Re-reading worthy books is a pleasure, and Wayfinding by M.R. O’Connor proves it. O’Connor focuses on episodic memory, or conscious recollection of previous experiences in time, place, and associated emotions. Episodic memory enables us to place ourselves in time, travel back to the past and...
People are willing to give their opinion on just about everything today, especially via social media. But if they have no credentials or insights, and you’re swayed by opinion, any negative comment can affect you. After two days of training in Los Angeles, we heard...
Jennifer Egan (author of A Visit from the Goon Squad) won a Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award. Because writing and speaking are intertwined, we made a point of seeing her at the Santa Fe Literary Festival. We’re always curious about the...
TIP OF THE WEEK: MASTERYIn Yvon Chouinard’s book Some Stories, he writes about the outdoor pursuits and crafts he has enjoyed over a long life. These activities include surfing, mountaineering, whitewater kayaking, spearfishing and toolmaking. Chouinard notes that the progression from novice to master has...
This week, students are returning to school to learn and socialize with their peers. Mirror neurons in the brain fire when we see others behave, making it easier to mimic their actions. (This is what mammals do.) The challenges of class size and meeting achievement...
Leonard gave it his all, attempting to break his own world record of eighteen basketball dunks in one minute. He was pumped, and so was the audience on America’s Got Talent. Two dunks were successful, but on the third, the audience whooped and applauded, stopping Leonard in his tracks....
Kristin Harila, a 37-year-old Norwegian Saami, was on top of the world fourteen times. Harila just broke the record for climbing the world’s fourteen tallest peaks—all higher than 26,246 ft. It took her ninety-two days, while the previous record was 189 days. Harila did it...
Eileen Linnehan, a standout pitcher at Northwestern University, awoke one day to find that she couldn’t complete a successful overhand throw to first base. She had the yips, or the inability to perform a previously learned movement because of a mental inhibitor. Linnehan finally found...
“As sweet as Tupelo honey” is how Van Morrison described his sweetheart, and followed the simile with a metaphor, “She’s an angel of the first degree.” But it’s not only songwriters and Celtic poets who employ these writer’s tools. Deborah had a knee replaced a few...
BIGGER STAGES (the above photo is how most people feel about public speaking!) Last week’s tip covered the nuts and bolts of assembling a package for getting booked as a speaker. Eloqui’s mission is to send dynamic professionals into the world with forward-thinking ideas and oratorical...