Month: September 2007

Improve Reading Comprehension with a Mental Framework

September 26, 2007

Reading Time: < 1 minuteJohn Wesley at Pick the Brain has posted a great article on improving your reading comprehension with a mental framework. Reading is all about information. It’s not about the number of words you read, but the amount of value you extract from them. The key to improved reading comprehension isn’t moving your eyes across a…
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Fifteen Last.fm Power Tweaks

September 10, 2007

Reading Time: < 1 minuteFrom LifeHacker: One of the best ways to discover new music online is with Last.fm, a music recommendation community. Last.fm serves you up new tunes based on a marriage of your unique preferences and the rest of the huge Last.fm community. Last.fm is a pretty simple way to listen to tunes, but there are a…
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Mind Maps as Personal Dashboards

September 5, 2007

Reading Time: 3 minutesUp until now, I’ve used mind maps for a variety of things: brainstorming, study aid, goal setting, note taking, and product research. Recently, I’ve been exploring the idea of using mind maps to help consolidate all of my information related to time management, task management, and knowledge management into a single place… a personal mind…
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Power Tips & Strategies for Mind Mapping Software

September 6, 2007

Reading Time: < 1 minuteI just finished reading Chuck Frey‘s ebook: Power Tips & Strategies for Mind Mapping Software. From Chuck’s ebook website: “I’ve made it my mission to gather the best applications, techniques and resources into one place – a definitive guide to getting the most out of mind mapping software in business. I have talked with leading…
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The Undiscovered Self

September 3, 2007

Reading Time: < 1 minuteJung on the state and religion: “All mass movements, as one might expect, slip with the greatest ease down an inclined plane made up of large numbers. Where the many are, there is security; what the many believe must of course be true; what the many want must be worth striving for, and necessary, and…
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The Conjunction

September 2, 2007

Reading Time: < 1 minute“In the beginning God created one world (unus mundus). This he divided into two – heaven and earth. Beneath this spiritual and corporeal binarius lieth hid a third thing, which is the bond of holy matrimony. This same is the medium enduring until now in all things, partaking of both their extremes, without which it…
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