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Singing and dancing have been shown to modulate brain chemistry, specifically levels of dopamine, the “feel good” neurotransmitter. Our species uses music and dance to express various feelings: love, joy, comfort, ceremony, knowledge and friendship. And each one is distinct and widely recognized within cultures. Love songs cause us to move slowly and fluidly, for example, while songs of joy inspire us to dance in a full-body aerobic way.

–Daniel J. Levitin
Professor of psychology and music
McGill University

This Is Your Brain on Music:

The Science of a Human Obsession.

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These wisdoms are for the luring of youth toward
high moral altitudes. The author did not
gather them from practice, but from
observation.

To be good is noble,
but to show others how
to be good is nobler
and no trouble.

–Mark Twain in
Following the Equator

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“Success is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration.”

–Thomas A. Edison

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“If Edison needed to find a needle in a haystack, he would not stop to reason where the needle might be, but rather would examine every straw, straw after straw like a diligent bee until he found the object of his search. I was almost a sorry witness of his doings, knowing that just a little theory and calculation would have saved him 90 percent of his labor.”

–Nikola Tesla

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“That’s fine in practice but what about your theory?”
–Popular tee shirt on
University of Chicago campus

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“In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice.”
–Yogi Berra

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Here’s an article I had published as the cover story of the August, 1997, issue of Small Business News. My executive coaching clients still find it useful.

I remember when I sold my first business and got a “real job.” A “real” job is the kind with set hours, limited responsibilities, and weekends off.

Weekends off! What an alien concept. Once I got used to the idea of free time and stopped bringing “special projects” and extra reading home, I noticed something very odd. I got a whole lot more done on the Mondays after a relaxing weekend than I had after struggling with work for seven (or seventy) straight days. Abe Lincoln is said to have declared that if he had eight hours to cut down a tree, he would spend four hours sharpening his saw. Vacation is for sharpening your most important tool: yourself.

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Long-term Vacation Planning:
Grow your staff

I once asked the President of a division of a public company, “How do you account for your great success at such a young age?” After a moment’s reflection, he Read the rest of this entry »

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