Long Now Foundation podcast with Timothy Ferris
Takeaways:
1) Find the person who's really good at something they're not a natural at. Find their personal blog. Discover (ask them) their trick.
2) Discrete units. Break things down into component parts and learn them.
3) Identify the extremes.
4) Minimum effective doses. Fat loss tricks: 5min (1set) 3x week kettle bell swings ("4hour body"); 30g w/in 30min of waking up (whey protein); 90-120sec muscle tension; 1200 words for fluency in a language
5) Sequencing.
6) Frequency. Cram a language for 7 days 8-10hrs/day before immersion. Michel Thomas books.
7) 8 sense audit for languages. and so on.
Thursday, October 6, 2011
Percentage Gains in Job Categories 2006-2010
From Wired Magazine.
Podcast here.
Major Takeaways:
1) You don't necessarily need a college degree
2) Manufacturing jobs will be less mundane due to constant innovation
3) Place matters, due to talent pools and proximity of suppliers
4) The old becomes new
Also, Emerging Epicenters of High Tech Industry map:
Podcast here.
Major Takeaways:
1) You don't necessarily need a college degree
2) Manufacturing jobs will be less mundane due to constant innovation
3) Place matters, due to talent pools and proximity of suppliers
4) The old becomes new
Also, Emerging Epicenters of High Tech Industry map:
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Executive Director Skills at various points in the organizational life cycle
From Carlson & Donohoe's "Executive Director's Survival Guide"
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
Categories of Skills by Learning Objective
Skills can be divided into (1) those that take time to learn well, and (2) those that take time to learn at all. We can consider which ones we want to be able to do well and which we want to be able to do in a pinch, and base the extent to which we pursue mastery on:
- If it’s a category 1 skill—where anyone can do it but not anyone can do it well—do you need to do it well? The answer is yes only if you want to be able to barter or make money with it. Otherwise, just learn to do it or figure out when you need to. An example is butchering a hog. If you need to butcher a hog, it'd be a pain the ass but you could figure it out. You'd want to know how to do it well if you were going to offer butchering in trade or for money.
- If it’s a category 2 skill that takes a lot of practice to be able to do at all, then you need to decide if it’s necessary for survival or desired for barter/sale. If so, learn it; otherwise, don't bother, unless it's for fun.
- If it’s a category 1 skill—where anyone can do it but not anyone can do it well—do you need to do it well? The answer is yes only if you want to be able to barter or make money with it. Otherwise, just learn to do it or figure out when you need to. An example is butchering a hog. If you need to butcher a hog, it'd be a pain the ass but you could figure it out. You'd want to know how to do it well if you were going to offer butchering in trade or for money.
- If it’s a category 2 skill that takes a lot of practice to be able to do at all, then you need to decide if it’s necessary for survival or desired for barter/sale. If so, learn it; otherwise, don't bother, unless it's for fun.
decisions, uncertainty, and regret
We live in uncertainty. We use the information we have available to us at any give time to make the best decision we can at that time. That is the best we can do, and having done so, should forgive ourselves the rest.
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