Donnerstag, 10. Dezember 2009
Samstag, 1. August 2009
Make it a daily habit to determine every event in your life in advance, through your thoughts. Set the Universal forces ahead of you in everything you
do and everywhere you go, by thinking the way you want it to go in advance. Then you are creating your life intentionally.
"If you do a little reseach, it is going to become evident to you that anyone that ever accomplished anything, did not know how they were going to do
it. They only knew they were going to do it." (Bob Proctor)
_How_ it will happen, _how_ the Universe will bring it to you, is not your concern or job. Allow the Universe to do it for you. When you are trying to work out _how_ it is going to happen, you are emitting frequency tht contains a lack of faith - that you don't beleive you have it already. You think _you_ have to do it and you do not believe you have it already. You think _you_ have to do it and you do not believe the Universe will do it _for_ you. The _how_ is not your part of the Creative Process. (Rhonda Byrne, The Secret, p51)
_How_ it will happen, _how_ the Universe will bring it to you, is not your concern or job. Allow the Universe to do it for you. When you are trying to work out _how_ it is going to happen, you are emitting frequency tht contains a lack of faith - that you don't beleive you have it already. You think _you_ have to do it and you do not believe you have it already. You think _you_ have to do it and you do not believe the Universe will do it _for_ you. The _how_ is not your part of the Creative Process. (Rhonda Byrne, The Secret, p51)
Reactions just attract more of the same, and the chain reaction must keep occuring until you move yourself off that frequency by intentionally challen
ging your thoughts. (Rhonda Byrne 'The Secret', p35)
Freitag, 31. Juli 2009
'when you are feeling bad it is communication from the Universe, and in effect it is saying, "Warning! Change thinking now. Negative frequency recordi
ng. Change frequency. Counting down to manifestation. Warning!" (Rhonda Byrne, The Secret, p33)
Our feelings let us know what we are thinking.
It's impossible to monitor every thought we have. Researchers tell us that we have about sixty thousand thoughts a day. Can you imagine how exhauste..d you'd feel trying to controll alll sixty thousand of those thoughts? Fortunately there's an easier way, and it's our feeings. Our feelings let us know what we are thinking.
We live in a universe in which there are laws, just as there is a law of gravity. If you fall off a building it doesn't matter if you're a good person
or a bad person, you're going to hit the ground. (Michael Bernard Beckwith --The secret, p.27)
The law of attraction simply gives you whatever it is you are thinking about. ..
"The law of attraction is a law of nature. It is impersonal and it does not see good things or bad things. It is receiving your theughts and reflecting back to you those thoughts as your life experience. The law of attraction simply gives you whatever it is you are thinking about.
Samstag, 18. Juli 2009
Montag, 29. Juni 2009
Learning algebra isn't about acquiring a specific tool; it's about building up a mental muscle that will come in handy elsewhere. You don't go to ..
the gym because you're interested in learning how to operate a StairMaster; you go to the gym because operating a StairMaster does something laudable to your body, the benefits of which you enjoy during the many hours of the week when you're not on a StairMaster. --Steven Johnson "Everything bad is good for you".
Montag, 15. Juni 2009
Freitag, 5. Juni 2009
Mittwoch, 3. Juni 2009
Montag, 1. Juni 2009
Sonntag, 31. Mai 2009
Freitag, 15. Mai 2009
Samstag, 2. Mai 2009
Accuracy, speed, politeness. The first day, your attitude is "accuracy". You strive to get all the inforamtion right the first time. When you here the
customer's name, you spell it out loud. You speak clearly as you read back the credit card number.
The second day, your attitude is "speed" You look for ways to enter data more quickly for each new account. You use the cues the xistomer gives you to shorten the process.
The third day, your attitude is "politeness". You put a smile in your voice. You let the customer finish even though you know the answer. (Alan Laiken, Give me a moment and I'll change your life, p44-45)
The second day, your attitude is "speed" You look for ways to enter data more quickly for each new account. You use the cues the xistomer gives you to shorten the process.
The third day, your attitude is "politeness". You put a smile in your voice. You let the customer finish even though you know the answer. (Alan Laiken, Give me a moment and I'll change your life, p44-45)
"Attitudes, like colored glasses, alter how you see the world. Wearing a certain outfit can make you feel special. So can putting on a certain attitud
e. You can change attitudes frequently or wear the same all day." (Alan Lakein, Give me a moment and I'll change your life, p43)
"Unlike a second, a moment is not a unit of time defined by the clock. You decide when it starts and when it stops.Whatwver feels like for you _is_ a
moment. As you work more conciosuly with moments, you'll get clearer sense of how to define them for yourself." (Alan Lakein, Give me a moment and I'll change your life, p4)
Montag, 27. April 2009
The key to training someone to do a new task is, in the beginning, to catch them doing sth approximately right until they eventually learn to do it ex
actly right. Guide people. Show direction.
The One Minute Reprimand works well when you: The first part of the repremand: 5. Stop for a few seconds of uncomfortable silence to let them _feel_ h
ow you feel.
'Each parent is taught to physically touch their child by putting their hand on the child's shoulder, touching his arm or, if he is young, actually sitting the child on their lap. Then the parent tells the child exactly what he did wrong and how valuable and important the parent feels about it - and in no uncertain terms. Finally, the parent takes a deep breath, and allows for a few seconds of silence - so the child can feelwhatever the parent is feeling. Then the parent tells the youngster how valuable and important the child is to the parent.'
