“Growing older is an opportunity for you to increase your value and competence as the neural connections in your hippocampus and throughout your brain increase, weaving into your brain and body the wisdom of a life well lived, which allows you to stop living out of fear of disappointing others and being imperfect. Ageless living is courageous living. It means being undistracted by the petty dramas of life because you have enough experience to know what’s not worth worrying about and what ought to be your priorities.” KnowsWellsMeanEnoughBodyValuesOpportunityBrainWorryGrowingOughtDramaConnectionsIncreasePrioritiesCourageousImperfectPettyCompetenceGrowing OldDisappointingGrowing OlderWeavingLife Well LivedAgelessBeing Imperfect Author:Christiane Northrup
“Conservatives or better, pro-corporate apologists hijacked the vocabulary of Jeffersonian liberalism and turned words like "progress," "opportunity," and "individualism" into tools for making the plunder of America sound like divine right. This "degenerate and unlovely age," as one historian calls it, exists in the mind of Karl Rove the reputed brain of George W. Bush as the seminal age of inspiration for politics and governance of America today.” MindInspirationAgeTodayAmericaOpportunitySoundBrainProgressDivineToolsCorporateLiberalismHistorianIndividualismVocabularyGovernanceDegeneratesPlunderAmerica TodayDivine Right Author:Bill Moyers
“Just as important as getting enough sleep is thinking about sleep in the right way. Stop thinking of sleep and naps as “downtime” or as a “waste of time.” Think of them as opportunities for memory consolidation and enhancing the brain circuits that help skill learning. Nor should you feel guilty about sleep. It's just as crucial a part of successful brain work as the actual task itself.” ThinkingWayFeelsShouldImportantEnoughHelpingOpportunityMemoriesSleepBrainSuccessfulSkillsWasteTasksGuiltyCrucialWasting TimeRight WayNapsCircuitsConsolidationDowntimeEnough Sleep Book:Think Smart: A Neuroscientist's Prescription for Improving Your Brain's Performance Source: Think Smart: A Neuroscientist's Prescription for Improving Your Brain's Performance
“Relaxation is a physical and moral necessity. Animals, even to the simplest and dullest, have their games, their sports, their diversions. The toil-worn artisan, stooping and straining over his daily task, which taxes eye and brain and limb, ought to have opportunity and means for an hour or two of relaxation after that task is concluded.” MeanTwoEyeOpportunityGamesSportsHoursPleasureAnimalBrainMoralOughtTaxesTasksWornToilRelaxationSimplestLimbsDiversionArtisansDaily Tasks Author:Horace Greeley
“I will tell you the secret: God has had all that there was of me. There have been men with greater brains than I, even with greater opportunities, but from the day I got the poor of London on my heart and caught a vision of what Jesus Christ could do with me and them, on that day I made up my mind that God should have all of William Booth there was. And if there is anything of power in the Salvation Army, it is because God has had all the adoration of my heart, all the power of my will, and all the influence of my life.” IfsMenShouldMindHeartHas BeensMadeOpportunityJesusChristPoorSecretBrainVisionGreaterInfluenceMy HeartJesus ChristShould HaveArmySalvationCaughtLondonAdorationSalvation Army Author:William Booth
“With the advent of digital imaging I made the transition from trying to figure out how to do things to creating objects, characters and the whole cloth. It kind of freed up the analytical part of my brain and I had the opportunity to use more of the creative side of my brain for how things interact with light and integrate into stories.” TryingKindMadeWholeCharacterStoriesUseLightOpportunitySidesBrainCreativeFiguresObjectsCreatingDigitalTransitionIntegratingAdventImaging Author:John Dykstra
“When it comes to making more money, most people look at the world and see the same opportunities they've seen before: typically, a job. Because they don't awaken their mind and expand their vision, they don't see other opportunities. Yet opportunities do exist. So how do you change your thinking so you can see them? One way to jolt the brain out of its preconceived category thinking is to bombard it with new experiences.” PeopleThinkingWorldWayMindLooksJobsOpportunityWorkBrainVisionOne WayCategoriesMore MoneyNew Experiences Author:Joe Vitale