Rick Smith

  Why did the Pilgrims choose to dine on Turkey for Thanksgiving?  Actually, it was because they believed that lobster, plentiful in the waters around them, were actually giant insects – some type of large underwater spider, and they refused to eat them.  Their perception was so strong; it led to a myopic ...

  This Thanksgiving week, be thankful for your unique future.  The leap, it turns out, is never cookie-cutter predictable. It comes at different people from different directions. Sometimes the leap is idea driven—an overwhelming inspiration that arises out of the most mundane circumstances. Sometimes, it’s a radical shift in our own history. ...

  Achieving success and happiness requires engaging in a meaningful and sometimes uncomfortable dialogue with yourself - asking yourself difficult questions, and opening up fully to the answers and what they reveal.  For those ready to take a Leap in their lives, this simple exercise is a great place to start.  ...

Nearly everyone I run into seems to be at a turning point in their life –with grand plans of living their passion, tapping into their ultimate potential at work and in life.  And they are finally ready to make it happen! At least, that is, while they are drinking… Why is it ...

  According to a new survey by an Australian newspaper, the recession has given rise to a new breed of people, called “potentialists”, who love to live life to the fullest and still want to continue with a lavish lifestyle, but one defined on their own terms. Social researcher Mark McCrindle commented ...

  Among bread molds, Neurospora is a virtual citadel.  Neurospora crassa is a species of bread mold that is so averse to variation that whenever a large segment of DNA gets duplicated—a critical step in genetic evolution—it bombards the copy with what are known as “point mutations” that effectively turn the genetic ...