REFACTOR YOUR WETWARE
CHANGING THE WAY YOUR BRAIN WORKS
ETECH 2009 BY ANDY HUNT

YOUR INNER GAME OF TENNIS
LET YOUR BRAIN DO ITS JOB

Inner Game of Tennis
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Let’s talk about...
What is Wetware?
Knowledge Portfolio
management
Learning to handle
Change

WETWARE?
Humorous human brain
cells or thought processes
regarded as analogous to,
or in contrast with,
computer systems.
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ELECTRICAL
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COGNITIVE
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HTTP://WWW.FLICKR.COM/PHOTOS/56159277@N00/2523048661/ HTTP://WWW.FLICKR.COM/PHOTOS/91281489@N00/56216464/

AND THEN THAT OTHER BIT...
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FLEX IT, BABY
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EXERCISE / SLEEP / EAT / ROCK

KEEP IT SMART
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READ / LEARN / TALK / THINK

Your
Knowledge Portfolio
What are you good at?
What could you be
better at?
Be specific
Have a plan
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Dreyfus Model
Stages of Learning
Novice
Advanced Beginner **
Competent
Proficient
Expert
Master

Experts and Masters
think differently
Function on intuition
and pattern recognition
They don’t follow rules
Once you’ve reached
it, don’t act like one:
Novices see world of
opportunity, never be
closed off or stop
learning WWW.FLICKR.COM/PHOTOS/SKITZIANIST/2956188507

How to Read
(SQRRR)
Survey
Question
Read
Recall
Review
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Practice makes perfect
Your brain doesn’t
know the difference
between what you
actually did and what
you imagined doing

Surround yourself
with Genius
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Let’s talk about Change
It is beautiful
Start with a Plan
(visualize and jot)
Be terrified of Inaction
Take small next steps
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Neuro-plasticity
Your brain has amazing capacity to re-wire itself
How you think about things will physically change
your biochemistry
Note the mental difference of typing and
handwriting (in creating and consuming)

Belief is Physical
What you believe has physical repercussions on
your brain
“Aim High, Go High”
Never limit yourself or you will fail every time

Grow those Neurons
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To review...
Take care of your
Software and your
Hardware
Grow and diversify
your Knowledge
Portfolio
Embrace Change

Also, I <8 Robots
Pragmatic Thinking
and Learning:
Refactor Your Wetware
by Andy Hunt
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Yay Brains!
Love,
Katie and her brain
Check out my live blog
post here:
http://www.happykatie.com/dailies/2009/03/
etech-2009-refactor-your-wetware.html
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