This document is a talk given by Abe Gong at a local congregation event about effectively managing time and productivity. The talk uses the analogy of the mind as an elephant rider to explain how to align conscious and subconscious minds. Key recommendations include making detailed plans, breaking large tasks into smaller pieces, limiting the number of active projects, frequently measuring progress, setting deadlines but being willing to adjust them, eliminating distractions, and finding ways to keep tasks enjoyable such as through creativity or gamification. The overall message is that willpower is best used by understanding one's mental processes and setting up systems and habits to work with one's natural tendencies.
JESS3 Presents - The Do's & Don'ts of Making an InfographicJESS3
Utilizing infographics to tie visual design and data together is what we do best, and we're gonna let you in on the secret to our success! Here are the Do's and Don'ts of creating an awesome infographic!
As humans, we never fail to think that we are highly intelligent beings, and that we are mentally superior than any other creatures found on Earth.
Well, that...... may be true.
However, we can be equally stupid and dumb too.
Worse still, we don't even realize it - in terms of how we can make erroneous judgments, decisions and choices, based on how our mind processes and filters information, as well as how our belief system works.
As intriguing and exciting this topic is to me, I find it difficult to illustrate the concepts involve, and that took me nearly 6 months to complete this work. (The Planning Fallacy in play?!) Throughout writing this deck, I've made a total of 8 major revisions before coming to this final piece.
I hope you'll find this deck both interesting and useful!
Influence strategies for practitioners - Linda RisingAgileSparks
You’ve tried and tried to convince people of your position. You’ve laid out your logical arguments on impressive PowerPoint slides—but you are still not able to sway them. Cognitive scientists understand that the approach you are taking is rarely successful. Often you must speak to others’ subconscious motivators rather than their rational, analytic side. Linda Rising shares influence strategies that you can use to more effectively convince others to see things your way. These strategies take advantage of a number of hardwired traits: “liking”—we like people who are like us; “reciprocity”—we repay in kind; “social proof”—we follow the lead of others similar to us; “consistency”—we align ourselves with our previous commitments; “authority”—we defer to authority figures; and “scarcity”—we want more of something when there is less to be had. Learn how to build on these traits as a way of bringing others to your side. Use this valuable toolkit in addition to the logical left-brain techniques on which we depend.
Inscriptions 31st issue has been published. Please read about Self control and its role in our becoming a great personality in the article "Self Control- Is it a Rocket science?" written by Mr R Gopinath. The next article Financial Planning - the basics (part 1) written by Mr R Gopinath will be quite useful for financial planners, Insurance advisors and other investment products advisors. Mr Vidyadhar Lagad has contributed his article "Retirement planning, adoption of a son. We have proudly shared the achievement of Master Utkarsh Mathur, son of our associate Mr Samrat Mathur. Thanking all our contributors and patrons who have encouraged us to continue our pursuit of publishing a magazine that inspires and teaches our associates to bring about their best in their lives.-rg
1) The document provides advice for dreamers on how to turn their dreams into reality. It encourages dreamers to be more active rather than passive and to focus on details rather than just the overall picture.
2) Dreamers are advised to challenge themselves by noticing new details in familiar objects and surroundings. This helps shift one from being "an object at rest" to "an object in motion."
3) The document recommends dreamers speak and think in concrete, active language rather than vague generalities. Speaking precisely about plans and goals helps make dreams more achievable.
Do you know how to read faces? How to understand hidden emotions? This human behavior hack let's you see the world in HD! We'll teach you about the 7 universal microexpressions and how to spot them -- but WARNING: you'll never experience social interactions the same way again.... ready? Download and print me now to get practicing!
The document discusses the importance of setting goals and emphasizes that goals provide direction and fuel for achievement. It notes that successful people think about what they want most of the time, while unsuccessful people focus on problems and negatives. Several principles of effective goal-setting are outlined, including making goals specific, measurable, and time-bound. The power of positive thinking and visualization in working towards goals is also highlighted.
Cognitive distortions are the everyday errors that we make in translating the thoughts, ideas, and things we see around us, using words. These are 10 of the top cases of distorted thinking that we have all made, at one time or another. melaniecgallo.com
JESS3 Presents - The Do's & Don'ts of Making an InfographicJESS3
Utilizing infographics to tie visual design and data together is what we do best, and we're gonna let you in on the secret to our success! Here are the Do's and Don'ts of creating an awesome infographic!
As humans, we never fail to think that we are highly intelligent beings, and that we are mentally superior than any other creatures found on Earth.
Well, that...... may be true.
However, we can be equally stupid and dumb too.
Worse still, we don't even realize it - in terms of how we can make erroneous judgments, decisions and choices, based on how our mind processes and filters information, as well as how our belief system works.
As intriguing and exciting this topic is to me, I find it difficult to illustrate the concepts involve, and that took me nearly 6 months to complete this work. (The Planning Fallacy in play?!) Throughout writing this deck, I've made a total of 8 major revisions before coming to this final piece.
I hope you'll find this deck both interesting and useful!
