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Top 6 Sites that Inspire and Educate & Life Scoop - StumbleUpon
If you’re a professional who likes to be intellectually stimulated and you enjoy keeping up with the latest news and breaking trends, the internet provides you with an endless choice of carefully curated sites to visit. Today, we bring you six of them that we believe are leaps and bounds above the rest. These sites will not only educate you on topics ranging from business and technology to art and design, they’ll motivate you to find your own, original ideas and see them through.
May 6, 2011 | 42 Comments » | Topics: Life , List
The Dalai Lama's 18 Rules For Living - StumbleUpon
Online Flashcards | STUDYBLUE
In class, teachers pass knowledge to you, then you pass it back on exams. But in between, you must teach yourself.
Chris Wyser-Pratte, who got his MBA from Stanford in 1972 and then spent the next 23 years as an investment banker, sent me the following note last night. I'm reprinting it here with his permission:
What They Used To Teach You At Stanford Business School - Market Mo... - StumbleUpon
Thinking like a genius: overview - StumbleUpon
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:
Memory Improvement Techniques - Improve Your Memory with MindTools.com - StumbleUpon
Avoid frustrating memory loss. Retain and recall more information. It's a classic situation - you meet someone new, and then moments later you've forgotten their name!
A heuristic is a "rule-of-thumb", advice that helps an AI program or human think and act more efficiently by directing thinking in an useful direction. Some of these heuristics are age-old wisdom, bordering on cliche, but most are actually helpful. If you want something done, do it yourself Comment: Obviously true, and doing it is usually very good for your self esteem. A surprising amount of work can be done this way, and experts are not always necessary. However, there is a risk of becoming overworked if you try to do everything yourself - we all need other people after all.
Mental Heuristics Page - StumbleUpon
7 Not So Obvious Habits To Maximize Your Productivity - StumbleUpon
I was a big fan of productivity, and, in some respects, I still am.