It is Thanksgiving.  Family is starting to arrive.  Turkey and ham, and all their accompanying foods are almost done, almost ready to serve.  I am taking just a moment to sit and think, to write down some thoughts.  There are so many things to be thankful for, and yet so many things that cause us all stress in life.  It is a good thing to be able to just shut that all out, even if just for a moment.  We all have money troubles, relationship troubles, family issues.  Some of us struggle with dependency an addiction.  And there never seem to be enough hours in the day.  All these things are relative though, if you step back and think about it.  If you are reading this, you have some sort of electronic device that is connected to the internet. Just that fact means you are far better off than a lot of people.  The idea that I am writing this, as bad as I sometimes think I have it, proves that I am one of the lucky ones.  Remember that, relative to others, you are also one of the lucky ones.  Be thankful.  Help someone out who is less fortunate.  And relax, it will all work out.

Happy Thanksgiving.

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Be a better, faster learner.

Great post at Mark Sanborn's Leadership blog, and since I commented on it, I thought I would put it here on  my blog too.  Kind of like the tagline from the notepad company I like, "I'm not writing it down to remember it later, I am writing it down to remember it now."

The main points:


To be a better, faster learner you need to do these things:

1. Slow down. If you are moving too fast, information is getting passed over or filtered out.

2. Reflect. That means contemplating not just on what happened, but what it means.

3. Record. Keeping a journal will help you capture lessons to review or reconsider in the future.

4. Share. You’ll gain additional insights and notice nuances when you share what you’ve learned with others, whether your team or someone you mentor.

Seems to me that these four steps might not just help you become a better learner, they might be good for your health as well.  I might need that.

Crazy!

This is the craziest thing I've seen in a long time..
You have to get out of your seat and walk away from
your computer. People may think you're crazy. But it's well worth it.

When you look at this picture you see it's Albert Einstein..

But if you stand 15 feet away it will become Marilyn Monroe.. Now what do you think of the reliability of eyewitness testimony?