Simple inattention kills empathy, let alone compassion. So the first step in compassion is to notice the other's need. It all begins with the simple act of attention.

Shipping by sea produces 1/60 the emissions of shipping by air and about 1/5 that of trucking.

It is difficult to spread the contagion of excitement without having a sense of purpose and direction.

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

We learn best with focused attention. As we focus on what we're learning, the brain maps that information on what we already know making new neural connections

Our brain comes hard-wired with an urge to play, one that hurls us into sociability. A child's play both demands and creates its own safe space, one in which she can confront threats, fears, and dangers, but always come through whole. Play offers a child a natural way to manage feared separations or abandonment, rendering them instead opportunities for mastery and self-discovery.

The amygdala in the emotional center sees and hears everything that occurs to us instantaneously and is the trigger point for the fight or flight response.