Forbes Welcome. Daytradern Patricia: ”Tjejer är bra på att ta hem vinster” Bromsa åldrandet med power-träning. Så kan du träna ditt minne – expertens bästa tips. Babbel. What’s possible in a week? If you dedicated seven days to the achievement of one goal, how ambitious could you make this goal? These were the questions that the multilingual twins Matthew and Michael Youlden posed themselves when they determined to learn Turkish in one week. They would attempt to liberate themselves from the distractions and responsibilities of modern-day life in order to cram eight hours of study time into their daily routine. Here are the seven things that I learned by observing some of the world’s most capable language learners. 1. Lesson learned: Clearly define your goal at the very beginning and then plot a route towards this goal’s achievement.
The twins set themselves the challenge of learning a language in a week in order to stretch themselves, and then it was a question of choosing which language to learn. Chris Anderson: TED's secret to great public speaking. The key to learning a new skill? Wanting it badly enough. Imagine I gave you a book full of words, numbers and strange symbols – 150-odd pages of the stuff.
Some of the things relate to each other in obvious ways, others not so much. Now suppose I’m going to test you: 50 questions about the contents of that book, how do you think you’d do? Well, if you can drive a car, chances are you’ve already done very well: those of you who passed the theory test recently will have got at least 43 out of 50 questions correct. That’s just one everyday example of the average person’s capacity to learn something that appears complex at first. Despite recently making the questions tougher, the DVLA still reports that the test has a pass rate above 50%.
"Få folk att må bra på jobbet - minska sjukfrånvaron" Forbes Welcome. Forbes Welcome. Anybody can learn. How to Beat Procrastination. This is Part 2.
You won’t get Part 2 if you haven’t read Part 1 yet. Here’s Part 1. PDF: We made a fancy PDF of this post for printing and offline viewing. Buy it here. (Or see a preview.) Why Procrastinators Procrastinate. PDF: We made a fancy PDF of this post for printing and offline viewing. Buy it here. (Or see a preview.) This Magical Nap Bar In Dubai Is What Dreams Are Made Of. My Hero: my English teacher by Andrew Motion. I’ve yet to meet the writer who didn’t have an inspirational English teacher.
Mine was Peter Way: Mr Way for five school years, then Peter for the next 40-odd. Our classroom paths first crossed when he began teaching me English at A-level in 1967. At that stage I had no great interest in literature (no one in my family had much time for books), and no expectation of going to university (no one in my father’s family had ever been); two years later, reading was at the centre of my life. This was his gift to me – and he gave it without ostentation, always speaking modestly and carefully, in such a way as to make poetry (in particular) seem an endlessly ingenious thing, but also as natural to the species as breathing. He lent me books from his own library, encouraged me to write my first poems, helped me to prepare for my university entrance and afterwards managed the transition from teacher/pupil to close friend/close friend.
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Forbes Welcome. 15 Surprising Things Productive People Do Differently – TAL Group, Inc. Forbes Columnist Kevin Kruse recently published an infographic that details 15 things productive people do differently than most of us.
It is the result of multiple interviews with over 200 productive executives (among them were 7 billionaires, 13 Olympians and 20 high-achieving students). Kruse summarized his interview results into 15 basic productivity principles that have been proven to contribute to increased success. His infographic is below along with key takeaways from it. 1. Focus on the minutes. Average performers don’t try to squeeze the most out of every moment in their day – they focus on the hours passing and count them eagerly. 2. What are you hoping to get done today? 3. Instead of using a traditional check-list, schedule your priorities in a calendar.
The life lesson of a speeding train. In the 1950s, in the wake of the Second World War, Japan was intensely focused on growing its economy.
Every day, tens of thousands of people travelled by train between Tokyo and Osaka. Vast amounts of raw industrial materials were transported on those rail lines. But the Japanese topography was so mountainous and the railway system so outdated that the 320-mile trip could take as long as 20 hours. So in 1955 the head of the Japanese railway system issued a challenge to the nation’s finest engineers: invent a faster train. Six months later, a team unveiled a prototype locomotive capable of going 65mph – a speed that at the time made it one of the fastest passenger trains in the world. But the railway chief insisted on this seemingly impossible goal, and over the next two years the engineers experimented, designing train cars that each had their own motors, rebuilding gears so they meshed with less friction. An Ancient and Proven Way to Improve Memorization; Go Ahead and Try It.