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Bringing Factfulness Perspective to the Covid-19 / Coronavirus Crisis

In Hans Rosling’s brilliant book, “Factfulness,” that was published in 2018, he identified the three fear factors that drive us to systematically overestimate the risks: violence, captivity and contamination. He goes into great detail to look at the difference between what���s frightening and what���s dangerous. During this Coronavirus/Covid-19 lockdown, I am paying attention to our […]

Bringing factfulness perspective to the Covid-19 / Coronavirus crisis

In Hans Rosling’s brilliant book, “Factfulness,” that was published in 2018, he identified the three fear factors that drive us to systematically overestimate the risks: violence, captivity and contamination. He goes into great detail to look at the difference between what���s frightening and what���s dangerous. During this Coronavirus/Covid-19 lockdown, I am paying attention to our […]

From Selfie-Time to Time for Self Reflection

Everyone agrees on one thing: that we are living through a unique moment. Yet, as befits a diverse world, whether at the civilian, societal, business or governmental level, there has been a wide range of reactions. Invoking more lizard brain reactions (flight or fight), there’s been a good deal of denial, gross fear, greed and […]

Sleep With Me! Life Lessons and the Podcast Founder Story with Drew Ackerman (MDE368)

Minter Dialogue with Drew Ackerman Drew Ackerman, aka Dear Scooter, aka Scoots, is the host of the soporific, mellifluously boring Sleep With Me podcast that has 3 million monthly downloads. We discuss his journey to making Sleep With Me, his creative process and some of the behind the curtain work that goes into making of […]

How to hold a family reunion online or a friendly meet-up?

For the past few weeks, we have held family reunions with 14 participants with ages ranging from 11 to 82 years old, in 6 different locations, four different countries and 3 different time zones. The result is that I have some lessons learned that I’d like to share (with inputs from my excellent co-emcee, Liam) […]

The Art of Compassionate Business with Dr Bruno Cignacco (MDE367)

Minter Dialogue with Bruno Cignacco Dr Bruno Cignacco is an international business consultant, speaker and business coach. For over 20 years he has advised and trained hundreds of companies on International Trade activities and International Marketing. He is also a Principal Lecturer in Marketing and has published several books on business as well as one […]

“Social Distancing” is the wrong term

Aside from the criss-crossed and messy messages for which so many governments are being criticized in their handling of the Coronavirus Covid-19 (CV) crisis, in “social distancing,” it is my opinion that we have been using the wrong term to deal with the situation. Among the casualties of this CV pandemic will be a lot […]

How to Build Resilience and Confidence While Being Vulnerable, with Dr Phil Hopley (MDE366)

Minter Dialogue with Phil Hopley Dr Phil Hopley is an MD, psychiatrist, revered coach, speaker, and wellbeing and performance expert. In his youth, he is Wasp’s legend, having been capped 57 times and scored 113 points for famed Wasp rugby club. He founded and runs Cognacity, a leading health and performance consultancy, based in London. […]

How to Set Up A Podcast?

As companies and individuals look to ‘transform’ their business — even if it’s only for the short-term to handle the Coronavirus quarantine — I’ve had a number of people who have asked me about the eco-system I use for my podcast. For sure, in the ten years I’ve been running it, much has changed in […]

How to Hack Aging? What are the Best Anti-aging Techniques?

Think It seems that, without resorting to trans-humanism, bio-hacking, cosmetic surgery or DNA editing, there are myriad new ways to stop aging! Can we hack age as this OphthalmologyTimes article, written by Dr Tim McLaughlin, explored? Others, meanwhile, will happily just say: “Age is in your mind!” I love my mother’s tagline for her emails: […]