Fishing Story
The Japanese love fresh fish. However, the waters close to Japan have not held many fish for decades. So to feed the Japanese population, fishing boats got bigger and went farther than ever.
The farther the fishermen went, the longer it took to bring in the fish. If the return trip took more than a few days, the fish were not fresh. The Japanese did not like the taste.
To solve this problem, fishing companies installed freezers on their boats. They would catch the fish and freeze them at sea. Freezers allowed the boats to go farther and stay longer.
However, the Japanese could taste the difference between fresh and frozen and they did not like frozen fish. The frozen fish brought a lower price.
So fishing companies installed fish tanks. They would catch the fish and stuff them in the tanks, fin to fin. After a little thrashing around, the fish stopped moving. They were tired and dull, but alive.
Unfortunately, the Japanese could still taste the difference. Because the fish did not move for days, they lost their fresh-fish taste. The Japanese preferred the lively taste of fresh fish, not sluggish fish.
So how did Japanese fishing companies solve this problem? How do they get fresh-tasting fish to Japan? If you were consulting the fish industry, what would you recommend?
Too Much Money
As soon as you reach your goals, such as finding a wonderful mate, starting a successful company, paying off your debts or whatever, you might lose your passion. You don’t need to work so hard so you relax.
You experience the same problem as lottery winners who waste their money, wealthy heirs who never grow up and bored homemakers who get addicted to prescription drugs.
Like the Japanese fish problem, the best solution is simple. It was observed by L. Ron Hubbard in the early 1950's.
"Man thrives, oddly enough, only in the presence of a challenging environment." — L. Ron Hubbard
The Benefits of a Challenge
The more intelligent, persistent and competent you are, the more you enjoy a good problem.
If your challenges are the correct size, and if you are steadily conquering those challenges, you are happy.
You think of your challenges and get energized. You are excited to try new solutions. You have fun.
You are alive!
How Japanese Fish Stay Fresh
To keep the fish tasting fresh, the Japanese fishing companies still put the fish in the tanks. But now they add a small shark to each tank. The shark eats a few fish, but most of the fish arrive in a very lively state.
The fish are challenged.
Recommendations
Instead of avoiding challenges, jump into them. Beat the heck out of them. Enjoy the game.
If your challenges are too large or too numerous, do not give up. Failing makes you tired. Instead, reorganize. Find more determination, more knowledge, more help.
If you have met your goals, set some bigger goals. Once you meet your personal or family needs, move onto goals for your group, the society, even mankind.
Don’t create success and lie in it. You have resources, skills and abilities to make a difference.
Put a shark in your tank and see how far you can really go!
Showing posts with label Training. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Training. Show all posts
Thursday, December 10, 2009
Friday, August 21, 2009
The Tone Deaf and Brain circuits
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People who are tone-deaf can’t detect differences in musical pitch but usually have normal hearing and speech. In the small study done in Boston, brain scans showed there was a difference in a particular brain circuit between those who were tone-deaf and those who weren’t. Among the tone-deaf, researchers discovered there were fewer connections between two areas of the brain that perceive and produce sounds.
“The anomaly suggests that tone-deafness may be a previously undetected neurological syndrome similar to other speech and language disorders, in which connections between perceptual and motor regions are impaired,” said Loui, of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School.
For the study, the researchers used an MRI-based technique called diffusion tensor imaging to examine connections between the right temporal and frontal lobes.
It is known that this region, a neural “highway” called the arcuate fasciculus, is involved in linking music and language perception with vocal production.
The researchers took brain images of 20 people, half of whom had been identified as tone-deaf through listening tests. They found that the arcuate fasciculus was smaller in volume, and had a lower fibre count in the tone-deaf individuals.
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People who are tone-deaf can’t detect differences in musical pitch but usually have normal hearing and speech. In the small study done in Boston, brain scans showed there was a difference in a particular brain circuit between those who were tone-deaf and those who weren’t. Among the tone-deaf, researchers discovered there were fewer connections between two areas of the brain that perceive and produce sounds.
“The anomaly suggests that tone-deafness may be a previously undetected neurological syndrome similar to other speech and language disorders, in which connections between perceptual and motor regions are impaired,” said Loui, of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School.
For the study, the researchers used an MRI-based technique called diffusion tensor imaging to examine connections between the right temporal and frontal lobes.
It is known that this region, a neural “highway” called the arcuate fasciculus, is involved in linking music and language perception with vocal production.
The researchers took brain images of 20 people, half of whom had been identified as tone-deaf through listening tests. They found that the arcuate fasciculus was smaller in volume, and had a lower fibre count in the tone-deaf individuals.
Thursday, August 20, 2009
Activity for Time Management
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First, grab a pencil and paper. Think back to the time you started school, all the way back to kindergarten. One of the first things you learned was how to identify shapes. Next you learned to draw them. On that sheet of paper I want you to do something very simple. Draw one triangle. That was simple, wasn't it? Now, draw as many triangles as you can in twenty seconds. Stop. Count how many you were able to draw. Write down that number. Do you think there might be another way to complete this activity and draw more in less time?
