Altucher Confidential. 7 Things I Learned from My 8 Greatest Teachers Altucher Confidential. Posted by James Altucher Yesterday was my 25th high school reunion. I wanted to go. I had a car key and I could’ve driven there. I was close to feeling like I was going to do it. But I was feeling somewhat shy. When you are rejected so much you build a tough skin. . - I liked a girl in my drawing class. . - I liked a girl who had thick curly orange hair. . - There was another girl I liked who was sort of ditzy but she was smarter than she let on.
. - There was a girl I liked who was a year older than me. . - There was a girl I had a massive lust-crush on who lived around the corner from me and she was even in my Hebrew school carpool when we were younger. (maybe girls like chess) - I finally got a girl to go out with me. . - I liked the girl with the paper route next to mine in 10th grade. . - There was the girl in English class. What I Learned I learned how to handle “No”. I learned how to Ask. I learned that I had to be stand out in some way. I learned to be persistent. Ihom. Mind Tools - Management Training, Leadership Training and Career Training.
How to Learn (Almost) Anything. This is a guest post by Glen Allsopp of PluginID. Have you ever read an informative book, only to later remember just a few main points — if anything at all? The problem might be that you’re using one of the least efficient ways of learning available. The Cone of Learning I remember back about 7 years ago when I was taking music lessons at school, there was a poster on the wall that really grabbed my attention.
To be fair, it wasn’t difficult for a random object to attract your gaze as our Scottish teacher at the time didn’t have much in the way of keeping you interested. The poster outlined the different ways that we remember things and how different activities increase our chances of remembering something over others. Image Credit After doing some research, I found that the contents of that poster were based upon the work of Edgar Dale back in 1969.
Based on the research we can see that: Learning Almost Anything Give a Lecture. Exceptions to the Rule About Glen Allsopp. IQ Matrix | 100+ Self-Growth Mind Maps. Litemind. Born to Learn ~ You are Born to Learn. Top 10 Thinking Traps Exposed. Our minds set up many traps for us. Unless we’re aware of them, these traps can seriously hinder our ability to think rationally, leading us to bad reasoning and making stupid decisions. Features of our minds that are meant to help us may, eventually, get us into trouble. Here are the first 5 of the most harmful of these traps and how to avoid each one of them. 1. The Anchoring Trap: Over-Relying on First Thoughts “Is the population of Turkey greater than 35 million?
Lesson: Your starting point can heavily bias your thinking: initial impressions, ideas, estimates or data “anchor” subsequent thoughts. This trap is particularly dangerous as it’s deliberately used in many occasions, such as by experienced salesmen, who will show you a higher-priced item first, “anchoring” that price in your mind, for example. What can you do about it? Always view a problem from different perspectives. 2. Consider the status quo as just another alternative. 3. Be OK with making mistakes. 4. 5. Entrepreneurship Corner: Stanford University's free podcasts and. Imagination: Creating the Future of Education & Work. Science news and science jobs from New Scientist. ChangeThis :: ChangeThis. Featured. Project Management Tools from MindTools.