Influence strategies for practitioners - Linda RisingAgileSparks
You’ve tried and tried to convince people of your position. You’ve laid out your logical arguments on impressive PowerPoint slides—but you are still not able to sway them. Cognitive scientists understand that the approach you are taking is rarely successful. Often you must speak to others’ subconscious motivators rather than their rational, analytic side. Linda Rising shares influence strategies that you can use to more effectively convince others to see things your way. These strategies take advantage of a number of hardwired traits: “liking”—we like people who are like us; “reciprocity”—we repay in kind; “social proof”—we follow the lead of others similar to us; “consistency”—we align ourselves with our previous commitments; “authority”—we defer to authority figures; and “scarcity”—we want more of something when there is less to be had. Learn how to build on these traits as a way of bringing others to your side. Use this valuable toolkit in addition to the logical left-brain techniques on which we depend.
Inscriptions 31st issue has been published. Please read about Self control and its role in our becoming a great personality in the article "Self Control- Is it a Rocket science?" written by Mr R Gopinath. The next article Financial Planning - the basics (part 1) written by Mr R Gopinath will be quite useful for financial planners, Insurance advisors and other investment products advisors. Mr Vidyadhar Lagad has contributed his article "Retirement planning, adoption of a son. We have proudly shared the achievement of Master Utkarsh Mathur, son of our associate Mr Samrat Mathur. Thanking all our contributors and patrons who have encouraged us to continue our pursuit of publishing a magazine that inspires and teaches our associates to bring about their best in their lives.-rg
1) The document provides advice for dreamers on how to turn their dreams into reality. It encourages dreamers to be more active rather than passive and to focus on details rather than just the overall picture.
2) Dreamers are advised to challenge themselves by noticing new details in familiar objects and surroundings. This helps shift one from being "an object at rest" to "an object in motion."
3) The document recommends dreamers speak and think in concrete, active language rather than vague generalities. Speaking precisely about plans and goals helps make dreams more achievable.
Do you know how to read faces? How to understand hidden emotions? This human behavior hack let's you see the world in HD! We'll teach you about the 7 universal microexpressions and how to spot them -- but WARNING: you'll never experience social interactions the same way again.... ready? Download and print me now to get practicing!
The document discusses the importance of setting goals and emphasizes that goals provide direction and fuel for achievement. It notes that successful people think about what they want most of the time, while unsuccessful people focus on problems and negatives. Several principles of effective goal-setting are outlined, including making goals specific, measurable, and time-bound. The power of positive thinking and visualization in working towards goals is also highlighted.
Cognitive distortions are the everyday errors that we make in translating the thoughts, ideas, and things we see around us, using words. These are 10 of the top cases of distorted thinking that we have all made, at one time or another. melaniecgallo.com
Fearless Change - Myths and Patterns of Organizational Change - Linda RisingAgileSparks
We attend conferences or read books and articles discover new ideas we want to bring into our organizations; but we often struggle when trying to implement those changes. Unfortunately, those introducing change are not always welcomed with open arms. Linda Rising offers proven change management strategies to help you become a more successful agent of change in your organization. Learn how to plant effective seeds of change, and what forces in your organization drive or block change. In addition to using these approaches to change your organization, you can use them to become a more effective person. Come and discuss your organizational and personal change challenges. Linda shows how the lessons from her book, Fearless Change: Patterns for Introducing New Ideas, can help you succeed. Learn how to overcome adversity to change and to celebrate your improvement successes along with your organization's new found practices.
Are you always unhappy with all the negative thoughts in your mind? Do you always think that nothing worthwhile can happen to you? You will not achieve what you desire? You cannot accumulate sufficient wealth? You cannot own a luxurious house?
How often do you feel this way?
Success depends on the boundaries you set in your mind. Your perception on the kind of life you want to lead can be actuated by your mind. The faith you have in yourself will lead you to success.
Your belief, that you cannot earn more than what you actually do will discourage you. You have set a financial limitation for yourself.
If you are resolute that you will not be promoted than you are preparing for failure in career.
You have created a vicious circle in your mind. You feed your mind with negative thoughts and fail yourself and this keeps on repeating. You have ingrained yourself with restricted thoughts and beliefs. These restrictions and limitations stop you from living the desired life and make you unsuccessful.
House magazine for the associates of Gopast. This is the 22nd quarterly issue. Inscriptions made on stone seldom fade, this is the core of the tag line of this magazine. Truth Stays Forever. This magazine will be of interest for people engaged in the financial services industry
The Effective Persuasion Formula 2.0 - How a small company made USD$21,804 in...Fred Then
The Effective Persuasion Formula 2.0 was used to develop the sales presentation of a coaching company. Using the new slide deck, they closed USD$21,804 in their first presentation! This presentation is about the principles and the 4 Step formula used to create a powerful (and profitable) presentation.
This slide describes the 9 principles or rules of persuasion and the 4 Steps Formula to help averge folks perform will presentation rock stars!
Your connection with reality may be the foundation of your purpose.
Not having decided purpose in life does not mean you do not have
one. It is not something you will just wake up to, one day. You have to
work hard to determine it. You may not have the option of choosing
it, as you have many choices. Many of the choices may not even be
genuine.
Grab that excellent opportunity to Become an Successful in your Life.Your every Dream can come true with our proven Secrets. Here Is Best Secrets For Your Every Wish Come True
Your belief, that you cannot earn more than what you actually do will discourage you. You have set a financial limitation for yourself. If you are resolute that you will not be promoted then you are preparing your mind for failure in your career. The tips I share here will lead you to success. Beliefs and thoughts have created a vicious circle in your mind. These restrictions and limitations stop you from living the desired life and make you unsuccessful. This book will help you free yourself from your own restrictive thoughts and encourage you to think positively.
