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RSA Animate – Drive – the surprising truth about what motivates us

Mind Education Link / 2010 / Adaption from a Talk / 10.47 min / Mind feature – Daniel Pink - adaption / 1964 – present / Photographer - Girolamo Rino Zenari / Photograph – State Library of NSW, Sydney Australia / LoadingBookmark

This RSA Animate shows an adaption of Dan Pink’s talk on motivation and how several studies showed that motivation and results isn’t always centred…

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Marcus Aurelius – power

Mind Quote / Rome, Italy / 121 – 180 / Photographer – Girolamo Rino Zenari / Photograph – Christogram, Basilica S. Paolo, Rome Italy / LoadingBookmark

“You have power over your mind – not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.”

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Jon Favreau – chef

Mind Movie / 2014 / Comedy, Drama / United States, Cuba / 104 min / Photographer – Girolamo Rino Zenari / Photograph – Windmill, Hampton State Forest, Australia / LoadingBookmark

Written, directed and starring Jon Favreau with a line-up of stars that are dotted through the movie giving you bonus points. The story line centres on a Chef…

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Isaac Newton – ocean

Mind Quote / Woolsthorpe, Lincolnshire, England / 1642 -1726 / Photographer – Janet Zenari / Photograph – Garie Beach Australia / LoadingBookmark

“What we know is a drop, what we don’t know is an ocean.”

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Alexander Graham Bell – focus

Mind Quote / Edinburgh, Scotland / 1847 – 1922 / Photographer – Janet Zenari / Photograph – Sun over Cronulla, Australia / LoadingBookmark

“Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work in hand. The Sun’s rays do not burn until brought to a focus.”

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Chinese Proverb – prevent

Mind Quote / China / Photographer - Janet Zenari / Photograph – Nest, Sydney Australia / LoadingBookmark

“That the birds of worry and care fly over your head, this you cannot change, but that they build nests in your hair, this you can prevent.”

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Stevie Wonder – don’t you worry ‘bout a thing

Mind Music / 1974 / Latin, Soul / 4.44 min / Photographer – Girolamo Rino Zenari / Photograph – Distant view, Monastery, Montserrat Spain / LoadingBookmark

The song released as a single features on Stevie Wonder’s album Innervisions album. In 1973 the song ranked No.6 on the Billboard Pop Singles chart…

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Simon & Garfunkel – bridge over troubled water

Mind Music / 1970 / Folk, Rock, Gospel / 4.55 min / Photographer - Janet Zenari / Bridge Mt Cook, New Zealand / LoadingBookmark

The song was written by Paul Simon and performed by Simon & Garfunkel. It is the last song for their fifth and final album which has been dubbed their signature song…

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Lucy Walker – Waste Land

Mind Movie / 2010 / Documentary / Rio De Janeiro, Brazil / 100 min / Photographer – Girolamo Rino Zenari / Photograph - Moon watching over us, Earth / LoadingBookmark

Wasteland is a documentary that follows the journey of Vik Muniz who engages in a project to create artwork with the help of catadores (pickers) of recycle materials…

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Gautama Buddha – present

Mind Quote / Kapilavastu, Nepal / 563BC – 483BC / Photographer – Janet Zenari / Cielo presence, Sydney Australia / LoadingBookmark

“Do not dwell in the past, nor dream of the future; concentrate the mind on the present moment.”

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Pope John XXIII – possible

Mind Quote / Sotto il Monte, Bergamo, Kingdom of Italy / 1881 - 1963 / Photographer – Girolamo Rino Zenari / Photograph – Burj Khalifa, Dubai, United Arab Emirates / LoadingBookmark

“Consult not your fears but your hopes and your dreams. Think not about your frustrations, but about your unfulfilled potential. Concern yourself not with what you tried and failed in, but with what it is still possible for you to do.”

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Unknown – right

Mind Quote / Earth / unknown / Photographer – Janet Zenari / Photograph – Crow & Cockatoo, Royal National Park, Sydney Australia / LoadingBookmark

“To settle an argument, think of what is right, not who is right.”

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