hey can someone help me with my school of life project in which i have write the reflections on thse below.
1. Slow learner
2. Active learner
3. Mastery learner
4. Values of ones past
5. Focused and Diffused modes of thinking
6. Matching passion with opportunities
7. Role of environment around you
8. A poor memory is valuable
9. Meditation can have different effects
10. Pomodoro technique
11. Procrastination can arise from many factors
12. Procedural fluency and deliberate practice
13. Mental tricks
14. Avoid learning style
15. You can try to learn too much
16. Who you hang out with strongly influences who you are
17. Don't just follow your passions also work to broaden them
18. Develop career resiliency by obtaining a second skill or developing a broad talent stack
19. Read, take Moocs, and Courses and Seminars to keep yourself prepared
20. Hobbies help keep your brain fresh and
agile 21. Dabble, lead a double life, and be a contrarian
it would be great if you find them all for me as i have to submit it by 1st dec 11:59 pm.
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Our brains employ two modes of thinking to tackle any large task: focused and diffuse. Both are equally valuable but serve very different purposes. To do your best work, you need to master both.
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As she lost consciousness of outer things…her mind kept throwing up from its depths, scenes, and names, and sayings, and memories and ideas, like a fountain spurting. — Virginia Woolf, To the Lighthouse
Professor and former Knowledge Project Podcast guest, Barbara Oakley, is credited with popularizing the concept of focused and diffuse forms of thinking. In A Mind for Numbers, Oakley explains how distinct these modes are and how we switch between the two throughout the day. We are constantly in pursuit of true periods of focus – deep work, flow states, and highly productive sessions where we see tangible results. Much of the learning process occurs during the focused mode of thinking. The diffuse mode is equally important to understand and pursue.
When our minds are free to wander, we shift into a diffuse mode of thinking. This is sometimes referred to as our natural mode of thinking, or the daydream mode; it’s when we form connections and subconsciously mull over problems. Although diffuse thinking comes in the guise of a break from focus, our minds are still working. Often, it’s only after we switch away from this mode that we realize our brains were indeed working for us. Moving into diffuse mode can be a very brief phenomenon, such as when we briefly stare into the distance before returning to work.
Oakley uses evolutionary biology to explain why we have these two distinct modes. Vertebrates need both focused and diffuse modes to survive. The focused mode is useful for vital tasks like foraging for food or caring for offspring. On the other hand, the diffuse mode is useful for scanning the area for predators and other threats. She explains: “A bird, for example, needs to focus carefully so it can pick up tiny pieces of grain as it pecks the ground for food, and at the same time, it must scan the horizon for predators such as hawks…. If you watch birds, they’ll first peck, and then pause to scan the horizon—almost as if they are alternating between focused and diffuse modes.”