Self-Improvement – Page 11 – ORGANIZING CREATIVITY

Yet another Bento Update

2018-02-05

Yep, another posting about Bento boxes. They just work (for me).
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Dystopian Story and Movie Recommendation: “Harrison Bergeron” and “2081”

2018-02-04

A while ago I stumbled upon a story by Kurt Vonnegut titled: "Harrison Bergeron". There is also a movie titled "2081" that really nails the story. Both are highly recommended in a world that confused equality of opportunity with equality of outcome.
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MetaNook Presentation (German): Wissenschaftliches Schreiben im Studium: Oder: Wie schreibe ich das verdammte Teil bloß?

2017-11-17

A 45 minute presentation in German about scientific writing.
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Deliberate Practice — Or: How to invest that 10000 hours you need to become an expert in something

2017-11-01

Nice piece of information from a lecture on expertise — the role of deliberate practice. Without using click-bait abstracts, but there are four characteristics deliberate practice (to acquire a skill) should fulfill.
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Parents and Mentors

2017-11-01

Just a short comment about the role of support by parents and mentors.
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Online Presentation [German]: Wissenschaftliches Schreiben

2017-10-14

An online version of a presentation I did a while ago — this one is in German.
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A Digital Bullet Journal with Apple’s Keynote

2017-04-14

Stumbled upon Bullet Journals. Seem nice, but given my handwriting, I go for a digital journal. And yeah, with Apple's presentation tool – Keynote.
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Recommendation: Some great YouTubers and Podcasts

2016-09-17

There are lots and lots of great YouTubers and Podcasters online — here's a short selection.
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Book Recommendation: “Curse of the High IQ” by Aaron Clarey

2016-09-08

A ... well, self-help book for people with high IQ, without the usual unrealistic ego-stroking of self-help books.
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Why a Code of Conduct for Conferences is a Really Bad Idea

2016-09-03

Some conferences do have codes of conduct or try to introduce them. Personally, I think they are a really bad idea. A few reasons in this posting.
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BTW, posts can get updated after I published them if I spot spelling errors (not a native speaker) or think a different wording might improve precision and clarity.

This blog is not focused on a single topic, or method. As long as it is relevant to improving creativity (or allowing it in the first place), it's fair game.
Some postings on this blog deal with freedom, as I think that we need freedom of thought, of speech, of association, etc. pp. to solve mankind's problems. Thus, some postings may seem a bit remote when it comes to organizing creativity. Freedom is, however, the bedrock of creativity.
The heterogeneity of the postings can make reading this blog a bit cumbersome, at least if you are only interested in one topic. You can either use the search function (above), or use the categories or the tags to narrow down the postings you see.