A lot of lectures and talks are accompanied with
presentations in which a lot of information is put in every
slide of that presentation. This makes it difficult for a
person in the audience to read it and also prevents that
person from the actual listening of the lecture that is being
given. In other words, the audience is multitasking during
your talk: trying to read your slides and simultaneously
listening your lecture, but they most probably will not learn
and gain information as much as you might have wished.
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Category: Personal Development (Page 16 of 20)
A lot of things happen in our lives and only a few of them
start to shape our opinions and the story we tell about
ourselves. We have been late for a meeting or for work, and we
try to identify ourselves as people who are always late. We
have been finishing our projects and our homework only a few
hours before the deadline and as a consequence of that, we
identify ourselves as procrastinators. Additionally, we tend
to start to get stressed out because of a difficult project
that is in the future and because one of your colleagues will
take a week off of work. These type of events are probably
going to steal you the chance of enjoying the present.
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I have been continuously falling into the trap of having
something in mind to do when I open up my laptop, but when I
actually sit next to it, I usually forgot what I wanted to do
and entered into a downward spiral. This has been done
repeating itself, even today, despite the fact that I have
already read an article on how to deal with similar
occurrences. I would like to introduce you to the check list
method of deciding what it is that you want to accomplish
before you start your internet browsing.
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When somebody achieves a goal, he or she usually tends to get
a good feeling and starts to think about himself or herself as
an unstoppable person who is constantly successful and that
his or her success yesterday might be sufficient for him or
her today. There is a great quote that might serve as a proper
counterargument against that opinion.
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Internet seems to be ubiquitous and life seems not to be
normal without it. However, if we take a look at the past, we
can understand that famous personalities such as Einstein or
Newton or Aristotle did not use internet, yet produced
remarkable results that have had huge contributions. Before
you take a stand of arguing that internet is really important
these days because of the fact that it saves you a lot of
time, maybe it is time to rethink your approach towards its
usage, especially during your workday.
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Tony Buzan in his book “Use your head” mentions that when a
student sits down to study and does not have a clear ending
point, he will not be able to properly focus because he will
be constantly having the feeling that he will be studying
forever. He will be constantly battling with his motivation
and find it difficult to learn the material in front of him,
because he does not know when the next break will be, or how
would the task look when it is done.
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We are all going to die. This is inevitable. However, our
work that is characterized with excellence can continue to
stay and help us stay alive even after our death. As a result
of this, we should treat our work as one of our main
priorities and missions in life that we try to pursue each
day.
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Alice in the Wonderland is a famous novel that was turned
into a movie and a part of a conversation between Alice and
the cat inspired me to write this article. It is a very short
passage that I took from the movie, but that might be very
important and crucial to keep in mind, because of the
significance of the meaning that it represents.
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When you reach an important goal that you have been putting a
lot of effort to accomplish, you might feel gorgeous, and have
the impression about yourself that you are now a successful
person. You have been reached the top of a mountain, after a
long journey that you had to pass and a lot of difficulties
that you had to overcome. However, when you are staying on top
of that mountain, you might be lucky if there is not any
higher mountain that is excepting you to go.
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A few days ago I was talking with a friend of mine who told
me that he was in a lot of stress, because he has been working
on a project for a while, but there appeared an error with the
setup of the project, just one day before the deadline. As if
that was not enough, he was online on Facebook and was a bit
surprised, because I see Facebook as a very good tool of
distraction. I suggested him to sign out from Facebook and
concentrate on his task instead, but he had a reason. He said
that Facebook was the only way he could communicate with the
other two people that have been collaborating with him in the
project. That excuse gave me the idea to write an article on
how to deal with these types of situations and solve the
problem of communication.
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