- Eighty percent of success is showing up. Woody Allen #
“You have to just take a risk [that you are going to screw up and bring people into your learning to teach them].” Hubert L. Dreyfus said this during a 2005 interview.
A like to the iTunes U interview is here.
- Don't mistake the habit of noticing subtle things for an ability to read minds. #
- Excellent leadership by coaching example. A hospital VP with a manager. 4/5ths the way through the video http://bit.ly/7h85el #
- RT @MarcMartinezCPC Great article on the difference between Lean Production and Lean Construction – Wikipedia http://tinyurl.com/yekue7k #
- New LeanProject post: Chief Social Architect for Projects http://bit.ly/7XNDlr #leanconstruction #
- #learning #
Phenomenology is the study of our perception of phenomena. It comes out of consciousness being defined as having intentionality. That is to say that we have our attention on something. We are perceiving something. We are angry at something.
Ontology is a study of the things of the world. It tries to describe what it is like to exist in the world, whereas phenomenology (deriving from Cartesianism) describes the perception of things in the world. It is important to understand existing, because this is what we want to change when we set out to change our habits.
It isn’t always the route we take. A nice example comes from my father. We were discussing his loathing of mowing his mothers lawn. I am released from the chore because I do not live close. He suffers while doing while mowing; he really dislikes cutting the grass. We talked about how he was the best candidate for it. The arguments goes as follows.
Grandma has the money to hire a landscaper, in our opinion, but for some reason she doesn’t. And it would make her unhappy to have to do so. Dad has the time and energy. So, given this thought he should be able to approach the task with gladness because the fit is right. The chore still gets done, but with less suffering. In this way we changed the way that my father existed in the world.
I believe that an approach derived from Cartesianism, like from a psychologist if my father were to get modern treatment for his dislike of grass cutting would seek to get him to enjoy cutting the grass. Perhaps they would explore why he dislikes it and address that issue(s).
I would very much appreciate any comments that you have on the subject.