One of the obstacles to getting started in streaming is figuring out a system that works for you. A big part of that system is finding out what sort of streaming content makes you feel most at home. Streaming is a bit tricky in the sense that, just like speedrunning, your favorite games may not always be the best games for streaming. Your role as a streamer is that of an entertainer; video games are just the medium that unites you and your audience. The focus of this article will be on two major sections. The first will get you thinking about your personal history to steer you onto a path. The second will discuss experimenting and how you can make the most of it.
The value really of nourishing a millionaire mindset - it goes without question. If somebody says to you – someone who is successful or has something that you want to have if thats health, wealth, relationships, or whatever – if that person says to you to do something, something that they to everyday or have done everyday to help them develop their millionaire mindset, you would be silly not to do it. The value of surrounding yourself with people who are successful, influences your own vibration for success.
OVERNIGHT MIND-HACKS SECRETLY USED BY THE RICH & FAMOUSMahendraDhaurali
This document contains terms and conditions for a book on developing a millionaire mindset. It notes that while the publisher has tried to be accurate, the contents may not be fully accurate due to the changing nature of information. It advises readers to use their own judgment and seek professional advice. The document also includes a table of contents that lists 8 chapters that provide tips on developing a positive mindset, overcoming negativity, setting financial goals, and other strategies for achieving wealth and success.
The Millionaire Mind (Millionaire Set Book 1) and over 2 million other books are available for Amazon Kindle . Learn more. Textbooks & Study Guides. Higher Education Textbooks.
Manifesting With Visualization
Learn How Visualization Works! Visualization refers to the practice of seeking to impact the outer world by altering one's thoughts and expectations. Visualization is the fundamental technique underlying positive thinking and is frequently utilized by athletes to enhance their performance.
This document discusses developing a positive mindset for financial success. It suggests that limiting beliefs can restrict wealth and advocates expanding one's thinking beyond perceived boundaries. Various chapters provide tips for overcoming negativity, determining one's purpose in life, and setting clear financial goals. The overall message is that changing one's mindset is key to achieving their desired income and lifestyle.
This document provides guidance on developing critical reading skills through a 4-step process of skimming, reflecting, reading, and evaluating. It discusses techniques for critically reading such as previewing the reading, considering your own experience, annotating the text, summarizing, analyzing, evaluating, arguing with the text, and creating a dialogue between multiple readings. The document emphasizes that critical reading involves actively questioning and deciding whether to accept an author's arguments rather than passively accepting what is written. It also provides examples and discussion of distinguishing between facts and opinions, between an author and their ideas, and between what is said literally versus metaphorically.
This book will help you free yourself from your own restrictive
thoughts and encourage you to think positively. The tips I share here
will lead you to success.
The document provides tips for improving focus, including clearing distractions, chunking large projects, setting time limits, and rewarding yourself for completing tasks. It discusses that difficulty focusing may stem from restlessness, fatigue, overwhelm, boredom, pressure, distractions, or a wandering mind. While the author sees themselves as a multitasker, research suggests focusing on one task at a time is more productive. The author experiments applying focus techniques to completing their book within a deadline.
1. The document discusses 15 simple ways to declutter the mind including breathing exercises, writing things down, identifying essential tasks, eliminating unnecessary thoughts, journaling, getting sufficient sleep, spending time in nature, doing less, slowing down, letting go of worries, decluttering surroundings, single-tasking, and sharing thoughts with others.
2. Some of the key suggestions are taking deep breaths to reduce stress, writing tasks down to remove them from the mind, identifying important priorities, and eliminating unnecessary concerns.
3. Adopting several of the techniques such as breathing, writing, prioritizing and letting go of worries can help declutter the mind and reduce stress.
This document provides a 10-step process for writing an excellent essay from beginning to end. It emphasizes that writing an essay is about developing sophisticated ideas on an important topic, rather than just formatting. Following the 10 steps and completing each one will result in an essay that is at least very good. The document explains that the primary reason for writing an essay is to formulate and organize an informed, coherent set of ideas, which is important for clear thinking. It then delves into various levels of resolution for writing essays, from individual words and sentences, to paragraphs, the overall essay, and how the reader and culture influence the essay. It stresses the importance of avoiding boredom and making the essay fascinating.
Freemasonry 031 learning and memorising ritualColinJxxx
This document provides guidance on how to effectively learn and perform Masonic ritual work. It recommends first learning the words through repeated reading and recitation. It then suggests understanding the structure and meaning to aid memorization. Specific techniques are outlined for memorizing individual sentences and paragraphs before combining the full ritual. Lastly, it discusses adopting a calm mindset and using body language and expression to engage candidates during performances. The overall goal is to move beyond just reciting words to truly teaching candidates through impactful ritual presentations.
This document provides an overview and summary of the first class in a research and writing course. It introduces the instructor and assignments, includes a discussion on thinking about thinking, and outlines an in-class writing exercise. The instructor emphasizes developing good thinking habits through preparation, managing distractions, and overcoming frustration. Students are assigned reading for the next class along with a quiz.
