I came across a very interested social model called Power Distance Index reading Malcolm Gladwell’s book “Outliers-the story of success”.  The Power Distance Index (PDI) is one of the five intercultural dimensions developed by the psychologist Geert Hofstede. This index defines how much a particular culture values and respects authority. Here is a map of [...]

In the post referenced below Seth Godin recall (with style) an idea already highlighted by Tim Ferris in the 4h week: Act before to ask other people what they think. Because most of the time they will prevent you (with their advices) to start anything. 
By the way this post is today the most [...]

A very interesting interactive info-graphic from the New York Times that suggests that  the economy is turning a corner. The Blue line represents  industrial production and the Orange line O.E.C.D indicators like consumer confidence. As they say, these indicators turn before the economy does. So they provide a preview of where the economy might be [...]

Dictionary lookups statistics is a way to identify the subjects that interest people. Therefore the Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Year 2008 shows the huge impact of the financial crisis and the the US elections:

Merriam-Webster Online via kwout

I found this link via Daily Writing Tips that provides also some comments about each word.

In the small film below, Jerry Andress Shows a few amazing optical illusions. We can call this perception failure:
"The wonderful brain interprets something different as it actually is but it doesn’t mean that it made a mistake. It took the information that it had and did it’s best job"

Learn Magic Tricks at 5min.com [...]

Mindomo is a versatile Web-based mind mapping tool, delivering the capabilities of desktop mind mapping software in a Web browser - with no complex software to install or maintain. The application is based on Flash.  Mindomo  offers several solutions. The free solution allows only to store 7 privates maps online.
The presentation of the Mindomo free [...]

The Brainwave coffe replacement by Anabubula is now a popular digg story. It’s a 20 minutes mp3 file that is suppose to have the same effect as coffe on your brain. I tried it once in the afternoon. And I was not sleepy. So it worked for me. The digg users comments are interesting, to [...]

hugh macleod of gapingvoid wrote a very long and interesting post with some tips to be creative. I reproduce below the summary and some cartoons that I found insightful:
1. Ignore everybody

2. The idea doesn’t have to be big. It just has to change the world.
3. Put the hours in.
4. If your biz plan depends on [...]

There is a great post on Lifehack about learning. We find in the post a quote attributed to psychologist William Glasser to keep in mind when we prepare a training:
We Learn…
10%…of What We Read
20%…of What We Hear
30%…of What We See
50%…of What We See and Hear
70%…of What We Discuss With Others
80%…of What We Experience Personally
95%…of What [...]

I found via Juice Analytics, a very good education web site called Habits of Mind. The web site provides resources for Educators and teachers. The “Habits of Mind” concept has been developed by Arthur L. Costa and Bena Kallick:“A Habit of Mind is knowing how to behave intelligently when you DON’T know the answer.” So it’s the [...]