It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. Aristotle
Category: Mind
The old becomes new again
Everything is cyclical…everything. We often loose sight of the bigger picture so its worth recognising and acknowledging the circular nature of our existence. Although cliched to the hill, ‘what comes around goes around’ and ‘what goes up…
Entertainment
It’s a wonderful thing: To entertain. To be entertained. To laugh. To make others laugh. It’s a skill that some people possess naturally. Others work hard at it and pull it off. Entertainment can take so…
Communications
The written word is powerful. It can also be boring and disengaging. We communicate in many different ways but by far the most ubiquitous is by written word. That isn’t to say it’s always effective…
Visuals
Source: Pop Chart Lab I picture things. All manner of things. I draw pictures to understand. I visual scenarios to recall a detail I need to remember. I take a snapshot of a page as…
Meandering Mondays IX
We all view the world in our own way. We bring a different perspective to all our observations and todays Meandering Monday IX is an example of just that: viewing things from a different angle.…
Avoid a void
Lever from clever Grin in the grind Can do in candor Cue the rescue Ink is to think Courage is rage Lie to believe Anger is dangerous Inspiration not ration Harm in pharmacy Urge not…
The Estyn Curve
The theory illustrated in the Estyn Curve was developed by a small group of undergraduates (including yours truly and a guy named Estyn who’s idea it was in the first place) whilst procrastinating instead of…
If this then that
It’s always worth re-visiting first principles i.e. the theory from time to time…today is a very basic recap of a fundamental logic using facts, rules and definitions as the basis for reason; deductive reasoning. Lets…
Predictability
Engage people with what they expect; it is what they are able to discern and confirms their projections. It settles them into predictable patterns of response, occupying their minds while you wait for the extraordinary…
Siesta
I’ve always found having a mid-morning or mid-afternoon nap a little difficult. Although I grew up in an environment where this was the norm, I felt like I was going to miss out on something…
Deal with it
There are so many distractions in our lives that we don’t have the time to deal with our problems anymore. Increasingly our capacity as human beings to confront setbacks and bounce back is being diluted…
I know all about you
I know who you are. I know where you live. I know your friends. I know your family. I know when you sleep. I know what type of music you listen to. I know what…
Tune in
Every now and then stop and tune in to what is happening around you, be conscious of your place. How does what you are doing [or not doing] relate to everybody else around you? What…
Sailing off
We all need a holiday every now and then. They help us unwind, reset, clear our heads and start afresh. Holidays aren’t always those that involve traveling away from home. It’d be great if we…
Automatons
The only thing that now separates us humans from robots is self awareness. There are probably still a few things we can do a little better than a well oiled, software driven, precision built machine,…
Mind works
For if you [the rulers] suffer your people to be ill-educated, and their manners to be corrupted from their infancy, and then punish them for those crimes to which their first education disposed them, what…
Building bridges
We’ve all experienced a traumatic event or stuffed up majorly. Sometimes these incidents are a little worse than others but we’re all still here, sanity intact and physically able to [at least] get to Ask…
On edge
Long days at work, lack of sleep and never finding time for yourself can drive the best of us to the edge. We begin to feel frustrated over the little things that would usually go…
Everybody is a genius
Albert Einstein was a genius. There is no question about that. According to Einstein we are all geniuses. Can that be the case? Are we being judged against the wrong criteria? Formal institutionalised education imposes…
Illusion of strength
We often associate strength with weight, uniformity and size. It’s not always the case. In reality, strength comes from within our hearts and minds. When we combine passion and intelligence there is no stronger force.…
∞ Infinity ∞
Infinity is a concept that can be explained in words pretty easily right? Something that has no end…it continues forever. I suppose its even easier to explain in pictures: ∞ Our reasoning can accept the…
Healthy body healthy mind
They’ve found now that the bacteria in our mouths and stomachs can effect our anxiety and depression levels. Yes, bacteria. Interestingly, this same bacteria is fundamentally different in make-up than our ancestors, believed to be because…