My Hypothesis of Memory
Spaced Repetition can also be described as Spaced Repeated Triggering. Spaced Repetition (SR) Works at a Kinesthesis and Perceptual level. SR This works with Improv. That Improv is recalling a…
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Mental 5S
Mental 5S should have been one of the first things I learned growing up. Considering our mind as our primary workspace it means a lot to be able to keep…
Read more →Positive feedbackloops
Personal Improvement In Taichii Onno points out there is a Time and Place for everything. While in process engineering we STOP the bad thing immediately, we sometimes have to ride…
Read more →Get the Linguist Extension for Libreoffice; Chinese Update
So I updated my Public Domain Books Gdoc to add Chinese Texts of course I’m in no vocabulary to be able to read such texts YET. This is because I was…
Read more →The action scale of time
It was in the undoing project by Michael Lewis I adopted the test: knowledge must be predictive. That knowing something should help us make better decisions. I found this a…
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2017-01-14
studies
De Agricultura and Reengineering
Listening to reengineering by Michael hammer and de agricultura of Cato and varro has interesting contrast. One talks about post cold war biz and more empowered workers, and the other…
Read more →What is the conditions for optimal study to practice ratio
The best in a quick (2 min search and verify) for what I’m looking for : practice to study ratio. https://www.actualized.org/blueprint/theory-practice-ratio In this article they call it theory which is…
Read more →Driving More; means more time for my Text to Speech app
So I have to drive the wife more because shes at 37 weeks and I still need to “manage by hoseback” and my horse being a toyota fortuner that needs…
Read more →Good on Paper, but not Practical
As I’ve finished C in Dr. Arthur Hill’s Operations Managmeent Encyclopedia there are a lot of ideas and ideals I wish we could have in our company but its not…
Read more →Leaner Habits and Reflections
So I would like to have an update on my quest to make my habits leaner. Whats changed recently is I’ve been trying to keep logs on Work and Personal.…
Read more →Motivational vs Practical Self Improvement.
How to differentiate Motivational/Inspirational vs Practical Self Improvement? This is my Tentative List. 1) Actionable. Its an action or set of actions, or a plan. The plan is a usable…
Read more →Chinese Update, Tactics, Pinyin Keyboard, and Cal Newport
Chinese studies ran long: Decided to add more to my training. Particularly trying to make best use of the one hour everyday. Moving stuff around so I can just concentrate…
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2016-08-27
studies
Work Update
Recent Lessons: 1) document as I go. Everything is overwhelming my capacity for attention. Its best to always document so that I can break it up into smaller pieces. 1.1)…
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2016-08-19
studies
Patience
Patience noun noun: patience 1. the capacity to accept or tolerate delay, trouble, or suffering without getting angry or upset. “you can find bargains if you have the patience to sift…
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2016-08-18
studies
Distractions and focus
My main barrier of converting most of my distractions into usefully spent time is how much of start up time getting back into my little projects. My Chinese studies has…
Read more →Writing Exercises in Pleco
Tried the writing exercises. We have a writing test this June 11 and ive only managed to master 懂 because its one of the most clearly remembered concepts from Chinesepodcast. …
Read more →Chinese Studies Update: Grammar Mastery
Basic Chinese 4 is NPCR Chapters 15-18 and about 100 words in addition. This class would benefit for ME if I had mastered the words prior to taking it. Since…
Read more →Personal Project Tracker
I was wondering how many personal projects have slipped through the cracks. So I decided to just apply a simple GTD solution of putting my projects in a bucket so that…
Read more →My Notes on Art and Artworks
These are my notes on art and being an artist. This is what I would have told my younger me when before I wanted to go through art. Technical Elements…
Read more →Flash Cards Mastery
I swallowed my pride and re-calibrated my Flashcard deck into NPCR chapter 2 (Book 1 is chapter 1-14, and the Book two is 15 and up). Basically I’m using the…
Read more →Reinstalling my Pinyin Keyboard for Ubuntu 14.04
Here is the way of installing the Pinyin Keyboard for my notebook. This is based off steffan’s steps but this is how it turned out for me. Step 1 Install…
Read more →Little Masteries, Proficiencies, High Mastery
Its annoying how “Mastery” is the word that bests describes a level of skill that can be employed almost instantly. The way language is a mastered skill, as compared to…
Read more →Mandarin Studies Update, Enrolling to Cycle 38
So Cycle 37 (Jan 9 to March 19) in the Confucius Institute of Ateneo in Ateneo Business School ended where I retook Chinese Basic 2 and Chinese Basic 3 with the…
Read more →the Bias we have with the Narrative of Success
Chapter 19 is Called Illusion of Understanding (In thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman). Hindsight makes mistakes appear obvious, maintaining the discipline to compartmentalize the narrative without the information…
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2016-01-29
studies
Listening at x2 speed
High Speed Audio. I first began listening to videos at x2 the speed When I first got my Audible App at the start of 2015. Now I listen this way…
Read more →汉语 课 Chinese Classes for a Long time.
There are Chinese classes in the Ateneo Confucius Institute of basic, intermediate, advance and practical speaking. There are about 6 levels in each of these categories. That’s 24 classes in…
Read more →Basis, Up2, and Fitbit Charge HR Review
Yes I wear 3 trackers. not Counting my Phone (which has Google Fit) I’ve been using fitbit for a while. Since 2011 I’ve lost 3 Fitbit Ones, a Fitbit Flex…
Read more →The HSK or the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi 汉语水平考试, Chinese learning Update.
The HSK Article in Wikipedia is very informative, I’ll be talking about that and my experience so far. I know I had to learn thousands of words, but I didnt…
Read more →the Problem of Screening Offers
So I’m getting offers for my AEGs and they always ask for “Last Price” my counter is *“is this going to be a waste of my time?”*. So apply lessons…
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2015-11-05
studies
Chinese Classes
I’m not ready to advance to the next level of my Chinese classes but I find the schedule helpful in keeping me working as well as access to a skilled…
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