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Now practice thinking for twelve minutes. Set a timer and write for twelve minutes. Read for twelve minutes and notice how many thoughts twelve minutes can hold. Go for a twelve minute walk or do twelve minutes on the treadmill. Set a timer for twelve minutes and enjoy a long hot shower. Relax and enjoy the sensation for twelve full minutes.

"Did you hear Ted Williams got arrested?" asked one Cleveland-area man of this journalist about the formerly homeless man with the golden voice whose every move is being tracked across the nation.

Wikimedia - have you ever found yourself on Wikipedia to look up one thing, and clicking around to other things? Well the wikimedia project hosts several projects, including Wikiversity which is like a wikipedia-style web of text, pictures, video and audio that can be used to learn in a way that almost mimics the university experience, as far as providing class outlines, syllabi, and organized lessons. Wikiversity does not provide beer or make you want to sleep until noon.



TED is a fantastic conference and some incredible speeches are given there. Link to Carl Kruse on TED remind us that one of the benefits of public speaking is that our speeches really can make a difference. You and I may never be invited, but that doesn't mean that we can't learn from all of the speakers who have been invited.

Measure success and ask for feedback. Madonna tracks sales of her new albums carefully and can tell if her advertising, concerts, interviews, and social media activity are connecting with her fans. With your business measure what matters most and know which metrics drive profitable sales. Go on a listening tour and talk to your current, prospective and lost customers, it is amazing what you can learn when you ask a few targeted and open ended questions and then just let people talk.

Might it now be time to openly question the value of a college education? With the walloping non-stop increase in tuition costs, it sure seems like we've entered an education bubble that will leave many in mega debt with no prospect for even an ho-hum career. Latest reports indicate that 53% of recent college grads are either unemployed or working at a job that does not require a college degree. There are more than 100,000 janitors in the U.S. with college degrees and 16,000 parking lot attendants.

Guilt and shame are not the same thing. Guilt is feeling bad for a certain action, and wanting to take responsibility for it. Shame is feeling bad for being a certain person, and leads to steadfast avoidance of vulnerability. According to Brown, vulnerability and taking risks is the only way to get what we want out of life, and this after she studied the subjects for eight years. If we cannot embrace our vulnerability, learn to take responsibility for our actions, and avoid judging ourselves as people and subjecting ourselves to shame, then we can do anything in our lives.

17. Watch some television. What's your favorite television program? Do you like comedies, dramas, reality TV, educational TV, the news? Find something on the tube that inspires you or makes you feel better and watch a bit of it. Don't spend too much time here. A few hours should suffice. I love educational programs, and shows I can learn from such as National Geographic, the Discovery Channel, the History Channel, and the Travel Channel. I'm also a huge fan of some of those documentaries and reality TV shows on cable that take you behind the scenes of certain businesses. Shark Tank is also one of my faves. Find your faves and kickback to watch some TV.

I've seen Futurists deliver keynotes before. These Futurists are always men and have an air of confidence that appears mandatory for a job description involving future scenarios. They base their pedictions on emerging trends in science, technology, the economy and the various dynamics within society. In contrast, fortune tellers, which are almost always women have tarot cards, crystal balls and star charts personalised to suit the client.