Ideas are the most powerful things in existence. Here are mine.
Even though I’m not the one testing it. Apparently a group of researchers also had this idea, and they, of course, have the tools to actually perform the research:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7460743.stm
I bet the other ones do too. Just think of what I could do with the bio training I can’t seem to obtain!
Failure at something is far from the worst you can do. The worst you can do is wait, because there’s a good chance you’ll have a very difficult time getting started at it again. There are a few consequences of this that I have considered: The first is to start fulfilling your life aspirations early. Perhaps you will fail at them, but you’ll have plenty of time to pick up the pieces and keep trying, whereas if you wait, you’ll spend a long time learning nothing about how to attain these goals. Delay perpetuates itself. The second is not to wait for anyone to catch up to you. Working in a group is invariably a slowdown, and it very often takes orders of magnitude more time to get something accomplished as a group than you could accomplish it individually. This happens with all groups, no matter how competent; the most competent group I’ve ever put together is still guilty of it. If you find a group lagging behind on something very important to you, don’t wait for them – do it yourself and go around them. Finally, as it applies to groups, it applied to other exogenous factors. Don’t wait too long for conditions to be right, as they may never be perfectly suitable and you may lose one chance waiting for another.
I think that’s one of the reasons I have so many accomplishments under my belt: while everyone is busy waiting, I’m doing. I started programming at 8, and since then, the scope of my aspirations has only continued to grow, even in the face of harsher and harsher external conditions and more insurmountable roadblocks.
Much as we like to proclaim our knowledge the result of conscious learning, learning is a subconscious phenomenon. When something truly comes naturally to you, you need not think of it anymore – it’s just there. In fact, for me at least, truly knowing how to use a technique seems to be a shift from rational processing of the problem to an intuitive understanding of it.
To me, this indicates that techniques designed to enhance the conscious aspect of learning in neglect of the subconscious are counterproductive, and it pays more to focus on techniques for promoting an environment in which your subconscious can learn.
I’ve just launched LanceRates.com, a website designed specifically to answer the question “How much should I charge?” in relation to freelance work. Users can post or look up market rates for any sort of freelance job, and the site integrates some rather advanced analysis techniques, including several machine learning algorithms, to give visitors an unprecedented level of information.
And just in case it still isn’t enough, we make the raw data available. All for free.
“New religions tend to resemble old ones because their founders tend to be religious.”
“The lack of role models during childhood is actually a precipitator of independent thought.”
“There are many ways to make money, but there is no restoring lost time.”
“Of all the evils of a society, the greatest is resistance to improvement.”
From this point on, I am taking on no new freelance jobs. I will complete the ones I am currently involved in and then I will be finished for good.
It works in theory, but never in practice. Not once has it been a pleasant experience.