'Each parent is taught to physically touch their child by putting their hand on the child's shoulder, touching his arm or, if he is young, actually sitting the child on their lap. Then the parent tells the child exactly what he did wrong and how valuable and important the parent feels about it - and in no uncertain terms. Finally, the parent takes a deep breath, and allows for a few seconds of silence - so the child can feelwhatever the parent is feeling. Then the parent tells the youngster how valuable and important the child is to the parent.'
"Since he doesn't attack me as a person - only my behavior - it's easier for me not to become defensive. I don't try to rationalize my mistake by fixi
ng blame on him or somebody else. I know he is being fair." Furthermore, he is consistent.
One Minute Goal Setting is simply: 1) Agree on your goals; 2) See what your behaviour looks like; 3) Write on each of your goals on a single sheet of
paper using less than 250 words.
4. Read and re-read each goal, which requires only a minute or so each time you do it.
5. Take a minute every once in a while out of your day to look at your performance, and
6. See whether or not your behaviour matches your goal.
(Kenneth Blanchard and Spencer Johnson, The one minute manager, p34)
4. Read and re-read each goal, which requires only a minute or so each time you do it.
5. Take a minute every once in a while out of your day to look at your performance, and
6. See whether or not your behaviour matches your goal.
(Kenneth Blanchard and Spencer Johnson, The one minute manager, p34)
Sonntag, 26. April 2009
"I do not want to hear about attitudes and feelings. Tell me what is happening in observable, measurable terms."
'I described the problem as best as I could.'
'He said, That's good, Trenell! Now tell me what you would like to be happening in behavioural terms.
'I don't know, I said.
'Then don't waste my time, he snapped.
... 'If you can't tell me what you'd like to be happening, you don't have a problem yet. You're just complaining. A problem exists only if there is difference between what is actuallyhappening and what you desireto be happening.
(Kenneth Blanchard and Spencer Johnson, The one minute manager, p31)
'I described the problem as best as I could.'
'He said, That's good, Trenell! Now tell me what you would like to be happening in behavioural terms.
'I don't know, I said.
'Then don't waste my time, he snapped.
... 'If you can't tell me what you'd like to be happening, you don't have a problem yet. You're just complaining. A problem exists only if there is difference between what is actuallyhappening and what you desireto be happening.
(Kenneth Blanchard and Spencer Johnson, The one minute manager, p31)
A goal, and its performance standard, should take no more than 250 words to express. Anyoune should be able to read it in a minute.
(Kenneth Blanchard and Spencer Johnson, The one minute manager, p28)
Mittwoch, 22. April 2009
"When man comes into the world his hands are closed as if to say, "The whole world is mine, I want to posess it." When he lives the world his hands ar
e spread wide as if to say, "I possessed nothing of what is in the present world." (Midrash Rabba, Ecclesiastes)
It happened that a certain heathen came before Shammai and said to him, "Make me a proselyte, on condition that you teach me the whole Torah while I s
tand on one foot." Thereupon he repulsed him with a builder's cubit which was in his hand. When he went before Hillel, he said to him, "What is hateful to you, do not to your neighbor: that is the whole Torah, while the rest is the commentary thereof; go and learn it."
(Talmud, Tractate Shabbah 31a)
(Talmud, Tractate Shabbah 31a)
Dienstag, 21. April 2009
Free will is offered to all men. If they wish to follow tha path of goodness and become rightous, the will to do so in their hands, and if they wish t
o follow the path of evil and become wicked. the will to do so is also in their hands. (Maimonides)
Ben Zoma said, "Who is wise? He, who learns from all men. ... Who is mighty? One, who subdues his passions.... Who is rich? He, who rejoices in the p
ortion...
Who is honored? One that honors his fellow men." (Talmud, Tractate Avoth (4.1)
Who is honored? One that honors his fellow men." (Talmud, Tractate Avoth (4.1)
Just as a hand held before your eyes hides the highest mountain, so our petty day-to-day life hinders us from seing the fantastic lights and secrets..
that will fill the world. He, who is able to put his life from his eyes shall see the intense brilliance of the inner world. --Nahman of Bratslav
Man should always have two pockets. In one he shall write, "I am but dust and dashes." In the other, "The world was created for me alone."-B.Przysucha
Bunem Przysucha (from "The wisdoms of judaism")
"The straight path is the most exact middle course through man's inclinations: courage lies between temerity and cowardice; dignity, between haughti..
ss and vulgarity; humility, between arrogance and servility; modesty, between impudence and timidity." --Moses Maimonides
"Wisdom is to know that within all men lies the possibility of redeeming themselves, that nothing is ever lost, and that self-control is needed in a..
ll spheres of life. (Victor Milka, The wisdom of judaism)
Montag, 20. April 2009
Review your goals every Friday afternoon (remember, you documented them and posted them where you would see them), and ask yourself if your weekly a..
ccomplishment have helped you move towards those goals.
Making mistakes, getting it almost right, and experimenting to see what happens are all part of the process of eventually getting it right. ..
"As you begin to take action toward fulfillment of your goals and dreams, you must realize that not every action will be perfect. Not every action will produce the desired result. Not every action will work. --Jack Canfield, author of Chicken Soup for the Soul
"I absolutely believe in the power of giving back. My own experience about all the blessings I've had in my life is that the more I give away, the mor
e that comes back. That is the way life works, and that is the way energy works. --Ken Blanchard, leadership author
People can tell the difference between desperation and an earnest attempt to create a relationship. Networking is about cultivating relationships.
