As I’ve been catching up with friends lately that I haven’t been in contact with for a while, I’ve been confronted with the conversational “where to start” scenario. And so far I’ve come up with a little method that seems to be a wonderful aid: When I don’t know where to start, I talk about [...]
Archive for the ‘Ideas’ Category
A Long-Time-No-See Tip
Posted in Ideas, Observations, tagged communication, friends, tips on September 11, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Study Skills: The PAMPRD Baby
Posted in Ideas, education, tagged animation, cognitive psychology, in plain english, psychology, study skills, video on September 9, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Back to books and I’m already ringing the steam out of my collar. Being back in California has been a wonderful reemergence, but the speedy reminder of college bureaucracy and worries about how much material I’ll need to store for the test, from the large view concepts to the arbitrary details, fall short of a [...]
Scoring goals in the game of life.
Posted in Ideas, The things we find, tagged Goals, plans, Ryerson on April 20, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Here are some fun tips for setting goals that someone sent me. He got these from a sales consultant named Jim Ryerson.
Write them down.
Consider why they are important.
Define the outcome you want.
Identify accountability.
Set deadlines.
Establish priorities.
Make a public commitment.
Be realistic about limitations.
Evaluate and revise as necessary.
Reward yourself or your team.
Goals should be SMART:
S pecific, M easureable, [...]
Neat Feat: How to make a makeup palette with ye many lipsticks
Posted in How To, Ideas, tagged How To, makeup, organization on February 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
What? How to melt down new, worn, or broken lipsticks into a handy color palette.
Why? Saves space, indulges our thrills in organizing, and is resourceful.
How? The editor of Domino Magazine shows us in this video.
Creating and recreating the wheel.
Posted in Ideas, Thoughts, tagged creativity, recreating the wheel on February 13, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I’ve been thinking lately about the advantages and disadvantages of “recreating the wheel.” On the one hand, it is a waste of time and energy, but on the other hand all creators of wheels learn from the wheel creating process and they may even make a better wheel because their imaginations are not held back [...]
Things That Make Me Uncomfortable: The good student, the teacher’s pet
Posted in Ideas, Observations, Questions, Solution-Needed, Thoughts, tagged education, positive psychology, things that make me uncomfortable on February 7, 2008 | 5 Comments »
To figure out my uncomforts, I’ve decided that this is a good place to lay out the dirty laundry. So let’s begin with what’s been making me stutter recently- how to balance my desire to make the class a thoroughly experiential learning opportunity with not causing the teacher or students to think that I’m being [...]
