Ingredients to being happy:
Doing things that we love
Play
Experiencing new things
Doing meaningful things
Appreciating things that we have
Friends and Family
Being happy is a skill that we must learn and practice.
-From 'Happy', a documentary
Sunday, March 4, 2012
Saturday, October 22, 2011
Jobs
In the near future, you are just a freelancer - directly marketing one's skills to the world via the internet. Competition for the same projects will be tough as your competition will also be the world. The only way to survive is to be a specialist or an expert.. hmm
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
How to Change
From Switch by Cheap Heath and Dan Heath
On making change.. To change behavior, you've got to direct the Rider, motivate the Elephant and shape the Path
1. Direct the Rider
-Find the bright spots: See what's worked before and repeat it
- script the critical moves: Make crystal clear directions
- point to the destination: Make the end result or the destination clear
2. Motivate the Elephant
- Find the feeling - Make people feel something to embrace the change
Shrink the Challenge - Break down the change so it seems not too daunting
Grow your People - Cultivate a sense of identity, instill a mindset
3. Shape the Path
- Tweak the Environment - Change the environment to change behavior
Build Habits - Make things automatic
Rally the Herd - Re-enforce good behavior
The takeaway: If I have to sum up the above, first, is to recognize that change is needed and second, to effect change, one must make change simple and automatic.
On making change.. To change behavior, you've got to direct the Rider, motivate the Elephant and shape the Path
1. Direct the Rider
-Find the bright spots: See what's worked before and repeat it
- script the critical moves: Make crystal clear directions
- point to the destination: Make the end result or the destination clear
2. Motivate the Elephant
- Find the feeling - Make people feel something to embrace the change
Shrink the Challenge - Break down the change so it seems not too daunting
Grow your People - Cultivate a sense of identity, instill a mindset
3. Shape the Path
- Tweak the Environment - Change the environment to change behavior
Build Habits - Make things automatic
Rally the Herd - Re-enforce good behavior
The takeaway: If I have to sum up the above, first, is to recognize that change is needed and second, to effect change, one must make change simple and automatic.
Thursday, May 19, 2011
2011 Books
Non-Fiction:
1. Different: Escaping the Competitive Herd by Youngme Moon
2. The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins
3. The Moral Landscape by Sam Harris
4. Switch: How to Change When Change is Hard by Chip Heath and Dan Heath
1. Different: Escaping the Competitive Herd by Youngme Moon
2. The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins
3. The Moral Landscape by Sam Harris
4. Switch: How to Change When Change is Hard by Chip Heath and Dan Heath
Belief
Your beliefs define your vision of the world; they dictate your behavior; they determine your emotional responses to other human beings
-From End of Faith by Sam Harris
-From End of Faith by Sam Harris
Sunday, April 17, 2011
Success
8 Things That Lead to Success by Richard St. John
1. Passion - Doing what you love
2. Work -
3. Focus
4. Persist
5. Ideas
6. Good - Being good at something
7. Push
8. Serve - similar to compassion I think
1. Passion - Doing what you love
2. Work -
3. Focus
4. Persist
5. Ideas
6. Good - Being good at something
7. Push
8. Serve - similar to compassion I think
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