Start at one side of the paper and draw connected W's all the way across the page. Now put a line across the top and the bottom. See how many you can draw in twenty seconds using this method. Wow, that creates a lot of triangles! In only a few seconds you have learned to do this activity more efficiently and effectively in a much shorter amount of time. A seemingly insignificant change can make a significant difference in what can be accomplished in a given amount of time. In fact, you most likely made up to four or five times as many triangles the second time around.
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First, grab a pencil and paper. Think back to the time you started school, all the way back to kindergarten. One of the first things you learned was how to identify shapes. Next you learned to draw them. On that sheet of paper I want you to do something very simple. Draw one triangle. That was simple, wasn't it? Now, draw as many triangles as you can in twenty seconds. Stop. Count how many you were able to draw. Write down that number. Do you think there might be another way to complete this activity and draw more in less time?
Start at one side of the paper and draw connected W's all the way across the page. Now put a line across the top and the bottom. See how many you can draw in twenty seconds using this method. Wow, that creates a lot of triangles! In only a few seconds you have learned to do this activity more efficiently and effectively in a much shorter amount of time. A seemingly insignificant change can make a significant difference in what can be accomplished in a given amount of time. In fact, you most likely made up to four or five times as many triangles the second time around.
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Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Between Black Forest and Shakesphere
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Assume there a slice of black forest and a volume of Shakespeare on the table. Well both can be threatening and challenging to handle. What really happens within. There are some centers in the Brain that alerts you not to consume it for health reasons and then the reptile comes and suggests that you take in immediately before it vanishes the pleasure centers in the brain gives you the attractive imagery and almost brings to your taste buds the yumminess. You feel controlled and demotivated with a pastry and the volume of Shakespeare is controlling and compelling.
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Assume there a slice of black forest and a volume of Shakespeare on the table. Well both can be threatening and challenging to handle. What really happens within. There are some centers in the Brain that alerts you not to consume it for health reasons and then the reptile comes and suggests that you take in immediately before it vanishes the pleasure centers in the brain gives you the attractive imagery and almost brings to your taste buds the yumminess. You feel controlled and demotivated with a pastry and the volume of Shakespeare is controlling and compelling.
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Friday, August 07, 2009
Training at World Vision
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It was a good time talking to those who understand The Bible so I peppered my talk with Biblical references. Started with the Brain Types (Reptilian, Mammalian and Primate). Spoke about the Garden of Eden and the fall of man. God obviously created man to function with the Primate Mind but then the reptile crept in and dominated man - that was probably the fall...
What I observed was that except for few, most of them decided to take the back seat- pretty strange, this is in spite of the fact that they were requested to come forward, yet they did not budge. I hope Iam wrong about their intention to learn.
Overall I thought I gave too much in a short time, to much to digest. Need to tone it down.
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It was a good time talking to those who understand The Bible so I peppered my talk with Biblical references. Started with the Brain Types (Reptilian, Mammalian and Primate). Spoke about the Garden of Eden and the fall of man. God obviously created man to function with the Primate Mind but then the reptile crept in and dominated man - that was probably the fall...
What I observed was that except for few, most of them decided to take the back seat- pretty strange, this is in spite of the fact that they were requested to come forward, yet they did not budge. I hope Iam wrong about their intention to learn.
Overall I thought I gave too much in a short time, to much to digest. Need to tone it down.
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Monday, June 29, 2009
School Kills creativity
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Awesome presentation by Sir Ken Robinson makes an entertaining and profoundly moving case for creating an education system that nurtures (rather than undermines) creativity.
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Awesome presentation by Sir Ken Robinson makes an entertaining and profoundly moving case for creating an education system that nurtures (rather than undermines) creativity.
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Make mathematics meaningful
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Arthur Benjamin,a professor of math at Harvey Mudd College, talks in TED, he offers a bold proposal on how to make math education relevant in the digital age.
According to him Mathematics has a foundation of Arithmetic, Algebra building up to the top of pyramid, which is calculus. According to him, this is a wrong summit of the pyramid.
The right summit should be probability & statistics.
Laws of nature are written in the language of calculus, and its a great product of the human mind. Very few people use calculus in a conscious meaningful way in their day to day life.
Statistics can be used on a day to day life - its risk, reward, randomness its understanding. Its fun. Statistics and Probability is the mathematics of game, gambling, its analyzing trends, predicting the future.
World has changed from Analog to Digital and math curriculum must change from Analog to digital too. From classical continuous mathematics to modern discreet mathematics. Mathematics of uncertainity, randomness of data.
Check out his short presentation at TED link
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Arthur Benjamin,a professor of math at Harvey Mudd College, talks in TED, he offers a bold proposal on how to make math education relevant in the digital age.
According to him Mathematics has a foundation of Arithmetic, Algebra building up to the top of pyramid, which is calculus. According to him, this is a wrong summit of the pyramid.
The right summit should be probability & statistics.
Laws of nature are written in the language of calculus, and its a great product of the human mind. Very few people use calculus in a conscious meaningful way in their day to day life.
Statistics can be used on a day to day life - its risk, reward, randomness its understanding. Its fun. Statistics and Probability is the mathematics of game, gambling, its analyzing trends, predicting the future.
World has changed from Analog to Digital and math curriculum must change from Analog to digital too. From classical continuous mathematics to modern discreet mathematics. Mathematics of uncertainity, randomness of data.
Check out his short presentation at TED link
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