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When I speak with students, I often ask, “Who wants to become successful?” All hands shoot up.

Then I tell them the story of nuclear physicist Isidore I. Rabi, winner of the Nobel Prize in physics in 1944 for work on the electron. Somebody once asked him how he became a world-famous scientist.

“My mother made me become a scientist without ever intending it,” he said.[…] Continue Reading »

SmartBrief is partnering with Big Think to create a weekly video spotlight in SmartBrief on Leadership called “VIP Corner: Video Insights Powered by Big Think.” This week, we’re featuring the philosopher Slavoj Žižek.

Science, philosophy, quantum physics, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel — these may be four things with which many people are familiar, but most wouldn’t immediately say, oh, they’re all connected.[…] Continue Reading »

SmartPulse — our weekly reader poll in SmartBrief on Social Media — tracks feedback from leading marketers about social-media practices and issues.

Last week’s poll question: Do you see social-media marketing as an art or a science?

  • Both — 67.13%
  • Art — 13.49%
  • Neither — 12.80%
  • Science — 6.57%

When I’m writing these questions, I often struggle with whether I should include some sort of compromise answer — “both,” “none of the above,” “not sure,” etc.[…] Continue Reading »