Just reading Sir Ken Robinson's book, "The Element - How finding your passion changes everything". (The element is the point at which natural talent meets personal passion)

A great read, very insighful and lots of stories of how very famous people found thier element.

I particularly liked the story of how Mind Maps helped unlock our natural intelligences to remember vast amounts of information. Here is an extract in the chapter of In the Zone [pages 96-97]...

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The Sunday Mail yesterday published an article title Ageing old problem – Rudd unveils solution to ‘greying population’, in which the Prime Minister says “We need to grow the economy faster by boosting the productivity of our economy.  That is the only solution forward for Australia.  In other words, producing more by making our workforce more productive.” Read more

Why is it that we often get our best ideas when in the shower, at the gym or walking the dog?

It is because we are allowing our brain to wander and daydream. It is important to give your brain time to relax, meditate, chill out or just settle, petal.

I have also heard that the ions in the water when in the shower help relax the mind and I often will jump in the shower when I need to freshen my mind and body.

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The Brain Trust Charity hosted its Annual Dinner last night to announce this year's Brain of The Year Award.  We are particularly excited to advise that the winner is the originator of Lateral Thinking, renowned author and lecturer, and the recently-elected European Union Global Ambassador

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