The Tao of Language Learning: May 2012

"A documentary on the expletive's origin, why it offends some people so deeply, and what can be gained from its use."

"Are you an impulsive marshmallow eater? Your success - or failure - in life may depend on how you answer that question, says John Tierney, New York Times science writer and co-author, with Roy F. Baumeister, of the new book, Willpower: Rediscovering the Greatest Human Strength. "The marshmallow test," explains Tierney to Reason.tv, "was this [experiment] where four-year-olds would be given a marshmallow. They were told they could eat but if they waited 15 minutes, they would get two marshmallows. The kids who managed to resist the marshmallow [and waited] did much better in school, did much better in life. That's what really kicked off the modern self-control movement." Drawing on groundbreaking research - including work done by Baumeister, a social psychologist at Florida State University - Tierney and Baumeister argue that willpower is like a muscle. It can be built up and toned through conditioning, and it can be overworked and strained through "decision fatigue." Eminently readable, Willpower mixes the latest developments in the study of the mind with helpful methods of self-control. In a world in which all too many things seem to scuttling into chaos, Baumeister and Tierney beautifully articulate the science of self-control."

In Winning Voices, Peter Guber sits down with power players including Mark Victor Hansen, Magic Johnson, Tony Robbins and Deepak Chopra to talk about the art of success; gleaning insight into the most important skills we have at our disposal to make big things happen. His new book, Tell to Win, is available for purchase at http://www.TellToWin.com

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"Bestselling author Stephen King accepts the Mason Award for his "extraordinary contributions to bringing literature to a wide reading public.""

Stephen King from GMU-TV on Vimeo.

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Here's an interview from 2010 on the same show:
The Hour: John Irving per cbctelevision

"The film was completed, but the final reel was destroyed in a lab fire that broke out during editing. The surviving part of the film was shown in part to a small crowd in early 1987. Actor Allen Garfield was teaching Quentin Tarantino acting at the time, and that is how he also became involved in the project. Filmed over three years, from 1984-1987. Some of the dialogue would go on to be used in Quentin's script "True Romance"."

"College Student only Q&A with Stephen King before the Savannah Book Fair. Sunday February 19, 2012. He gives advice about becoming a writer and answers a few questions from the audience."

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