If managers knew how deeply their behaviors could affect brain function - whether they are piling up too much work on someone or yelling at them for "motivational purposes", they would quit doing it.

What you do and learn in life physically changes what your brain looks like—it literally rewires it.

You've got seconds to grab your audience's attention and only minutes to keep it.

We must do a better job of encouraging lifelong curiosity.

Here's why this matters: Studies show that a person who is interrupted takes 50 percent longer to accomplish a task. Not only that, he or she makes up to 50 percent more errors.

If you wanted to create an education environment that was directly opposed to what the brain was good at doing, you would probably design something like a classroom.

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

The more senses recruited at the moment of learning, the more likely you are to recall it later.

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.

Empathy works so well because it does not require a solution. It requires only understanding.

To improve short-term memory significantly, reduce the stress in your life. And choose your parents wisely.

Your imagination can take you to the best and worst places. It is a ship on a sea of dreams and it's up to you to steer it.

Confrontation is what happens when you are less than honest and you get caught.

The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four Americans is suffering from some form of mental illness. Think of your three best friends. If they're okay, then it's you.

Never once does 'Snow White' herself look in the mirror so she isn't aware of her beauty or what apparently that does to people. It's really just the queen and the prince that talk about it.

Now I'm searching for a slightly overweight, single, childless woman who doesn't have a date and isn't too depressing to be around. It's getting harder to find a girlfriend than a boyfriend.

Let the falling out of friends be a renewing of affection.

Alas, our rulers are not gods, but puny, fallible men, like the kings who constantly forget their parts, and we common men should be their prompters.

Setting goals is the first important step in achieving success in an activity. It's a reminder of what you are working towards.

Is it not enough that 'things are cruel and blind'? Must we also be cruel and blind?

Only 1 in 13 participants in peace negotiations since 1992 has been a woman.