The buck stops here
This blog attempts to promote lifelong learning as opposed to academic study. It is a private blog, though the author is associated with Otago Polytechnic. All views and opinions are my own blah blah blah and so forth. Please enjoy the goodies that you find here in that spirit.
"Computers are useless!" isn't something that I said. It's meant to have come from Pablo Picasso.
I'm reading How Life Imitates Chess by the former world chess champion, Garry Kasparov. That's where I read the above quote. The reason that Pablo thought so, Garry wrote, is that computers only can give you answers, but it's the questions that matter. Discovering the right questions is the key to staying on course.
Hm, that's certainly food for thought. Such an idea is certainly worth exploring on this blog.
In this article someone reckons that asking questions is a skill as important as reading, writing or doing Maths. Another reference I found with a 30-second search is this 30-minute podcast you can hear someone give 5 strategies for asking the right questions.
Update: the podcast comes from Michael Hyatt's site. It's actually quite a good listen, although it takes about 10 minutes to get going.
Watching the tantrums of my two-and-a-half year old this morning, I realize that one of our biggest tasks is to learn how to manage ourselves: our emotions, our thinking, our self-control, our dealings with other people. The list goes on. It's an ongoing project that lasts a lifetime. As such, I think it's worthy to be looked at on a blog dedicated to life-long learning.
Self-management. What stage are you at? Which resources would you find useful? (BTW, the above illustration comes from this article which may be useful you have your own 'terrible two'.)
