One of the fastest ways to learn is to fail. Information, instruction and feedback in the context of an experience of failure is more useful than abstractly presented curriculum in no particular context other that the learning environment itself (classroom).…
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We Fail to Learn
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Chakras and Productivity
In Yoga and other practices there is a knowledge of energy systems called Chakras. I think of them as a system of reservoirs and locks that work much as a system of canals like the Panama or Suez canals. There is not…
Passin Thru
Yesterday afternoon I was listening to the radio station of Columbia University here in NYC. They were playing three hours of music by a favorite sax player of mine named Oliver Lake. One of the tunes was called Passin’ Thru.…
Practice Quote of the Day
In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is. Yogi Berra
Multi-dimensional task focus
I advocate a multi-dimensional view of the tasks or actions that I track. I have a project focus, a context focus, a people focus with time and people attributes where appropriate. The genesis of this process and practice comes from…
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The Lesson of Aikido
I came across this quote in one of my journals today “when you don’t resist, there is no pressure”. One of my previous posts was on Letting Go. Today’s is on Letting Through. Resistance requires so much energy. No wonder…
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Position Comfortably Held
Another yoga analogy. It is much more valuable, for me, to do a difficult asana like the Half Moon Pose (Ardha Chandrasana) using a block rather than straining to do without. In fact, I end up with just a fingertip…
How do you get to Carnegie Hall?
Practice , practice, practice. Repetition lets us take a skill and move it through the stages of Johari’s window. From blind spot to conscious competence. In fact it allows us to move to a cognitive place of automation to the…
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Practice, Practice, Practice
The cure for ignorance is wisdom. When you see someone studying, they are demonstrating wisdom, because that’s how you learn the subject matter. Someone once asked me, “How do I get more wisdom?” I answered, “In a word, practice! In…
Letting it go
I love it when a yoga instructor asks us, with our heads hanging by our ankles in uttasana or as we’re trying to get our nose to the mat in some seated stretch, “what can you let go off at…
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