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02/10/2015 by Lisa McDonald Leave a Comment

Closing The Information Gap To Achieve Goal Success

The ability to bridge the gap between what you know currently and what you need to develop knowledge on in order to achieve your goals, is essential to achieving successful outcomes.  Today’s short video explains Dr George Lowenstein’s 1994 Information Gap Theory and how you can increase success by applying this theory.

Here are a couple of key points [Read more…]

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25/09/2015 by Lisa McDonald Leave a Comment

Can You Change The Brain? What 83,000 Brain Scans Reveal

The ability to change your thinking and behaviour is effected by the health of your brain. Today’s video is a 15 minute TedXOrangeCoast talk, by Daniel Amen, about that very important organ – the brain.   It’s a fascinating talk what has been revealed through 83,000 brain scans, and study of normal brains with people who have psychological, behaviour and functional problems.

Here are a couple of key points I found interesting from the talk:

  • Psychologists generally look for symptom clusters.  They are one of the only professions that don’t look at the organ they treat.
  • Poor behaviour is an expression of the problem (not the problem it’s self).  Brain health and function is the  core issue.
  • The brain can be rehabilitated.  You are not stuck with the brain you have; you can make it better.
  • Looking at the brain enables appropriate treatment.  It gives the information required to the practitioner who can then establish the most appropriate treatment in terms of medication, therapy and other available options.

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23/09/2015 by Lisa McDonald

Learning What You Don’t Know

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21/09/2015 by Lisa McDonald Leave a Comment

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18/09/2015 by Lisa McDonald Leave a Comment

The Power Of Diversity of Thought

Diversity of thought is about exposing yourself to people who think differently.  It’s the idea that there’s more than one way to think about things, and that there’s greater understanding when there’s variation in perspectives and approaches.

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