Mango Languages

Language Learning Shown to Slow Down Aging

According to a report published last fall by the European Commission entitled “The Contribution of Multilingualism to Creativity,” one of the major benefits of learning another language is reducing age-related mental diminishment.

Knowing another language seems to slow down the rate of decline of certain cognitive pathologies.  Being multilingual helps resist neuropathological damage by 2-4 years.  In addition, multilingualism is linked to a slowdown in age related issues such as dementia.

The bonus…learning a foreign language has a strong link to creativity, which has greater potential for cognitive health for the aging mind.

What else are you doing to slow down the aging of your brain?

Mango Languages: Crain's Detroit Business Article

Jason Teshuba was recently interviewed by Crain’s Detroit Business about running a second stage company.

We are experiencing lots of growth and managing that growth well is critical to success.

Excerpt from the article:

Teshuba said he and his management team ask three questions about any potential deal, guided by the “hedgehog concept” described in Jim Collins’ popular 2001 book Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap … And Others Don’t.

“If you can, imagine three circles and they all intersect in the middle,” Teshuba explained.  “You’re trying to discover what the company is deeply passionate about, what it has the potential to be the best at, and what drives the company’s economics.  The point in the middle is the hedgehog.”

Check out the article here to read more.