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Puzzle Mechanics Are Better Than Game Mechanics

January 5, 2012

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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: […]

Learning At Its Best – The Progress Principle

December 26, 2011

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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 […]

Excellent Management

December 1, 2011

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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) […]

Respect Amongst Coworkers

November 25, 2011

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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 […]

The Progress Principle – Catching Up

November 25, 2011

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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 […]