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Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance has a good description of the problem I see with so much education today: What’s really angering about instructions of this sort is that they imply there’s only one way to put the rotisserie together – their way. And that presumption wipes out all the creativity. Actually there […]
March 13, 2012
The main thesis behind Thinking Fast And Slow is that we utilize two systems of thinking. The first, System 1, requires very little energy and allows us to survive in a very complex world. At the heart of System 1 is pattern recognition that allows us to to instantly recognize a face, detect danger (a […]
February 27, 2012
I had an interesting experience last night. I was on a flight home from a bachelor party and was completely drained. I couldn’t even muster the effort to read a book. Basically I was in TV zone. I love moments like this because they allow me to pay attention to what I am able to […]
February 21, 2012
I’m only halfway through this book, but it’s already proving to be one of the more complete and approachable psychology books I’ve ever read. The psychology it deals with isn’t about emotions or depression, but rather about how our brains take shortcuts based on patterns that are very useful to our survival, but can easily […]
January 5, 2012
I am becoming obsessed with the idea that puzzles may be one of the greatest motivational tools available to us, especially for learning, but also for many other things as well. I’m going to work my way through this thinking in this post, but it’s not particularly organized or pretty. Just a warning. Some thoughts: […]
December 26, 2011
I just tried to teach my sister-in-law how to play the guitar. She initially struggled, unable to get her fingers to conform to simple chords and make it sound right. So we backed off on that and just had her try to get a clean note on a single string. She was able to do […]
December 1, 2011
I am beginning to think that the book, The Progress Principle may become my go-to book for management. The research that the team did in the book jibes very well with my own observations working on teams. The essential finding is that your inner work life (essentially your day to day emotions about your work) […]
November 25, 2011
I’m slowly becoming more confident that the most important aspect in any organization is how much the people involved respect each other. You don’t have to be best friends with your coworkers, but if there is a lack of mutual trust and respect, then your inner work life is likely to suffer greatly. There are […]
November 25, 2011
Ok, so I started reading The Progress Principle before I started writing this blog, so I wanted to give a brief overview of the half of the book I’ve read so far. From here on out I’ll start providing more detailed posts of what resonates with me about the book. Overall it’s a good book […]
November 24, 2011
I’m reading the book Practice to Learn / Play to Win, which is available for free on the website. I don’t yet know if it’s any good or not, but something in it has already resonated with me. He’s talking about play (competition – playing a sport) and how it may be best to treat […]
June 11, 2012
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