"When someone comes to me for advice on how to build a network because they need a job now, I tell them it's useless. People can tell the difference between desperation and an earnest attempt to create a relationship. (Keith Ferrazzi, author of the Never eat alone
Networking is not about making superficial contacts just to meet your immediate need. It's about cultivating relationships. (William Arruda and Kirsten Dixson, Career Distinction, p174)
Networking is not about making superficial contacts just to meet your immediate need. It's about cultivating relationships. (William Arruda and Kirsten Dixson, Career Distinction, p174)
If you are creative, quick-witted, and dynamic, your appearence must reflect these qualities, for example, by dressing more colorfully or always wea..
ring a different signature accessoiry. Likewise, if you are conservative, fastidious, and methodical, your clothes and body language need to communicate those attributes. Your apparel, gestures, posture, and movements all communicate something about you.
(William Arruda and Kirsten Dixson, Career Distinction, p149)
(William Arruda and Kirsten Dixson, Career Distinction, p149)
Constancy: Get comfortable with repeating yourself. It takes a while for anyone to connect with your message. After all, that message lives among all
other communications that are being thrown at people each day. (William Arruda and Kirsten Dixson, Career Distinction)
Another way to express your brand is to take an active and visible role in a professional or philantropic organization. Choose a role that enables y..
ou to express your brand through speaking, writing, designing programs and so forth. You'll generate much more of an impact by selecting a few organizations and leadership role in them than by spreading yourself too thing across many organizations. Serving on the board will especially help you forge strong connections with the organization's membership.
IT is not about technology. It's about understanding a business's information needs and providing tools to get the right information to the right peop
le. (Ian, IT executive -- from Career Distinction by William Arruda and Kirsten Dixson)
Begin each bullet point with the strongest action verb that accurately conveys your contribution. Verbs like initiated, spearheaded, solved, created,
and led pack much more of a punch than managed, contributed, worked with, and handled.
The single most important consideration in resume writing is to create an accurate picture of how you want to be perceived _now_ (not in the past). (W
illiam Arruda and Kirsten Dixson, Career Distinction, p89)
"The key to a great resume is positioning yourself for a _specifiic_ kind of opportunity and communicating _only_ the information that will be relevan
"The key to a great resume is positioning yourself for a _specific_ kind of opportunity and communicating _only_ the information that will be relevant to the people who can give you access to that target opportunity - your target audience.
(William Arruda and Kirsten Dixson, Career Distinction, p87)
(William Arruda and Kirsten Dixson, Career Distinction, p87)
Personal branding is not about being famous. It's about being selectively famous. ..
Just like Volvo does not waste resources communicating about safety to 16y.o. boys (who are more interested in speed), you must be clear who you are going to communicate with.
(William Arruda and Kirsten Dixson, Career Distinction, p66)
(William Arruda and Kirsten Dixson, Career Distinction, p66)
Brand: You must ensure that what you do - and how you do it - are constantly visible to those around you. Instead of just being the hardest worker, th
e caller should have built a reputation for being the hardest worker - by regurlarly communicating her brand around her.
(William Arruda and Kirsten Dixson, Career Distinction, p64)
(William Arruda and Kirsten Dixson, Career Distinction, p64)
"We are all born with wonderful gifts. We use these gifts to express ourselves, to amuse, to strengthen, and to communicate. We begin as children to e
xplore and develop our talents, often unaware that we are unique, that not everyone can do what we're doing! -Lynn Johnston, Canadian cartoonist.
Only be concerned with those weaknesses that will get in the way of your success. Otherwise you should expend your efforts on enhancing your strengths
(William Arruda and Kirsten Dixson, Career Distinction, p55)
We all have this mistaken belief that to be more successful we must eliminate our weaknesses rather than maximize our strengths.
Only be concerned with those weaknesses that will get in the way of your success. Otherwise you should expend your efforts on enhancing your strengths and making them more visible to those around you.
(William Arruda and Kirsten Dixson, Career Distinction, p55)
(William Arruda and Kirsten Dixson, Career Distinction, p55)
What are you doing at work when you feel the happiest? What skills would you relish employing even if you weren't paid to use them? Focus on them.
Focus on motivated skills. Doing so enables you to derive the _most_ satisfaction from your career while differentiating you from your peers. As you go about your days, you can identify these skills by paying attention to how you feel as your day progresses. What are you doing at work when you feel the happiest? What skills would you relish employing even if you weren't paid to use them?
(William Arruda and Kirsten Dixson, Career Distinction, p53)
In other words, focus on your stregths.
(William Arruda and Kirsten Dixson, Career Distinction, p53)
In other words, focus on your stregths.
Sonntag, 19. April 2009
People's consumer choices provide clues about their own _personal_ brands. Think about it: What your car, home, watch, wadrobe, eyeglasses, favorite r
estaurant - every brand you've chosen - say about you? (William Arruda and Kirsten Dixson, Career Distinction)
People have more than one dimension to their lives. Will my company allow people the freedom to express themselves in more than one way? Does my compa
ny help me find and use gifts?
(Max De Pree, Leadership jazz, p195)
(Max De Pree, Leadership jazz, p195)
Samstag, 18. April 2009
Amateurs often contribute more when they don't join. ..
Far too many people are so addicted to organizations that they seldom question anything. (Max De Pree, Leadership jazz, p190)
One characheristic of amateurs is their curiosity. They like nothing better than learning something new. ,,
They are generally smart enough to recognize the limits of their knowledge and are constantly on the lookout to expand those limits.
(Max De Pree, Leadership jazz, p189)
(Max De Pree, Leadership jazz, p189)
"Everyone relies on amateurs from time to time. When the official, professional channels clog up with bureaucratic sediment, people turn to amateurs f
or results. You go underground to get something done quickly and effectively. More often than not, if you go to the right amateur with the right problem, the action will be not only quich, but effective.
We must beware that wealth not supplant richness or faith, that administration not replarce leadership, that presenters not take presenters over produ
cers. (Max De Pree, Leadership jazz, p182)
Practice leadership without power. ..
