Mind Inclined

Mark Canada, Ph.D.
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Mind Inclined is your go-to source for ideas and inspiration designed to help you elevate your mind, your life, and your world. Mind Inclined features reflections on literature, language, history, and ideas, as well as practical productivity tips, from award-winning English professor and university administrator Mark Canada, author of the Audible Original Ben Franklin's Lessons in Life and other books and articles. Come to Mind Inclined to "Think and Thrive."

  1. AUG 16

    Whipping Up Words

    I have been writing a lot about literature and history over the past few months.  This week, I'm reveling in my other true love: words.  If you enjoy this column, I invite you to check out "What's Your Favorite Word?" from the August 24, 2024, issue of Mind Travel.

    8 min
  2. Lewis & Clark, Ready for Anything, Part 5: Men on a Mission

    MAY 30

    Lewis & Clark, Ready for Anything, Part 5: Men on a Mission

    Lewis and Clark were men on a mission — and not merely in the playful way we use the phrase today when we're heading to the camp store to pick up ingredients for s'mores. Subscribe to have these episodes sent directly to your email inbox! ⁠https://mindinclined.substack.com/

    5 min
  3. Lewis & Clark, Ready for Anything, Part 2: Core of Resilience

    MAY 29

    Lewis & Clark, Ready for Anything, Part 2: Core of Resilience

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    13 min
  4. Lewis & Clark, Ready for Anything, Part 1: Pack Some Knowledge

    MAY 25

    Lewis & Clark, Ready for Anything, Part 1: Pack Some Knowledge

    Whether you want to take on an epic journey or just run a successful staff meeting, you can learn something about preparation from Lewis and Clark.  Throughout the month of May, the anniversary of their launch in 1804, we will be looking at their expedition and takeaways we can use to be "Ready for Anything."  We begin this week with the importance of learning.

    7 min
  5. A Lesson in Empowerment from Frederick Douglass

    MAR 3

    A Lesson in Empowerment from Frederick Douglass

    Let's explore how Frederick Douglass chose to focus on what he could control.

    5 min

  6. FEB 17

    What Would Your Neocortex Do?

    What would your neocortex do? Use your brain effectively to help you with difficult situations and people. Last week, we explored the value of "playing it out." This week, we continue in a similar vein, using physiology and Benjamin Franklin to guide us in using our brains effectively—particularly when facing difficult situations and people. Science on the amygdala: https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/body/24894-amygdala NYT article: https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/09/well/mind/breathe-exhale-repeat-the-benefits-of-controlled-breathing.html?_r=1 My website: https://www.mindinclined.org #Psychology #physiology #neocortex #mindset #mindfulness

    7 min
  7. Play it Out (as Franklin Did)

    JAN 25

    Play it Out (as Franklin Did)

    Let's look at Franklin's instructive response to a petty annoyance.  In his autobiography, Benjamin Franklin tells the story of getting into a pickle with his co-workers in a print shop when he was a young man.  He was expected to pay something called a "Bienvenu, or Sum for Drink."  Franklin had already paid it when he worked in one part of the printing house, but then he was called on to pay again when he moved to a different part of the shop.  He protested that he had already paid it, and his boss agreed with him, but the workers in this new section did not accept this response and began sabotaging his work. What would you do if you were in a similar situation — that is, if you felt you were in the right, but you still had to deal with the hassles that others were creating for you?  Franklin's response, I think, is instructive.

    4 min
  8. A New You, If You Can Keep It

    JAN 23

    A New You, If You Can Keep It

    The story goes that a woman posed a question to Benjamin Franklin after he left the Constitutional Convention of 1787.  “Well, Doctor," she asked, "what have we got, a republic or a monarchy?"  Franklin's response has become famous: “A republic, if you can keep it." Franklin's words are worth remembering at a time of year when many of us have made New Year's resolutions and are struggling to maintain the habits we started on January 1.

    6 min
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Mind Inclined is your go-to source for ideas and inspiration designed to help you elevate your mind, your life, and your world. Mind Inclined features reflections on literature, language, history, and ideas, as well as practical productivity tips, from award-winning English professor and university administrator Mark Canada, author of the Audible Original Ben Franklin's Lessons in Life and other books and articles. Come to Mind Inclined to "Think and Thrive."

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  • Creator
    Mark Canada, Ph.D.
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2025
  • Episodes
    33
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Mark Canada, Ph.D.
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