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Sir Ken Robinson died on August 21 of cancer at the age of 70.
Join Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter and best-selling author Charles Duhigg as he interviews Victoria Montgomery Brown, co-founder and CEO of Big Think.
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Improv isn’t just an art, it’s a business tool.
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Big Think’s co-founder and CEO, Victoria Montgomery Brown, offers six pieces of advice to founders in her forthcoming book.
The Omni Calculator site is a stunning treasure trove of free calculators.
Don’t worry about grammar rules at first. They’ll only trip you up.
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Sometimes not looking forward to something helps you get it done.
According to a man that knows more than 20 languages, the key is to start in the middle.
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Now is the perfect time to take up a new language. Self-motivation and commitment are key to mastering this fun and useful new skill.
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Most people don’t know what they’re passionate about.
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How can you use new tools, techniques, and technologies to rethink your personal productivity and enhance your future self?
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Ultrarunners scored significantly higher on the resilience questionnaire than non-runners.
Famously, it took Edison over one thousand attempts to successfully create the lightbulb.
Simple tricks for hacking back your device.
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Tech is rising and America’s middle class is vanishing. Here’s what to do.
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Sometimes, the more understated you are, the more positively you’ll be received.
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We as a society need to rethink the way we value careers over everything else.
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Our desire to engage in more interesting activities may have something to do with it.
Striking a better work-life balance comes down to the numbers.
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The university model needs to evolve.
Being a specialist used to be the way forward, but the future belongs to people who can adapt to any given scenario on a dime.
Tips on telling human stories that audiences want to hear from start to finish.
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There’s a reason they call work “work.”
Anyone with a killer idea for a podcast can learn valuable tactics for turning that idea into a success with the training in the How to Start a Podcast Bundle.
If laziness is written into our genes, why not embrace it?
Future-minded companies are investing in soft skills and digital learning to empower their talent.
Stressed? Work out anyway.
A new study contradicts some popular wisdom that says sharing your goals is always a bad idea.
To reach a breakthrough solution to any problem, it’s necessary to first understand the underlying causes.
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The term “self-actualization” is often bandied about on the web, but how does one go about becoming self-actualized really?