Philosophy: MindBodySpirit Connection, Athena, and the Essence of Intelligence

Several weeks ago I gave a short talk to a women’s networking group on the power of Fear. I said to the group,

“How many monkeys do you know with successful businesses?”

And the question can be repeated for most goals, “How many monkeys have published a book? Or written a musical album? Or taken care of their family on Thanksgiving? Or changed the modern world?”

What’s funny is that we have an evolutionary tie to apes and the monkey family tree, and in some ways have picked up certain traits fro...