The concept of presence of mind, as a tool for strategy, comes from one of the original writers on that subject: the Prussian general Carl von Clausewitz. In his classic book On War, published in 1832 ...

In the fast-paced, high-stakes environment of the corporate world, leaders are often required to make decisions that can significantly impact their organizations. With the advent of artificial ...

Test your problem-solving skills with these 62 lateral thinking puzzles. They’ll challenge you to think out of the box to ...

Do you ever feel pulled in a thousand directions? Unfocused? Like you just can’t think of one more idea or, conversely, that you have a hundred ideas and can’t even bring one through to completion? If ...

There has never been a better time to reach a state of higher consciousness than now. On the surface this seems like a paradox. Modern secular society is far removed from the pursuit of higher ...

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This post was co-authored by Marcia Gralha, M.A. We all have minds. But what is the mind, really? If you’ve ever tried to explain why a dog chases a ball, why a breakup hurts, or what it means to “be ...

We had our assignment: Find ways to encourage lifelong learning. But we weren’t going to have a meeting. We weren’t going to form a committee. We weren’t going to write a grant. Instead, about 50 ...

Many think that having an optimistic outlook is the secret to happiness. However, optimism and pessimism both have risks. Optimists may get easily disappointed if they’re always assuming good things ...