Imagine if your smartphone had no images for your apps. Imagine how long it would take you to find a specific app when you went to look for it. Insert face-palm here. That’s because our brains interpret images 600,000 times faster than text (Power of visual storytelling; Ekaterina … [Read more...] about A picture is worth 600,000 words – or how to get people to listen
Learning. It's possible to do it even in the wee hours of the morning. Before a ridiculously self-imposed early morning flight from New York to Vancouver this past fall I found myself grabbing the above yogurt for the plane ride. When I pulled it out to eat I was greeted with a delightful … [Read more...] about Learning enhancing yogurt
This is part two of 10 tips for trainers. See part one here. It's my gift to you the day after my birthday. I figured as I don't have to wait until Christmas to open gifts why should you. 6. Avoid the hairy, naked guy; part A when we're stressed our brains aren't primed for objective … [Read more...] about 10 tips for trainers part two: avoiding hairy, naked guys
Some prefer their learning delivered through stacks of facts. Facts lined up with their edges squared and precise, like the desks in an old classroom. Facts stuffed to (over)fill precious time. Trainers channeling their knowledge into (supposed) empty and (un)willing brains. Others (in the know) … [Read more...] about Learning comes in all shapes, sizes & venues (including family reunions)
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The trick is for the (scissor) blades to learn to work smoothly together, so as not to cut each other.
— Mary Jo Putney
The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. The fears are paper tigers. You can do anything you decide to do. You can act to change and control your life; and the procedure, the process is its own reward.
— Amelia Earhart
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There will always be rocks in the road ahead of us. They will be stumbling blocks or stepping stones; it all depends on how you use them.
— Friedrich Nietzsche
