Spartan Maneuvers

Posted on July 27, 2010 by danspira

Whether it’s closing a customer, captivating a lover, cleaning an overflowing email inbox, or killing 10,000 of Xerxes’ Immortals, the Spartan’s approach to winning is based on focus and control of two essential factors:   skill of execution, and strategic use of the landscape.  The first is celebrated and easily remembered; the second is often forgotten and makes all [...]

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Facebook’s “Like” Adds Liquidity to the Stroke Economy

Posted on July 8, 2010 by danspira

Facebook recently extended its “Like” function to cover comments on statuses, so now we’re just pixels away from being able to “Like” other people’s “Likes.” In his famous (yet not quite famous enough) 1964 book, Games People Play, Montrealer Eric Berne introduced the world to his concept of Transactional Analysis and a system understanding interpersonal [...]

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Animated Text Favorites: Taylor Mali, Dan Pink, Visual-Aural Enchantment

Posted on July 7, 2010 by danspira

Compelling, well-structured messages + Great voices + Deft animation =  Edutainment for the aural and visual learner    Bonus track of Tali Mali… combine him with Dalton Sherman and you have weapons-grade motivation:

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Learn To Be Lucky

Posted on July 1, 2010 by danspira

Imagine the following learning objective:  Upon completing this training, given a random probability of life events, the learner will demonstrate the ability to be luckier than before, by a factor of 80% or more. Richard Wiseman, a psychologist at the University of Hertfordshire, has done some clever experiments investigating what makes people “lucky” or “unlucky.” [...]

Filed under: Learning, Life | 3 Comments »

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