Category Archives: Activism & Leadership

Life on Mars? What lessons can we learn from that news?

One of the big stories in the news this week—after the NFL referees, the breast-cancer “breakthrough” and the Netanyahu “red line” bomb—was news of possible life on the Red Planet. Our space rover, Curiosity, has been probing Mars since 8-9-12 … Continue reading

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Arnold Schwarzenegger and the 10,000 hour rule of success

A challenging new role for the terminator? Read on. On Monday morning (9-23-12), I heard Leslie Stahl talking about the former California governor’s new “tell all” book, Total Recall. With the book raising a bit of a controversy among family … Continue reading

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Dr. Ornish. Turning off cancer genes, reversing heart disease.

Just two of the benefits of a whole foods, plant-based diet This past weekend, Dr. Dean Ornish, prominent medical school professor and founder of the Preventive Medicine Research Institute, published a powerful Op-Ed in the New York Times. It was … Continue reading

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