Fearless Change - Myths and Patterns of Organizational Change - Linda RisingAgileSparks
We attend conferences or read books and articles discover new ideas we want to bring into our organizations; but we often struggle when trying to implement those changes. Unfortunately, those introducing change are not always welcomed with open arms. Linda Rising offers proven change management strategies to help you become a more successful agent of change in your organization. Learn how to plant effective seeds of change, and what forces in your organization drive or block change. In addition to using these approaches to change your organization, you can use them to become a more effective person. Come and discuss your organizational and personal change challenges. Linda shows how the lessons from her book, Fearless Change: Patterns for Introducing New Ideas, can help you succeed. Learn how to overcome adversity to change and to celebrate your improvement successes along with your organization's new found practices.
Are you always unhappy with all the negative thoughts in your mind? Do you always think that nothing worthwhile can happen to you? You will not achieve what you desire? You cannot accumulate sufficient wealth? You cannot own a luxurious house?
How often do you feel this way?
Success depends on the boundaries you set in your mind. Your perception on the kind of life you want to lead can be actuated by your mind. The faith you have in yourself will lead you to success.
Your belief, that you cannot earn more than what you actually do will discourage you. You have set a financial limitation for yourself.
If you are resolute that you will not be promoted than you are preparing for failure in career.
You have created a vicious circle in your mind. You feed your mind with negative thoughts and fail yourself and this keeps on repeating. You have ingrained yourself with restricted thoughts and beliefs. These restrictions and limitations stop you from living the desired life and make you unsuccessful.
House magazine for the associates of Gopast. This is the 22nd quarterly issue. Inscriptions made on stone seldom fade, this is the core of the tag line of this magazine. Truth Stays Forever. This magazine will be of interest for people engaged in the financial services industry
The Effective Persuasion Formula 2.0 - How a small company made USD$21,804 in...Fred Then
The Effective Persuasion Formula 2.0 was used to develop the sales presentation of a coaching company. Using the new slide deck, they closed USD$21,804 in their first presentation! This presentation is about the principles and the 4 Step formula used to create a powerful (and profitable) presentation.
This slide describes the 9 principles or rules of persuasion and the 4 Steps Formula to help averge folks perform will presentation rock stars!
Your connection with reality may be the foundation of your purpose.
Not having decided purpose in life does not mean you do not have
one. It is not something you will just wake up to, one day. You have to
work hard to determine it. You may not have the option of choosing
it, as you have many choices. Many of the choices may not even be
genuine.
Grab that excellent opportunity to Become an Successful in your Life.Your every Dream can come true with our proven Secrets. Here Is Best Secrets For Your Every Wish Come True
Your belief, that you cannot earn more than what you actually do will discourage you. You have set a financial limitation for yourself. If you are resolute that you will not be promoted then you are preparing your mind for failure in your career. The tips I share here will lead you to success. Beliefs and thoughts have created a vicious circle in your mind. These restrictions and limitations stop you from living the desired life and make you unsuccessful. This book will help you free yourself from your own restrictive thoughts and encourage you to think positively.
One of the obstacles to getting started in streaming is figuring out a system that works for you. A big part of that system is finding out what sort of streaming content makes you feel most at home. Streaming is a bit tricky in the sense that, just like speedrunning, your favorite games may not always be the best games for streaming. Your role as a streamer is that of an entertainer; video games are just the medium that unites you and your audience. The focus of this article will be on two major sections. The first will get you thinking about your personal history to steer you onto a path. The second will discuss experimenting and how you can make the most of it.
The value really of nourishing a millionaire mindset - it goes without question. If somebody says to you – someone who is successful or has something that you want to have if thats health, wealth, relationships, or whatever – if that person says to you to do something, something that they to everyday or have done everyday to help them develop their millionaire mindset, you would be silly not to do it. The value of surrounding yourself with people who are successful, influences your own vibration for success.
OVERNIGHT MIND-HACKS SECRETLY USED BY THE RICH & FAMOUSMahendraDhaurali
This document contains terms and conditions for a book on developing a millionaire mindset. It notes that while the publisher has tried to be accurate, the contents may not be fully accurate due to the changing nature of information. It advises readers to use their own judgment and seek professional advice. The document also includes a table of contents that lists 8 chapters that provide tips on developing a positive mindset, overcoming negativity, setting financial goals, and other strategies for achieving wealth and success.
The Millionaire Mind (Millionaire Set Book 1) and over 2 million other books are available for Amazon Kindle . Learn more. Textbooks & Study Guides. Higher Education Textbooks.
Manifesting With Visualization
Learn How Visualization Works! Visualization refers to the practice of seeking to impact the outer world by altering one's thoughts and expectations. Visualization is the fundamental technique underlying positive thinking and is frequently utilized by athletes to enhance their performance.
This document discusses developing a positive mindset for financial success. It suggests that limiting beliefs can restrict wealth and advocates expanding one's thinking beyond perceived boundaries. Various chapters provide tips for overcoming negativity, determining one's purpose in life, and setting clear financial goals. The overall message is that changing one's mindset is key to achieving their desired income and lifestyle.
This document provides guidance on developing critical reading skills through a 4-step process of skimming, reflecting, reading, and evaluating. It discusses techniques for critically reading such as previewing the reading, considering your own experience, annotating the text, summarizing, analyzing, evaluating, arguing with the text, and creating a dialogue between multiple readings. The document emphasizes that critical reading involves actively questioning and deciding whether to accept an author's arguments rather than passively accepting what is written. It also provides examples and discussion of distinguishing between facts and opinions, between an author and their ideas, and between what is said literally versus metaphorically.
