Category: Continual Learning

A notebook in which "speak less, listen more" is written in black ink and underlined in red ink

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The Power of Silence

Oh, how we love the sound of our own voice, and I plead as guilty as any and probably more so than

4 circles of increasing size within 1 circle. The smallest circle says "comfort zone", the next larger circle says "fear zone", the next larger circle says "learning zone", and the largest circle says "growth zone"

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Praise EFFORT over Outcome, PROCESS over Result

When you praise the EFFORT rather than the outcome and focus on the PROCESS (and improving it!) more the result, you foster

Cartoon of a woman standing on a beam trying to balance while holding a smiley face in one hand and a sad face in the other

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Have You Checked Your Alignment Lately?

Just like the tires of your car, your desires, actions, and beliefs need to be in alignment; anything else and you are

A young woman who looks like she is thinking, with 2 illustrated arms flexing muscles on either side of her head

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8 Truths to put you in the Top Tier of the Mentally Strong

The past is a place of reference, not residence. Focus forward, make plans, set goals, excelsior! Stress is not an event but

The words "never stop learning" written on a chalkboard. the "o" in "stop" is a stopwatch

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The Fountain of Youth: Continuous, Consistent, Constant Curiosity

My philosophy in life is to exercise ‘Continuous, Consistent, Constant Curiosity’. I love taking every opportunity to ask ever deeper questions about

A sign that says "be the best version of yourself"

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How Many You’s Make Up You? Which You Do You Answer To?

We all have many sides, many selves within us; conflicting wishes, drives, and emotions, making the old quote ‘To thy own self

Question marks against a dark background, one is lit up

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Do You Ask Dirty Questions?

In this context, a Dirty Question is one that either: contains the biases and assumptions of the questioner or presupposes/directs the answer

Drawing of a human head in profile, with gears inside the brain

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How Cognitively Fit Are You?

We think a lot about physical fitness; seems like there is a gym every 10 blocks. We care about emotional fitness as

A set of gears with each gear held by a pair of human hands

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What We Need is a Bigger Hammer…NOT!

The ‘Bigger Hammer’ approach is simplistic thinking that blithefully assumes that more of the same, just increasing intensity or scale, will work.

"You can learn great things from your mistakes when you aren't busy denying them."

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Difficulties in Telling Truth to Power… even when Power Wants to Listen

I recently managed to lose $12 million dollars in just over two years. Since the biggest mistake is the one you don’t

A sunny sky in the background with a chain in the foreground. The last chain link is broken and there are birds flying away from it.

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The Fallacy of Projecting What Was onto What Is

The ability to fully release the past is a true superpower, one within the grasp of all. Who we were yesterday need