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Confusion is Awesome!
The document discusses the author's journey of learning through confusion and curiosity, emphasizing the importance of vicarious learning and research. It highlights how questions and confusion can lead to deeper knowledge and understanding, using personal anecdotes and links to various topics that sparked curiosity. The author encourages others to embrace confusion as a pathway to learning and offers contact information for further consultation.
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Confusion is Awesome!
- 1. Confusion is Awesome! ANDEEL ALI Nerd, Geek,Otaku, Trainer, Orator, Manager, Activist, C o n s u l t a n t , C i t i z e n Journalist, Cynic, Sarcastic
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- 4. In 2008 Iwas attending a training on Action Research, at the end of day two, the trainer asked,
- 5. Do you haveany questions? And I said, Yes a lot! I am confused!
- 6. The trainer replied,I am glad that you are confused! Your confusion will motivate you in learning even outside the classroom!
- 7. She was Right!I do get confused a lot! But eventually, I do find clarity! Answers! Knowledge! And Serenity!
- 8. Do you getconfused after… Attending a Lecture? Watching a Movie? Playing a Game? Reading a Book?
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- 10. The jargon! The theories! Theanalogies!
- 11. They are soconfusing! Aren’t they?
- 12. But the questionhere is how to satisfy our curiosity? And end the confusion!
- 13. My confusion startedwith I learned talking! My catch phrase was:
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- 15. My father became,google, bing and Wikipedia!
- 16. He brought mebooks! Instead of countering the confusion! The books increased it!
- 17. He brought mebooks! Instead of countering the confusion! The books increased it!
- 18. A friend oncesaid ”Stop being a Bogey and Bandit”! And I was like what is it?
- 19. He is aAircraft Spotter i.e. a Geek who loved Aircrafts! Particularly F-16
- 20. The confusion leadme to FAS website i.e. Federation of America Scientists and Finally Wikipedia! And that happened back in 2004
- 21. In few monthsI had more knowledge about aircrafts than him! But I didn’t stopped there!
- 22. All this knowledgecreated a lot more confusion! But I was content because I had Wikipedia!
- 23. So the keyis! Learn things! Search them! Research them!
- 24. Get confused andthen Clarify it!
- 25. A simple queryabout Air force and F-16 lead me to F-16 X-L a prototype aircraft https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Dynamics_F-16XL
- 26. Prototyping lead meto, Skunkworks and research &development! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skunk_Works
- 27. R&D lead meto Intellectual Property!
- 28. I checked forPakistan based IP and Research!
- 29. I found Ajmalineand Human Development Index – HDI https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ajmaline https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Development_Index
- 30. HDI lead meto Millennium Development Goals! MDGs
- 31. This curiosity helpedme in devising my career!
- 32. I believe that Curiosityis Awesome!
- 33. Stay Curious and StayUpdated!
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- 35. The exact termfor learning from surroundings, TV, Internet and Social Media is called Vicarious Learning and Tangential Education! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Observational_learning https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Learning#Tangential_learning
- 36. I found thesedefinitions and theories too, due to Curiosity!
- 37. If you havelearned something new via this presentation then this learning also happened via vicarious learning
- 38. And if youare Curious about this font, then let me Clarify! It is called Pacifico http://www.dafont.com/pacifico.font
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- 40. I am currentlyconfused about, Business Intelligence, Disruption and Gamification! I’ll clarify these confusions and will share my insight with you!
- 41. And if youreally liked this presentation then share it with your friends too! You can Like it! Share it! Tweet it! Embed it!
- 42. For Further ConsultationFind me at: +92-32-12537250 thinktank1987@hotmail.com pk.LinkedIn.com/in/andeel Andeelali.contently.com About.me/andeelali http://www.scoop.it/u/andeel-ali Slideshare.net/thinktank1987 fb.com/Blitz.Bureau twitter.com/BlitzBureau