Thursday, March 23, 2017

technique: The Memory Palace

RANDOM MEMORY TIPS // #002 - YouTube


Method of loci - Wikipedia

"The method of loci (loci being Latin for "places") is a method of memory enhancement which uses visualizations with the use of spatial memory, familiar information about one's environment, to quickly and efficiently recall information. The method of loci is also known as the memory journey, memory palace, or mind palace technique."

Saturday, February 18, 2017

book: Awaken the Giant Within by Tony Robbins

Amazon.com: Awaken the Giant Within : How to Take Immediate Control of Your Mental, Emotional, Physical and Financial Destiny! (Paperback): Anthony Robbins: Everything Else

Book Summary: Awaken The Giant Within by Anthony Robbins
  • “Any time you sincerely want to make a change, the first thing you must do is to raise your standards and believe you can meet them”.
  • “We must change our belief system and develop a sense of certainty that we can and will meet the new standards before we actually do”.
  • “It’s not what we do once in a while that shapes our lives, but what we do consistently”.
“The three decisions that control your destiny are:
  1. what to focus on. 
  2. what things mean to you. 
  3. what to do to create the results you desire”.
“Everything you and I do, we do either out of our
  • need to avoid pain or
  • our desire to gain pleasure”.
“It’s not the events of our lives that shape us,
but our beliefs as to what those events mean”.

book: The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg



The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business: Charles Duhigg: 8601406381322: Amazon.com: Books

THE FRAMEWORK:
  • Identify the routine
  • Experiment with rewards
  • Isolate the cue
  • Have a plan
MIT researchers discovered a simple neurological loop at the core of every habit, 
a loop that consists of three parts: a cue, a routine, and a reward.

Tuesday, February 14, 2017

80/20 rule: Pareto principle

Pareto principle - Wikipedia

"It is a common rule of thumb in business; e.g., "80% of your sales come from 20% of your clients." Mathematically, the 80/20 rule is roughly followed by a power law distribution (also known as a Pareto distribution) for a particular set of parameters, and many natural phenomena have been shown empirically to exhibit such a distribution"

  • 80% of problems can be attributed to 20% of causes.
  • 80% of a company's profits come from 20% of its customers
  • 80% of a company's complaints come from 20% of its customers
  • 80% of a company's profits come from 20% of the time its staff spent
  • 80% of a company's revenue comes from 20% of its products
  • 80% of a company's sales are made by 20% of its sales staff[10]

Quintile of populationIncome
Richest 20%82.70%
Power law - Wikipedia



pareto_graph.png


The 80-20 Rule Explained (Pareto Principle) - YouTube

How to Use The 80/20 Rule For Goal Setting @BrianTracy
"If you have a list of ten items to accomplish, two of those items will turn out to be worth more than the other eight items put together.
The sad fact is that most people procrastinate on the top 10 or 20 percent of items that are the most valuable and important, the “vital few,” and busy themselves instead with the least important 80 percent, the “trivial many,” that contribute very little to their success."


80/20 Rule for Goal Setting - YouTube by Brian Tracy


video: Life Purpose in 5 Minutes

How to know your life purpose in 5 minutes | Adam Leipzig | TEDxMalibu - YouTube



Adam Leipzig only needs five minutes to help you find your life purpose | TEDx Innovations Blog

"The five questions Leipzig recommends that you ask yourself to find your purpose are:
  • Who are you?
  • What do you do?
  • Who do you do it for?
  • For the people who you do it for: What do those people want or need?
  • And what did those people get out of it? how did they change as a result?"

book: Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance

Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance - Kindle edition by Angela Duckworth. Health, Fitness & Dieting Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com.

book's web site: Angela Duckworth

"Grit Scale" Angela Duckworth

book review:
Grit by Angela Duckworth | Brian Johnson

New +1: How to Build Your Grit - The 4 Key Scientific Variables - YouTube
"Grit = intense passion + intense perseverance
Effort count twice: 
Achievement = Skill * Effort; Skill = Talent * Effort 
=> Achievement = Talent * Effort * Effort"

Grit by Angela Duckworth - YouTube
review by Brian Johnson
  • Grit = Passion + Perseverance (West Point "beast barracks")
  • Talent * Effort = Skills; Skills * Effort = Achievement
  • Gritty Passion: passion that endures, ultimate concern
  • Grow Grit
    • from inside out
    • from outside in (i.e. parenting)
  • Psichological Assets:
    • Interest
    • Practice
    • Purpose (service)
    • Hope
  • Wise Parenting (from Latin, "to bring forth" potential in children)
    • + Warmth + Standards = Supportive
    • - Warmth + Standards = Authoritative
    • + Warmth - Standards = Permisive
    • - Warmth - Standards = Neglect

Angela Duckworth: "Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance" | Talks at Google - YouTube


Talent is important (a speed of acquiring new skills),
but without perseverance does not help finish what is started.

Spirit of Kaizen, contiguous improvement, (directed) deliberate practice:
  1. Extremely Intentional (very specific goals, problem solving)
  2. 100% Focus (practicing with great effort)
  3. Feedback, ideally immediate and information rich
  4. Reflect and refinement, and try again

TEDxBlue - Angela Lee Duckworth, Ph.D - 10/18/09 - YouTube

Grit Scale - Android Apps on Google Play

True Grit on Pinterest


Angela Duckworth with Amy Cuddy: The Power of Passion and Perseverance - YouTube

GRIT by Angela Duckworth | Animated CORE Message - YouTube

"Talent count once, Effort count twice"

Talent * Effort = Skill
Skill * Effort = Achievement