How do we consume information?

In a bid to help people deal with the challenges of Managing Information Overload we're delighted to be able to share the very cool animated look at 'How the Internet is Ruining Your Brain' that Peter Kim and the team at Forensic Psychology have produced. 

Managing Information Overload is without doubt one of the most important skills an individual can develop today. 

Jennifer and I just spent the last two days at our District Rotary Conference, hearing some remarkable stories and meeting a lot of great people. One of the key speakers was 'Nobody' or in other words John Eales the champion Rugby player, who's nickname "Nobody" comes from the saying "Nobody's perfect" in reference to John's reputation as the perfect Rugby player.

Mind Mapping Practitioner Program - MELBOURNE 22-25 May 2012. 

This is your chance to become a qualified practitioner in Mind Mapping. Don't miss out!

Invented by Tony Buzan Mind Maps® are now used by an estimated 500 million people worldwide (leaving lots more to be trained), and have been described as the Swiss Army Knife for the Brain.

Yesterday I fulfilled a desire I have had for more than 20 years, which was to visit EPCOT Center at Disney World in Orlando Florida, and it did not disappoint. 

In exploring to find the challenges and opportunities of the coming year, as we do at the start of every year, we search for authoritative research on where our clients may want to focus their energy, and by default where we might aid them.

Here in the Southern Hemisphere (South Africa, New Zealand and Australia) there are a few more weeks before the new school year starts, while our Northern Hemisphere friends will be back from Christmas and New Years vacation very soon.

Mother of Civilization Library

In early December we had a request from a voluntary organization which sets up work in Indus Valley Sindh, the southern part of Pakistan, who have a project to help and facilitate a libraries program in Sindh, with the name of “Mother of Civilization Library”.

Jennifer got back from the World Memory Championships last week, and once again the feats of the master memorists were truly astounding.  But memory isn't just about memorising packs of cards, long lists of numbers and words, or even remembering hundreds of names and faces.