Serving on a school board or coaching tee-ball or volunteering in a hospice is an effective way to polish gifts.
Delegation: Clear instruction, confidence expressed as a high expectation, and an obvious trust in the ability to do the job.
(Max De Pree, Leadersidp jazz, p152)
A leader's action incarnate an organization's beliefs and values. Remember that a truism gets to be that way because it is true: Actions do speak loud
er than words. Manuals don't count. Leadership is good work, not simply good talk.
(Max De Pree, Leadership jazz, p147)
(Max De Pree, Leadership jazz, p147)
When unusual people and ideas are welcome, there is an ethos for change. To persuade their organizations to be open and vulnerable to unexpected resul
ts, leaders first open themselves.
(Max De Pree, Leadership jazz, p142-143)
(Max De Pree, Leadership jazz, p142-143)
Leaders aspire to sook like small boys in August. ..
Leaders aspire to sook like small boys in August. If you raise children or grandchildren, you know that by the end of August, they've been running around all sommer in their shorts, sneakers, and T-shorts. You also know that their knees ani their elbows are always skinned, their shins always black and blue, and that they have the marks of the summer's fracases on their faces. A six-year-old boy at the end of August is my picture of a leader.
I got that picture from David Hubbard, president of Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena. Many years ago he told me that leaders need to learn not to inflict pain, but to bear pain. It seems to me that if you're bearing pain properly as a leader, whether you're preacher, a college professor, a parent, or a teacher, you ought to have the marks of the struggle. One ought to have bruised shins aand skinned knees. "
(Max De Pree, Leadership jazz, p138-139)
I got that picture from David Hubbard, president of Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena. Many years ago he told me that leaders need to learn not to inflict pain, but to bear pain. It seems to me that if you're bearing pain properly as a leader, whether you're preacher, a college professor, a parent, or a teacher, you ought to have the marks of the struggle. One ought to have bruised shins aand skinned knees. "
(Max De Pree, Leadership jazz, p138-139)
What effect does time have on what I measure? Is what I measure today different from what I would measure when I'm seventy? Would the light of mortali
ty affect my vision? (Max De Pree, Leadership jazz, p120)
The lore of life, the way of one's voice, comes more from mistakes than achievements, more from listening than talking, more from these teachers and e
nablers than from one's own understanding. (Max De Pree, Leadership jazz, p112)
"We can choose to be hospitable to unusual persans and ideas or we can shun them. We can choose, each of us, to accept authenticity of every person in
an organization or to deny people the chance to be included.
All these choices have to do with a larger question: Are we ready to trust each other atd ho give each other the space to reach our potential? The entire well-being of a family or an institution or a corporation depends on a confident answer of "Yes, we are ready to help each other reach our personal potential." (Max De Pree, Leadership jazz, p91)
All these choices have to do with a larger question: Are we ready to trust each other atd ho give each other the space to reach our potential? The entire well-being of a family or an institution or a corporation depends on a confident answer of "Yes, we are ready to help each other reach our personal potential." (Max De Pree, Leadership jazz, p91)
In a society and a world that have serious problems and suffer to often and far too painfully from heartbreak, each of us neads a haven, Part of the t
ouch of leadership is to create such a haven. (Max De Pree, Leadership jazz, p64)
control expectations. Создавай предвкушение, напряжение. ..
Madonna is the chameleon of entertainment. No one know what to expect from her next.
She reinvents herself with each CD she produces. Only she could produce a sex book and then follow it up with a children's book. Thanks to her consistent changing, Madonna has her public perched on the edge of their seats waiting what she'll come up with next.
She reinvents herself with each CD she produces. Only she could produce a sex book and then follow it up with a children's book. Thanks to her consistent changing, Madonna has her public perched on the edge of their seats waiting what she'll come up with next.
moving up in the hierarchy does not confer competence. But it gives opportunity. Leaders also know that t (Max De Pree, Leadership jazz, p43, p170) ..
The entire metaphor of hierarchy, of moving up the ladder, lures many people into the trap of believing that position equals ability. (Max De Pree, Leadership jazz, p43)
Good leaders know that moving up in the hierarchy does not magically confer upon them competence. They know that being elected president, for instance, gives them the opportunity to become president. Leaders also know that their real security lies in their personal capabilities, not in their power or position. (Max De Pree, Leadership jazz, p170)
Good leaders know that moving up in the hierarchy does not magically confer upon them competence. They know that being elected president, for instance, gives them the opportunity to become president. Leaders also know that their real security lies in their personal capabilities, not in their power or position. (Max De Pree, Leadership jazz, p170)
"The best leaders I know are always anxious to get to the job at hand, to do what they are there to do. ..
You'd never want to go to sea with a captain with a captain who would rather be in port." (Max De Pree, Leadership jazz, p41)
The goals of the organization are best met when the goals of the people in the organization are met at the same time. ..
These two sets of goals are seldom the same. (Max Depree, Leadership jazz)
Freitag, 17. April 2009
Mittwoch, 15. April 2009
The feeling of being important.
'Susan, the waitress, didn't bring over the bill until Larry motioned for it, as is the custom in Europe. The message is: No rush, take your time. You're important here.
But instead of a bill, Susan presented us with a comment card with a dollar paper-clipped to it. "I want to thank you in advance for filling out this card, "she said to me. "And when you're done, please accept this crisp new one dollar bill as our thank you!"
(Subir Chowdhury, The power of six sigma,p112-113)
But instead of a bill, Susan presented us with a comment card with a dollar paper-clipped to it. "I want to thank you in advance for filling out this card, "she said to me. "And when you're done, please accept this crisp new one dollar bill as our thank you!"
