Your Biased Brain

Your Biased Brain

The human brain is an amazing thing (stimulating a single second of human brain activity would require almost 83.000 processors), but it has it’s foibles! It tends to be biased. It focuses more on it’s perception of a situation rather than the facts behind...
Stop exercising, have fun, and lose weight

Stop exercising, have fun, and lose weight

Do you find that even though you exercise, you find it difficult to lose the kilos? And that this could be because the more you exercise the more you want to eat? Finally, the answer we’ve been looking for! To lose weight, you have to stop exercising and start having...
Don’t reduce cost, reduce complexity

Don’t reduce cost, reduce complexity

I read an article this week by Neil Smith. He is suggesting that the reason for many of our failed change projects that aim to reduce cost are focusing on the wrong thing. Some great points made… He makes a number of points and my take on them is…. 1....
Cognitive Reserve

Cognitive Reserve

Alzheimer’s is a disease that damages the brain, resulting in impaired memory, thinking and behaviour. The biggest risk for having Alzheimer’s disease is increasing age, though it can affect anyone of any age. It causes brain cells to die, and hence a...
My amygdala hijack!

My amygdala hijack!

Well, you would assume that with what I do, that I would have total control over my brain and my emotional state. Think again! I work hard to implement all the stuff I talk about, and have been doing well, but I had a set-back today which serves as a perfect example...