Helen Keller, the American author, political activist and lecturer, learned to talk despite being deaf and blind.
Here she is with her instructor and lifelong companion, Anne Sullivan. In this footage (from 1930) Sullivan shows the way how Helen Keller learned to talk.
via Smithsonian.
Kind of cool.
Fit or Fat? Data Says ... "Fatter than Ever".
It’s no secret that the US has a weight problem, but did you realize how fast the country got fat?
The U.S. has gone from a relatively thin country to a place where the norm in many areas is to be overweight or even obese.
Look How Fast It Happened. The chart starts in 1985.
via The Atlantic
This animated map is jaw-dropping (or belt-busting). Notice the how the rate of change accelerates when it reaches the 2000s … many states burst from around a 20% obesity level to over 30%.
It is interesting to note that Colorado remains the only state (in blue) with less than 20% obesity.
Meanwhile, Gallop recently released their Well-Being Index of 189 metro areas. In 2012, obesity rates in all but two areas were above 15%.
Here are the Fittest and Fattest Communities in the U.S.:
If you live in Charlottesville VA or Boulder CO, you’re probably looking good.
Hope you are having a fun week.
It is springtime ... and the gym I go to is starting to get busier.
Reminder: summer is almost here.
The video below shows what happens when you forget that bathing suit season is coming.
On a positive note, the guy on the left is a pretty good dancer. Love that he plays full-out, dances like no one is watching, and has fun.
Urgent, please read ASAP.
That's what gets done, of course. The urgent.
Not the article you haven't gotten around to writing, the trip to the gym that will pay off in the long run, the planning for your upcoming birthday party, dinner with your parents (who would love to see you), ten minutes to sit quietly, saying thank you to a friend for no real reason... no, we do the urgent first.
The problem, of course, is that the queue of urgent never ends, it merely changes its volume as it gets longer.
Yes, we've heard it said that it's the important, not the urgent, that deserves attention. But it understates just how much we've been manipulated by those that would make their important into our urgent.
via Seth Godin.
We just finished the first quarter of 2013.
It's been three months since New Year's Eve, and most New Year's Resolutions have been forgotten. As you prepare to face the rest of 2013, ask yourself these powerful questions from Greg Bustin:
Now get going. It's not just the first day of a new Quarter ... it's the first day of the rest of your life.
Front, Back or Side ... What's Your Perfect Sleep Position?
Instead of a good night's sleep, it may be hurting you.
Here is an infographic from the WSJ that lays it out for you.
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What bothers you most about someone else is often a clue about what you don't like about your own circumstances ... or, a political cartoonist could point it out instead.
Here are some of the posts that caught my eye. Hope you find something interesting.
Are you happy how you spend your day?
Do you ever think about how most people choose to spend their time?
As you might guess, average Americans spend 8 hours at work, maybe half an hour in traffic, a few hours watching TV in the evening.
But what if you looked at it another way - what if you added up all those hours over the course of your whole life? The following infographic shows the tally.
That half an hour in traffic adds up to over a year of your life. And those innocent hours of TV? They add up to 9 years for the average American.
"It's not the years in your life that count ... It's the life in your years." ~ Abraham Lincoln
Are you giving time to the things you really care about?
Perhaps you've seen the t-shirt before ...
Here are some of the posts that caught my eye. Hope you find something interesting.
Why does measurement matter?
Bill Gates explores this question in his 2013 Annual Letter, highlighting innovations in measurement that are helping to eradicate poverty and disease.
Download Bill Gates' 2013 Annual Letter in PDF format.
Also see his "My Hope for 2030" video.
Here Are Some Links for Your Weekend Reading
Whether it is time to lose weight or gain some new skill or capability ... stop telling yourself you will 'try'. Here are your options (according to Yoda).
Here are some of the posts that caught my eye. Hope you find something interesting.
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