in a day at work…? I’m referring to moral calls that impact people and business…? How would others describe your moral judgments? When Einstein said, “Morality is not a fixed...
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Think one side of your brain always talks clearly to the other? Are you getting the inspiration or the results you want to happen on a busy day? If you are wondering why solutions are hard to dig up at times...
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The Aging Brain is better Off than You May Think… When I think senior and still mentally productive I think of Stanley Kunitz … He was named poet laureate of the at the age of 95. The reason Stanley Kunitz...
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May 6
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You looked at morning and you walked through an afternoon from your brain’s perspective. Now, while the sun is setting, you’ll see your brain still rising to every challenge you set. Walk from your brain’s perspective… through another evening...and see what...
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Do you find yourself juggling one crisis to make room for another…? You may be one of the millions of Americans who are now said to be addicted to adrenaline… People living with this mental urgency…tend to edge dangerously toward...
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Are you living better or worse because of the increasing role of pharmaceuticals? Have you noticed that some drugs that promised to increase the quality of life... now give rise to a number of medical, social, ethical and spiritual questions….?There definitely...
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In brain based thinking opposing ideas are encouraged and supported, as a way to open the gates for innovation. Recently, the MITA International Brain Based Center was called in to solve conflicts in a large business A team, and we encouraged the...
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May 5
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Do you find yourself overwhelmed, disorganized, impatient, anxious or late to get projects done…? Or do you take on far too many projects at the same time…? You may be surprised to discover that Attention Deficit Disorder or ADD, according...
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The past ten years brought an increase of neuroscience research…. My own interest lies in how ordinary people’s lives show improvement because of astounding progress made in the last decade. Check out and let us know how the top...
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Ever felt that you had a great idea that went nowhere except to make others laugh at what you’d envisioned? When people see problems only... they tend to laugh off possibilities…People who see possibilities tend to laugh at life! What...
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May 4
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Listen to the NPR story of a man who looked for the mind’s supply of hope and found it for sick people who had lost theirs. You’ll also enjoy questions people asked about hope for their lives...and answers given by...
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Ralph Waldo Emerson said, In every work of genius we recognize our own rejected thoughts. Mistakes slow many people down... and yet often help successful people to hold out hope….It’s easy to fail and we all crash at times… but creative...
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May 3
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Did you know the human brain rewires itself daily, based on what we think, do, say, see, hear and feel that day? So what you DO today counts more than you may realize…Check out Danah Zohar, author of, Rewiring the...
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Doug Hall, a chemical engineer and entrepreneurial giant, encourages business leaders to step out bolder in what he calls capitalist creativity. I call it reframing hard and soft skills, into smart skills, which include your multiple intelligences. In his book,...
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May 2
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When I think about hidden or unused parts of the human brain I think about the photographic view progressively from a galaxy into the depth of the smallest atom particles of earth . Check out this incredible site from a...
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Gossip goes wherever people go... It's as central to most workplace cultures as skin is to bones.... Lately though, gossip has become a hot topic of research. Seems that new theories now show the relevance of gossip … and can...
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Stuck at the same old place in your career? Break free of habits that hold you back, by developing one new skill this week... We all fall into routines that make going to work about as exciting as going for...
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Looks like choice just beat out control when it comes to business! Ok, where does that land those controlling leaders out there? Know any? Then here is just the nugget for you to take to work today to share over...
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May 1
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This is the final MITA Smart Skills Survey. Take survey 7 even if you have not taken the first 6... and begin to expect positive results through moving your mental resources into dividends at work This smart skills survey 7 will help...
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MITA Smart Skills Survey 6 – Going after positive results through moving your mental resources into dividends at work... Still finding and highlight your most successful profile? This smart skills survey 6 will help you to highlight further areas to...
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MITA. smart skills 5 - survey for getting positive results How are you doing? This smart skills survey 5 will point to mentally sharp or dull skills to help you apply brain based business tactics offered at this site. Here...
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MITA Smart Skills 4 - survey for getting positive results How would you describe your most successful profile in the following Smart skills which differ from traditional hard and soft skills? 31. Interpersonal Savvy—Do you enjoy others and mix...
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MITA Smart Skills Survey 3 --get positive results from your mind How would you describe your most successful profile here in smart skills? This survey 3 will highlight further areas to grow mentally with successful results to follow when you...
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MITA Smart Skills Survey 2 for getting positive results How would you describe your most successful profile from the list below? This smart skills survey 2 will highlight areas to grow mentally with successful results to follow when you apply...
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MITA. Smart Skills Survey 1 – Go after positive results through moving your mental resources into dividends at work How would you describe your most successful profile? This smart skills survey will highlight areas to grow mentally with successful results...
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