Old (1998) but good article interviewing Richard Leider about living life on purpose. Leider’s guidelines: Life is a spiral. What do you want, and how will you know when you get it? Feed the three hungers Discover the four factors of every decision Answer the ultimate question Make every job search an in-venture and an adventure Use this formula for a good career decision: T + P + E x V Live in the real world Don’t sell yourself short Find motivation from without-and from within Get advice from within-and from without Make your decisions the way senior citizens wish they had.
Sex-Specific Genes for Depression reports on work at the University of Pittsburgh. Depression in women and men could have different genetic origins, a finding that underscores the complexity of depression… Thanks to Rebecca’s Pocket
Article – in Science Guardian about research into the way things crumple – whether it’s a crisp packet or the metal skin of a car …
Choosing Forgiveness descibes itself as “dedicated to the challenge of witnessing to forgiveness in a non-forgiving world”. The friend who sent me this link quotes one of the documents on the site thus: “All forgiveness is self-forgiveness. Your experience of the world is the result of your combined state of thought and feeling – your arena of consciousness. If your experience of the world is a result of your state of consciousness, then if you hate anyone, you are disliking a part of yourself.
Interesting site by Keith Rice detailing some work based on Spiral Dynamics and NLP dealing with real-life problems in Humberside.
The UK government has shut down the Individual Learning Account scheme because of widespread fraud. (source The Register, referred by Scottish lass seeks…)
In his longer article You Are Brighter Than You Think he notes the “first law of psychology” Each time you notice something which others likely have not, even if seemingly trivial, like the play of shadows on the wall or the way So-and-So came into the room–and you don’t express or record that bit of observation, you are reinforcing the behavior of being unobservant. Each time you do express or record such an observation, you are not only reinforcing that perception a la the Principle of Description, but you are reinforcing the behavior of being perceptive and observant.
In “Fourteen Forms of Fun” Pierre-Alexandre Garneau lists the broad categories of entertaining activities, in the context of better computer games design. Co-Working News suggest that these are also fundamental to the design of an effctive co-working experience too. They are: Beauty Immersion Intellectual Problem Solving Competition Social Interaction Comedy Thrill of Danger Physical Activity Love Creation Power Discovery Advancement and Completion Application of an Ability Something to think about next time you are trying to fill that job vacancy!
In his October Winsights column Win Wenger encourages us to think of ourselves as a rather complex swirl of confluent possibilities, interacting with other streams of possibility amidst larger overall flow. Win has some fascinating ideas, and I find it intriguing how his scientific approach to stretching the human mind seems to have so much in common with certain ancient teachings. While you’re “over that way” why not check out his May 2001 article “What Does It Mean to be You?
Excellent article in the Observer about the problems divorced and seperated fathers have in getting time with their children, and the way the UK courts seem institutionally biased against fathers.