Psychology Today: How to Get Great Sleep Blame it on the Industrial Revolution. Or maybe on the light bulb. But ever since man met machine, sleep has been on the skids. In 2001, 38 percent of U.S. adults said they were sleeping less than they were just five years earlier. Seduced by 24-hour casinos, reruns and the Internet, Americans have plenty of diversions to keep them wired and alert. The biggest sleep robber of all, however, is work—the puritan ethic gone haywire in an era of global markets. To some degree, we can sacrifice sleep to oblige other demands on our time, but we pay a high price for the privilege. What we do at night affects everything we do during the day—our ability to learn, our skills, our memory , stamina, health and safety. Everyone has a troubled night sometimes, or even a run of them, which happens to the average person about once a year. Recently, scientists have come to recognize that sleep is regulated by two entirely different systems. One force is the sleep homeostat.
Hacking Knowledge: 77 Ways to Learn Faster, Deeper, and Better While we all may follow our own unique pursuits in a lifetime, the quest for purpose through self-improvement and knowledge is among the great unifiers of humankind. Progressive thinking is the backbone of society's progress. Great visionaries and their quests for knowledge have inspired the majority of the modern marvels we rely on today. While the process of seeking purpose in your life may not seem as universal or consequential as Einstein's, it is crucial to find how to learn in a way that works for you, which can lead to greater self-awareness and wisdom—not to mention a new job, better pay, a new hobby, or simply knowledge for knowledge's sake—whatever is important to you as an end goal. This brand of introspection and knowledge is not necessarily acquired through traditional means, and the learning techniques that work best may differ from one person to the next. In fact, some of these tips may surprise you. Health Balance Perspective and Focus Recall Techniques Visual Aids
toread - an email-based bookmark service Various Ideas for Learning Activities © Copyright Carter McNamara, MBA, PhD, Authenticity Consulting, LLC. Adapted from the Field Guide to Leadership and Supervision. There are numerous types of activities which learners can conduct to reach their learning objectives -- arguably the best activity is life itself. Note that conducting any of the following activities (or types of activities) will not by themselves necessarily generate learning. Sections of This Topic Include Some Typical Ways of LearningMiscellaneous Other WaysSome Tangible Results that Can Be Used to "Document" Learning Also seeRelated Library Topics Also See the Library's Blogs Related to Activities for Learning and Development In addition to the articles on this current page, also see the following blogs that have posts related to Various Ideas for Learning Activities. Library's Career Management BlogLibrary's Human Resources BlogLibrary's Leadership BlogLibrary's Supervision BlogLibrary's Training and Development Blog Some Typical Ways of Learning Coaching
How to Do What You Love January 2006 To do something well you have to like it. That idea is not exactly novel. We've got it down to four words: "Do what you love." The very idea is foreign to what most of us learn as kids. And it did not seem to be an accident. The world then was divided into two groups, grownups and kids. Teachers in particular all seemed to believe implicitly that work was not fun. I'm not saying we should let little kids do whatever they want. Once, when I was about 9 or 10, my father told me I could be whatever I wanted when I grew up, so long as I enjoyed it. Jobs By high school, the prospect of an actual job was on the horizon. The main reason they all acted as if they enjoyed their work was presumably the upper-middle class convention that you're supposed to. Why is it conventional to pretend to like what you do? What a recipe for alienation. The most dangerous liars can be the kids' own parents. Bounds How much are you supposed to like what you do? Sirens This is easy advice to give.
MNEMONIC TECHNIQUES AND SPECIFIC MEMORY Tricks to improve memory, memorization memorization memorize method memorizing creative memory technique virtual memory memory loss human memory book game management improvement photographic long term memory me Mnemonic techniques are more specific memory aids. Many are based on the general memory strategies that were presented earlier. Although it can be easiest to remember those things that you understand well, sometimes you must rely on rote memory. 1. Let us suppose that you have to memorize the names of four kinds of fossils for your geology class: 1) actual remains, 2) Petrified, 3) Imprint, and 4) Molds or casts. Although acronyms can be very useful memory aids, they do have some disadvantages. 2. My Dear Aunt Sally (mathematical order of operations: Multiply and Divide before you Add and Subtract) Kings Phil Came Over for the Genes Special (Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Genus, Species) Can you think of other examples? 3. You can use the same techniques to better remember information from courses. Using these techniques can be fun, particularly for people who like to create. 4. You do not have to limit this to a path. 5. 6. Human Memory The Science Memory and related learning principles
11 steps to a better brain - being-human - 28 May 2005 - New Sci By Kate Douglas, Alison George, Bob Holmes, Graham Lawton, John McCrone, Alison Motluk and Helen Phillips It doesn’t matter how brainy you are or how much education you’ve had – you can still improve and expand your mind. Boosting your mental faculties doesn’t have to mean studying hard or becoming a reclusive book worm. There are lots of tricks, techniques and habits, as well as changes to your lifestyle, diet and behaviour that can help you flex your grey matter and get the best out of your brain cells. And here are 11 of them. Does getting old have to mean worsening memory, slower reactions and fuzzy thinking? AROUND the age of 40, honest folks may already admit to noticing changes in their mental abilities. A few drugs that might do the job, known as “cognitive enhancement”, are already on the market, and a few dozen others are on the way. In fact, with the help of modafinil, sleep-deprived people can perform even better than their well-rested, unmedicated selves.