(Subir Chowdhury, The power of six sigma,p112-113)
"Stick a date to everything you do. Without deadlines, it just doesn't get done. If the IRS said, 'Hey, just get your taxes in when it's convenient fo
r you', what do you think would happen?" (Subir Chowdhury, The power of six sigma, p93)
Most comranien measure the number of _errors_, not the number of _opportunities_, so they don't know what's possible, and how far they are falling sho
rt. (Subir Chowdhury, The power of six sigma, p84)
"She told me that they were going to give me a four-week training program, spread out over four months, at a cost of about $15,000 to the division. Bu
"She told me that they were going to give me a four-week training program, spread out over four months, at a cost of about $15,000 to the division. But in exchge for all that, she expected me to help American Pizza save $250,000. Now, all that got my attention.
(Subir Chowdhury, The power of six sigma, p.78)
(Subir Chowdhury, The power of six sigma, p.78)
"You know, in all my years at American Foods, the biggest complain I've had from dissatisfied employees is nat low pay, long hours, or a hectic schedu
"You know, in all my years at American Foods, the biggest complain I've had from dissatisfied employees is nat low pay, long hours, or a hectic schedule. It's this: 'I don't know what my boss wants,' and 'No one appreciates what I do.'"
It's amazing, how much money we spend to attract customers, and how little we do to keep them after we've got them. (Subir Chowdhury, The power of six
(Subir Chowdhury, The power of six sigma, p35)
Quality saves money, because there are fewer throwouts, fewer warranty payouts, and fewer refunds. And doing all that, in turn, increases profits.
(Subir Chowdhury, The power of six sigma, p34)
Numbers bring clarity. When you define the goal in anything but numbers, the goal quickly becomes subjective and fuzzy. (Subir Chowdhury)
When you want to improve something you have to know where you stand and where you want to go, or else it isn't going to happen. But when you define the goal in anything but numbers, the goal quickly becomes subjective and fuzzy.
Numbers bring clarity. (Subir Chowdhury, The power of six sigma, p31)
Numbers bring clarity. (Subir Chowdhury, The power of six sigma, p31)
The competent and intelligent are loath to waste their time. Eventually the ablle are replaced by the available.
In far too many associations meetings are carried out in such a way that there is a high wastage of competent committee members and their replacement by those with high tolerance to ideocy. The competent and intelligent are loath to waste their time month after month attending hours of meetings that achieve very little. Eventually the able are replaced by the available. (John Milligan, 'The Penguin guide to chairing meetings', p12)
With your right finger you touch the right side of your nose. , then you take the same right index finger and touch the outer corner of your right eye
With your right finger you touch the right side of your nose. If the other person responds by doing the same, then you take the same right index finger and touch the outer corner of your right eye. (Edward de Bono)
The ritual is a visual signal to yourself and others that you belong, in some way, to a group. (E. de Bono,H+,p.75)
Each time you carry out a ritual you are saying to yourself, 'I belong'.
Dienstag, 14. April 2009
Montag, 13. April 2009
X: X-plore - find information from as many different sources as possible.
X: X-plore - find information from as many different sources as possible. Sometimes what you are looking for in the text you can get more quickly from a phonecall to an expert or a friend
V: Vocabulary. Work on expanding your vocabulary. Its like with a foreign language - the more words you know the better you understand. Take notes of
the words you don't know and look them up later.
S: Stretch - When you read for any length of time your body might become stiff. Stretch whenever you take a break.
S: Stretch - Your body is involved in your reading as well as your mind. Reading can be a passive activity. When you read for any length of time your body might become stiff. Stretch whenever you take a break.
When you are under pressure to read:
- make a realistic statement of the available time
- Decide what you have to know
- Decide where the best and fastest source of information is
- speak to someone who already knows something on the subject - Find out exactly why you have such a tight deadline and find out whether it can be changed
- Take plenty of breaks. When you are under pressure it is more important to sit back and take stock than when you have all the time in the world. If you are under pressure and not taking care of oneself, stress will counteract all the work you are doing.
80% of the enjoyment is in the sensory appreciation of the meal: the taste, smell, texture, and presentation of the food.
network: "Read actively using a pacer... The more senses you use, the more alert you are likely to remain. Imagine eating a meal all you could do was see it. You couldn't smell it, taste it, feel the texture of the food or hear the sounds of cutting and slicing a juicy fish. All you could do was see it and eat it. How much do you think you would enjoy your meal? 80% of the enjoyment is in the sensory appreciation of the meal: the taste, smell, texture, and presentation of the food.
The same applies to reading. Unfortunately we are taught at a very early stage to appreciate reading only through one sense. When you start building mind-maps, taking notes, thinking, discussing and actively reading, you will find that reading becomes more like a meal you can see, taste, hear and feel. You always always remember a good meal when the company is good and the surrounding is pleasand. Treat reading like a good meal - you'll be surprised."
(Tina Konstant "Speed reading in a week", Thursday, p.63)
The same applies to reading. Unfortunately we are taught at a very early stage to appreciate reading only through one sense. When you start building mind-maps, taking notes, thinking, discussing and actively reading, you will find that reading becomes more like a meal you can see, taste, hear and feel. You always always remember a good meal when the company is good and the surrounding is pleasand. Treat reading like a good meal - you'll be surprised."
(Tina Konstant "Speed reading in a week", Thursday, p.63)
network: If you can re-create the whole experience as you remembered it, you will be able to recall more easily.
When we try to retrieve information we often use only one access point. If you can re-create the whole experience as you remembered it, you will be able to recall more easily.