This book will help you free yourself from your own restrictive
thoughts and encourage you to think positively. The tips I share here
will lead you to success.
The document provides tips for improving focus, including clearing distractions, chunking large projects, setting time limits, and rewarding yourself for completing tasks. It discusses that difficulty focusing may stem from restlessness, fatigue, overwhelm, boredom, pressure, distractions, or a wandering mind. While the author sees themselves as a multitasker, research suggests focusing on one task at a time is more productive. The author experiments applying focus techniques to completing their book within a deadline.
1. The document discusses 15 simple ways to declutter the mind including breathing exercises, writing things down, identifying essential tasks, eliminating unnecessary thoughts, journaling, getting sufficient sleep, spending time in nature, doing less, slowing down, letting go of worries, decluttering surroundings, single-tasking, and sharing thoughts with others.
2. Some of the key suggestions are taking deep breaths to reduce stress, writing tasks down to remove them from the mind, identifying important priorities, and eliminating unnecessary concerns.
3. Adopting several of the techniques such as breathing, writing, prioritizing and letting go of worries can help declutter the mind and reduce stress.
This document provides a 10-step process for writing an excellent essay from beginning to end. It emphasizes that writing an essay is about developing sophisticated ideas on an important topic, rather than just formatting. Following the 10 steps and completing each one will result in an essay that is at least very good. The document explains that the primary reason for writing an essay is to formulate and organize an informed, coherent set of ideas, which is important for clear thinking. It then delves into various levels of resolution for writing essays, from individual words and sentences, to paragraphs, the overall essay, and how the reader and culture influence the essay. It stresses the importance of avoiding boredom and making the essay fascinating.
Freemasonry 031 learning and memorising ritualColinJxxx
This document provides guidance on how to effectively learn and perform Masonic ritual work. It recommends first learning the words through repeated reading and recitation. It then suggests understanding the structure and meaning to aid memorization. Specific techniques are outlined for memorizing individual sentences and paragraphs before combining the full ritual. Lastly, it discusses adopting a calm mindset and using body language and expression to engage candidates during performances. The overall goal is to move beyond just reciting words to truly teaching candidates through impactful ritual presentations.
This document provides an overview and summary of the first class in a research and writing course. It introduces the instructor and assignments, includes a discussion on thinking about thinking, and outlines an in-class writing exercise. The instructor emphasizes developing good thinking habits through preparation, managing distractions, and overcoming frustration. Students are assigned reading for the next class along with a quiz.
In talking with several business owners over the past two weeks, I’m noticing a pattern of thought that made me curious.
image of a woman who is stuck. You see, in each of these conversations, the main focus was around feeling confused, overwhelmed, and stuck about what to do to build their business. This seemed to break down into two problems- the first, not knowing how to choose what to do (the paralysis that comes from too many options- what you can call the paradox of choice)- the second, not knowing in what order to do whatever they eventually chose.
The document provides directions for completing 12 journal entries corresponding to 12 chapters in an Emotional Intelligence textbook. For each chapter, the student is prompted to answer questions from the textbook and provide their responses in this document. For the sample Chapter 1 journal entry, the student discusses initially feeling scared about their college workload but learning to stay productive over the summer to prepare. They recommend getting scholarships and visiting the college before attending.
This document provides tips and strategies for effective learning. It discusses the focused and diffuse modes of thinking, the concept of chunking information, and strategies like the Pomodoro technique. Procrastination is addressed, noting how the brain reacts to unpleasant tasks. Good strategies include spacing out repetition, testing yourself, taking breaks, and getting enough sleep. Bad strategies include passive rereading, letting highlights overwhelm you, waiting until the last minute, and not getting help to clear up confusion. The goal is to understand how the brain learns and optimize strategies accordingly.
1. The writer outlines their meticulous writing process, which involves anticipating assignments, creating strict deadlines, and starting papers immediately after they are assigned.
2. When writing, the writer likes to work in a quiet environment and jumps right into writing without outlining first. They find breaks helpful when feeling mentally fatigued.
3. After finishing a first draft, the writer focuses on editing, revising with the strategies learned in class, and getting feedback from the writing center before submitting papers.
How I Use Mind Mapping to Help De-Clutter My Brain
What is Mind Mapping?
I define it as a tool for decluttering your brain. Some people would describe its function as more of a brainstorming or organizing tool. Really though, it’s both. It’s a highly effective method for getting thoughts onto paper in a way that makes sense for you.
Because the fine details of your mind mapping process and results are always unique, it’s pretty much universally helpful, whatever your personality type.
The amazing thing about mind mapping is that it uses both the creative and the logical sides of your brain, and brings them into harmony!
Source: https://redandhoney.com/use-mind-mapping-help-declutter-brain/
12 Ways to Get Cracking as a Thought LeaderDavid Zinger
An idiosyncratic thought leadership manifesto created by David Zinger based on his work in employee engagement. You will learn 12 ways to build and sustain your own thought leadership.
