I just finished a course called Transcend that is taught by one of my favourite Psychologists, Scott Barry Kaufman. Transcend The New Science of Self-Actualization eBook: Kaufman, Scott Barry: Amazon.ca: Kindle Store is about extending Abraham Maslow’s Self Actualization theories and I both learned a lot as well as meeting some really good people. Through […]
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99u, byline Insights for Making Things Happen, is a very worthwhile site for actionable improvements and today it had an insightful article on The Craftman’s Guide for Working with Dignity.The 99u article makes a good case for why craftsmanship and dignity are so important in work and life. It encourages people to think about what
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Good quote by inessential.com about social media The things that will last on the internet are not owned. Plain old websites, blogs, RSS, irc, email. The Internet is still young so the longevity of some online services is yet to be seen. Personally I am hoping that some of the business models especially those that
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What do you think of the analogy and similarity of approach between managing time and managing a financial budget? (Source: https://twitter.com/amahnke/status/312595889585799169) I really like the continuous adjustment approach used in YNAB for example. This helps get over the stigma many people have with planning and addresses the need for adaptability.
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This past Thursday I attended the Ottawa chapter of the Certified Management Consultants meeting which had the theme of networking. The meeting was in a real nice facility where Bitheads does business. It has a comfortable area for mixing and mingling and a theatre for the guest speaker Michael Hughes to present: “Turning 3 minute
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I have written before about the importance of attitude. The contrast between the growth mindset and fixed deterministic mindset is just another example of the importance of attitude and mental models for perceiving how the world works and can work. Carol Dweck’s book, Mindset is a valuable reference to understand the importance of mindset to
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Roland Paris, an associate professor at the University of Ottawa, has a nice summary on how to read critically based on a 5 step CLEAR approach. He provides a concise explanation why critical reading is important: Critical reading supports critical thinking which helps reduce how much your opinions are influenced by bogus information. Critical reading
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Say It Visually uses a virtual whiteboard approach to provide a concise explanation about what ITIL (Information Technology Information Library) brings to corporate information technology by its service management models (you will have to scroll through other explanations). This is a good explanation of the usefulness of models like ITIL to facilitate technology being applied
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