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My colleague is very much into personal effectiveness the last few months. He started with reading Stephen R. Covey’s ‘First Things First‘ (’Prioriteiten‘ in Duth), then got into websites like Zen Habits and Unclutterer. We laugh about it, but the effects are great: he truly became very effective and organized. Because he is doing this, it has a positive effect on me as well. It is inspiring to see someone learn and develop. So, thanks Erik!

Anyway, maybe because of the above, my eye caught this wonderful presentation on Time Management by Randy Pausch (click the video below, slides here) on the web. I watched it, it energized me, and I learned a few things too. He is remarkable, have a look, you will enjoy!

If you like the video above, have a look at this other impressive video: Randy’s “Last Lecture“.

I am thrilled about this talk ‘My stroke of insight‘ by Jill Bolte Taylor at TED 2008. Have a look too, it is great!

It is marvelous to see how much different potential we have in our brains. Like for many others, my left hemisphere is trained and easily accessible. What if we all could access the qualities in our right part of the brain a bit more… Are there ways to access these qualities? I remember seeing ‘The Inner Savant‘ on Discovery channel where in an experiment the left part of the brain was temporarily turned off, giving the person instant improved drawing qualities. Try to see the documentary yourself on Discovery some day, I couldn’t find it online (yet). What I did find is this amazing video ‘Savant Drawings‘, showing the abilities of the brain.

Anyway, I hope you enjoy these videos and maybe inspires you to explore the ways to your right hemisphere a bit more…

Interesting to see: The Richard Dimbleby Lecture 2007: ‘A DNA Driven World’ by Dr. J. Craig Venter. I found it on Youtube in 5 parts (1, 2, 3, 4, 5). A transcript of his lecture can be found here. The century ahead will be fundamentally shaped by advances in biology, Venter says. His current aim: Design an organism capable of creating energy.

Edit:

• TED Talks: ‘Craig Venter: On the verge of creating synthetic life‘.
• Famed geneticist creating life form that turns CO2 to fuel