Minha apresentação sobre parte dos tópicos cobertos no curso *Learning how to Learn* da _Coursera_, feita para um dos Assignments.
https://class.coursera.org/learning-003
http://mindpersuasion.com/
If you want to know the truth about you, it ls always changing. It is up to you to decide whether it's for the better or not. Learn More: http://mindpersuasion.com/tools/
Balancing Library Management with Day-to-Day Responsibilities: OutlineALAeLearningSolutions
The document summarizes a webinar on juggling day-to-day responsibilities for library managers. It covers checking in with participants, prioritizing responsibilities, decision making, time management, and communication. The webinar suggests developing a personal mission statement to prioritize tasks, accepting that decisions involve risk and learning from mistakes, managing time by saying no and focusing on one task at a time, and communicating clearly, listening actively, and being transparent while managing expectations. The webinar provides tips and resources to help library managers balance different responsibilities.
This self-analysis essay discusses the author's writing strengths and weaknesses. The author used to be a procrastinator who would wait until the night before a paper was due to start writing. This resulted in grammatical errors due to a lack of proofreading time. However, the author's writing has improved in this class by learning different writing styles like summarizing and analyzing. The author can now write a thesis statement and take writing in steps to avoid procrastinating. While the author's writing habits have largely improved, some weaknesses like procrastinating still remain. The author knows what needs improving and their strengths will help in other classes.
Similar to How to ride, eat, tame, etc. your personal elephant (20)
Abe Gong introduces himself as formerly working for Jawbone in internet of things and having recently left to start his own company. He is excited to discuss the Edison Moment for internet of things.
The document suggests going home and breaking something to relieve stress. It also recommends learning from mistakes by iterating designs in smartware. All units are said to learn from every mistake made.
Building for resilience (with speaking notes)Abe Gong
Abe Gong from Jawbone gave a talk about building resilient systems. He defined resilience as combining flexibility and toughness. To build resilient products, companies need to extensively test products to destruction beyond standard tests, and get "creative about destruction". They also need diverse and redundant systems to avoid single points of failure, as well as the ability to quickly learn from mistakes and iterate on both hardware and software. Companies should hire people comfortable with failure and breaking things, and ensure that when problems do occur, all parts of the organization can work together to solve the issue.
The Sidekick Pattern: Strata talk by Abe GongAbe Gong
Slides from my Strata talk: http://strataconf.com/strata2014/public/schedule/speaker/163953
Abstract: Creating value from big, messy data sets can be a daunting task. The session introduces the Sidekick Pattern: using small, curated data to increase the value of Big Data. Drawing on lessons from data science for Jawbone’s UP fitness tracker, we will see how smart selection of data sidekicks can accelerate analysis, solve cold start problems, and simplify complicated data pipelines.
The document discusses considerations for choosing programming packages and tools. It notes that the decision matters and is one that programmers face regularly. It analogizes the decision to choosing clothes, considering factors like whether the software works with other tools, is popular with active support communities, is well-documented and easy to use, and fits the intended purpose. The document lists tools the author uses including Python, R, Hadoop, and web development packages, and notes other tools they would consider or avoid using.
The document discusses planning a heist by analyzing information flow between individuals. It outlines four phases of a heist: the mark, the team, the plan, and the takedown. For analyzing information flow, it discusses challenges like hidden networks and subtle signals. It proposes using graphical causal models, mutual information theory, and large datasets to study when information flow can be inferred, the direction of flow, and the quantity of flow. The goal is to develop a framework for testable theories of information spread.
An Automated Snowball Census of the Political Web - JITP 2011Abe Gong
Working abstract: This paper solves a persistent methodological problem for social scientists studying the political web: representative sampling. Virtually all existing studies of the political web are based on incomplete samples, and therefore lack generalizability. In this paper, I combine methods from computer science and sampling theory to conduct an automated snowball census of the political web and constructs an all-but-complete index of English political websites. I check the robustness of this index, use it to generate descriptive statistics for the entire political web, and demonstrate that studies based on ad hoc sampling strategies are likely to be biased in important ways. In future research, this bias can be eliminated by using this index as a sampling universe. In addition, the methods and open-source software presented here can be used to creating similar sampling frames for other online content domains.
Beyond Degrees - Empowering the Workforce in the Context of Skills-First.pptxEduSkills OECD
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How to ride, eat, tame, etc. your personal elephant
1. How to ride, eat, tame, etc.
your personal elephant
Abe Gong
Hill Street TED
January 2012
This is a talk I gave at the annual "Hill Street TED" activity that my
local congregation puts together. These are short talks in TED
format, put together by members of the congregation to share
aspects of their life and work that don't get talked about much at
church.
Here, I've taken my slides from the talk, added a script, and revised
the format to better fit the web. After going back and forth, I left
in the Mormon references, even though I know some of them will
be lost in translation. I also added a few slides based on
comments and feedback from people at the talk. This let me put
in more details and one-off ideas that just didn't fit into 10
minutes. Enjoy!
Abe Gong : agong@umich.edu
http://compsocsci.blogspot.com
2. Do you ever lose hours in your day?
I've had days where I'm riding the bus home, and I think "Where
did all the time go? I know I rode this same bus in at 9am, and I
know it's 5pm now. So there must have been 8 hours in
between. But I can't even remember what I did all day, and I
certainly didn't get 8 hours worth of stuff done." For me, the
feeling that comes next is always a sinking one: "Shoot. Now
I'm behind."
By show of hands, almost everyone else has had this experience
and this feeling.
This talk is about nipping these sinking feelings in the bud. As a
special bonus, there will be an elephant on *every slide*.
