“When we think we're multitasking we're actually multiswitching. That is what the brain is very good at doing - quickly diverting its attention from one place to the next. We think we're being productive. We are, indeed, being busy. But in reality we're simply giving ourselves extra work.” MindWorkBrainModern LifeMultitasking Author:Michael Harris
“Leaderships about transforming lives and making a difference through innovation and purpose, grounded in values and integrity” ValuesLeadershipIntegrityTransformationLeadership QuotesLeadersGroundedLivesLeadership TraitsMaking A Differencepurpose Author:Michael Harris
“If solitude feels painful, it's only because we don't know how to be alone.” SelfLonelinessSolitudeAloneness Author:Michael Harris
“Chapter 8: a walk in the wilds (page 136) They* weren't experiencing solitude when they tramped off with their friends—but they were lowering their levels of connection, mediating things in order to experience an authenticity and communion with nature that their parents took for granted only a few decades earlier. *Referring to teenagers” Solitude Book:Solitude Source: Solitude
“Chapter 8: a walk in the wilds (page 147) It can't be just that they* need a break from thinking—some of their best thinking is done during this supposed "downtime" out of doors. *Referring to famous walkers like Charles Dickens, Mother Theresa, Martin Luther King Jr, etc...” Solitude Book:Solitude Source: Solitude
“Chapter 8: a walk in the wilds (page 140) Socrates replied, "Forgive me, my friend. I am devoted to learning; landscapes and trees have nothing to teach me—only the people in the city can do that.” Solitude Book:Solitude Source: Solitude
“terrorism is adamant. Fight against requires endurance, specific Counter-terrorism, Intelligence and swift operation” IntelligenceTerrorTerrorismEnduranceFightTerrorist AttackAdamantCounter TerrorismOperationSwift Author:Michael Harris
“It's a good Day for Kokomo” HopeLeadershipEducationGoodGood LifeDayIndianaChancellorChancellor Iu KokomoImagine FutureIu Kokomo ChancellorKokomoKokomo CityKokomo IndianaRegional TransformationTriple Helix Author:Michael Harris
“Perhaps we now need to engineer scarcity in our communications, in our interactions, and in the things we consume. Otherwise our lives become like a Morse code transmission that's lacking breaks - a swarm of noise blanketing the valuable data beneath.” LifeCommunicationNoiseDataConsumerismModern LifeMorse Code Author:Michael Harris