WOWOW: Innovation and Skills
Changing the world with Larry Page, innovation with Brad Bird, intelligence analysis with the CIA, and the 75 skills for every man to master, all without any limits.
Larry Page on how to change the world --
Breakthrough ideas are around the corner, says the Google co-founder. But most of us are failing to take a chance on them.
Pixar's Brad Bird on fostering innovation --
This week The McKinsey Quarterly asks: what does stimulating the creativity of animators have in common with developing new product ideas or technology breakthroughs? Apparently, a lot.
Never have a limit on your income --
If you sell pens for a living and someone orders a million pens, no problem! You just place an order with your manufacturer for a million pens, get them to the customer, and celebrate.
Psychology of Intelligence Analysis --
A classic in my library, examining the influence of bias on accurate analysis, among other things. Must read.
The 75 Skills Every Man Should Master --
A man can be expert in nothing, but he must be practiced in many things. Skills. You don't have to master them all at once. You simply have to collect and develop a certain number of skills as the years tick by. People count on you to come through. That's why you need these, to start.
Have a successful week and make sure to measure your progress.
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WOWOW: A Higher IQ and Less Fat
Brain exercises and fat loss, nothing more.
Simple brain exercise can boost IQ --
The exercise involves tracking small squares on a screen that pop into a new location every three seconds. Volunteers have to press a button when the current location is a duplicate of two views earlier.
At the same time, consonants are played through headphones and a button is pressed if the letter is the same as that heard two "plays" earlier.
If participants perform well, the interval to be tracked (n) increases to three or more stages earlier.
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How do we actually lose fat? What do we mean by fat "burning"? Here's a very simple, (dumbed down) explanation of what actually goes on to create a fat loss effect.
High levels of fat mobilization + High levels of fat oxidation = Accelerated fat loss.
The Top 5 Reasons to Get Even Leaner --
A leaner organism is a more effective organism.
Come with minimal luggage. Don't bring more than you really need.
Lean determines the ratio between work and rest, between production and administration, between muscle and fat. The more muscle that is at work against less and less superfluous weight -- as opposed to specific workload -- the more effective is the whole system. Think bureaucracy. Think governments.
So, exercise that mind and that body and let the summer come. Now.
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