Learn something new every day. No matter how small, learn something new. You will surprised how fast your general knowledge grows.
Learn something new every day. No matter how small, learn something new. Keep a notebook of what you have learnt in the day and you will surprised how
Teach someone else
When you can teach someone else what you have learnt, you have learnt it well. If you have children, teach them - any time is a good time for them to learn.
Keep your purpose clear.
If you do not have a purpose, you will quickly lose interest. Keep in mind why you are doing this. What else do you want to do with the time you have? What will it give to you?
keep practicing even when you seem to be getting nowhere.
But while doing so - and this is an exorable fact of the journey - you also have to be willing to spend most of your time on the plateau, to keep practicing even when you seem to be getting nowhere.
(George Leonard "Mastery. The keys to success and long-term fulfillment", Ch.5 page 15)
(George Leonard "Mastery. The keys to success and long-term fulfillment", Ch.5 page 15)
any significant learning is measured not in a straight line, but in stages: brief spurts of progress separated by periods during which you seemed to b
any significant learning is measured not in a straight line, but in stages: brief spurts of progress separated by periods during which you seemed to be getting nowhere. (George Leonard "Mastery. The keys to success and long-term fulfillment", Introduction, page 4)
Sonntag, 12. April 2009
Samstag, 11. April 2009
Freitag, 10. April 2009
Montag, 6. April 2009
Donnerstag, 2. April 2009
Mittwoch, 1. April 2009
“A leader is best when people barely know he exists…when his work is done and his aim fulfilled, they will say, we did it ourselves.” Lao-tze
“A leader is best when people barely know he exists…Not so good when people obey and acclaim him, Worse when they despise him. But of a good leader who talks little, when his work is done and his aim fulfilled, they will say, we did it ourselves.”
Lao-tze
Lao-tze
Dienstag, 31. März 2009
Information... It makes the difference. It is the difference between rich and poor, happy and unhappy, enlighted and ignorant. You should make it a go
al in your life to acquire it and use it. (Lance Spicer "Things you didn't know. Underground knowledge 2." page 2)
все люди делятся на две категории. Те, которые знают, чего хотят и САМИ решают, что им нужно и те, кто являются несчастными жертвами чужих манипуляций
Еще одна категория людей, которые удовлетворены своей жизнью, хотя очевидно, что их жизнь можно сделать лучше. Почему? Не верят в себя и боятся. Боятся потерять то, что есть. Таким образом для этих людей материальные блага имеющиеся важнее их собственного развития, хотя они много могут говорить о развитии, но по факту это не главное в их жизни.
Итак. Люди ни в чем не виноватые, так как от них ничего не зависит в собственный жизни.
Люди, лишь говорящие о развитии, но которые не могут показать результаты этого развития, кроме неких их мыслей о собственной крутости.
Люди, боящие потерять, то что имеют, а значит имеющие больше, чем положено им по уровню развития, ибо ты всегда снова можещь получить то, что соответствует твоему уровню компетенции.
Люди, вообще просто болтающие, и из речи вообще ничего конструктивного нельзя извлечь. Хронология собственной жизни, без анализа, выводов, и принятия решений, после анализа.
И люди занимающиеся псевдодеятельностью по набиванию своего ума и памяти всем подряд с информационной помойки.
Итак. Люди ни в чем не виноватые, так как от них ничего не зависит в собственный жизни.
Люди, лишь говорящие о развитии, но которые не могут показать результаты этого развития, кроме неких их мыслей о собственной крутости.
Люди, боящие потерять, то что имеют, а значит имеющие больше, чем положено им по уровню развития, ибо ты всегда снова можещь получить то, что соответствует твоему уровню компетенции.
Люди, вообще просто болтающие, и из речи вообще ничего конструктивного нельзя извлечь. Хронология собственной жизни, без анализа, выводов, и принятия решений, после анализа.
И люди занимающиеся псевдодеятельностью по набиванию своего ума и памяти всем подряд с информационной помойки.
Samstag, 28. März 2009
Donnerstag, 26. März 2009
Mittwoch, 25. März 2009
Бог помогает тем, кто помогает себе сам. Чудо не может свалиться с неба. Ты доложен быть постоянно в своем движении вперед. Нужно делать черновую рабо
Бог помогает тем, кто помогает себе сам. Чудо не может свалиться с неба. Ты доложен быть постоянно в своем движении вперед.
Каждый хочет выиграть большое сражение. Но еще нужно делать черновую работу. Нужно заталкать свою тележку в гору, и никто за тебя это не сделает.
(Микки Рурк)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_lcNaByGEo&feature=related
Микки Рурк откровенно о себе и о новом фильме
Каждый хочет выиграть большое сражение. Но еще нужно делать черновую работу. Нужно заталкать свою тележку в гору, и никто за тебя это не сделает.
(Микки Рурк)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_lcNaByGEo&feature=related
Микки Рурк откровенно о себе и о новом фильме
Dienstag, 24. März 2009
nature can produce edifices of complexity WITHOUT real randomness.
"chaos" is a poor name for new science because it implies randomness. Overriding message of the theory is that simple processes in nature can produce edifices of complexity without real randomness.
Mittwoch, 18. März 2009
Mittwoch, 11. März 2009
Do not commit to anyone.
The fool always rushes to take sides. Do not commit to any side or cause but yourself.
Know who you are dealing with.
Choose your victims and opponents carefully. Do not offend the wrong person.
Dienstag, 10. März 2009
Linus at History Museum
27:00 I hate to rehash the whole microkernel thing but how do you feel about it now? Do you think it could ever go in that way?
