Having a first child is like swallowing an intoxicating drink made of equal parts joy and terror, chased with a bucketful of transitions nobody ever tells you about.

Not even identical twins can have the exact same experiences, and their brains are not wired the same way.

Change often involves loss, so change can be a risky experience.

The brain remembers the emotional component of an experience better than any other aspect.

Don't start with the details. Start with the key ideas, and in a hierarchical fashion, form the details around these larger notions.

People try to apply directly results from the cognitive neurosciences directly to classroom practice and I have to tell you I am very skeptical about the exercise. We don't know very much about how the brain works - we don't even know how you remember to write your name.

Public speaking professionals say that you win or lose the battle to hold your audience in the first 30 seconds of a given presentation.