- What we have learn so far.
- Metaphor and zombies. Honestly I am not sure what they meant by zombies.
- Diffused mode and focused mode of thinking.
- Diffused mode is for broad mindset.
- Focused mode is for static thing that needs a lot of concentration. For example mathematical problems.
- To solve and to figure out something new (brainstorming as well I supposed) use diffused mode.
- The lecturer mentioned about brain resting state, but I am not sure on what it means.
- Creative thinker access diffused mode faster and directly.
- Neural processing take place below conscious awareness.
- The easiest way to tackle procrastination is by using Pomodoro technique.
- Practice and repetition is good for more abstract topic.
- Working memory has 4 slots to remember things.
- Long term memory is like a storage house. It is more for memory that is so important or appear in your everyday life.
- Please do occasional repetition.
- Cramming is bad, there is no time for solid structure.
- Sleeping is good to wash away toxin.
- Exercise physically to improve ability to learn something new.
- Interview with Benny Lewis.
- He could not even do English properly.
- Then by age 21 he learn a lot of languages easily.
- Benny has a book titled "Fluent In 3 Months".
- Why children have a big advantage on learning new language is because they are not afraid to make mistake.
- Make mistakes and be a beginner good learner.
- Children are not over analyzing mistakes.
- Self fulfilling prophecy.
- "I am old, I would not be able to learn new language." then so be it!
- Cast aside self fulfilling prophecy.
- Devotion to learning.
- Mini mission brain melting technique is more hardcore version of Pomodoro technique.
- Instead of doing 25 minutes per session. It is 6 days per session followed by one day full break.
- He said that rehearsal/repetition is not a good way to remember.
- Instead do mnemonics.
- For example table is known as a tischin German.
- Tisch sounds like tissue.
- So the connection made a table out of tissue.
- Hence, he knows for sure that table is a tisch.
- Applications.
- Interview with Robert Wilder.
- This interview is important for my bachelor thesis.
- This man learns about the fundamental of personality disorders.
- "The biology of creativity".
- Creative is that something that is need to be done yourself. And is unique to you.
- This statement arose because when you make something creative sometimes there are things that does more or less the same than what you currently make.
- Here he mentioned that creative process is actually a personal experience that is done by the maker.
- Learn how to handle criticize.
- Learn how to accept discomfort.
- Discomfort is a nature of change.
- If everything is fine there would less likely change to happen.
- "No pain no gain".
- The hard part in doing creative process is how to be agreeable person and also be disagreeable. Because creative ideas are mostly abstract. And it is a live long experience to be the person that is wise enough to agree and disagree.
- Being hard to accept, limit the creative process. However, being disagreeable is also necessary to sort out impractical ideas.
- 5 factors with abbreviation of OCEAN.
- Openness.
- Conscience.
- Extroversion.
- Agreeable.
- Neuroticism.
- OCEAN tends to be a creative achiever.
- Creative means creating something new (experiences, methods, things, ...) and also useful.
- So creative means to create something that is useful.
- And is practically usable.
- This man asked us to search "Power Of 10 Exercise".
- "Power Of 10 Exercise" means that to step up every for every small success.
- Step up slowly.
- For example at the 1st day go with 10 push ups.
- The 2nd day go with 11 push ups.
- And so on.
- Be able to zoom in and zoom out.
- This means that you need to be able to be specific and to be able to see things as wide as possible.
- Because the solution can either found while you are zooming in or while you are zooming out.
- Do not be delusional. He gave example of spider on LSD gives different pattern of web.
- Interview with Daphne Gray Grant.
- Daphne owns a publication coach company.
- It teaches people how to write an article.
- She has series of power writing guide in her website (see the bottommost part of this note).
- Diffuse mode is a creative, writing mode.
- Focused mode is editing mode.
- Enhance diffuse mode with mind mapping.
- Mind mapping can also be called clustering.
- Outlining is more into focus mode.
- Sometimes we need to switch between diffused and focused mode when we are studying from a large text book.
- Writing means to create something, hence it needs to be more diffused.
- Use mind mapping in every other aspect in your life.
- Mind mapping usually capture everything those are interesting and integral automatically.
- She has a writing tips.
- Start writing with your monitor off.
- So do everything without correcting.\
- Do the writing initially without the perfectionism mind set.
- After that then the focused mode kick in when you start editing the writing.
- Bookmarks.