Posts Tagged ‘wisdom’

Choices and Consequences

Consider this: In three weeks time, you have a big presentation to a long-hoped-for new client. Three weeks is plenty of time, though, so each day you sit down at your computer and, instead of working on your presentation, play game after game of Desktop Tower Defense. Three weeks and a day later, you’re clearing out your desk after being let go for failing to get that… Continue reading

May 27 2009 | By Dustin | Tagged: advice, choice, decision, life, responsibility, wisdom | 12 comments»

We Ask, You Answer: Advice for Your Younger Self

Every Monday, we pose a question for the lifehack.org community to answer. The following week, I post my answer along with a selection (depending on how many there are) of your responses. The idea is to give you a chance to share your knowledge with the rest of the lifehack.org community -- and to give you the opportunity to see what your fellow lifehack.org readers are… Continue reading

January 14 2008 | By Dustin | Tagged: advice, question, wisdom | 63 comments»

The New World of Today’s Student

When I think back over a lifetime of learning, I realize that there were certain times I was a great student, and others in which I was just going through the motions, reaping relatively little from the effort. My schooling was a period of time when I learned pretty intensively because that was simply the overall expectation, and without work or age as conflicting contenders for my attentions, learning in school… Continue reading

October 12 2006 | By Rosa | Tagged: curriculum, knowledge, learning, mastery, students, wisdom | 16 comments»