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The reason for your zombie performance when you are jetlagged
I know a lot of folks who are sure that functioning without sleeping is just a matter of endurance. As anyone trying to have a meaningful conversation with those folks would know, that is not the case and their mental performance is noticeably reduced (the eyes are open but the response is not there..). I…
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Our brains are getting smaller as we become more domesticated
A common cultural belief is that future generations will have gigantic heads to carry their ever expanding brains. The opposite seems to be true. An NPR story http://goo.gl/0l2GM covers the fact that human brains have actually been shrinking for the past 20-30 million years and our brain tod ay is a tennis ball size smaller…
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The “AHA! moment” myth – a great TED presentation about how innovation really happens
There is a great story in this presentation – goo.gl/iID9 on how the GPS turned to be what it is today over several years of tinkering and building a platform that later was connected to problem. The bottom line here is the following: 1. There is no such thing as the AHA! or Eureka! moment,…
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Declaring your goals actually decreases your chances of achieving them – new research
Comparing people who declare their goals (I am going to lose 20 pounds by the end of the year) with people who keep their goal as an open questions (will i be able to lose 20 pound this year?). The research finds that the declaration decreases the chances of accomplishment. A potential explanation might be…
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Motivation – new research shows desired objects seem closer in our mind
We tend to perceive vision as the ultimate truth (“I’ll believe it when i see it..”), the reality is quite different and has tremendous impact on those trying to attain far-reaching goals. A recent study shows that our perception of something as simple as distance to an object is affected by how desirable we find…
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Presentation & demo tips – Part 3 – The Show Must Go On
Do not let technology get in the way the presentation. For the life of me, i am continuously amazed as to how many precious minutes are wasted before and in the middle of presentations because of technical challenges. Laptop is not booting, projector is not working, projector is not syncing with laptop (extra points for…
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Presentation& demo tips – part 2- Warming up
The Opening – between ice and cheese The presentation does not start at slide #1 and end at the 20th slide. People often miss on a great opportunity by playing with the projector/laptop/screen/lights in the room instead of using the time before the presentation to talk to those who already in the room/ on the…
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Tips for better presentations/demos – Part 1 – Why are we here again?
Talk about presentations these days and pretty fast the conversation is bound to get to the power point complaining phase. To me this shows a problem in the way people think about presentations and meetings in general, we focus on the means and not on the goals. Power Point is one of many means to…
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