There is a concept in aviation that properly understood could potentially make you more effective in other areas of your life. All pilots in the United States must maintain satisfy certain basic currency requirements if he or she is to act as pilot in command of an aircraft carrying passengers under various conditions (day, night, …
Tag: learning
The Mind of the Student
Yesterday's post on mating mosquitos got me thinking about the learning process. I've often thought that learning was akin to sex in that the acquisition of knowledge occurs through a rhythmic interplay of the student and the unknown. There is, borrowing from the mating habits of mosquitos, a harmonic convergence where the mind of the …
Known to Unknown
I had two conversations yesterday that carried a common thread. While I was the common denominator in both, the principle outlined came from my riding coach and a new business associate, not from me. I couldn’t help but notice the coincidence and I am compelled to share it with you this morning. When you understand …
True Knowing
"Gratitude is the inward feeling of kindness received. Thankfulness is the natural impulse to express that feeling. Thanksgiving is the following of that impulse." ~ Henry Van Dyke I appreciate Mr. Van Dyke's quote as it demonstrates the natural progression from recognition to realization to actualization found in any successful process of growth and development. …
What am I?
"The man who makes the acquisition of wealth the goal and ultimatum of his life, seeing it as an end rather than a means to an end, is not true. Why does the world usually make wealth the criterion of success, and riches the synonym of attainment? Real success in life means the individual’s conquest …
Perfect Practice Makes Perfect
I realized during a riding lesson today that the old adage "practice makes perfect" isn't always true. If you practice incorrectly, for example, you can spend a lifetime attempting to perfect something that is unattainable based on a flawed approach. Horseback riding is fraught with such possibilities, for it is one of those activities that …
The Canon of the Way and the Power
"The skilful traveller leaves no traces of his wheels or footsteps; the skilful speaker says nothing that can be found fault with or blamed; the skilful reckoner uses no tallies; the skilful closer needs no bolts or bars, while to open what he has shut will be impossible; the skilful binder uses no strings or …
Improve the Silence
"Do not speak unless you can improve the silence." I've often wondered what Twitter feed, the blogosphere and Facebook would look like were there to be a filter that removed any content that did not improve the silence. Take Twitter, for example. Users post roughly 1,200 Tweets per second. Facebook has 500,000,000 active users - …
The Sour-Faced Man
"There are two things that I want you to make up your minds to: first, that you are going to have a good time as long as you live - I have no use for the sour-faced man - and next, that you are going to do something worthwhile, that you are going to work …
Learn from Everything
“Who is wise? One who learns from all.” ~ The Talmud My thought is morning is a simple one: learn from everything. Woe to the fool who learns lessons only when they arrive wrapped in gold or coated in sugar, for the best lessons life can give are frequently bitter to the belly, repulsive to …
Gregory Hake 