Education. How To Keep Track Of What You’ve Learnt – Freestyle Mind. Most people forget what they’ve just learnt within 12 and 24 hours. If you are reading this post now, chances are that tomorrow you’ll not even remember it. Our brain works like a big search engine, when you insert a new piece of information, it goes on a big stack called short term memory. When you want to remember that information, your brain will try to search inside that stack for the information you requested. This process happens asynchrony, that’s why you often remember a title of a song after many hours from your first attempt. If you are trying to recall something after a long time (it can be even 1 hour for useless information), your brain will have an hard time finding it, as it’s more likely you have forget it. Knowing this, we can try to understand why we forget what we’ve learnt just a few hours ago.
When a new piece of information enters your brain, it is stored as a volatile information, because your brain doesn’t know if it’s useful or not. What does this mean in practice? You and Your Research. Transcription of the Bell Communications Research Colloquium Seminar 7 March 1986 J. F. Kaiser Bell Communications Research 445 South Street Morristown, NJ 07962-1910 jfk@bellcore.com At a seminar in the Bell Communications Research Colloquia Series, Dr. Richard W. Hamming, a Professor at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California and a retired Bell Labs scientist, gave a very interesting and stimulating talk, `You and Your Research' to an overflow audience of some 200 Bellcore staff members and visitors at the Morris Research and Engineering Center on March 7, 1986. This talk centered on Hamming's observations and research on the question ``Why do so few scientists make significant contributions and so many are forgotten in the long run?
'' In order to make the information in the talk more widely available, the tape recording that was made of that talk was carefully transcribed. As a speaker in the Bell Communications Research Colloquium Series, Dr. Alan G. Hack yourself. Wellbeing on the web: the 12 fitness websites you need to bookma. Self-Education Resource List. 10 WAYS TO BECOME MORE CHARISMATIC. By John Leonard In the foreword to his book Top Performance , Zig Ziglar cites research done by the Stanford Research Institute, Harvard University, and the Carnegie Foundation which finds that 85 percent of the reason you get a job, keep that job, and move ahead in that job has to do with people skills and people knowledge, not technical skills and technical knowledge.
On a less scholarly level, Lou Holtz, head football coach at the University of Notre Dame, has said that when someone meets you, that person wants to know three things: Can I trust you? Are you committed to excellence? And Do you care about me as a person? It is an intangible quality that makes people admire you, follow you, and just want to be around you. What is it that causes people to respond warmly to some, while recoiling from others? When people think of charisma, they think of John F. Are there some things you can learn to do to project charisma? Don't interrupt. Don't reload while he or she is speaking. Listen! 21 Easy Hacks to Simplify Your Life | Zen Habits. “Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity! I say, let your affairs be as two or three, and not a hundred or a thousand instead of a million count half a dozen, and keep your accounts on your thumb-nail.” – Henry David Thoreau By Leo Babauta If you’re trying to simplify your life, it’s best to follow the four simple steps I’ve outlined before — it’s just the simplest method.
But sometimes life gets in the way, and you need a workaround, some way to get past your usual obstacles and to trick yourself into keeping things simple. I use these “hacks” myself (in this case, “hacks” refers to workarounds or tricks to reach your goal), and I’ve found them to be effective in many cases. Also, don’t try to implement all of them — that would be far from simple. Simple tricks to simplify your life: Three-box decluttering. “Reduce the complexity of life by eliminating the needless wants of life, and the labors of life reduce themselves.” – Edwin Way Teale.
Lies We Tell Kids. May 2008 Adults lie constantly to kids. I'm not saying we should stop, but I think we should at least examine which lies we tell and why. There may also be a benefit to us. We were all lied to as kids, and some of the lies we were told still affect us. I'm using the word "lie" in a very general sense: not just overt falsehoods, but also all the more subtle ways we mislead kids. One of the most remarkable things about the way we lie to kids is how broad the conspiracy is.
