Selective Attention Test: Test Your Awareness!

The mind is a powerful instrument and has an impact on our well-being. Sometimes in life we see situations through different lenses on, blocks or faulty thinking and not how life actually is. As Eckhart Tolle indicates – “The primary cause of unhappiness is never the situation but thought about it. Be aware of the…

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Flow, the Secret to Happiness: Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

In this TEDx Talk (18.56mins) Mihaly Czikszentmihalyi asks, “What makes us really happy?” He refers to the research that money cannot make us happy and looks to those who find pleasure and lasting satisfaction in activities that bring about a state of “flow.” He also refers to: how the nervous system is unable to process…

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You’re Already Awesome, Just Get Out of Your Own Way!: Judson Brewer

Are you someone that gets in your own way or are you in flow? This TEDxTalk (10.21mins) You’re Already Awesome, Just Get Out of Your Own Way!: Judson Brewer MD PhD, an addiction psychiatrist and neuroscientist at Yale University outlines several common ways we get in our own way instead of being in flow and…

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QUEDREX 2013

The 2013 Queensland Education Resources Expo (QUEDREX) is on August 24 & 25, 2013 at Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre from 10am-3pm. As Australia’s largest free admission event for education professionals, you can find everything for your career in education under one roof!   At the event you will: Find 100’s of education resources and…

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Janine Shepherd: You Are Not Your Body

There are so many parts of this TEDx clip (19.01mins) Janine Shepherd: You Are Not Your Body I can relate to as a past athlete and getting injured. In this inspirational clip, Janine shares her journey of being an athlete and then becoming coming a walking paraplegic to a qualified pilot and aerobatics instructor. I…

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3-Minute Test: How Well Do You Receive Written Communication?

The following 3-minute test is designed to identify how well you receive written communication. Procedure – Find a quiet space to answer the following 20 questions. Set a stop-watch for 3 minutes. When you are ready, start the stop-watch and answer the 20 questions.   3-Minute Test – Read everything before doing anything. Print you…

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Daniel Goleman – Why Aren’t We More Compassionate at Times?

In this TED clip (13.14mins), Daniel Goleman discusses – Why aren’t we more compassionate at times? The TED clip reminds me of the quote “Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the…

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