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Love for Humanity

Posted by Dr. Ben Kim on Dec 22, 2011

"Remember, a tiny grin of like-minded people around the globe gathered and working together with love for humanity will be like dust gathered together to become a mountain."

- Don Gibson Read more

 

Being Proactive

Posted by Dr. Ben Kim on Dec 19, 2011

The ability to subordinate an impulse to a value is the essence of the proactive person. Reactive people are driven by feelings, by circumstances, by conditions, by their environment. Proactive people are driven by values—carefully thought about, selected and internalized values. Read more

 

Children and Parents

Posted by Dr. Ben Kim on Dec 12, 2011

Children begin by loving their parents; as they grow older they judge them; sometimes they forgive them.

- Oscar Wilde Read more

 

Art

Posted by Dr. Ben Kim on Dec 09, 2011

Art is the ability to convey that we are not alone.

- M. Night Shyamalan Read more

 

Forgiveness is a Choice

Posted by Dr. Ben Kim on Dec 05, 2011

Forgiveness is not a feeling; it is a commitment. It is a choice to show mercy, not to hold the offense up against the offender. Forgiveness is an expression of love.

- The 5 Love Languages Read more

 

How Much To Practice

Posted by Dr. Ben Kim on Dec 04, 2011

Deep practice, however, doesn't obey the same math. Spending more time is effective—but only if you're still in the sweet spot at the edge of your capabilities, attentively building and honing circuits. What's more, there seems to be a universal limit for how much deep practice human beings can do in a day. Ericsson's research shows that most world-class experts—including pianists, chess players, novelists, and athletes—practice between three and five hours a day, no matter what skill they pursue. Read more

 

Reaching, Not Thrashing

Posted by Dr. Ben Kim on Dec 02, 2011

The trick is to choose a goal just beyond your present abilities; to target the struggle. Thrashing blindly doesn't help. Reaching does.

- The Talent Code Read more

 

Targeted, Mistake-Focused Practice

Posted by Dr. Ben Kim on Dec 01, 2011

Why is targeted, mistake-focused practice so effective? Because the best way to build a good circuit is to fire it, attend to mistakes, then fire it again, over and over. Struggle is not an option: it's a biological requirement. Read more

 

Raising Children

Posted by Dr. Ben Kim on Nov 28, 2011

Children are coached on how to jump through a thousand scholastic hoops. Yet by far the most important decisions they will make are about whom to marry and whom to befriend, what to love and what to despise, and how to control impulses.

- David Brooks Read more

 

Now

Posted by Dr. Ben Kim on Nov 22, 2011

How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.

- Anne Frank Read more

 

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