Since we all agree, kids see few cracks in the view of the world presented to them. The conspiracy is so thorough that most kids who discover it do so only by discovering internal contradictions in what they're told. Through the reading of popular scientific books I soon reached the conviction that much in the stories of the Bible could not be true. I remember that feeling. Protection If you ask adults why they lie to kids, the most common reason they give is to protect them. Sex (and Drugs) Innocence Death Identity Authority. Early Retirement. This article addresses the joys, challenges, and some practical aspects of retiring young. The author retired in 2001, at the age of 37 (same age as Rossini when he retired).
The Depressing Truth Ask a wage slave what he'd like to accomplish. Chances are the response will be something like "I'd start every day at the gym and work out for two hours until I was as buff as Brad Pitt. Then I'd practice the piano for three hours. Why hasn't he accomplished all of those things? So he has no doubt that he would get all these things done if he didn't have to work? Suppose that the guy cashes in his investments and does retire. Retirement forces you to stop thinking that it is your job that holds you back. Be Happy or You're a Loser In olden times, the average person didn't expect to be happy. This article is written primarily for Americans. Suppose that you are retired. The idle rich in the old days were truly idle. Interaction with Other Humans Most jobs come with a social life. Investing. The Practice of Leadership » Blog Archive » Made to Stick: Why S. Get Smart: How to Boost your IQ by 10 points at Ririan Project.
“It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well.” - Rene Descartes A person’s IQ was thought to be a fixed commodity largely determined by genetics. But is your IQ really set in stone or can you cheat a few extra points? Recent hints suggest that a very basic brain function called working memory might underlie our general intelligence, opening up the intriguing possibility that if you improve your working memory, you could boost your IQ too.
Genetics determines a lot and so does the early gestation period. On top of that, there is a few percent that can be improved by training. So if what you want is results, and not an argument about the definition of intelligence, try some of the following tips and boost your brain power. 1. Turn on your PC. 2. If you want to be a da Vinci or Edison, keep a sketch diary. 3. While browsing through the sports pages, take a peek at the crossword. 4. Certain fragrances help you think clearly and cut down on mistakes. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. US Airways Magazine. 18 Tricks to Make New Habits Stick - lifehack.org. Wouldn’t it be nice to have everything run on autopilot? Chores, exercise, eating healthy and getting your work done just happening automatically. Unless they manage to invent robot servants, all your work isn’t going to disappear overnight.
But if you program behaviors as new habits you can take out the struggle. With a small amount of initial discipline, you can create a new habit that requires little effort to maintain. Here are some tips for creating new habits and making them stick: 1. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. Stuff. July 2007 I have too much stuff. Most people in America do. In fact, the poorer people are, the more stuff they seem to have. Hardly anyone is so poor that they can't afford a front yard full of old cars. It wasn't always this way. Stuff used to be rare and valuable. Stuff has gotten a lot cheaper, but our attitudes toward it haven't changed correspondingly.
That was a big problem for me when I had no money. In fact these free or nearly free things weren't bargains, because they were worth even less than they cost. What I didn't understand was that the value of some new acquisition wasn't the difference between its retail price and what I paid for it. Companies that sell stuff have spent huge sums training us to think stuff is still valuable. In fact, worse than worthless, because once you've accumulated a certain amount of stuff, it starts to own you rather than the other way around. And unless you're extremely organized, a house full of stuff can be very depressing. Frugalist » The Frugality Cheat Sheet: 147 Tiny Tips to Live Hea. 52 money hacks - one for each week! 7 Helpful Tips To Immediately Increase Your Confidence.
