Tag: Myth busting


  • The huge capital myth (and 21 online biz ideas)

    Two of your friends get together and you thought they never liked each other. Somebody gets promoted and you thought management saw them as disruptive. Someone you know always seems to turn everything  s/he touches into a success, even with little education or prior experience. Do you sometimes feel you’ve been missing something,  or is…

  • The myth of positive thinking debunked

    Say what? “How could I write such nonsense?”  I hear you questionning. Bear with me. Let me explain. I am not saying that positive thinking (or negative for that matter) doesn’t affect your actions, life or results. Far from it. It definitely matters how you think. Trevor Maber illustrates this well in this Ted-ed clip.…

  • The overnight success myth debunked

    “Right time, right place” We have grown to love having everything easy . We get our food from the supermarket shelves. If we choose to, we can just zap it in the microwave, or even have it cooked and delivered to us. Our clothes are washed for us at the press of a button. We…

  • Do you think that making lists is for a particular type of person: the CEO, his /her secretary, or -I’m being politically incorrect here- the plain  boring individual, with a life devoid of spontaneity or creativity? I certainly did at one time. Would it surprise you to know that even for a creative, having a…

  • Why we need to update our thinking periodically

    Popular beliefs about the brain that have been debunked.