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Open Day We’ve a whole host of exciting new events coming up this autumn – from the best way to realise your potential to why productivity shouldn’t involve hard work – so come along and quiz us about the details. Read More View all Shop How To Find A Job You Love 6 September 2010 We'll explore what a meaningful job would really look like – one that does more than just pay the bills and instead expands our personal horizons. Read More View all Classes How To Stay Calm 7 September 2010 In this session, we'll ask what our difficulty in staying calm can teach us about our lives, and whether anxiety is a necessary part of living. Read More View all Classes How Necessary Is A Relationship 8 September 2010 Most of us would agree that while love can make us happier it can also make us more miserable than anything else. So is it really worth it? Read More View all Classes How To Have Better Conversations 9 September 2010 How can we have conversations that inspire us to think in new ways, that stimulate our curiosity and that prompt us to say things we've never said before? Read More View all Classes

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On William James

Nick Southgate

31 August 2010

Last Thursday was the 100th anniversary of the death of the American philosopher, William James. William was born in New York in 1842. In 1843 he was joined by a brother, Henry, now remembered as one of America’s finest novelists. Henry James’ reputation may overshadow his brother. However, William’s eventful life and positive and practical philosophy that urged “Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact” should see him celebrated every day, not just on his centenary.

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On Memory

Charles Fernyhough

26 August 2010

You are what you remember. It’s hard to imagine being you, being anybody, without some access to your remembered life story. But the new science of memory tells us that remembering is just that: a story.

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On Getting Away From It All

Robert Rowland Smith

24 August 2010

I know people who spend fifty weeks of the year thinking about their holidays, and two weeks on them. Surely they’d be better off making their daily life more tolerable, so there’s less pressure on that precious fortnight. What if it rains or you’re ill?

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