3. You don't need more time.
Let me start by striking off two suggestions that don't work. I know
because I've tried them. And because a lot of research and
scripture says the same thing.
First, you don't need more time. Each of us has 24 hours in a day.
Wishing to have more time is like a basketball player wishing to
have more arms. Sure, it might be useful, but there's no way to
get more, so there's no use complaining about it.
The question isn't how much time you have, but how to use that
time effectively.
4. You don't need more willpower
Similarly, you don't need more willpower. This might be
counterintuitive, but it's true. Just like time, the question isn't
how much willpower you have, but how to use it effectively.
This may be surprising, so let me explain.
5. Your mind is like
a guy riding an elephant.
Conscious
decision
making
Subconscious
habits and
desires
Your mind -- yes, *your* mind -- is like a guy (or gal) riding an
elephant. The rider is your conscious mind. This is where
reasoning and willpower live. The elephant is your
subconscious mind. This is where your habits and deep desires
live, below the level of consciousness.
The rider can see a long way off, think things through, and make
plans. The elephant lives in the moment, reacting to things as
they come up -- but it's stronger. MUCH stronger.
6. You can't outpull the elephant.
When your conscious and subconscious disagree about what to
do, the subconscious almost always wins. Using pure willpower,
you can resist for a while -- fight the elephant -- but it's
exhausting. If the contest of wills goes on, you'll almost always
cave in the end.
By the way, this idea -- in fact, this exact analogy -- is one of the
major products of recent psychology. Lots of good research
backs it up. I'll mention some of this research as I go along.
7. As King Benjamin might say...
[T]he [elephant] is an enemy to God, ...
and will be, forever and ever, unless
he ... becometh as a child, submissive,
meek, humble, patient, full of love,
[and] willing to submit …
This duality also shows up in many religious texts. Here, I've
misquoted from the Book of Mormon. I think the gist of the quote
is right, even if the text is a little different.
You can probably think of other passages of scripture with similar
themes. Paul has a lot of good, potentially elephant-themed
counsel in the epistles. In Buddhist tradition, the elephant is
sometimes used as a symbol of undisciplined passions.
Just like time, the key is using the willpower you already have in
effective ways.
8. Now, personal observations.
The rest of the talk is about ways of applying willpower that work
for me. I've been a grad student for 5 years now, which means
I've never had a boss. I once tried an experiment: not emailing
my advisor, to see how long it would be before she contacted
me. The answer: three months.
Since there has never been another person responsible for
keeping me on task, I've given a lot of thought to managing my
own workflow. Over time I've put together a system helps me
get stuff done and enjoy my work at the same time.
Let me stress that these ideas work well for *me*. A lot of the
details will probably be different for you. I hope that you can
draw out principles that work for you, even if some of the specific
practices don't.
9. Make detailed plans.
First, at the start of a project, and periodically as the project
changes, I find it very helpful to make detailed plans.
When I'm planning, the rider is more likely to be in charge. (My
elephant usually gets excited about puzzle-solving, and plays
along very nicely.) When planning, I can see the whole scope of
a project, and make good decisions about how to coordinate
with coworkers and sequence my workflow.
I can also flag places that are likely to be difficult, intimidating, or
confusing -- places where the elephant is likely to need extra
care. Most of the tactics I bring up later work better -- or only
work -- if you've planned carefully up front.
10. Make detailed plans.
For example, this flowchart is the plan for the rest of my
dissertation.
In my field, a typical dissertation is a 200 to 300-page book. I'm a
slow writer, and without this plan, the idea of writing a 300 page
book would be terrifying -- paralyzing. I'd spend a lot of time
thinking about starting to write; the elephant would feel scared
and overwhelmed; and after a short while, my willpower would
give out and I'd go do something else to escape the stress.
11. Eat one bite at a time.
What I've been describing is a classic task avoidance problem --
many people have elephants that are afraid of big tasks. If your
subconscious is like that, it's no good trying to push through
them by force of will. Better to break the problem up into pieces
that aren't big enough to panic your subconscious.
Careful, up-front planning lets you do this. With my flowchart in
hand, I don't have to think about finishing a whole dissertation --
I can just focus on one piece at a time.
12. Corollary: limit your plate size
A corollary to "eat one bite at a time" is "limit your plate size." It
turns out that human beings are not good at multitasking. For
starters, our conscious minds can only attend to one thing at a
time -- try talking to somebody while writing an email about
something different -- so there's no such thing as true
multitasking. The best we can do is rapidly switch back and
forth.
To make matters worse, switching is mentally taxing. It takes at
least a few moments to re-orient your mind to the next task --
more if it's a complex task with lots of details to remember. So if
you switch too often, you end up wasting time and willpower
going back and forth, like a person making a separate trip to the
grocery store for each item. Some tasks are easier to switch
between and some people are better at switching, but nobody is
really good at it -- there's always a mental cost.
13. Corollary: limit your plate size
My elephant tends to get overwhelmed when I have too many
projects going at once, so I've made a firm rule about the
number of projects I'm allowed to have going at any given time.
For me, the right number is about 2 active, and 3 in planning. You
can see these categories on this state diagram: projects On hold
move to In Planning, from there to Active, and from there
(usually) to Success. I've set up specific folders on my computer
that reflect this pattern, and I'm careful to always follow the rules.
