Proud to announce that SAGE Mind is now available on Amazon. The work reads as a manifesto would, compiling my collection of ideas based around my invention and method, SAGE Art of Learning. Back cover summary: “As our world rapidly evolves, access to information, technological, scientific and medical advances continue …
When You Have to Hide Your Intelligence
Imagine this: You’re speaking to someone and because the person may feel afraid, intimidated or insecure about your ways of thought, you hold back, put on a mask and go on with the conversation. Inward, you’re suppressing. Suppressing what? – The scope of your thoughts and where you want to …
Does Curiosity Really Kill the Cat?
Quick story: The gray cat felt some hesitation making the move. It would’ve been the first time he ventured off the second floor in the house he’s always lived in. On the second floor were lovely “parents,” the adult humans who adopted him many years ago. And there was one …
Professional Development 101: Tracking Performance
Tracking is everywhere. We check our phones to track the weather. And watch the news to track the happenings around the world. We can track our animals and grandparents with little chips just in case they become lost. We like to track our packages, especially when very excited about receiving …
Can You Become Divergent?
The Divergent Series captured minds (and hearts) with its futuristic, apocalyptic-style scenes and the idea that people can be categorized by personality type. It’s not far off from truth. Ever hear of the Myers-Briggs or the DISC Assessment? Each attempt to give us an analysis of our temperament / personality …
Gentleman Conversation
One principle of SAGE learning states we can gain wisdom from personal experience. Sometimes this means putting the smallest detail under a microscope and examining it for meaning. Often what happens is we begin to recognize the potential in every circumstance. The inner light bulb switches on and we start …
2 Child Super Powers Adults Need to Regain
When you were young, did you know you had super powers? Choose a time when you were a kid and had to do something difficult. It could be anything. Maybe you faced a tough math problem in school or you just couldn’t figure out how something worked. For me, I …
Beware: The Guru Effect
Warning: If you’re offended by alternative viewpoints and take challenges to your paradigm personally, you’re highly encouraged to read this. It’s going to light your fire. Despite the filtered horrors we see in the media each day (you do realize they’re real events but filtered through a tiny channel, almost …
Is Your Teacher Boring?
So you have a class coming up and you dread it. Of all the subjects on your list for the day, this one drains energy from you and you haven’t even stepped one foot into the room. But you say it’s more than just the subject. Actually…you love the subject …
The Art of the Teacher-Student
In my journey towards self-mastery, I’ve realized a prerequisite to reaching a new level is to accept the student role. There’s a time when I have to acknowledge I don’t know something or, could dramatically improve in some area, and so the I have to sit down, shut up and …
Professional Development with a Blue Ocean Mindset
“When everything goes right, go left.” – Unknown “Watch what everyone does – do the opposite. The majority is always wrong.” – Earl Nightingale There are beliefs out there that we take as complete truth just because people continue to use them like: Opportunity only knocks once. No it doesn’t. …
3 Ways to Prep for An Online Course
Congratulations. You’ve taken the leap into online education. Don’t worry; even though online classes have been available for years it still remains challenging for people. And to some, it’s still “alternative” type of schooling. This is the 21st Century, where more people are walking around with Internet-connected devices in their …
How Assumptions Can Blind Your Learning
Imagine walking around with foggy glasses. You can see but barely make out clear images. Objects are obvious, but you really can’t tell what to make of them. If you take off the glasses you can hardly see at all. If only you could clean the lenses, then everything would …
Education is Beyond the Classroom
The education industry is the most neglected yet one of the most important. Sectors from health care to technology to the sciences receive incredible amounts of attention, resources and financial backing to evolve. So it’s no surprise to me these arenas tend to excel and these are the areas people …
The Need for Gentleman Education
Might sound like a cliche to say that our society needs more gentlemen. We do, but not for the reasons you may assume. Whenever the word “gentleman” is raised in conversation, on and off the Internet, it’s usually in reference to women. This constant connection makes one assume that men …
Library Beast – The Ultimate Self-Learning Resource List
How would you define the ultimate resource? “Resourcefulness” is such a buzzword. We know it when we see it and yet it can still have this aloof nature. To be resourceful sounds like a positive trait. And when venturing into entrepreneurship, resourcefulness is one of the word’s closest relatives. But …
An Education in Warrior Mindset
Since entering the Taekwondo dojang at age 10, I realized I had a battle lust. There’s something energizing and uplifting about facing a challenger one-on-one, mental or physical, making use of physicality and energy, and the only reliance I have includes my will, instincts and skills. It’s almost euphoric and …