Ah, microkernels. I used to be a lot more more polite about microkernels now that I used to be in these days. I used to think that microkernels had kind of inherent beauty. I think that's what confused a lot of people. A lot of people thought that microkernels were cute and beautiful. And my current thinking on microkernels is that Linux is actually a microkernel. It does everything that should sanely be done in kernel space, and everything that shouldn't seem to be done in kernel space it does in user level service. Well, that's one level of microkernel. The problem of going much further than that is that yes, you simplify the pieces, but what you don't do is that you do not simplify the system. Quite the reverse. What happens in the microkernel is because you simplify the pieces you now have a lot of interaction between pieces. And there fundamentally have to be asynchronous interaction between pieces if you want to get any good performance at all. Which means that you have asynchronous communication between hundreds of different pieces and you've just made your life living hell. Which is fundamental problem of microkernels that the reason for their existence systems, namely simplicity, isn't actually true. And then you also find that when you add a lot of communication you slow down the problem space... to counteract that you actually make the pieces complicated again in order to get back the performance you lost. Now this is why I think for example that all the traditional microkernels like this are stupid.
This doesn't necessarily mean that distributed systems are stupid. There's two things here and sometimes people seem to be equating microkernels with distributed systems. It's perfectly sane to have a real kernel on lots of machines and then take communication where you have to take communication between the machines. And there you can't avoid it. Well, you can avoid it by having SMP and NUMA. And actually you should take SMP and NUMA as far as you can, but at some point you just can't go any further. And whet you have you take communication, then you do it until you reach some point. But you comminicate as soon as possible until that point. That's my strong opinion and I think that computer science as it came to operating system did most of what should've been done in the sixties. And everything else was mental masturbation
42:40 Fragmentation drives development. Because those different people with different agendas.
46:20 It doesn't actually matter what you do. If you are doing it with a good group of people it's gonna be good.
47:00 How do you decide what to include in the kernel? - who's a good maintainer. That's probably the most common reason.
48:50 I am completely disorganized. I'm actually the least organized person I know. Despite that there has to be this invisible guiding hand. ...
55:00 What editor and mail program do you use? The editor is microemacs, the best editor ever made. And vi and GNU Emacs suck, suck. Now I've alienated everybody in the audience. For e-mail I actuall use pine.
56:00 I hate mainaining the stable kernel.
Ah, microkernels. I used to be a lot more more polite about microkernels now that I used to be in these days. I used to think that microkernels had kind of inherent beauty. I think that's what confused a lot of people. A lot of people thought that microkernels were cute and beautiful. And my current thinking on microkernels is that Linux is actually a microkernel. It does everything that should sanely be done in kernel space, and everything that shouldn't seem to be done in kernel space it does in user level service. Well, that's one level of microkernel. The problem of going much further than that is that yes, you simplify the pieces, but what you don't do is that you do not simplify the system. Quite the reverse. What happens in the microkernel is because you simplify the pieces you now have a lot of interaction between pieces. And there fundamentally have to be asynchronous interaction between pieces if you want to get any good performance at all. Which means that you have asynchronous communication between hundreds of different pieces and you've just made your life living hell. Which is fundamental problem of microkernels that the reason for their existence systems, namely simplicity, isn't actually true. And then you also find that when you add a lot of communication you slow down the problem space... to counteract that you actually make the pieces complicated again in order to get back the performance you lost. Now this is why I think for example that all the traditional microkernels like this are stupid.
This doesn't necessarily mean that distributed systems are stupid. There's two things here and sometimes people seem to be equating microkernels with distributed systems. It's perfectly sane to have a real kernel on lots of machines and then take communication where you have to take communication between the machines. And there you can't avoid it. Well, you can avoid it by having SMP and NUMA. And actually you should take SMP and NUMA as far as you can, but at some point you just can't go any further. And whet you have you take communication, then you do it until you reach some point. But you comminicate as soon as possible until that point. That's my strong opinion and I think that computer science as it came to operating system did most of what should've been done in the sixties. And everything else was mental masturbation
42:40 Fragmentation drives development. Because those different people with different agendas.
46:20 It doesn't actually matter what you do. If you are doing it with a good group of people it's gonna be good.
47:00 How do you decide what to include in the kernel? - who's a good maintainer. That's probably the most common reason.
48:50 I am completely disorganized. I'm actually the least organized person I know. Despite that there has to be this invisible guiding hand. ...
55:00 What editor and mail program do you use? The editor is microemacs, the best editor ever made. And vi and GNU Emacs suck, suck. Now I've alienated everybody in the audience. For e-mail I actuall use pine.
56:00 I hate mainaining the stable kernel.
Donnerstag, 5. März 2009
the hacker
after getting the hang of the thing, he is willing to stay on the plateau indefinitely.
At work he does only enough to get by, leaves on time or early, takes every break, talks instead of doing his job, and wonders why he doesn't get promoted.
At work he does only enough to get by, leaves on time or early, takes every break, talks instead of doing his job, and wonders why he doesn't get promoted.
the obsessive
wants to get the stroke right during the very first lesson.
He stays after class talking to the instructor. He asks what books and tapes can he buy to help him make progress faster.
He stays after class talking to the instructor. He asks what books and tapes can he buy to help him make progress faster.
the Dabbler
The dabbler approaches each new sport, career opportunity, or relationship with enormous enthusiasm. He or she loves the rituals involved in getting started, the spiffy equipment, the lingo, the shine of newness.
Dabbler specializes in honeymoons. He revels in seduction and surrender, the telling of life stories, the display of love's tricks and trappings: the ego on parade. When the initial ardor starts to cool, he starts looking around. To stay on the path of mastery would mean changing himself. How much easier is to jump into another bed and start the process all over again. The Dabbler might think of himself as an adventurer, a connoisseur of novelty, but he's probably closer to being what Carl Jung calls
puer aeternus, the eternal kind.
