http://alltopstartups.com/2013/05/02/40-of-the-best-tools-your-startup-is-not-using/
Sharing a story on entrepreneurship earlier today at RI.
Learn Anything in 20 Hours with This Four Step Method.
Deconstruct the skill: Break down the parts and find the most important things to practice first. If you were learning to play a musical instrument, for example, knowing just a few chords gives you access to tons of songs. If you want to learn a new language, learn the most common 2,000 words and you’ll have 80% text coverage.
Self-correct: Use reference materials to learn enough that you know when you make a mistake so you can correct yourself.
Remove barriers to learning: Identify and remove anything that distracts you from focusing on the skill you want to learn.
Practice at least 20 hours.
“Live your life more deliberately, more joyfully and completely. Live your life by choice rather than by chance, by design rather than by default.”
Robin Sharma
“One of the lessons I have learned in life is that if you don’t act on life, life has a habit of acting on you. Don’t waste it procrastinating.”
I resonate with this:
- Teach your kids to be self-sufficient
- Set boundaries
- Give them responsibility
- Don’t schedule too much
- Relax your expectations
It’s not unusual to have a flashback to the Netscape Navigator 4 and Internet Explorer 5 days when working on an HTML email. The quality of rendering engines is totally inconsistent, most modern development techniques are unavailable, and even images – an essential element of many emails – are…
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Current research shows that some of the most commonly used and seemingly positive phrases we use with kids are actually quite destructive. Despite our good intentions, these statements teach children to stop trusting their internal guidance system, to become deceptive, to do as little as possible, and to give up when things get hard.
“Grudges are a waste of perfect happiness. Laugh when you can, apologize when you should, and let go of what you can’t change.”
