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The beginning of January inevitably inspires people to make positive changes in their lives by adopting new habits, dropping old habits, and setting particular goals. A month after the resolutions have been set but motivation drops off, what is the best way to achieve lasting success?
Join Dr. Joe Kim, a cognitive scientist and Associate Professor in Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour at McMaster for a discussion on how psychology can help you stick to your resolutions which will improve your personal and professional productivity.
Learn why systems, with their focus on consistent processes, habits, and mindset, prove more effective in sustaining long-term success than short-lived objectives, and how the concept of lagging measures relates to the effectiveness of these systems. This talk will help you take the necessary steps to establish a system that leads to long-term results.
The beginning of January inevitably inspires people to make positive changes in their lives by adopting new habits, dropping old habits, and setting particular goals. A month after the resolutions have been set but motivation drops off, what is the best way to achieve lasting success?
Join Dr. Joe Kim, a cognitive scientist and Associate Professor in Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour at McMaster for a discussion on how psychology can help you stick to your resolutions which will improve your personal and professional productivity.
Learn why systems, with their focus on consistent processes, habits, and mindset, prove more effective in sustaining long-term success than short-lived objectives, and how the concept of lagging measures relates to the effectiveness of these systems. This talk will help you take the necessary steps to establish a system that leads to long-term results.
![[Archives Alive] The Earthly Paradise: Recent Botanical Acquisitions at McMaster University Library](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/mTWQumQLKk0/hqdefault.jpg "[Archives Alive] The Earthly Paradise: Recent Botanical Acquisitions at McMaster University Library
The sixteenth and seventeenth centuries saw a dizzying proliferation of new European books on botany. Driven by interrelated sociopolitical, aesthetic, intellectual, and technological developments, the era was a golden age for sumptuous and lavishly illustrated tomes addressing every conceivable plant-related subject — pharmacology, taxonomy, horticulture, and sylviculture among them. In a heady environment rife with innovation, political and religious controversy, and outright plagiarism, creators and collectors collaborated and competed to take the study and appreciation of plants to new heights — and new audiences.
In recent years, McMaster University Library has acquired several significant works in this tradition, including early editions of Gerard’s Herball, John Parkinson’s Theatrum Botanicum and Paradisi in Sole, Ulisse Aldrovandi’s Natural History, Castore Durante’s Herbario Nuovo, John Evelyn’s Sylva, and a scarce English translation of the Amsterdam Pharmacopoeia.
Join Myron Groover, McMaster’s Archives and Rare Books Librarian, for an intimate look at these stunning artefacts and the contexts in which they were created.
About the speaker:
Myron Groover is McMaster University’s Archives and Rare Books Librarian. He read History at the University of Aberdeen and Library-Archival Studies at the University of British Columbia. His work focuses on collection development, curation, and teaching with archives and rare books. His academic interests include book history, the material culture of text, and the history of ideas.")
