Meaningful Play: How Fun, Curiosity, and Enjoyment Improve Learning
Moods and emotions are difficult things to control—we are bored or excited not out of choice but because of circumstance. Yet positive feelings lead to better l...
Sam Brinson
The Protégé Effect: Why Learning By Teaching Others Is So Effective
The roles of teachers and students are thought to be largely distinct. One has knowledge and is hoping to transfer it to the other. In this view learning is a o...
Hacking The Flow Cycle: Brainwaves, Creativity and Flow States
Everything you do and think is going to show up in your brain somehow. When you’re frustrated, when you learn a language, move your arm, or fall in love, there ...
What’s Your Ikigai? Living A Creative Life of Passion and Purpose
Some people are fortunate enough to find a job that they’re passionate about and that makes the best use of their abilities. They earn a living doing what they ...
Your Inner Voice: Achieving Flow and Confidence Through Self-Talk
Flow is one of those experiences that people want more of in their lives, and given its growing popularity and the research going into it, that seems like a rea...
Sam Brinson
Sam is a writer with the ambitious goal of figuring out how the mind works. An advocate for self-education, his recent book Connecting the Dots explores the importance of learning how to learn in a time of the internet and information overload.