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  • Remember when you were staring at the ceiling in elementary school, and the teacher asked you whether the answer was on the ceiling? Maybe it was.
    • Gary Patton
      Gary Patton on 06 Dec 11
       
      You guys NEVER ever did that ...right? gfp (2011-10-04)
  • One potentially appropriate therapy for procrastination lies in teaching something akin to time management
  • it is desirable that not only that there should be an interval free from conscious thought on the particular problem concerned, but also that that interval should be so spent that nothing should interfere with the free working of the unconscious or partially unconscious processes of the mind. In those cases, the stage of incubation should include a large amount of actual mental relaxation"
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      Gary Patton on 06 Dec 11
       
      Might it not have been more understandable for his readers for this academic to have simply said: "When you have a really difficult problem ...go to sleep!" Or: "Take a shower!" The latter usually works best for me. And to enhance the former, I keep a pad & pen on my bed-side table so I can jot down a quickie reminder, without really waking up, because I seldom can rember my brialliant idea in the morning? What do you do? gfp (2011-10-04)
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  • Helmholz described how new thoughts came to him: After previous investigation, "in all directions," .. " happy ideas come unexpectedly without effort, like an inspiration ... they have never come to me when my mind was fatigued, or when I was at my working table ... They came particularly readily during the slow ascent of wooded hills on a sunny day" (p. 91).
    • Gary Patton
      Gary Patton on 06 Dec 11
       
      Athiestic scientists describe the event this way! Some call it 'serindipity' to similarily disguise the real source! I more accurately and unasamably call it what it is: GOD! gfp (2011-10-04)
  • Einstein would "allow the subconscious to solve particularly tricky problems
    • Gary Patton
      Gary Patton on 06 Dec 11
       
      Apropos my note above re 'serendipity', and contrary to common myth, Einstein was at best a diest late in life but not a Christian, according to those who knew him well. gfp (2011-10-04)
  • They engage in the "preliminary period of conscious work which also precedes all fruitful unconscious labor" (Poincare, 1924).
    • Gary Patton
      Gary Patton on 06 Dec 11
       
      Don't you just love academic writing? gfp (2011-10-04)
  • Of course, the "illumination" that is the result of incubation needs to be followed by more conscious work. Ideas that arise as a result of incubation need to be evaluated (Smith, 1994);
    • Gary Patton
      Gary Patton on 06 Dec 11
       
      Really? Duh!! gfp
  • Incubation sometimes requires a very long break:
  • can also occur with breaks of shorter duration.
  • it can also happen in very short breaks, a few minutes or even moments.
    • Gary Patton
      Gary Patton on 06 Dec 11
       
      God seldom works the same way ...every time! gfp
  • I have found that these breaks work best when they are devoted to something fairly mindless: washing just a few dishes, filing just a few papers, or doing some light exercise.
  • In fact, high achievers may actually take more time.
  • perhaps some of the "non-stop" working was staring at the ceiling. If high achievers appear to accomplish tasks more quickly than others, I suspect it is only because they put in so much more time.1
    • Gary Patton
      Gary Patton on 06 Dec 11
       
      "Type "A' Personalities", please take note! (This is a note to myself!! :-) ) gfp
  • Gary Patton on 06 Dec 11
     
    In this helpful, short article the author outlines, simply, how to unleash your creativity best by using the simple process of incubation. gfp (2011-10-04)
Gary Patton

The Art of Asking Questions - Ron Ashkenas - Harvard Business Review - 0 views

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  • But asking questions effectively is a major underlying part of a manager's job
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      Gary Patton on 28 Nov 11
       
      I'd argue effective questioning is everyone's job and a major life ...not just business... skill! It "blows my mind" that theis powerful relationship communication skill is not taught at school. But then, some argue, that John Dewey, one of the Founders of the Humanist Society and principal author of the "Humanist Manifesto"
  • three areas where improved "questioning" can strengthen managerial effectiveness
  • Good managers therefore are always asking themselves and others about what they could do better or differently.
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      Gary Patton on 28 Nov 11
       
      Both getting and giving good feedback is another major life-skill challenge for many of us. Ask me for my S-M-A-R-TBriefing™ on each of these life-skills because ... "All feedback you get or, better, can encourage, is helpful and able to assist you irrespective of it being complimentary, contrarian or contentious!"~ gfp '42™
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  • Many managers don't know how to probe the thought process of their subordinates, colleagues, and bosses — and instead make assumptions about the basis of their actions. And when those assumptions are wrong, all sorts of dysfunctional patterns can be created.
  • probing needs to be in the spirit of accelerating progress, illuminating unconscious assumptions and solving problems
  • many of the best managers I've seen have an uncanny ability to engage in Socratic dialogue that helps people reach their own conclusions about what can be done to improve a plan or project, which of course leads to much more ownership and learning.
  • Asking these questions in a way that does not trigger defensiveness and that is seen as constructive is an important skill for managers.
  • Gary Patton on 28 Nov 11
     
