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J K Rowling: The Fringe Benefits of Failure

February 1, 2011 by  
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At her Harvard commencement speech, ‘Harry Potter’ author JK Rowling offers some powerful, heartening advice to dreamers and overachievers, including one hard-won lesson that she deems “worth more than any qualification I ever earned.”

Benjamin Zander: On music and passion

January 30, 2011 by  
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Benjamin Zander has two infectious passions: classical music and helping us all realise our untapped love for it and by extension, our untapped love for all new possibilities, new experiences and new connections.

Laura Trice: The Power of saying Thank You

January 30, 2011 by  
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In this deceptively simple 3-minute talk, Dr. Laura Trice muses on the power of the magic words ‘thank you’ to deepen a friendship, to repair a bond, to make sure another person knows what they mean to you. Try it.

Shimon Schocken: Rides of Hope

January 30, 2011 by  
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Computer science professor Shimon Schocken is an avid mountain biker. To share the life lessons he learned while riding, he began an outdoor programme with Israel’s juvenile inmates and was touched by both their intense difficulties and profound successes.

Emily Levine: A trickster’s theory of everything

January 26, 2011 by  
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Philosopher-comedian Emily Levine talks (hilariously) about science, math, society and the way everything connects. She’s a brilliant trickster, poking holes in our fixed ideas and bringing hidden truths to light. Settle in and let her ping your brain.

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