More insights about our current quest –the nature of grace. New Question: Does your mind simmer ideas for you?  Can you coax it to deliver?

Discover how praise can actually smother interest and passion. And yet, a well presented challenge can often inspire amazing growth and commitment.

Why do some comments make profound impacts on us? Do you recall some? Have you spoken them to others? Are they inspiring or discouraging comments?

When major events happen at key points in childhood they bookmark our lives. They shape us.  Sometimes words can do that too. How does it work?

What is wisdom?  Do we know it when we hear it?  Who is likely to speak those pearls of wisdom?   How can mature minds share their wisdom skillfully?

It’s not easy to pivot from knowledge to wisdom, from clear neuroscience insights to the vast and mysterious realm of the mature mind’s brilliance.

We know systems thinking is an advanced learning stage. But can it also be a state of mind? If so, maybe we could all learn to use it in our lives.

If you’re a good systems thinker, you’ve had a strange journey. It went from fun to hard work to ideas galore! So, let’s explore the hard work part, OK?

Toddlers, rocket scientists and tribal elders all do it.  But most of us don’t give this great tool a chance. Why is that?  And what’s it good for?

The kinesthetic channel has some amazing gifts but it’s weak in visual and auditory processing. This may make learning from books and lectures harder.