Anki - friendly, intelligent flashcards USA Memory Championships competitors provide tips for remembering the stuff we always forget | Unplugged Campaign for Commons Literacy -- IndieGoGo Thanks to the contribution by 22 funders, which raised $1,304, we were able to bring James Quilligan, a renowned commons theorist/activist and policy analyst to London, where presented a key seminar on MANAGING the LOCAL and GLOBAL COMMONS, sharing his latest cutting-edge thinking. The full set of the slides can be found here. His seminar demonstrated how: • consumers become the producers of their own resources • commons trusts set a cap on the extraction and use of a resource to preserve it for future generations • governments can tax a percentage of these rents, funding a basic income for citizens and the restoration of depleted resources • the power of decision-making should return to the people, enabling them to participate in the decisions that affect them directly • the traditional property ownership model can be eclipsed by a commons trusteeship model of sustainability, quality of life and well-being One participant commented: I enjoyed the event very much. Building on it, we do.
Synecticsworld How does today impact tomorrow’s success? Everyone wants to have a good day, but not many people know what a good day looks like – much less how to create one. And even fewer people understand how the way you live today impacts your tomorrow. Have you ever asked someone what he was doing and heard him respond, “Oh, I’m just killing time”? Have you ever really thought about that statement? A person might as well say, “I’m throwing away my life,” because, as Benjamin Franklin asserted, time is “the stuff life is made of.” Today is the only time we have within our grasp, yet many people let it slip through their fingers. If we want to do something with our lives, then we must focus on today. The secret of your success is determined by your daily agenda. It all comes down to what you do today. Make the decision once, then manage it daily. There are only a handful of important decisions that people need to make in their entire lifetimes. Successful people make right decisions early and manage those decisions daily.
A global discussion about the future of our species « emergent by design I came across The Human Projecton kickstarter recently, and am very eager to see how it develops. Their mission is to build a global discussion app to ask the really big questions about the future of our species and develop an integrated vision of what that looks like.It seems to be very aligned with my own thinking – that a fresh narrative needs to emerge and a more interconnected “thought architecture” about how we perceive ourselves in relation to each other and the planet. Might as well get that conversation started now. I see Us being in the Alignment Phase, and fast approaching the Coordination Phase. As our communication technologies get faster, cheaper, and smaller, more of humanity gets access to each other. We don’t know what the future holds, but our thoughts and actions now will determine it. The Human Project has a $50K funding goal in order to be able to build the app for iPad/iPhone/Android + HTML5 optimized versions for web, tablet and mobile.
Peter Senge 12 Tips For Becoming Charismatic & Unforgettable Charisma is a great and wonderful talent to possess. A lot of people feel that Charisma is something only a handful are born with. Well they are wrong. You can learn it! That is why we have decided to share with you ‘ 12 Tips For Becoming Charismatic & Unforgettable ‘. 1. Here are the four different styles: - Focus . - Visionary. - Kindness . - Authority. 2. Intentionally put yourself in uncomfortable situations so that you can deal with internal discomfort more effectively, this way you come across more experienced and as someone who deserves to be honored for his or her fearlessness. 3. You need to make time before the big event to warm up. It’s important not to leave your physical out of this to, even if this means you switch your iPod playlist from Jazz to Hard Rock or Clubbing music with some added in push ups or sprints to get you pumped before hand, this will get you warmed up and ready for the challenge. 4. Those who suffer from self-doubt, reek of it! 5. 6. A great & 7. 8. 9. 10.
It’s the end of the web as we know it « Adrian Short 25 September 2011 When you own a domain you’re a first class citizen of the web. A householder and landowner. What you can do on your own website is only very broadly constrained by law and convention. If you use a paid-for web service at someone else’s domain you’re a tenant. When you use a free web service you’re the underclass. The conclusion here should be obvious: if you really care about your site you need to run it on your own domain. But it’s no longer that simple. Anyone who’s ever run a website knows that building the site is one thing, getting people to use it is quite another. Traffic used to come from three places: the real world (print advertising, business cards, word of mouth, etc.), search engines and inbound links. Social networks have changed all that. Not so long ago you had to be on MySpace if you were an up-and-coming band. Many of the most valuable conversations around technology and many other fields happen on Twitter. This is where I draw the line.
Robert Fritz Inc - During the past twenty-five years, over 80,000 people in 27 countries have participated in trainings created by Robert Fritz. His insights on the creative process and structural dynamics serve as the foundation of meaningful and lasting change for both individuals and organizations. Peter Senge (author of The Fifth Discipline) says that Robert Fritz’… is without a doubt one of the most original thinkers today on the creative process in business, the arts, science, and life in general. His work has deeply impacted my life and the lives of many of my colleagues.’ This influence can be witnessed in the lives of countless individuals throughout the world – and in the business practices of the many successful organizations that have embraced Robert’s ideas. An accomplished composer, producer, filmmaker and writer, it is Robert’s experience in the arts which has had the greatest influence on his approach to human and organizational development.
Eight Products the Facebook Generation Will Not Buy Consumer tastes are changing at a greater rate than ever before. Not surprisingly, the purchasing habits of the youngest generation present the most dramatic shifts — a reflection of what they find important. 24/7 Wall St. has identified eight popular products that the “Facebook generation” is not buying. Generation Y, generally defined as those born between 1980 and 1999, have lost interest in many of the services and products their parents found important. For example, younger Americans are less interested in cars. [More from 24/7 Wall St.: America’s Nine Most Damaged Brands] What young adults care about has shifted. However, many products that have declined in popularity among the youth are more a result of the changing tastes across all ages than a generational shift. 24/7 Wall St. has identified eight of the country’s most popular products that are losing favor, either solely among young adults or at a significantly higher rate among that group. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
Confirmation Bias and Evolutionary Psychology « Grand Strategy: The View from Oregon Tuesday William Blake (28 November 1757 – 12 August 1827) If the Sun and Moon should doubt, They’d immediately Go out. William Blake, Auguries of Innocence I was thinking about confirmation bias today and what a perfect topic of study this would be for evolutionary psychology. As soon as I started to think about confirmation bias in the context of evolutionary psychology it immediately made sense and revealed connections to other things that I’ve thought about. What survival benefit could possibly derive from self-deception? Coming at this from a different perspective, however, one can easily image the survival value of believing in oneself. In the Afterword to my Political Economy of Globalization I attempted to investigate what I called the “naturalistic basis of hope.” I continue to believe that this is an important undertaking, but when I wrote this Afterword about the naturalistic basis of hope, I didn’t make any connection between hope and evolutionary psychology. Like this:
Rachel Botsman: Collaborative Lab Rachel is the founder of the Collaborative Lab, an innovation consultancy working with start-ups, global brands and public services to deliver visionary, bold and game-changing solutions based on the ideas of Collaborative Consumption. We offer… “Rachel brought great energy, insight and innovation to the strategy discussion with Australian Social Innovation Exchange and her patience and skill made a dramatic impact on our ability quickly to converge on a powerful articulation of our vision, mission and values. The Board enjoyed working with her and appreciated her terrific facilitation and guidance.” Martin Stewart-Weeks, CISCO, Director, Public Sector (Asia-Pacific) Strategic Consulting We provide strategic consulting to public and private sector clients launching or growing Collaborative Consumption ventures and projects. Start-up Advice We partner closely with start-ups launching or growing ventures in spaces related to Collaborative Consumption.