Software engineering and personal development

Category: Personal Development (Page 12 of 20)

What is the reason of trying so hard

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It is obvious that there will definitely come a time when you will get tired and different obstacles might even overcome your desire to continue working. It is not just you that you are facing with these types of difficulties, and you will surely not be the last one that will face similar or other ones as well. However, during these moments usually only a few continue their path that they began, without having any shadow of doubt, or at least they have willpower and an intrinsic motivation that drives them. Continue reading

2 tips on how to better remember other people’s name

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Source: digitalmomblog.com

Sorry, what was your name again?

Maybe you have been repeating this sentence several times in the past, or at least a paraphrase of it, because you did not remember a person’s name that you have met before. In fact, it is probably not your memory problem that you are not remembering that name. By definition, remembering means being able to recall the information that you already know. The time that you met that person before might have been your first occasion that you saw each other, and at that particular moment your focus might have been oriented elsewhere and not in even listening to his/her name. Instead, it is probably because you were trying to think about the things that you are going to say and the facts that you want to mention about yourself that would best represent yourself and make a good impression. Continue reading

Use writing as an external brain

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A lot of times in the past I have thought about something in my head and had the feeling that I already understood and knew how to do something, but when the time of action came, I repeatedly found that I used to skip some important concepts that have actually been gaps that cannot be ignored. I know that I am not the only about this, so that is why I am writing an article, because I want to tell you a good technique that I have found in overcoming this pattern. Continue reading

Use your environment as a reminder for your new behavior

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Source: www.dealry.co.uk

We often slip off our goals and commitments and the lack of willpower is not the only causer. It is also because we forget about them at all. Fortunately, if we are able to remind ourselves about the new behavior, or a goal that we are after, then it is more likely that we will be able to achieve that new type of behavior, or that particular goal. Frankly, our environment can serve as a good and proper reminder in this regard. Continue reading

Get a better life by building better habits

k-bigpicWe are products of our own behaviors, that we consciously or unconsciously do, also known as habits and the results that we have in our lives are mostly the outcomes of them. According to a study published by Duke University in 2006, we spend more than 40 percent of our time engaged in habitual actions that we do not give a second thought about. Thus, it is very important to improve our habits, if we want to get things that we have not achieved until now. Continue reading

Beat procrastination with the Feynman technique

Feynman technique Richard Feynman was a Nobel Prize winner in Physics who used a method of learning complex things that seems very obvious and immediately makes sense that it is easy, but in fact only a few people use it. I have already mentioned it in a previous blog post as a way of learning and preparing for your exams, and I will not focus on that, but I have had an insight about the way and the possibilities of using this technique as a means of beating procrastination. Continue reading

How to gain more clarity and focus about your goal

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When your goals are clear and compelling, they usually inspire you to take action and taking action is the single most important factor that differentiates people who dream from the people who do make things happen. As a result, it is very important to have clear goals and also focus on them, and this article is written with the purpose of giving you a way on how to achieve that clarity.

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A real example on how a busy person read 20-30 books for a few months

ReadingA couple of days ago, a person that I know told me something that surprised me and once again inspired me to believe about the tremendous impact that little acts can have. Only during the year 2015, he has read around 20-30 books despite having a full time job and also having family responsibilities and having to travel about 2 hours each day to go and come back from the workplace. Continue reading

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