Many successful writers of novels, blockbuster films and made-for-TV holiday movies follow a time-tested formula. It’s called the three-act structure. The three-act formula has been entrenched in Hollywood for decades. Screenwriters tell me it’s nearly impossible to get a movie sold if it doesn’t follow the structure. Movie franchises like Star Wars follow the template perfectly. If you incorporate this narrative model into your next business presentation, it will give you
Self Development
September 15, 2022
Japan’s unusual way to view the world
Withdrawing my hands reluctantly from the slowly spinning bowl, I watched its uneven sides slowly come to a stop, wishing I could straighten them out just a little more. I was in the ancient pottery town of Hagi in rural Yamaguchi, Japan, and while I trusted the potter who convinced me to let it be, I can’t say I understood his motives. Smiling, he announced, “it has wabi-sabi” – and
September 11, 2022
The Yerkes-Dodson Law: Performance and Arousal – Exploring your mind
The Yerkes-Dodson law suggests that there’s a direct relationship between performance and arousal. Psychologists Robert M. Yerkes and John Dillingham Dodson developed this law in 1908. The Yerkes-Dodson law establishes that performance increases with physiological or mental arousal, but only up to a certain point. When excitation levels become too high, performance decreases. According to this law, the best way to enhance arousal and performance is to work on tasks