He treats his younger offspring as objects of derision, but does nothing to improve their minds or their manners.
There is something that appeals to me about people who are trying to improve their minds, study and learn.
When the music ends, Guardiola stands up, wipes the tears from his cheeks, turns to the players and, in no way diminishing their confusion, urges them to improve their minds by reading.
This year, participants can rub shoulders with Charlize Theron at a Global Fund event in support of a push to fight Aids, TB and malaria or improve their minds over port and stilton with the alumni of Oxford University.
One would hope that the object of a summer reading list is to have the students read materials that will improve their minds, not merely to have them read something, anything?
"Science tells us that it's important for the development of the brain," he said, "and I honestly don't think that Justin Timberlake is going to improve their minds in a way that Count Basie will".
Somewhere in the world, there is a man who believes that people in Oxford are so obnoxiously elitist that they jeer openly at the efforts of total strangers to improve their minds.
Ribas and Harbisson said they had a fair amount in common with grinders, but the cyborg artists hope to improve their minds while grinders find do-it-yourself ways to expand people's physical abilities.
What all of this means for people who are hoping that exercise will improve their minds is unclear, Dr. Bucci says, but it does suggest that the interplay of physical activity and brainpower is more complex than we have perhaps yet acknowledged.
It would improve their mind and spirit and make their time in prison better".
Specific training days or programmes based on boosting emotional resilience will help employees understand how they can recognise stress, respond to change, take proactive steps and improve their mind-set when facing difficult periods.
