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TTE104 – Literacy, Learning and Love

Posted on July 6, 2017 by Eugenia Zelaya

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It’s enthusiasm time again. Let me know what you think via twitter at @JamieSmartCom, on my Facebook page, or on my blog here.

1. A quote I’m resonating with this week
This one comes from co-author of the seminal book, The Third Wave, Alvin Toffler (he’s quoted in this week’s ‘glimpse of the future’ article):

“The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, relearn and unlearn.” Read More →

TTE102 – Wholefoods, engagement and the soul toupee

Posted on June 22, 2017 by Eugenia Zelaya

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It’s enthusiasm time again. Let me know what you think via twitter at @JamieSmartCom, on my Facebook page, or on my blog here.

1. A quote I’m resonating with this week
Over the past 20 years, Amazon.com has had a transformative impact on the world. Last week, they bought Whole Foods Market, and sent shivers up and down the spines of the big supermarket chains. Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon, explains that experimentalism is key to Amazon’s success:

“If you’re going to take bold bets, they’re going to be experiments,” Bezos explained. “And if they’re experiments, you don’t know ahead of time if they’re going to work. Experiments are by their very nature prone to failure. But a few big successes compensate for dozens and dozens of things that didn’t work.” Read More →

TTE101 – Dirty art, truth bombs and courageous patience

Posted on June 15, 2017 by Eugenia Zelaya

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It’s enthusiasm time again. Let me know what you think via twitter at @JamieSmartCom, on my Facebook page, or on my blog here.

1. A quote I’m resonating with this week
This quote from Admiral Hyman Rickover has a deep resonance for me on many levels. These range from the personal all the way to the societal, and I love the notion of “courageous patience”.

“Good ideas are not adopted automatically. They must be driven into practice with courageous patience” Read More →

TTE100 – Motown, Morphine and Korean Zombies

Posted on June 8, 2017 by Eugenia Zelaya

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It’s enthusiasm time again. Let me know what you think via twitter at @JamieSmartCom, on my Facebook page, or on my blog here.

1. A quote I’m resonating with this week
Bestselling author and social media maven, Gary Vaynerchuk, really gets people. I was listening to a podcast with him the other day, when he shared this pearl:

“Listening is the key to being good with people.” Read More →

TTE99 – CSNY, covert influence and cheesy 70s brilliance

Posted on June 1, 2017 by Eugenia Zelaya

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Hi, It’s enthusiasm time again. Let me know what you think via twitter at @JamieSmartCom, on my Facebook page, or on my blog here.

1. A quote I’m resonating with this week
This week’s quote comes from General Michael V. Hayden, former head of America’s CIA. I heard him being interviewed on Sam Harris’ podcast, and he was talking about Russian interference in the recent US elections. Here’s what he said:

“Covert influence campaigns do not create fractures in a society; they exploit fractures in the society and make them worse.” Read More →

TTE98 – Dogma, Deception and Digital Diagnosis

Posted on May 25, 2017 by Eugenia Zelaya

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Hi, It’s enthusiasm time again. Let me know what you think via twitter at @JamieSmartCom, on my Facebook page, or on my blog here.

1. A quote I’m resonating with this week
After the heartbreaking horrors in Manchester this week, I’m particularly resonating with this quote from Alexander Solzhenitsyn. It has me wondering about the areas in which I may have been prioritising ‘man-made dogma’ over my own spiritual condition. I’ll keep you posted.

“But that is the price a man pays for entrusting his God-given soul to human dogma.” Read More →

TTE97 – Truth, Transcendence and Texts from Last Night

Posted on May 18, 2017 by Eugenia Zelaya

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It’s enthusiasm time again. Let me know what you think via twitter at @JamieSmartCom, on my Facebook page, or on my blog here.

1. A quote I’m resonating with this week
Here’s a cracker from Ludwig Wittgenstein.

“Logic is not a body of doctrine, but a mirror-image of the world. Logic is transcendental.”

TTE96 – Rumi, Musk and Milton Erickson

Posted on May 11, 2017 by Eugenia Zelaya

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It’s enthusiasm time again. Let me know what you think via twitter at @JamieSmartCom, on my Facebook page, or on my blog here.

1. A quote I’m resonating with this week
It turns out that Rumi is the most popular poet in the USA. Who knew? Here’s a lovely Rumi-quote for you to savour.

“As you start to walk out on the way, the way appears.” Read More →

TTE95 – Jewels, Spaces and Your Mitochondria

Posted on May 4, 2017 by Eugenia Zelaya

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It’s enthusiasm time again. Let me know what you think via twitter at @JamieSmartCom, on my Facebook page, or on my blog here.

1. A quote I’m resonating with this week

This week’s quote is courtesy of William Shakespeare (turns out he knew quite a bit about the human condition). This one speaks to the capacity for resilience we all have.

“Sweet are the uses of adversity which, like the toad, ugly and venomous, wears yet a precious jewel in his head.” Read More →

TTE94 – Beliefs, Brains and Baptists

Posted on April 27, 2017 by Eugenia Zelaya

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It’s enthusiasm time again. Let me know what you think via twitter at @JamieSmartCom, on my Facebook page, or on my blog here.

1. A quote I’m resonating with this week
This week’s quote comes from Rebecca Costa’s brilliant book, The Watchman’s Rattle. She points out that when people and societies reach ‘cognitive threshold’ (ie. they get stuck), there’s a tendency to replace the search for knowledge with reliance on superstitious beliefs and rituals. Lots of this going on at the moment!

“When we can’t separate facts from fiction we become highly susceptible to misdiagnosing our problems.”

Rebecca Costa Read More →