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Meditation and EEG

Reading Time: < 1 minuteMind Update, a blog from Transparent Corporation recently posted an interesting video on illustrating the effects of transcendental mediation using an EEG. This reminded me of a Ken Wilber video from a few months ago where he “stops his brain wave activity”. According to the video post on YouTube: That’s right, Ken can stop his…
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Self Made Scholar: Learn Free

Reading Time: < 1 minuteI discovered a new blog yesterday that I plan on adding to my ever-growing collection of links for research, learning, and education. Self Made Scholar is a new blog devoted to self-education. What is self-education? “Self-education is learning in its purest form. You decide what you want to learn, when you’re going to learn it,…
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Mind Mapping and GTD Podcast

Reading Time: < 1 minuteI just caught a great article on Chuck Frey’s blog. Dan Keldsen of BizTechTalk has posted an article and podcast on the topics of mind mapping and getting things done.

Vision for Humanity

Reading Time: < 1 minuteMalcolm has just released a new video on YouTube.

Business Rules of Thumb

Reading Time: < 1 minuteBen Casnocha, a 19 year-old entrepreneur and author, has created a wiki of Business Rules of Thumb. This repository already has a broad collection of quotes and advice, including topics on advertising, product development, negotiation, and investing. Here are a few of the editor’s picks: Before going into a partnership with someone, spend time with…
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Use Mind Maps to Achieve Your Goals

Reading Time: 4 minutesWhy is it that the beginning of the year always feels electrical with the excitement of *this year* being the one where you achieve all of your most important goals? Like most people, starting on New Year’s, I spend time thinking about my goals, write many of them down, and start taking action. While I…
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Vision Statement Seminars Coming Soon

Reading Time: < 1 minuteMalcolm Cohan, an audacious visionary, has decided to take his vision statement seminars abroad and will be coming to the United States soon. For those of you who haven’t yet heard about Malcolm, or his vision statement movement, check out this article I wrote a few months ago. Malcolm’s first stop will be in Los…
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Omega Mapping: A Creative Twist on Traditional Mind Maps

Reading Time: < 1 minuteI recently found out that CS Odessa, makers of ConceptDraw MindMap, have a new blog called ConceptDraw Lab. Yesterday, AlexTG posted an intriguing article about a new thinking technique called Omega Mapping. The original article on Omega Mapping is in Russian, so AlexTG was gracious enough to provide a summary of the post in English.…
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Interview with John Searle

Reading Time: < 1 minuteThanks to MindHacks.com, I discovered that the Boston Globe recently interviewed John Searle, renowned philospher most famously known for his Chinese Room thought experiment. Link to the Q&A session is here.

Mind Map Search Engine

Reading Time: < 1 minuteI was inspired today by two recent posts I read: 1) Getting Things Done: Search all GTD resources at once! 2) The Mind Mapping Software Weblog: Check out my mind mapping software “lens” I decided to test out Google Co-op and create my own custom search engine related to mind mapping. I created a list…
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