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We learn by failing. A good outcome makes links stronger, and a bad one makes links weaker. And we need that negative feedback. If all we ever get is good feedback, then we are slower to master tasks, and more susceptible to crumbling under pressure. When Netball NZ made refs not keep score for young [...]

01 Sep, 2009

Neuroleadership

Posted by: admin In: Brains

At its very worst, science is the act of giving complicated names to things to try and sound intelligent. At its best it is an investigation of how things work, leading to insights and developments.
The new field of neuroleadership is teetering between the two at the moment. Cynics accuse neuroleadership believers of dressing up the [...]

17 May, 2009

Evolution, natural or directed?

Posted by: admin In: Brains

I met a marine biologist recently. She was busy completing a PhD. We started talking about evolution. She says that natural evolution for humans no longer exists. Instead we are now immersed in directed evolution. Directed evolution is where because we have neutralised the trials and tribulations in our environment, we no longer evolve in [...]

31 Mar, 2009

What the hell is Feldenkrais?

Posted by: admin In: Brains| Simplification

I have some idea, but not a lot. Everything I present here is from my first experience and the few things I had been told before going to my first class.
What’s the value of a beginners description?
The reason I think it is valuable to hear about something from a beginner, is that they haven’t yet [...]


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