thought Archive
Don’t be a Victim
1 Comment Published by Jim April 2nd, 2008 in learning, mind, philosophy, quote, religion, thoughtI could write about this in great detail. It is something I believe strongly about, but there is just one point I would like to make right now. I say this in full realization that such a statement could be considered self-referential.
Anyone who suggests that you are a victim of others, is trying to victimize [...]
Spinning Dots Illusion
0 Comments Published by Jim March 31st, 2008 in creativity, learning, mind, self-improvement, thoughtI love optical illusions. First of all, they are cool, secondly the good ones teach us something about the way our eyes and brains work. One of the neet things about the internet is that it makes it really easy to share animated optical illusions. Check this out out:
If you follow the pink dos with [...]
Naturalist or Bodily-Kinesthetic
0 Comments Published by Jim March 31st, 2008 in self-improvement, success, thoughtMy dad just sent me this video of Lorenzo : the Flying FrenchMan. . .
It is really cool to watch, but it got me wondering, is this an example of Naturalist Intelligence, or Bodily-Kinesthetic. My guess it is a strong combination of both. Naturalist allows him to communicate with the animals so well, [...]
I’ve never been much for gifts on occasion, I much prefer just giving people gifts, cards, etc. when I think about it or see something I think they will like. Unfortunately I usually try to save it for the next appropriate occasion, and then just forget, or am unable to get it then.
So if I [...]
Pockets are deceivingly large. It doesn’t seam like they hold much. Through out the day as you have small pocket sized items you place them in your pocket. Finally you go to retrieve one. That is when you discover that pockets are much bigger then you thought as you attempt to [...]
What Kind of Thinker are You?
1 Comment Published by Jim September 10th, 2007 in creativity, learning, mind, philosophy, self-improvement, thoughtYou can take the test on BBC’s Leonardo Da Vinici page.
Here is my results:
You are an Interpersonal Thinker
Interpersonal thinkers:
Like to think about other people, and try to understand them
Recognise differences between individuals and appreciate that different people have different perspectives
Make an effort to cultivate effective relationships with family, friends and colleagues
Like interpersonal thinkers, Leonardo had [...]
High IQ or High EQ?
1 Comment Published by Jim July 13th, 2007 in creativity, learning, mind, philosophy, quote, self-improvement, success, thoughtWith IQ being Intellectual Quotient (ability to understand and organize information), and EQ being Emotional Quotient (ability to understand and organize people). If we were to assume that they are mutually exclusive so a person could only have one or the other, which would you want?
Why?
I would want a high EQ. That would make it [...]
Science of Getting Rich
0 Comments Published by Jim May 24th, 2007 in books, learning, philosophy, self-improvement, success, thought, wealthI just finished reading the Science of Getting Rich by Wallace D. Wattles. An amazing book. It was published about 100 years ago too. You can read the whole thing on WikiSource. That is where I got it from too. I formatted it all nice and printed it out.
Wallace has [...]
The Merits of Practice
1 Comment Published by Jim March 16th, 2007 in creativity, learning, mind, quote, self-improvement, success, thoughtMy wife just sent me this quote, which I really like.
“Practice until you get it right. Then practice until you can’t get it wrong.”
Don’t know who it is by though. I’ll research that. . .
I am also a fan of the differentiation that practice doesn’t make perfect, it makes permanent. Perfect practice makes [...]
Profound questions of Youth
2 Comments Published by Jim December 23rd, 2006 in creativity, family, meme, mind, philosophy, thoughtMy son shared with me some creative questions he came up with at school:
How do you know you are not upside down and gravity isn’t really pulling you up?
Have you ever been your imagination?
Have you ever exceeded your imagination?
Of course part of me wants to give a simple answer, but then I realized that these [...]