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Do as I say, not as I do…

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I know we consider that backwards.  But, that’s my reaction to too many of these “environmental” do good networks.  They often have sophomoric ideas about what we need to do to make the world a better place.  (I should announce that I am all for minimizing our environmental footprint- from water reuse to climate change.)

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Just the facts, ma’am…

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As I am sure you know, I am a life-long technologist.  OK.  Maybe only since I was six- but that’s pretty much life-long.  And, I’ve been trained in the scientific method.   Which means one must develop a hypothesis- and try to prove it wrong.  If one can’t, it provides validity to the scenario one considered.

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Charisma- revisited

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It’s the holiday season.  And, we are surrounded by myths (and truths) about our heroes- Matisyahu, Jesus, Pope Francis, and every politician (they all seem to be running for President or re-election- even in December).  Which means we should be aware of charisma. It’s not a new interest- I’ve written about this a few times (here’s but one).

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It’s not the test. It’s how we get there.

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I vividly remember my elementary school years.  (Oh, wait.  I’m old enough that this meant K-9, although some programs were K-8.)  Our schools gave us homework every night, quizzes at least once a week, and tests every two weeks.  Nowadays, that is considered bad form.  For all the wrong reasons.

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Who do you believe?

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Practice makes perfect.  Yup, every one of us has heard that- probably a zillion times, too.

And, for decades that was the established fact.  Way back in 1993, Drs. Ericsson, Krampe, and Tesch-Romer published their results:  The Role of Deliberate Practice in the Acquisition of Expert Performance.  In that article, they declared that they could explain the difference between an elite performance and an amateur one by the amount of practice time involved.  Not fully 100%, but 80%- which made this a pretty definitive study.

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