While working, I repeatedly listen to Dr. Bob Rotella’s audiobook, How Champions Think: In Sports and Life. I’m drunk with awe over his book. Here are words from Dr. Rotella that are burned into my DNA. I hope his words ignite the Olympian flame in all of us. First, have wild, extravagant dreams. So, if we’re… Read more »
Current predictions for climate change are saying we’ll see somewhere around a 3 degrees centigrade increase in the global temperatures by the end of the century, and possibly by as soon as 2050 depending on your source. Unfortunately, most predictions around that have concentrated on the biggest changes that might occur, the ones that make… Read more »
William Hazlitt described how life has more than one propeller driving us toward enlightenment. “The child is a poet in fact when he first plays at hide and seek…the country man when he stops to look at the rainbow”. With the turning of a mental page we can find ourselves face to face with the… Read more »
Women around the globe are facing both subtle and not so subtle challenges to some of their freedoms. Men in our societies are receiving conflicting messages about what it means to be a man, what strength means, and some media or entertainment sources are contributing to this. Popular figures who center their messaging around misogynistic… Read more »
Library Chat Tues, May 28, 10:30 am to 2:30 pm MDT Online Hosted by AU Library www.athabascau.ca/library/index.html No pre-registration needed; access through chat box on home page Library Chat Thur, May 30, 10:30 am to 2:30 pm MDT Online Hosted by AU Library www.athabascau.ca/library/index.html No pre-registration needed; access through chat box on home page Looking… Read more »
Facebook: Strategies for academic success. One student asked what strategies others wished they had known at the beginning of their studies. This student suggested accessing end-of-chapter review questions before reading, answering them during the reading, and reviewing them regularly. Another student takes this further by turning the course review questions into a Quizlet. This student… Read more »
While this month’s intense solar storm produced amazing displays of the aurora borealis for many Canadians, pretty light shows aren’t the only effects of increased solar activity. We blasted into the Voice vault to find this pair of relevant articles. Great balls of fire. Scott Jacobsen reports on the stream of solar particles bombarding the… Read more »
Scholarship name: A-1 Auto Transport Scholarship Sponsored by: A-1 Auto Transport Deadline: June 25, 2024 Potential payout: up to $1000 Eligibility restriction: Applicants must be students of an accredited or non-accredited institution, truck-driving school, or other logistics program, and have a minimum GPA of 3.0. What’s required: An email with contact and school info, along… Read more »
When we set a goal, miracles happen at lightning speed. So, what miracles might we achieve at age 100? According to my interpretation of recent data, 100 is the new 30. To explain, I saw a YouTube health clip that claimed we can build strong muscles even in our hundreds. If we eat ultra-healthy, avoid… Read more »
A loved one is more golden than philosopher Ayn Rand, but profoundly spiritual and communicating through poetry, not story. He already has many fans and has just started on a social media platform. His poems break me into deep sobs as tears gush out of my soul. He wrote a poem about war and suggested… Read more »