    Few of us are effective questioners. And being good at the skill of asking questions effectively is not just a major underlying part of a manager's job as is the focus in this excellent article. I'd argue effective questioning is everyone's job and a major life ...not just business... skill! A major life challenge of many of us is that we don't know how to probe the thought process of our bosses, colleagues, friends, neighbours ...and especially our partners and other relatives. Instead we make ill-informed and unwise assumptions about the basis of their actions and behaviours. And when those assumptions are wrong ...as they usually are..., all sorts of dysfunctional patterns can result. gfp (2011-11-23)
  • Gary Patton on 28 Nov 11
     
    Discover in this article why what you weren't taught in school can be a major draw-back in your career and life!
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Gary Patton

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    This video describes an easy-to-follow and helpful process for transferring most videos to your social networking or Web sites ...even if you're a novice on the WWW.
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"Thinkers Anonymous" Renesch.Com | FutureShapers Monthly Newsletter Archives - 0 views

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  • little is said about the one of the biggest addictions for the Western world - compulsive thinking.
  • addiction is a habit that we cannot easily break through willpower, is something we do compulsively and is harmful to us, or to people around us
  • it is a habit that is difficult to stop does harm.
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  • Anne Lamott quote: "My mind is like a bad neighborhood, I try not to go there alone."
    • Gary Patton
      Gary Patton on 06 Dec 11
       
      The Apostle Paul agrees with Ms. Lamott, (1954- ) U.S. author. He suggests that we allow Holy Spirit to control that dangerous neighbourhood in Galatians 5:16-17 &25 as well as 2 Corinthians 10:3-5 . gfp
  • Thinking becomes harmful when it takes total control of our behavior - so we can't freely choose but feel compelled to act. In other words, conscious choice is absent.
  • We have assigned our minds an aristocratic nobility so that our thinking often reigns supreme over our feelings and intuitions, which are often denied in the process.
  • Mystics and spiritual teachers tell us about the trap that our egoic minds represent, and how our egoic thinking prevents us from having "the relationship of all relationships" that so many people yearn for.
  • many if not most of people's problems stem from egoic thinking which leads to worry, anxiety, depression and fear.
  • We are the most sedated society in the world
  • Surrender to a Higher Power - "a power greater than ourselves" - was the answer created by the founders of A.A. along with a supportive community of fellow alcoholics who knew what it was like - who could identify with the hopelessness, fear, and powerlessness that went with the addiction.
  • So how do we stop thinking? We can't stop all thinking but we'd be far healthier if we could end the compulsiveness and only engage with generative thinking - thinking that creates, explains, challenges and contributes to wisdom and understanding. Compulsiveness is the problem, not thinking itself.
  • Einstein told us decades ago that we'd never solve our problems with the same consciousness that created them. The same thinking that made the messes cannot get us out of them. We have evolved to such a degree that we must surrender to a power greater than our egoic minds if we are to transcend the conditions we find undesirable - personally, organizationally and societally.
  • mystic Robert Rabbin says, "we must live in the heart, not in the thinking mind."
    • Gary Patton
      Gary Patton on 06 Dec 11
       
      Mr. Rabbin, a U.S. author & speaker, has a flagship program, "The 5 Principles of Authentic Living. He calls these his "Authenticity Accelerator". The priciples are powerfull. I agree and teach these five, key relationship approaches as well: 1 Be Present 2 Pay Attention 3 Listen Deeply 4 Speak Truthfully 5 Act Creatively at http://www.authenticityaccelerator.com I disagree with Mr. Rensch, however, that Mr. Rabbin's work entitles him to the title given to the great mystics of the Middle Ages, like Catholic Priest John of the Cross and his mentor, the Catholic Nun, Teresa of Avalon! gfp
  • Gary Patton on 06 Dec 11
     
    Mr. Renesch shares and interesting definition of 'addiction' and proposes an uncommon one most would not normally consider an addiction. His thesis makes sense. gfp (2011-11-17)
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The Origins of the Fed - Ron Paul - Mises Daily - 0 views

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  • The Federal Reserve cartelizes the banking industry, allowing individual banks to inflate together, earning them and the government enormous profits, while making sure that they are never held accountable for their fraudulent practices.
  • early 1900s — during the so-called Progressive Era — the US government began a radical program of intervention into the economy.
  • a precursor of socialism and fascism
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  • conferred special privileges on favored firms, insulating them from the competition of the free market
  • This illegitimate and unconstitutional process happened time and time again
  • era when the US free market received a beating
  • in a system of government intervention, industries are no longer accountable to the needs of the people.
  • the years of many evils: the income tax, "making the world safe for democracy" through World War I, centralization through direct election of senators, the imperial presidency, Prohibition, and the Federal Reserve System
  • Academics, as is still the case, provided intellectual cover for these crimes
  • The central-banking movement began to grow a year before the Panic of 1907 in New York.
  • Gary Patton on 06 Dec 11
     
    The Federal Reserve cartelizes the banking industry, allowing individual banks to inflate together, earning them and the government enormous profits, while making sure that they are never held accountable for their fraudulent practices.
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