School & Homework

Aspire, Dream, Be Free and DO!

This is a well crafted short video that is an inspirational call to action. While you’re not expected to follow the same dream, you would be hard pressed to watch this and not feel the urge to do SOMETHING…
Watch, and tell us what you think…

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The Power of Ignorance

If desperation is the mother of innovation, then ignorance might be its father. In the early stages of a company, being protected from external influences can be a powerful stimulant for creativity and innovation. Why? For the same reason that we often see some of the most creative and [...]

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AMAZING technique to improve Empathic Listening

This is a very simple, but effective idea put forward superbly by Dr. Stephen R. Covey. I can’t say that I’m always able to pull it off effectively, but then you can never be on target if you don’t  have something to aim for…
Take three minutes and see what you think, let us know via [...]

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The Fringe Benefits of Failure, and the Importance of Imagination

‘Harry Potter’ author J.K. Rowling received an honorary doctor of letters degree from Harvard University.
During her commencement ceremony she told guests, “We do not need magic to transform our world. We carry all the power we need inside ourselves already; we have the power to imagine better.”
Her entire speech is now available on-line [...]

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Has the Microwave Ruined Your Children’s Future?

Does this sound at all familiar? The other day I asked my son to do something for me; I don’t remember exactly what, it could have been anything from setting the table or opening the curtains to taking out the recycling, the point is I spent so long explaining what needed [...]

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Raising Children to be Entrepreneurs

I have spoken with a fair number of people who believe teaching kids to be entrepreneurs is a bad thing as it ‘focuses them on just making money at the expense of all else‘. The point I feel they are missing when they say this is that being an entrepreneur is not about the money.
*shock* [...]

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Recommended Reading…

In my travels I’ve been recommended so many books that I’ve lost count. Add to this the ones I’ve stumbled upon myself, and you’ve got yourself a fair sized library. Subsequently, I’m regularly asked what I would recommend for this, what should I read for that… You get the idea.
So, to make it available to [...]

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