While there I began to study the Asian religions as theories of mind.

Like secondhand smoke, the leakage of emotions can make a bystander an innocent casualty of someone else's toxic state.

I don't really follow meditation hype. But my impression is that poor studies are cited as "proof" of meditation's benefits, findings that apply to advanced meditators are sometimes touted as accruing to beginners, and, occasionally, some benefits are simply imagined. This may be most true in the business world, where many companies are bringing in teachers who are a bit loose in their use of research as evidence for the usefulness of the method.

The human brain is by no means fully formed at birth. It continues to shape itself through life, with the most intense growth occurring during childhood.

Risk taking and the drive to pursue innovative ideas are the fuel that stokes the entrepreneurial spirit.

I don't think focus is in itself ever a bad thing. But focus of the wrong kind, or managed poorly, can be.

Our passions, when well exercised, have wisdom; they guide our thinking, our values, our survival.