(George Leonard "Mastery. The keys to success and long-term fulfillment").
Dabbler specializes in honeymoons. He revels in seduction and surrender, the telling of life stories, the display of love's tricks and trappings: the ego on parade. When the initial ardor starts to cool, he starts looking around. To stay on the path of mastery would mean changing himself. How much easier is to jump into another bed and start the process all over again. The Dabbler might think of himself as an adventurer, a connoisseur of novelty, but he's probably closer to being what Carl Jung calls
puer aeternus, the eternal kind.
(George Leonard "Mastery. The keys to success and long-term fulfillment").
illusion of achievement
'Seduced by the siren song of the consumerist, quick-fix society, we sometimes choose a course of action that brings only the illusion of accomplishment, the shadow of satisfaction.
Montag, 2. März 2009
Sonntag, 1. März 2009
Freitag, 27. Februar 2009
мастер-класс Жириновского
Уважение, застенчивость, скромность основаны на страхе.
Почитаемым человеком в реальности получается тот, кто больще пролив крови. Чем больше пролив крови, тем быстрее ему ставят памятник. Чингисхан в Улан Баторе, Наполеон - могила его, вон почитают,- у нас Пётр Первый, или Сталин.
4000По моему личному убеждению, большинство браков - по рассчету. ... Измена неизбежна. Это потребность у человека. Иначе тогда сиди в одной стране, чего ты там не видел. Сиди в одном доме, чего ты переезжаешь?
Сиди на одной работе, чего ты ещё ищешь?
Кушай одну и ту же пищу. Чего ты хочешь еще что-н поесть.
Ни мобильника, ни пейджера, ни Интернет. Головой работаю. потому что технические достижения - это для развлечения масс. Все смотрят телевизор, Интернет, у них мобильник, СМСки и так далее.
4600 Я газеты не читаю. Мне приносят выжимки.
4800 США ПРО в Европе. В основе экономика. Надо дать заказы. ... Они после войны окупировали 150 стран мира. А если её остановить, они выйдут на улицы.
Уважайте американскую военную силу и молчите... Всё ради сохранения власти. Вот здесь срабатывает другой механизм. Роль личности... Решает элита, деньги и власть.
5300 Америка, личность - это один человек. А мы все, это колхоз.
5520 Власть - самый страшный наркотик. Деньги и власть. Но деньги вторичны. ...
1:00:14 Обман, он во всём.
1:01:50 Человек жаден, он корыстен. ... Человек хочет быстрее, лучше, обогнать другого. ... Мы развиваемся через отрицательное. Положительное, это опасно.
1:06:00 Пётр 1 всё время воевал ... Полководцы получают награды, народ гибнет. ... Победы, победы, победы. Зачем бились со шведами?
1:08:35 Силовой вариант эффект даёт кратковременный.
11100 (О работе)90% имитируют занятость. ... Заниматься только тем, что нравится.
13150 Самый культурный человек хочет тишины. Шума хотят Шариковы, Герасим. Он глухонемой. Ему нужна ласка этой собачки. Он ничего не знает и ничего не умеет. Он единственное нашел для себя друга в этой собачке. А щенок он к кому угодно будет лизаться. Это же не восприятие того, что Герасим хороший человек. Щенок -он щенок, как и детеныш любого зверя.
Dienstag, 24. Februar 2009
Мелочи, не имеют решающего значения - они решают всё.
Никогда не поймете принципы глобального управления, пока не обратите внимание на мелочи. Мелочи, запомните, не имеют решающего значения - они решают всё. И для тех, кто понимает мелочи, становится понятно всё.
Montag, 16. Februar 2009
get up
If I fail 100 times. If I fail and I give up, do you think I will ever get up?
No!
But if I fail and I try again, and again, and again? But I just want you to know that its not the end. It matters how you gonna finish. Are you gonna finish strong?
No!
But if I fail and I try again, and again, and again? But I just want you to know that its not the end. It matters how you gonna finish. Are you gonna finish strong?
Donnerstag, 12. Februar 2009
Montag, 9. Februar 2009
Montag, 2. Februar 2009
Художник всегда испытывает давление. Не было никогда идеальных условий работы. Более того, если бы были идеальные условия для работы, то работы бы не
Художник всегда испытывает давление. Не было никогда идеальных условий работы. Более того, если бы были идеальные условия для работы, то работы бы не состоялось. Художник не моедт существовать в безвоздущном просранстве. Он должен испытывать какое-то давление. Я не знаю какое именно. Но художник сузествует именно потому, что мир не устроен, мир не благополучен. И поэтому именно существует искусство. Если быы мир ьыл прекрасен и гармоничен, никакого искусства не нужно было бы. Человек бы не искал гармонии. (Documentary about Andrei Tarkovsky. Part 1.)
Mittwoch, 28. Januar 2009
Montag, 26. Januar 2009
Montag, 19. Januar 2009
Sonntag, 18. Januar 2009
sooner or later the man who wins, is the man who thinks he can.
Individual commitment to group effort -- that is what makes team work, a society work, a civilization work.
Life's battles don't always go to the stronger or faster man, but sooner or later the man who wins, is the man who thinks he can. (Vince Lombardi)
Life's battles don't always go to the stronger or faster man, but sooner or later the man who wins, is the man who thinks he can. (Vince Lombardi)
The man who views the world at 50 the same way as he did at 20 has waste
The man who views the world at 50 the same way as he did at 20 has wasted 30 years of his life. (Mohammad Ali)
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