This might be overkill for other people, but it works really well for
me. I know I'm not allowed to start work on a new project until
I've moved the folder, and moving folders requires me to make a
conscious decision -- one more chance for the rider to guide the
elephant.
14. Corollary: limit your plate size
Side note: it seems that our subconscious minds *can* do more
than one thing at a time. At least, your subconscious doesn't
always think about the same thing your conscious mind is
thinking about. So it's helpful to be ready to record ideas as they
bubble up from your subconscious. Projects ”in planning” fill that
niche for me.
15. Measure and benchmark frequently
When performance is measured,
performance improves.
When performance is measured and reported back,
the rate of improvement accelerates.
Pres. Monson
Another good habit is to measure and benchmark your progress
frequently. Just like planning, benchmarking is good practice
because it gives you more chances to make conscious decisions
and keep control of your elephant.
Here's a quote from Thomas S. Monson (President of the Church
of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints). I first read this quote when
I was on my mission in Japan, and I've taken it to heart in a
really geeky way.
16. Make your progress visible
I've written a special computer program that lives on the laptop
where I do most of my work. Every 10 minutes, it checks my
project folders to see if any files have been changed. This lets
me see exactly when I was working on which projects.
The text on the purple background is part of the log from the
program. The bar chart shows how I spent my time in the last
two weeks.
Feedback like this is super useful, because it lets me see how
much effort I'm putting into each task – it gives me a way to see
progress and feel good about my work, even when the ultimate
goal is a long way away.
17. Reward yourself for small milestones.
Tracking my progress also lets me reward myself for small
milestones – a good way to keep the rider and the elephant
excited about going in the same direction.
My elephant likes peanut butter crackers, playing with my kid, time
on facebook, midafternoon walks outside in the sun, and
permission to work on creative side projects. I use these things
are small rewards to myself for getting things done.
It's much easier to give myself enough (but not too many) rewards
when I have a plan and track my progress.
18. For urgent projects, set deadlines
For high-pressure projects, stringent deadlines can help. They turn
the project into a contest. My elephant is very competitive, so in
the short run, deadlines help motivate me to get urgent things
done.
However, I've found that constantly pushing to one tough deadline
after another leaves me feeling burnt out. It doesn't work this
way for everybody, but I've discovered that too much time
pressure makes me less productive, not more.
19. But be willing to forgive yourself.
The worst is when I miss a deadline. My subconscious elephant
takes contests very seriously, so getting behind deadline is
traumatic and stressful. When things pile up and I feel behind, it
sometimes feels like the rider is carrying the elephant instead of
the other way around.
Fortunately, the solution is simple: forgive yourself. I've found that
when I make a conscious decision to just push the deadline
back, my elephant unstresses and gets motivated again – often
in a matter of minutes.
This is a great example of using the conscious mind to guide the
unconscious. The elephant works hard to make the deadline, but
gets surly when it feels ”late.” Since my conscious mind knows
that deadlines are often arbitrary, I can adjust them in ways that
keep the elephant happy and productive.
20. Eliminate distractions
Okay, I've talked about a lot of tactics to keep your conscious and
subconscious minds in harmony. Let me finish with four more
short ones.
First, get rid of distractions. Attention is mostly a product of your
subconscious mind. By definition, a distractions is something
that diverts your attention, and gives the elephant a chance to
break away in a new direction. Your rider will not be able to stay
in charge when your attention is grabbed by one sight or sound
after another.
”Getting rid of distractions” means putting them in a place where
they are in reach of your conscious mind, but don't constantly
disturb your elephant.
21. Keep your elephant well fed.
Second, I said earlier that there's no way to get much more
willpower. It turns out that there are ways to lose some of what
you have, and being hungry is one of them.
There was a fascinating (and scary!) study that showed that judges
give harsher penalties immediately before lunch, and more
lenient sentences afterwards. In other words, even mild hunger
affects even judges' judgement.
Psychologists speculate that this effect of hunger on willpower is
one of the reasons dieting is particularly hard resolution to keep.
22. Tune in to your creative side
Third, most people enjoy learning and creativity – consciously and
subconsciously. Finding little ways to experiment and try new
things as part of your routine can be a great way to get elephant
and rider going in the same direction.
23. Make it a game
Finally, most elephants like a challenge. The last piece of my
geeky time-tracking scheme is a game. Every day, I get points
for finishing certain tasks, achieving certain milestones, and
spending my time in certain ways. I came up with the rules
myself, and change them whenever I see a need.
The knowledge that I'm competing with myself, minute by minute
has been a surprisingly good motivator. In fact, my elephant is
always nudging me to check the latest score – a small
distraction, but worth it for the benefit of staying motivated about
the tasks that my conscious rider has prioritized
24. Questions? Comments?
Last thought. After the talk, a wise friend made a point that I really
liked: "Everyone's elephant is different. You have to get to know
your elephant to know what will work for you.”
Fittingly enough, this talk has helped me understand my personal
elephant a little better. Going through the creative process (on a
short deadline!) has helped me to work out a lot of ideas that
have been at the back of my mind for a while. It's been a really
fun, interesting, and useful bit of lifehacking for me – a good tag-
team effort by rider and elephant.
I hope you've come away with some valuable new ideas as well.
Thanks!
Abe Gong : agong@umich.edu
http://compsocsci.blogspot.com