There is no better time in history to be an idiot than right now. Never before have so many people believed that if you work hard and apply the right techniques, you can upgrade your brain and become a nonidiot. For decades, intelligence was thought to be fixed from birth, like eye color. you're born smart …
The List: 10 Models with the Highest Proportion of Male Buyers
by Warren Clarke (blogger's note: outside the framework of what we would normally post on the m100Group, but being a car guy (w/o funds to support the habit/well I guess there is the Shelby), I had to post) Included in our list below are two Ferraris, a Porsche, and an Audi that all but stole the …
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Easter Quotes
Just have a thing for quotes....wanted to share Happy Easter to all...He has risen! The resurrection gives my life meaning and direction and the opportunity to start over no matter what my circumstances. ~Robert Flatt Easter says you can put truth in a grave, but it won't stay there. ~Clarence W. Hall It is the …
Fastest Growing U.S. Cities by Les Christie
Despite the housing bust and the recession, these 10 U.S. cities still managed to record population gains of 30% or more in the decade ending in 2010, according to the Census Bureau. The national average was less than 10% during that time. Charlotte, N.C. Thinkstock Population: 1,249,449 Growth (2000-2010): 64.6% Charlotte initially made its mark as a …
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D.C. Ready to Acknowledge Its BlackBerry Addiction
By John Hudson/The Atlantic Wire (blogger's note:had this very conversation at this morning's staff meeting) The first step to recovery is acceptance and finally, official Washington is ready to come to grips with reality: It's addicted to the BlackBerry. It's no secret that the District of Columbia is America's last holdout for the cumbersome smartphones. …
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Darth Vader: Why I am running for President of the United States of America
By Deathstarpr People of Earth, Your current Presidential candidates have failed me for the last time. Newt Gingrich is promising you a Moon Base by 2020, rather than a moon-sized laser that can destroy planets. Mitt Romney has vowed not to “light his hair on fire” just to rally the conservative base, whilst I have actually been on fire. …
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Uncork your Brain with Mind Maps
by Rick Chin That great idea you are looking for is already somewhere in your mind or in the collective mind of your team. The real effort in coming up with a great idea, is all about getting out of your own way so that your great idea can reveal itself. I want to refer to …
Creativity Lessons from Charles Dickens and Steve Jobs by Anne Kreamer
Creativity is the most essential skill for navigating an increasingly complex world — or so said 1,500 CEOs across 60 countries in a recent survey by IBM. And yet federally funded research and development — creativity, institutionalized — is down 20% as a share of America's GDP since the late 1980s. Private R&D spending has also tailed off since …
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Skills of da Vinci
Edited by Shaun Usher Some time in the 1480s (experts tend to agree with 1483/84, at which point he was approximately 32-years-old) Leonardo da Vinci applied for a job at the court of Ludovico Sforza — then de facto ruler of Milan but not officially its Duke for another few years. Da Vinci did so …
The Godfather of Punk on Creativity and Innovation by Peter Cook
Interview with Richard Strange – the Godfather of Punk Rock What’s the link between Twiggy, Led Zeppelin, Andy Warhol, Spiritualized, Bill Nelson, Johnny Rotten, Jack Nicholson, William Burroughs, Martin Scorsese, Marianne Faithfull, Harry Potter, Jarvis Cocker and Robin Hood? Richard Strange of course! Richard Strange is ‘punk rock’s illegitimate Godfather’, having preceded the Sex Pistols, The …
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