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Curiosity. It’s the Gaps that Count.

Curiosity. It’s the Gaps that Count.

In our busy world, we are continually bombarded with sights, sounds, and even smells that overwhelm our senses and stretch our brains. But while we are busy making sense of what’s there, have you ever stopped to think  - to have curiosity - for the opposite? For what...

The 7 Illusions of Knowing

The 7 Illusions of Knowing

Can you trust what you know? It might seem like a strange question, but what I mean is, do you think you have a clear insight into what you know and what you don’t know? Alternatively, are you being tricked by your brain into thinking that you know something well when...

5 Tips for Effective Learning

5 Tips for Effective Learning

Learning information, so that is sticks in your brain can be a real challenge. So often the facts, figures and names that we hear or read seem to go in one ear and out the other without leaving any lasting impression on our memory. And although everyone has their own...

Should I Believe My Memory?

Should I Believe My Memory?

Every moment of our life, we are forming new memories. Good ones. Bad ones. Detailed ones. Hazy ones. And although people often describe the way we remember these memories as being like a movie reel (re)playing out in our mind’s eye, this is in fact incorrect. Memory...

Stress and Memory

Stress and Memory

There you are, standing in front of the audience and you suddenly feel a wave of stress rise up inside you. An array of physiological sensations like a racing heart, sweaty palms and a churning in your stomach start to uncontrollably manifest themselves. And all...

Social Plasticity

Social Plasticity

Social Plasticity Your social skills are sometimes called your “soft skills”. A way to differentiate them from the “harder”, more measurable side of your intelligence and ability. But just because you can’t easily measure them, doesn’t mean that they aren’t important....

Brain Training. Does It Work?

Brain Training. Does It Work?

Brain training. Does it work? Brain Training. It is a multimillion dollar industry but it is also plagued with controversy. Many people swear by it. A way of keeping your brain active. Staving off cognitive decline. Maybe even preventing or delaying the appearance of...

How Relevant is Neuroscience?

How Relevant is Neuroscience?

I’ve been asked this question on several occasions now. The response I normally give is along the lines of suggesting that it is only relevant for people with brains. What makes me so sure? Neuroscience is the scientific study of the brain. There are some arguments...

Neuroscience of Learning

Neuroscience of Learning

How do we learn? Recently we were approached by an organization to help them understand how people learn and how they could be more innovative and impactful. There are experts around the world researching and revealing deeper...

Training to perfection!

Training to perfection!

Picking up my saxophone this week got me thinking again about how the great performers do it (for modeling purposes not because I am one!). Granted they usually have 10,000 hours practice under their belt but they also have mastered something else very important in...

How important is our past?

How important is our past?

This week I thought we’d hear from one of the great observers of our time, Amit Goswami: “ Every observation can be looked upon as a quantum measurement, because quantum measurement produces brain memory. These brain memories are activated every time we encounter and...

Your real potential

Your real potential

Average neurons in your brain form around 1000 synaptic connections. Many receive up to 10,000 inputs while some cells in the cerebellum receive up to 100,000. To put it mildly, your neurons are well connected! If Coaching really does enable you to increase your...

What is your true potential?

What is your true potential?

How much of your true potential is determined by the genes you do or do not have? How much is down to your environment? Or the education and experiences you had before you were 7? Anders Ericsson may hold the answer to this question. He has spent the last 20 years...

Could you be a genius?

Could you be a genius?

About a year ago I had the privilege of meeting a grand champion chess player who was supporting the initiative in Belize teaching children to play chess. They were finding it had a dramatic impact on the behaviour of the children inside and outside school. Years ago...

Mental Maps in Coaching

Mental Maps in Coaching

How do we learn new things? How do we remember old things? How do we easily achieve our goals? The answer to all these questions lies partly in mental maps. As you know, we have lots and lots of neurons in our brains. These neurons communicate with one another using...

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