We'll take a dive into the structure of fictional stories by following the hero's cycle. In all the adventures we tell, there is usually one motif or narrative that, some people may have noticed, keeps repeating itself. The Hero with a Thousand Faces is the story of these stories.
Read MoreToday’s topic will be about the learning process. I want to describe and investigate the learning process that takes place in mastering a craft, and hopefully help the readers understand better their own journey—where they are now, where they are going, and how to get there.
Read MoreThat is why we need clear goals to guide and mold our habits into what we want. If we don’t have a clear sense of direction, we might pick up habits here and there that we think are “good” but that have little to no relevance in our lives, and such habits rarely stick with us for long.
Read MoreCreative ideas are among the most elusive commodities we value, and yet how to reach them remains, for the most part, a mystery. The creative inspiration we look for seems so out of reach when we focus on it, and then it comes to us when we least expect it.
Read MoreThe problem is that this stress reaction evolved to be a quick fix for a temporary problem; it is not sustainable. When we maintain stress in our lives over long periods of time, the body will eventually enter a stage of exhaustion when our internal resources become depleted.
Read MoreWhen we engage with a story, we are momentarily drawn away from our circumstances and enter into a different universe living it through the protagonist. His goals become our goals; we feel his achievements and losses as our own.
Read MoreFlow is described as a state of mind in which we feel our best and perform our best; we are so involved in what we are doing that we no longer have the mental energy to be aware of anything else.
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