“Now the first step in solving any problem is acknowledging the reality of the situation you’re in.” “It’s up to us as individuals to take control and responsibility for the type of lives that we […]
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Lana Del Rey: Young and Beautiful
“Young and Beautiful” from the Great Gatsby soundtrack
J.K. Rowling: on the benefits of failure and the crucial importance of imagination
“As is a tale, so is life: not how long it is, but how good it is, is what matters. I wish you all very good lives.” – J.K. Rowling at Harvard Commencement.
Fire with Fire: Fighting cancer with the HIV virus
Fire with Fire – Ross Kauffman: Fighting cancer with the HIV virus (by GE).
Shereen El Feki: on how politics of sex give a lens on society.
“Sexuality, more broadly defined, is an incredibly powerful lens with which to study a society, because it gives you a view not only of the miniature of people’s intimate lives but also the wider canvas […]
Ken Robinson: Bring on the learning revolution!
While every education system in the world is being reformed at the moment, Sir Ken Robinson thinks that it is not enough to reform a broken model. He suggests instead, a a radical shift from […]
Chimamanda Adichie: We should all be feminists
“Gender matters. Men and women experience the world differently.” “My own definition of feminist is: a feminist is a man or a woman who says:’Yes, there is a problem with gender as it is today […]
Seema Anand: The Art of Seduction
“If we begin with a construct that we are a collection of stories. We are the stories that we tell, the stories that we believe and equally, the stories we choose to ignore.” – Dr. […]
Stephen Ilardi: “Depression is a disease of civilisation, it’s a disease of lifestyle… that can be defeated.”
“We were never designed for the sedentary, indoor, sleep-deprived, socially-isolated, fast-food-laden, frenetic pace of modern life.” – Stephen Ilardi. More details about the Therapeutic Lifestyle Change here: http://psych.ku.edu/tlc/
Kevin Breel: on Depression and Mental Health
“Depression is okay. We’re people. We’re people and we struggle, and we suffer and we bleed and we cry. And if you think that true strength means never showing any weakness, then I am here […]
