Monday, July 1, 2024

Journaling about Sources of Congitive Biases

 Decisions , Decisions and more Decisions!

Our decision making processes are biased by problems related to memory, attention and other mental mistakes.  These are uncouscious decision-making processes that affect our ability to make sound decisions, without us realizing their affect on us. 

If we only have the ability to project into the future, to see the outcome of our decisions.  Let's just hope that decisions I make today a better for future for my life and those around me.  

Problems with perception and memory, our memory bias affects our recall of past events, situations and perceptions of what really happened.  We may take a rosy outlook, which paints a different scene and how will that effect our decisions.  

Over time our life moves forward, we have changed.   More importantly how do we correct memory bias, and what questions do we need to ask ourselves knowing our current attitudes, behaviors, moods or emotions will skew our recall of the past.  

“Most people, probably, are in doubt about certain matters ascribed to their past. They may have seen them, may have said them, done them, or they may only have dreamed or imagined they did so.” — William James.

Entering the situation room.  

Let's say the situation is the same but our resources are very different.  We may have gone bankrupt and have forgotten the had financial hardship of the past.  Possibly we have reverted back to a time and place when jobs available, not ever believing work would not be available.  Our view of the world is different since our prior situation was one filled an attitude of abundance since we had financial resources. 

Look we are human and we do not always make rational decisions , there are times we act compulsively.  Here is a mental problem , I can spend more time or more money that I can afford to spend.  Say for instance, I pull out my credit card and charged the meal, not thinking about what I spent this month on entertainment was more than I could afford.  Or I spend more time solving problems that are not creating a better future for myself, and my life.  

Possibly we are not keeping accurate account of our expenses or a detailed recored of how we spend our time, and we make rash decisions believing we have more time and money that we actually do.  We need to correct our thinking find solutions for our mental mistakes.  

Knowing that compulsive actions - which one example is compulsive spending generating problems that lead to financial distress or depression.  Not puting our attention on setting goals that taking actions that create a better future for ourselves.  Jump on the other side of the fence and state that saving money and managing our time is simply a decision we make when we put our attention and time on setting realistic goals that match the vision of our future. 



Friday, April 26, 2024

Was Santa Claus a TURK?

 

GREEK

St Nicholas was born in Greece in AD 280 , which is at a location that is now considered modern-day Turkey.

IT IS GREEK TO ME? Isn't turkey primarily Muslim.  

Monday, November 7, 2022

CHECK THE POLICE REPORT FOR FALSE STATEMENTS


FALSE Statements in a police report may change the verdict or opinion of the court.

The police report is easily obtained at the police station, records department.  Just stop in and say you need a copy of the police report. Get all the records before you go to court. Read them and research the law using the NOLO books in your public library.


Here is a lawyer that states they deal with false statements on a police report, has anyone had experience with this law firm? How to find out more information about a lawyer you are hiring to represent you in court?

 https://ialawny.businesshomepage.info/personal/criminal-defense/

Thursday, October 27, 2022

What About Time Management? 5 Minutes of Planning for Change

 PLANNING IN ADVANCE

Start by planning the night  before for the next day

  • Tools: Time Blocking 
  • Tools: Signal Handling
  • Tools: Controlling Interruptions
  • Methods: Create a Process - Setup a System - Record Your Time
  • Fail - Adjust and Proceed

REPEAT THE PROCESS

CREATING A LIST

  • Create a List the Night Before
  • Expect 25% Increase in Productivity
  • Measure Results - Adjust and Repeat

GOAL 1:  Setup a Routine

  • Plan the Next Day from Start to Finish
  • Setup Standard Tasks and Assign Time Blocks
  • Measure the Value of Being on Time with the Task
  • Measure Improvements
  • Set Deadlines and Meet them

GOAL 2:  Time equals Money

  • Per Hour Worth is Crucial to Effective Time Management
  • Get the Most out of your Time Investment
  • Eventually you will Boost your Hourly Value

GOAL 3: Learn to Delegate

  • Learn to Share the Responsibility - Engage Others in Activities
  • Delegate Low Wage Tasks to Other Workers
  • 1000% RETURN - SMART GOAL SETTING
  • 1 Minute of Proper Planning - 10 Minutes of Execution
  • Measure by Setting Standards

VALUE OF TIME

  • With Proper Planning will create Improvements
  • Value is $10,000 to $100,000 in one Year

WHAT YOU NEED

  • Good Habits
  • Good Organization
  • Time to think through Planning Strategies
  • Evaluation Skills

Think Big - Be Descriptive - Extend to Financial, Career and Personal Goals




Friday, April 28, 2017

Words of Affirmation 5 Love Languages

I worked on building relationships after I knew the power of appreciation.  Not only does our spoken praise and appreciation count but these 5 are highly valued.  One or all these help you build relationships.

Quality Time         Gifts          Acts of Service
Physical Touch            Words of Affirmation




https://books.google.com/books/content/images/frontcover/_v4hAJcvL6oC?fife=w300 

Scarcity Mindset vs Growth Mindset

It is always a good idea to add to a process, learning to develop people is often a challenge for technologists early on in their careers.

Professional development  If you are interested in taking time to update your soft skills, how will that improve you chances for getting a better life?





Thursday, September 1, 2016

30 Days to your Dream Job Day 5: Make Sure Employers Can Find You

Day 5:  Make Sure Employers Can Find You

Better yet, the keywords are important is true, but the experts suggest that updating your profiles on three career websites every day makes it easier for employers to find you!  The websites are LinkedIN, Monster Career Website, and Capital Area Help Wanted.  This is a time investment of  less than an hour a day.  An early morning habit that may bring you success in improving your network.

How to choose keywords that are tailored to the audience you want to attract?  What is your chosen field and what keywords are of value to your profession.  HR is more interested in fitting you in their  corporate culture so find those keywords on the company website.   That passes your profile through HR to the hiring manager.  Hiring managers are interested in finding keywords listed in the job description since your skills and achievements need to match what they need to satisfy the job requirements.

Setting up your resume, or online profile to fill achievement gaps.  Achievement gaps may reflect what skills you are updating, and give information about your most recent accomplishments.