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Although you might have started blogging for passion and not for accolades, you might have lost motivation along the way because you didn’t get enough accolades or even traffic; regardless of what happened or will happen, if you don’t give in and quit, you can be able to develop enough strength to continue blogging forContinue reading “Blog for Passion, Not for Accolades”

Brand yourself by helping people; in due time, any help you give will be reciprocated. Each person’s reputation or brand originates from the attributes, skills or talents they exhibit or radiate over a considerable period of time. A brand is who you are and the parts of yourself or your identity that people remember—the partContinue reading “The Best Way to Brand Yourself is to be Yourself”

If blogging is your dream, why won’t you do what it takes to be a blogger? Why won’t you be determined enough to blog, or write, or summon some determination into your fingers, brain, and whole being so that you can really be the blogger you want to be? Although blogging takes time and isn’tContinue reading “What is Really Takes to be a Blogger”

Laura Mulvey works in the Mosaic editorial team, as part of a communications graduate scheme at Wellcome. She studied International Political Communication, which has made her mildly suspicious of everything. The lab is quietly bustling with scientists intent on their work. One gestures to an item on her bench – a yellow container, about the sizeContinue reading “Scientists, here’s how to use less plastic”

We cannot evade all obstacles. If not today, then certainly in the future, one obstacle or another will appear in direct or indirect opposition to our plans. The obstacles may even threaten the foundation of the things we’ve erected or succeeded in putting in place. Fortunately, we will always have a chance to study obstacles,Continue reading “Obstacles are Opportunities to Become Better, Stronger, and Successful”

Lisa Kay Solomon is the Chair of Transformational Practices and Leadership at Singularity University a global community of smart, passionate, action-oriented leaders. Alida Draudt and Julia Rose West are not only co-authors, business partners, and best of friends, but most importantly, they have differing points of view—which is ideal for two budding Silicon Valley futurists.Continue reading “If We Can See the Future We Want, We Can Shape It Too”

Raya Bidshahri is the Founder & CEO of Awecademy, an online platform that gives young minds the opportunity to learn, connect and contribute to human progress. We live in a world of accelerating change. New industries are constantly being born and old ones are becoming obsolete. A report by the World Economic Forum reveals thatContinue reading “7 Critical Skills for the Jobs of the Future”

Andrew Taggart is a practical philosopher and entrepreneur. He is a faculty member at the Banff Centre in Canada, where he trains creative leaders, and at Kaospilot in Denmark, where he trains social entrepreneurs. Imagine that work had taken over the world. It would be the centre around which the rest of life turned. ThenContinue reading “If Work Dominated Your Every Moment Would Life Be Worth Living?”

Raya Bidshahri is the Founder & CEO of Awecademy, an online platform that gives young minds the opportunity to learn, connect and contribute to human progress. We’ve all read the headlines: the robots are coming, and they will take our jobs. In fact, up to 45 percent of tasks workers perform can be automated using currentContinue reading “These Are the Most Exciting Industries and Jobs of the Future”

Thomas Hornigold is a physics student at the University of Oxford. There’s a game young children like to play when they’re just beginning to learn how to interact with the world, talk to others, and indulge their natural curiosity: it’s called the “Why?” game. Take some natural phenomenon: Why is it raining? Why do peopleContinue reading “Why Should We Listen to Scientists?”