I like college towns. There is something about them that interests me. It must be the young people — plenty of them — looking to learn. Or it must be the “education” smell. I’m not sure. I just like college towns. State College is the home of Penn State. It has a nice, lively downtown adjacent to the college. It is filled with young people. Beatiful girls. 🙂 It feels rich. It feels safe. It’s very clean. What more can you ask? My college experience was different. I went to NJIT. It’s a technical school. We had 80% of guys…
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I discovered something new yesterday (wow, I’m learning a lot lately). I’m mostly discovering things I don’t know but probably should know. That may not be so funny, but that’s how it is: I don’t know a lot of things, sometimes even the most basic. But that’s why I learn and want to continue to learn for the rest of my life: lifelong learner? 🙂 What did I discover yesterday? Russian literature. Neven knew it was great — considered the best by many. Mainly, I discovered Tolstoy, Checkov, and Dostoevsky. Sound familiar? When I asked my wife, she said that…
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I’m into history lately. And that’s only since I started listening to audio books. American revolution, the independence movement. Those were very interesting times. America was founded by several outstanding individuals: John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, George Washington. Those are the ones that I came across. It’s fascinating to hear these stories. And you know what? I’m bad in history. I don’t know a lot of stuff. I’m learning a lot. David McCullough is an interesting author, historian. If you ever get to read/listen his books, do so. You will be fascinated. Ever since I listened to his book…
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One of the best ways to constantly learn is… to read books. OK, you might agree. But read what? Good question. That’s not so easy to answer. You have to read what you like. You have to pick the books that interest you. If you pick a book that does not interest you, put it aside, read another one. If you force yourself into reading a book, then reading will not be fun for you. If you make reading fun, then you will read a lot more. And thus learn a lot more. 🙂 I love to read. I read…
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After some thinking, I’m going to change my web strategy. I realized, after reading some good books lately, that I am a Lifelong Learner and that’s what I want to be remembered as. I also realized that my blogs need more focus, more to-the-point. Plus, I feel like a change is needed. Thus, the first change, I’m going to rename this blog to “Lifelong Learner.” I’m going to concentrate on the “things I learn” and things I want to learn. It’s going to be a learning blog. For that, I’m going to borrow and feed from entries from My Learning…
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I am starting a learning log. In this log, I will enter my thoughts on what I’m learning, what I want to learn: anything that is learning related. The bottom line is that I want to become a lifelong learner. I want to learn something new everyday. I want to continue on that path until I die. Why? Because that’s what I like to do. I like to learn new things, read new books. But how did I come about doing this? I am currently reading “The Lifelong Learner” book. In that book, the author suggests creating a learning log…
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I admire leaders that speak the truth, speak from the heart, and that are open (candor). If you are like that, you will earn credidibility. But why do you need credibility? “Credibility is a leader’s currency. With it he or she solvent; without it he or she is bankrupt.” That’s a quote from the latest Leadership Wired newsletter. In it, John Maxwell offers four keys to establishing leadership crediblity 1) Speak the truth.Be honest and upfront. Transparency breeds legitimacy—make it a priority to be open with financial statements, policies, and decision-making rationale. 2) Don’t hide bad news. 3) Never over-promise.Do…
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We all want to be happy, right? What makes you happy? Do you know? I personally can’t tell you right away. Well, if I don’t know what makes me happy, how can I be happy? 🙂 Actually, I’m usually happy. Usually. If I could figure out how to be happy all the time… that would be great. That’s why I think the tips below are good for me. They also help me identify some of the things that make me happy. Here are 9 tips that can help you lead to happiness: Understand what it is that will make you…
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If you have a website, make sure you don’t commit these usability mistakes. These come from Jakob Nielsen, the expert in the field. I don’t think I commit any of these:1. No Author Biographies2. No Author Photo3. Nondescript Posting Titles4. Links Don’t Say Where They Go6. The Calendar is the Only Navigation9. Forgetting That You Write for Your Future Boss10. Having a Domain Name Owned by a Weblog Service I still have to work on the following:5. Classic Hits are Buried7. Irregular Publishing Frequency8. Mixing Topics ReferenceWeblog Usability: The Top Ten Design Mistakes, Jakob Nielsen’s Alertbox, October 17, 2005 RelatedTop…
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I want to be an expert (in everything I engage in :-)). I’m sure you do too. Do you like to do things that are not fun for you to do? (Re-read that.) If so, you’ll become an expert one day. (I’m sure you are aware of this, and you’re doing this consciously.) Most of the people like to do things that they’re already good at. If you’d like to become an expert, however, it is essential for you to practice the things that are a pain for you; it is essential that you suck for a while; and on…