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The need for a nurturing environment
Social and cultural influences can provide that nourishment, creating a cluster of genius at moments and places in history, like Kolkata during the Bengal Renaissance, or Silicon Valley today.
The hungry mind can also find the intellectual stimulation it needs at home, where an environment can be created in which to flourish.
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It relies on the dynamic interplay of neural networks that work together.
It draws from both the right and left hemispheres of the brain, especially regions in the prefrontal cortex.
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The true meaning of the word 'Genius' has been lost in translation in history.
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Bringing awareness, or mindfulness, to the way we communicate with others has both practical and profound applications.
We can train ourselves to:
- recognize when the channel of communication has shut down.
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