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Tony Robbins has been doing seminars for 29 years. I met him 30 years ago, before he began his career. I watched him take the science of NLP, created by two other friends, John Grinder and Richard Bandler, and turn them into a people-changing program. I’ve got to say I’m impressed. I ran across his talk at TED today, and am reminded of how well he speaks, how well he describes, and how well he motivates. Watch and listen as [ Read More ]
As children growing up, we reveled in asking “why” questions. “Why is the sky blue?” “Why was I born?” “What will I be when I grow up?” The list goes on and on. As children we were confident that there was a ready answer to each of our questions, and we would go to bed at night, if not wiser, at least secure in that the answers were there for the taking. But, is that true? Join Chris Anderson with [ Read More ]
I just found this a few minutes ago, and find it both entertaining and highly educational. Perhaps like me, you have wondered what an American accent sounds like to non-English speakers. This little video takes you one further and reveals not just how the accent sounds, but how a non-English speaker might perceive the American version of English. On top of it all, the high-energy music is pretty good. What do you think?
Today’s offering is a long one… and the introduction may drive you up the wall. Of course you can scroll past it and get right into Dr. Michio Kaku’s eye-opening and entertaining talk about the world of the future a scant 20 years from now. Is this how it will be? Probably not. Predictions of the future are seldom correct, but much of what he says will be there when we arrive will undoubtedly be possible. Much of it is possible today, but [ Read More ]
No, I didn’t get this title backwards, but thanks for asking. )) As said often here, a novelist should take care to make his or her “created world” as reliable as possible. As possible. That is the key phrase. Just how possible is it for us to see and understand the physical world? I believe it is much more difficult than people think. Isaac Newton is credited for saying, “…If I have seen a little further it is by standing [ Read More ]
Let me start by admitting that this is the first of Doug Hofstadter’s books I’ve actually finished. The first of his works I attempted to read was Gödel, Escher, Bach. It was fascinating, but about three-quarters through he went into a private calculus and drove me out through the window. His Mathemagical Themas was more approachable, but a very long book, and I was not in a mental place to “get” much of what he was saying. For some reason, however, [ Read More ]
The wold is an amazing place, filled with wonder, filled with the intricate and the simple, with magic and inspiration. I shall be looking at the wonder of it all, a look which while not denying “spirit” is not involved with any religion or structured belief system. Observation and appreciation in and of itself is the sole goal of Planet Wonder. You are welcome to come along for the ride, and to share your own experiences as well.
