August 28, 2015 ~ Written by: W.B. “Bud” Kirchner “There is no passion to be found playing small – in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living” – Nelson Mandela Having preceded this with one targeted at the limbic (emotional) part of your brain, I will now...
August 22, 2015 ~ Written by: W.B. “Bud” Kirchner “We must act out passion before we can feel it.” – Jean-Paul Sartre I could have just as easily named this ‘Leadership’ but I thought I could attract more readers with what appeared to be a provocative title. At least until people read it and realized...
October 11, 2015 ~ Written by: W.B. “Bud” Kirchner “Death begins in the colon.” – Most agree that statement comes from a Russian scientist, Élie Metchnikoff, who won The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1908. If nothing else, it highlights (in a macabre fashion I admit) the importance of the gut, or second brain,...
October 8, 2015 ~ Written by: W.B. “Bud” Kirchner “My guest, Dr. Michael Gershon, believes we have a second brain in the gut. I’ll ask him where he thinks the first one is.” – Stephen Colbert on the Colbert Report Let’s start with a 30,000 feet perspective of another brain now, and in the next...
October 6, 2015 ~ Written by: W.B. “Bud” Kirchner “When you take risks, you are reminded in the most insistent manner that you have a body.” ~ John Coates Some would call this next statement a risk – but I wouldn’t: If the following doesn’t capture your attention around the...
October 1, 2015 ~ Written by: W.B. “Bud” Kirchner “There is more wisdom in your body than in your deepest philosophies.” – Friedrich Nietzsche Okay, let’s use this to set the stage for following three posts which continue to reflect our Business Brain Model℠ and its premise that it serves as context of how to...
July 12, 2015 ~ Written by: W.B. “Bud” Kirchner “The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing.” ~ Albert Einstein It is (beyond) interesting to me that I have been asked the same question by three constituencies. The constituencies: Myself. People close to me. Readers of this resource....
The brain is made of the forebrain, midbrain and hindbrain. The forebrain contains the cerebrum, thalamus and hypothalamus (part of the limbic system). The midbrain, housing the tectum and tegmentum (and connecting the brainstem to the thalamus), is involved in input from senses. The hindbrain consists of the cerebellum, pons and medulla. The midbrain, pons and medulla, all together, are usually called the brainstem or hindbrain.