More Troubles with Goals (Audio version)
Releasing the pressure of needing to do something
A Wandering Mind Takes Time
What happens when you read the same passage again and again, not understanding it?
Trouble with Goals
“Write your goals, state your goals, shout them far and wide! ” Or so goes the advice goes. One idea is that when you formulate something you want in words, it has a greater likelihood of becoming true. Another idea is that if you say something to others,...
The Assault on Agency
I’m often asked about how today’s technology affects us and our ability to maintain attention. Our work makes demands from multiple sources, be that from our employers, colleagues, or peers. Our points of contact were once limited to being in person. Then came the...
What does “practice” even mean?
My piano teacher was fond of saying: If I don’t practice one day, I know. If I don’t practice for two days, my agent knows. If I don’t practice for three days, my audience knows. Practice is vital to any form of development, be that learning or mastery. But what is...
