We’ve all heard the same statistic: 1 out of every 4 Americans don’t read any books during the course of an average year. It seems that, for many Americans, learning stops after formal education. Once we’re done with high school or college, we forget everything we learned in school and just focus on advancing…

During the course of any given day at the office, you undoubtedly drink coffee to help you stay alert, or try deep breathing exercises to calm your nerves after a particularly harrowing staff meeting. But what if there was an easier way to regulate your moods and trick your brain into performing to its…

“Just do it!” “Do Something!” “Act now!” “Ready, Fire, Aim!” We are surrounded, on a day-to-day basis, by the exhortation to act. Hustle, hustle, hustle, get a move on, get going. Whether its a friend giving us advice or a multi-million dollar ad campaign, everyone seems to be telling us – in the vaguest way possible – to get…

Storytelling is a demanding craft. Not only do you have to be able to write or perform the story accurately, you need to create vivid descriptions. Boring, complex or difficult to understand metaphors can turn an imaginative journey into a lifeless plot. You may not think of it deliberately, but learning is very…

The brain isn’t a flawless piece of machinery. Although it is powerful and comes in an easy to carry container, it has it’s weaknesses. A field in psychology which studies these errors, known as biases. Although you can’t upgrade your mental hardware, noticing these biases can clue you into possible mistakes. How Bias…

Boredom and feeling too busy are the same problem. Some people might claim I’m being too ambitious trying to strike down chronic boredom and busyness at the same time. I’d argue that the only way to take them out is simultaneously. The problem stems from how you manage your attention. Both boredom and…

Studies show that brain exercise could help improving brain function, and slow down the mental decline, as the days go by. Dawn Sagario at DesMoinesRegister suggests 8 ways which you can do to keep your brain active and improve mental function: Play head games. Train your brain: Memory, Visualization, Reasoning Prepare Taxes. Build your “cognitive reserve”. Remember passwords. Rethink your…

A book review by Reg Adkins. The Creating Brain: The Neuroscience of Genius (2005, Dana Press), by Nancy C. Andreason. This book is not written for the technical reader. It has a conversational tone and does very little to address neuroscience as the title would lead you to believe. However, the book is a good place…

If you pay much attention to media trends (Especially Oprah Winfry and Bill Gates who is king of the geeks) you’ll notice a growing fervor concerning the state of education in America. They site falling test scores and dropping graduation rates as proof of their claims. Their solution… more time in the class room more classes in general better…

Reg, at Elemental Truths, tells me that one out of five Americans is mentally ill, and he got a prove. It is a statistic coming from U.S. Public Health Services – so I bet other developed countries may have similar figures, if ones could provide similar extensive report. Quoted from Mental Health: A Report…

Sherry Roberts has a way to help you with your stress. It doesn’t involve a pill, nor a vacation. In fact, you can do it simply by controlling your breathing. People give you strange looks when you tell them you spent your Saturday afternoon breathing. But that’s what I did. There were about 10…

Psychologists believes there is a mental state called flow, which is a state of deep concentration. Within the flow, you will increase your productivity and more inspirations, however you usually need around 15 minutes on uninterrupted work to get into the flow state. Over at 43folders.com and C2.com, they has some good information on the…

There is a good piece of article on how to be productive. Productivity is usually measured by what sort of things one is working on, and it is tightly coupled with how do you spend your time. Aaron, in the article HOWTO: Be more productive talks about some good topics on productivity, including how to…