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If there was no time nothing that we can perceive would exist. Although our senses – sight, touch, hearing, smell and taste – work by utilizing specialized sensory receptors, there is no specific receptor for time. Yet we can obviously perceive it. However, our perception changes over time – no pun intended. “From infancy onwards […]

There is a long list of scientific reasons to start meditating and we will briefly address them here (4.15).  Improves immune function Davidson, Richard J. PhD et al, conducted research aimed at exploring biological processes that are associated with changes in mental and physical health in response to meditation. The researchers measured brain activity before

Daniel Kahneman is a Nobel laureate and founder of behavioral economics. His research indicates that our “experiencing selves” perceive happiness differently from our “remembering selves”. He tells the story (4.14) of a friend that was listening to a concert that ended with a screeching noise. The friend mentioned, with a lot of passion, that the

Sometimes maximizing your positive impact means minimizing your negative impact or the negative impact that something was somebody will have on you. Receiving bad news usually triggers a sequence of predictable events. After receiving the news we immediately start calculating numerous very bad possible future scenarios and consequences. Our mind takes control of our imagination

Antonio Damasio is a neuroscientist and neurobiologist and the David Dornsife Professor of Neuroscience at the University of Southern California. He says (4.12) that if we didn’t have consciousness we wouldn’t know anything about the world, there would be no pain, no joy, etc. There would be no ability to love or to create. Over

Is fear real or are we in fear of fear itself after all? Many people suffer from a fear of something that is preventing them from being what they want to be and constraining their potential impact. They have a fear of aiming high, fear of failure, a fear of being themselves and many others. 

If you want to aim higher and achieve the higher goals you probably need to become a better version of yourself. Some aspects of life will simply have to change. Kelly McGonigal, PhD is a Stanford health psychologist talks and author of book “The WillPower Instinct”. She says (4.10) that a willpower challenge is anything

Your mindset has a big impact on your impact. There are some people that live life with the belief that they have a lot of influence over it and there are other people that live life in a way where they believe they have very little influence over it.  We all know that achieving goals

Brené Brown, Ph.D., is a research professor at the University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work. She has spent the past decade studying vulnerability, courage, worthiness, and shame. After many years of research she thinks that vulnerability is our most accurate measurement of courage.  Brown says (4.7) that Vulnerability is the birthplace of innovation, creativity