Archive for December, 2009
Days are shorter now, it is time to celebrate; now that the brakeless train of our planet is about to finish one more of its crazy rides, I want to wish all of you a nice new trip, with a special regard for those who got off or on along the previous 365 stations.
I read somewhere a beautiful anthropological interpretation of the meaning of the Christmas tree, previous to (more…)
Friday, December 25th, 2009
Tags: Beauty, Christmas, Emotions, Learning, Love, Nature, Perception, Poetry, Primitive mind, Subliminal, Thinking, Tradition
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If you’re as lucky as me, you’ll have, or you’ll have had this fantastic relative (grandpa, an aunt or uncle maybe) who takes care of you in an almost frenzied manner. A sort of die-hard fan of yours obsessed with (more…)
Tuesday, December 15th, 2009
Tags: Advertising, Children, Competition, Education, Emotional intelligence, Emotions, Erich Fromm, Experience, Family, Gratification, Growth, Habits, Introspection, Love, Motivation, Organizing, Personal productivity, Personal relations, Reminders, Self-care, Subliminal, Tasks, Time management, Tips
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These reflections come as a consequence of a period using my replacement computer -the regular one had a keyboard problem that the tech service spent ages to fix-. More precisely, they are due to the fact, quite shocking, that, during those days revisiting my old, faithful Compaq Presario 1200, (more…)
Friday, December 11th, 2009
Tags: Computers, Creative thinking, Education, Emotions, Focus, Growth, Habits, Ideas, Information, Inspiration, Learning, Motivation, Multitasking, Music, Organizing, Personal productivity, Reminders, Tasks, Thinking, Time management, Tips, Vintage, Writing
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In his classic work ‘De Bono’s Thinking Course
‘, the master of creative thinking Edward de Bono (of the ‘Six Thinking Hats
‘ fame) exposes a series of techniques to improve reasoning, as a sort of exhaustive “thought gym”. One of his exercises consists in (more…)
Saturday, December 5th, 2009
Tags: Absurdity, Books, Brainstorming, Capture, Classification, Creative thinking, Edward de Bono, Exercises, Fun, Habits, Humor, Ideas, Inspiration, Invention, Judgement, Labeling, Learning, Mental block, Mind, Motivation, Organizing, Outlining, Personal productivity, Planning, Projects, Serendipity, Tasks, Thinking
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This is a vivid daydreaming I once had. My thoughts are usually more verbal (sometimes I’m verbal ’till I don’t know what to do), but I also happen to visualize concepts in the shape of (more…)
Tuesday, December 1st, 2009
Tags: Beauty, Daydreaming, Emotions, Experience, Growth, Learning, Metaphor, Mind, Motivation, Perception, Poetry, Subliminal, Time, Transcendence, Writing
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