Critical thinking Critical thinking is a type of clear, reasoned thinking. According to Beyer (1995) Critical thinking means making clear, reasoned judgements. While in the process of critical thinking, ideas should be reasoned and well thought out/judged.[1] The National Council for Excellence in Critical Thinking defines critical thinking as the intellectually disciplined process of actively and skillfully conceptualizing, applying, analyzing, synthesizing, and/or evaluating information gathered from, or generated by, observation, experience, reflection, reasoning, or communication, as a guide to belief and action Etymology[edit] In the term critical thinking, the word critical, (Grk. κριτικός = kritikos = "critic") derives from the word critic, and identifies the intellectual capacity and the means "of judging", "of judgement", "for judging", and of being "able to discern".[3] Definitions[edit] According to the field of inquiry [weasel words], critical thinking is defined as: Skills[edit] Procedure[edit]
How to Be a Leader in Your Field How to Be a Leader in Your Field: A Guide for Students in Professional Schools Philip E. Agre Department of Information Studies University of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles, California 90095-1520 USA pagre@ucla.edu Version of 7 October 2005. 4600 words. A profession is more than a job -- it is a community and a culture. Every profession has leaders. In a knowledge-intensive world of ceaseless innovation and change, I assert, every professional must be a leader. But how? (1) Pick an issue. (a) Talk to dynamic practitioners and notice a pattern in what they are saying. You will probably want to apply several of these methods, working back and forth between them until you have a clear picture of the issues that are emerging. (2) Having chosen your issue, start a project to study it. (3) Find relevant people and talk to them. (4) Pull together what you've heard. (5) Circulate the result. (6) Build on your work. That's the procedure.
The Science Of Binaural Beat Brainwave Entrainment Technology - for meditation relaxation stress management and achieving altered states of consciousness What are Binaural Beats? The Discovery Of Binaural Beats Altered States Resonant entrainment of oscillating systems How it works on the brain Synchronized brain waves The "frequency-following response" effect. Various Uses Of Audio With Embedded Binaural Beats Resetting Your Brains Sodium/Potassium Ratio In Theta Top What Are Binaural Beats? Binaural beats are auditory brainstem responses which originate in the superior olivary nucleus of each hemisphere. Top The "frequency-following response" effect. The binaural-beat appears to be associated with an electroencephalographic (EEG) frequency-following response in the brain(3). Various Uses Of Audio With Embedded Binaural Beats Uses of audio with embedded binaural beats that are mixed with music or various pink or background sound are diverse. Resonant entrainment of oscillating systems Resonant entrainment of oscillating systems is a well-understood principle within the physical sciences. The Discovery Of Binaural Beats How It Works On The Brain
31 Days To Fix Your Finances: A Wrapup Would you like to download this entire series all at once in a handy PDF format? During the month of January, The Simple Dollar has been running a series entitled “31 Days To Fix Your Finances,” a series of activities that can enable anyone to improve their financial status by centering your financial life around your own core values. Instead of supplying a bunch of budgeting sheets and asking you to commit yourself to a program, this series is about figuring out what you want out of life and reorganizing your finances so that you can have it. What follows is a summary of the entire month’s activities, with links to each individual day. Let’s get started. Stage 1: Figuring Out Your Goals And Values Day 1: Your Five Main Values Day 2: Defining Your Goals From Your Values Day 3: Create A Plan For Each Goal The underlying challenge that most people have with their finances is that they see money as distinctly separate from the rest of their life. Stage 2: Evaluating Your Situation
misc - Best Blogs of 2006 that You (Maybe) Aren't Reading Every year around this time, I attempt to summarize what's been happening online by publishing my list of the best blogs of the year [2002, 2003, 2004]. But I abruptly stopped last year because the list had become annoyingly redundant. Yes, dear blogosphere, after only six (or so) years of existence, you already have your canon, created either through fiat, power laws, or meritocracy -- you decide! Sure, new sites break through (such as Techcrunch and Valleywag did this year), but a glance at the Technorati 100 shows that things aren't really that different than they were a few years ago. So do you really need me to prattle on about the significance of Kottke and Waxy, Romenesko and Gawker, Engadget and Scoble? I think not. Caveat: no human on the planet is qualified to do this, and the 500 blogs that I follow probably represents how many blogs are created in a second.1 On the other hand, this is not a list of esoteric blogs that you'll smirk at and never read again. 29. 28. 27. 26. 8.
Hacking Knowledge: 77 Ways to Learn Faster, Deeper, and Better | If someone granted you one wish, what do you imagine you would want out of life that you haven’t gotten yet? For many people, it would be self-improvement and knowledge. Newcounter knowledge is the backbone of society’s progress. Great thinkers such as Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas Edison, Benjamin Franklin, Albert Einstein, and others’ quests for knowledge have led society to many of the marvels we enjoy today. Your quest for knowledge doesn’t have to be as Earth-changing as Einstein’s, but it can be an important part of your life, leading to a new job, better pay, a new hobby, or simply knowledge for knowledge’s sake — whatever is important to you as an end goal. Life-changing knowledge does typically require advanced learning techniques. Health Shake a leg. Balance Sleep on it. Perspective and Focus Change your focus, part 2. Recall Techniques Listen to music. Visual Aids Every picture tells a story. Verbal and Auditory Techniques Stimulate ideas. Kinesthetic Techniques Write, don’t type.