8 talks about learning from failure

TEDxBordeaux Educação em Empreendedorismo Numa época em que tanto de se fala de Empreendedorismo, da sua importância e na necessidade de o incentivar, penso que se impõe clarificar o que é realmente indispensável à sua promoção. Defendo que a promoção de um ambiente verdadeiramente dinamizador do Empreendedorismo deve ser baseada e sustentada num programa integrado de nível nacional que integre vários actores relacionados directa ou indirectamente com o Empreendedorismo, num núcleo mais próximo, em plena articulação com os agentes educativos nos vários níveis de ensino, desde o ensino básico até ao ensino superior. Falo de um apoio permanente de entidades ligadas à consultoria e de um apoio técnico necessário aos empreendedores; devem ainda integrar este núcleo mais próximo, as entidades que disponibilizem infra-estruturas como incubadoras, ninhos de empresas e centros de escritórios que viabilizem às empresas nascentes gerir estruturas de custos fixos reduzidas, assim como, usufruir de serviços partilhados.

Novelty-Seeking (Neophilia) Can Be a Predictor of Well-Being Those are the kinds of questions used to measure novelty-seeking, a personality trait long associated with trouble. As researchers analyzed its genetic roots and relations to the brain’s dopamine system, they linked this trait with problems like attention deficit disorder, compulsive spending and gambling, alcoholism, drug abuse and criminal behavior. Now, though, after extensively tracking novelty-seekers, researchers are seeing the upside. “Novelty-seeking is one of the traits that keeps you healthy and happy and fosters personality growth as you age,” says C. “It can lead to antisocial behavior,” he says, “but if you combine this adventurousness and curiosity with persistence and a sense that it’s not all about you, then you get the kind of creativity that benefits society as a whole.” Fans of this trait are calling it “neophilia” and pointing to genetic evidence of its importance as humans migrated throughout the world. “Although we’re a neophilic species,” Ms. Dr. She and Dr.

Edward Snowden: The Biggest Revelations Are Yet to Come VANCOUVER, Canada — Edward Snowden on Tuesday said the biggest revelations have yet to come out of the estimated 1.7 million documents he acquired from the National Security Agency. In a surprise appearance via satellite robot at the 2014 TED conference in Vancouver, Snowden said there is still a lot of reporting to be done, including diving deeper into the accusation that the NSA tricks companies into building backdoors into their systems that make data vulnerable to hackers across the world. "Is it really terrorism that we're stopping? I say no," Snowden said. "The bottom line is that terrorism [...] has always been a cover for actions. Snowden, who is still in hiding somewhere in Russia, maintained that his act wasn't reckless and that he did it all for the American people. "I don't want to harm my government" he said. Snowden remains a controversial figure throughout the world, but he was speaking to the right crowd at TED. He called him a "hero." Have something to add to this story?

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