Here are the 16 rules I try to live by. Online Education. How to be Ultra Productive - Six Tips » SalaryScout Blog | Negot. Steve-olson.com. Spirituality & Self-Improvement Links - Recommended Links - Preetham105 - Photobucket - Video and Imag. Technophilia: Forget the TV and watch the. Tricks for remembering names | 43 Folder. Following up on the earlier post about becoming a better listener, I get the feeling I'm not the only one with problems remembering peoples' names. So how about a few quick tips via Google for remembering names: From How to Remember Names (wittcom.com). Boy, do I ever need this one: Commit Begin by making a commitment -- a conscious decision -- to remember people's names. From How to Remember Names when You Meet People (learnthat.com): Repeat after me: repetition, repetition, repetition. From: How to Remember Names - Free Name Remembering Tips (leadersinstitute.com): Mind Picture -- Associate the person's name with a picture that is easy to recall.
From How to Remember Names by Tom Weber: The Sideroad (sideroad.com): Turn Names into Pictures This converts the name into an image, which is the language of your memory. The tips from Real Simple -- ostensibly to help you remember names -- are mostly cool sneaks for weaseling out of having forgotten.
Zen in the Art of Self-Resistance. I once lifted weights five mornings a week for twelve straight years. One morning I just wasn’t inspired go through my routine, and ended up stopping altogether. For the next four years I got absolutely no exercise whatsoever, and then one day I took a hard look at myself and wasn’t too happy with what I saw. All my weight had traveled south and consolidated around my waist.
My arms, shoulders, and chest had become flabby and had shrunk considerably in size. I decided it was time to get back into shape and to rebuild the physique I had once been proud of. In developing my program, I adhered to the following guidelines: I would either adopt or develop only the best of the best. Absolutely! The exercises are divided into three types – Isometric, Isotonic and Stretch Isometric – Pushing against an unmovable object. Breathing I can't overemphasize the importance of proper breathing, not only for the exercises, but in your daily life, as well.
How often should these exercises be done? Chest. Www.glenrhodes.com - The power of the Slee. My first independent app on the App store. Hopple Hop, is a simple concept – get as far as you can! Jump from platform to platform by tapping the screen, and see just how far you can get. As of this writing, the global high score is 116. This simple and FREE game is a lot of fun! This past spring, I put a call out on my Karaoke music channel, KaraokeJoeful, for auditions for singers to participate in the first ever “FanCast” production.
It was a fun process, and I got a few hundred auditions, and ended up casting, what I think are brilliant leads. The final video was a blast to make, and it can be seen here: My new portfolio is done and can be viewed here: Check it out! A rendition of Mozart’s Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, Allegro, I put together using East West Quantum Leap Hollywood Strings. Recently, I’ve done a lot of composing using East west Quantum Leap (EWQL) Hollywood Strings and Hollywood Brass. Here are some of the fruits of that effort: Wellness Matters - A Free Newsletter Court. Thinking like a Geniu. Thinking and recall series Problem solving: creative solutions "Even if you're not a genius, you can use the same strategies as Aristotle and Einstein to harness the power of your creative mind and better manage your future.
" The following strategies encourage you to think productively, rather than reproductively, in order to arrive at solutions to problems. "These strategies are common to the thinking styles of creative geniuses in science, art, and industry throughout history. " Nine approaches to creative problem solving: Rethink! Exercise #2 illustrates how famous thinkers used these approaches. Exercise #1: illustrates applications of the nine approaches. Text of exercise:Nine approaches to creative problem solving: Rethink! Thinking and recall series. The Napoleon Hill Foundation. The Coaches Café--Maximize Your Potential. Structured Procrastination.
Steve Pavlina&8217;s Personal Development. Stay Positive! Positive Network: All Good News, Positive News, Uplifting Inspiring Stories and Motivational Quotes for Success! The Meaning of Success: To laugh often and much; To win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; To earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; To appreciate beauty, To find the best in others; To leave the world a little better; whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. Ralph Waldo Emerson 87 percent of all people fail, not because of capability but because of personality. Kurt Einstein of Success magazine. A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes.
Hugh Downs A leader's attitude is caught by his or her followers more quickly than his or her actions. John C. A limit on what you will do, puts a limit on what you can do. anon. Dr. William James.