A hero is only necessary when systems fail.
- Rahul Gandhi
True!
Sunday, January 25, 2009
Friday, January 16, 2009
Why It's Not Worth Paying Peanuts
“If you get one of the best teachers, you will learn in six months what an average teacher will take a year to teach you. If you get one of the worst teachers, that same learning will take you two years. There’s a four-fold difference in the speed of learning created by the most and the least effective teachers. And it’s not class size, it’s not between class grouping, it’s not within class grouping – it’s the quality of the teacher.” - Professor Dylan Wiliam, Deputy Director of the Institute of Education
I'm sure he's right, although my contention would be that, if you have a really bad teacher, you'll never learn however long the experience lasts, because you just give up.
I learned long ago that it pays to choose your specialist help with care. The best graphic designers are at least four times better and quicker than the second best. The best programmers create almost error-free code in no time at all, whereas the worst will never get rid of the bugs. That's why it's always worth paying above the average - in the end you get what you pay for.
I'm sure he's right, although my contention would be that, if you have a really bad teacher, you'll never learn however long the experience lasts, because you just give up.
I learned long ago that it pays to choose your specialist help with care. The best graphic designers are at least four times better and quicker than the second best. The best programmers create almost error-free code in no time at all, whereas the worst will never get rid of the bugs. That's why it's always worth paying above the average - in the end you get what you pay for.
- From a blog
Sunday, January 4, 2009
A Dream That Will Catch Your Heart
…Yogi Berra once said, "If you don't know where you are going, you might wind up someplace else."…
But even if you know where you want to end up, do you REALLY WANT to be there? I'm not talking about traveling now, but where we're going with our lives. Is the dream you are following really that important to you?
Most people are not lazy. They simply have uninspiring goals. They don't accomplish what they set out to do because they lose interest. The dream they are following is simply not that important to them.
…The truth is -- we are always highly motivated when something means a great deal to us…
And that goes for anything that is truly important to us. If we want something badly enough, we will find necessary energy, excitement and drive to grasp it.
Writer Tim Redmond says this about following worthwhile dreams: "There are many things that will catch my eye, but there are only a few that catch my heart...it is those I consider to pursue."
Is your dream big enough -- important enough -- to catch your heart?
But even if you know where you want to end up, do you REALLY WANT to be there? I'm not talking about traveling now, but where we're going with our lives. Is the dream you are following really that important to you?
Most people are not lazy. They simply have uninspiring goals. They don't accomplish what they set out to do because they lose interest. The dream they are following is simply not that important to them.
…The truth is -- we are always highly motivated when something means a great deal to us…
And that goes for anything that is truly important to us. If we want something badly enough, we will find necessary energy, excitement and drive to grasp it.
Writer Tim Redmond says this about following worthwhile dreams: "There are many things that will catch my eye, but there are only a few that catch my heart...it is those I consider to pursue."
Is your dream big enough -- important enough -- to catch your heart?
- From a blog
"Life is too short to waste time doing things that do not make you happy..."
- From an interview on the Net
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