by Pascal Gambardella, Ph.D. | Aug 19, 2022 | Health, Managing States, Martial Arts, Neuro-Semantics
On January 13, 2022, I underwent coronary artery bypass surgery. Afterward, I was groggy with three long draining-tubes below my rib cage. My chest hurt since the surgeon had to break bones to get to my heart. I needed to hug a heart-shaped pillow to protect my chest...
by Pascal Gambardella, Ph.D. | May 11, 2022 | Health, Managing States, Neuro-Semantics
On January 13, 2022 at 7:30 am, I underwent cardiac bypass surgery. Dr. Fayyaz Hashmi replaced four arteries, two feeding blood into my heart and two out of it. For a 75-year-old, I was active, with a resting heart rate of 55 beats per second. Yet, a slight pressure...
by Pascal Gambardella, Ph.D. | Feb 7, 2021 | Modeling, Neuro-Semantics, Writing
I am searching for “principles” to use when explaining how to model. I want to distill them from my experience modeling with many disciplines. Some principles, I suspect, are out of my conscious awareness. My actions reflect my principles. How do I uncover these...
by Pascal Gambardella, Ph.D. | Aug 31, 2020 | Managing States, Martial Arts, Neuro-Semantics, NLP
I was never very tall, even as a kid. When I was in 8th grade, I had to go to a middle school for three months before beginning high school. One day I was in a music class. Being shy, I sat near the back of the room, which was like a miniature auditorium with stadium...
by Pascal Gambardella, Ph.D. | Sep 23, 2018 | Martial Arts, Modeling, Neuro-Semantics
1. Prologue. “If somebody offers you an amazing opportunity but you are not sure you can do it, say yes – then learn how to do it later!” Richard Branson In Part 1, I told stories about leaving your comfort zone to explore opportunities. In Part 2, I design a new...
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