Regular readers know that I love to sleep.

But, when I’m thinking about something, I have a hard time getting to sleep.

And an even harder time staying asleep all night.

One thing that helps me relax and get to sleep is to make a list of the things that I’m thinking about, so that my list will “remember” those thought for me — thus freeing up my brain from the burden of trying to [more...]

Everyone knows that regular exercise is good for you.

But how many of us take the time to exercise our brains?

Regular readers know that I suffered a stroke almost five years ago.

But you may not know that, ever since then, I have intentionally done several things to challenge my brain and keep it sharp.

When I first got out of the hospital, my [more...]

Almost 26 years ago, in a research paper that I wrote about the future of education, I predicted that, in the future, people would connect computers to their brains.

One result would be quantum leaps in many fields, including education, entertainment, medicine, philosophy, arts, psychology and interpersonal communictions.

Regular readers know that, a couple of years ago, researchers finally [more...]

She was born in Pakistan, and quickly became a computer programming prodigy.

At age 9, she became the world’s youngest Microsoft Certified Professional.

At age 10, she made a recording that included her philosophy of life:

“If you want to do something big in your life, you must remember that shyness is only the mind,” she said. “If you think shy, you act shy. If you think confident you act confident. Therefore never let shyness conquer your mind.”

That same year, she [more...]

More than thirty years ago, my best buddy was a guy named Vic. In fact, Vic and I still get together for dinner about once a year, when he and his wife, Nancy, drive down from Elkhart, Indiana, to my neck of the woods, for some vacation time.

Back then, Vic’s sister-in-law (Nancy’s sister), Paula, had multiple sclerosis.

From what I understand, Paula had been a perfectly healthy young woman until she became stricken with MS (as a [more...]

If you knew that you were going to die soon, how would you spend your time?

Randy Pausch was a highly successful professor of computer science and human-computer interaction and design at prestigious Carnegie Mellon University.

But then he was told that that he was going to die of pancreatic cancer.

So he got his affairs in order.

Provided for his [more...]

Doctors know a lot more about how our bodies work than we do.

And they know all about the latest options for treating debilitating diseases and conditions.

And they have access to all of the medicines, equipment and expertise that can prolong life.

Doctors have also seen a lot more people [more...]

Britney Spears does it.

Ke$ha does it.

Kim Kardashian does it.

Maybe you do it, too — either on purpose, or without even realizing it.

Vocal fry is a way of [more...]