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The "Reduction to Absurdity" approach

I remember (not fondly) the 2 years of engineering school prep-class I spent in Math. Sup M and Math. Spe M*, more than 13 years ago now. We were fed, or rather filled, with mathematical and physics theories 40 hours per week. These theories had hardly any application in our everyday’s world, for most of [...]

Anna Quindlen – American University Graduation Ceremony Speech

…  sharing with you a most meaningful speech -This was a speech made by Pulitzer Prize-winning author, Anna Quindlen at the graduation ceremony of an American university where she was awarded an Honorary PhD.“I’m a novelist. My  work is human nature. Real life is all I know.  Don’t Ever confuse the two, your life and [...]

Deeper than the ocean – The world that lives in us: the ingredients of the ‘champion mindset’

I found this book when I was in Singapore with Ting and Tara. Once back in the US, I could not find it, even on Amazon. It seems that it was released only in Asia, Australia and Europe, but not in the US. Nothing astonishing here. In the US, trying to “breed a champion” from [...]

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