Broken Marketing

As we watched the video on broken marketing in class on tuesday, I was reminded of a couple pictures my dad had taken on a trip to Africa. I will post them so you can see. They are clearly confusing and broken.
Paul Johnson

fmri scans

As I was reading our assignment in the book A Whole New Mind, I was intrigued by the talk of the left side of the brain vs. the right side. I loved the talk of the fmri scans, and did a little bit of research online about them. This is a picture of one of the scans he was talking about, with the different colors on each side of the brain.
I think it is so interesting how much the world really has changed. It is not enough anymore to just be smart. You need more. Creativity, drive, and proactivity. It is esseencial, but it is also hard to achieve. I think as we create effective habits in our lives, we will become more right sided in terms of brain use.

IT'S BROKEN !

"The range of what we think and do is limited by what we fail to notice. And because we fail to notice that we fail to notice, there is little we can do to change; until we notice how failing to notice shapes our thoughts and deeds." -R.D. Laing

Please click on the "comment" link at the bottom of this post and tell us what systems (business, government, education, etc) you've noticed that are BROKEN.

7 habits

During today's lecture, I sat and pondered each of the seven habits as we went through them as a class. It occured to me that I still have a long ways to go before I'm where I want to be in regards to each of the habits. In class, I never shared what i thought to be the most important of the habits, or which one stood out most to me. I wasn't called on to give my opinion, so i sat quietly, giving up a choice to be proactive and speak my mind. So i will take the opportunity to do so now. The habit that stands out to me would be the aforementioned; proactivity. As an introvert who like to keep to myself, I find it difficult to be proactive in many situations, however, that isn't to say that i can't become a proactive person. It is so important to be proactive in everything. I feel ashamed of how layed back i've been through all of high school, and now all of college. I haven't taken enough initiative in work, in school, and other situations of my life. I know i'm not alone because I can see other people traveling the easy road and being passive, letting life lead them wherever it may. Dr. Covey said "we are the creative force of our own lives." I hope to continue to become more proactive in creating and shaping my life into what I want it to be and I hope we can all do the same. Here is a videoclip of Dr. Covey further discussing habit one. :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIh4qgwZeCM0

A Whole New Mind

As we finish up the book 7 Habits we begin our new book "A Whole New Mind"
Here is a video that is an introduction to this book...

communicate by listening

Over the weekend i tried to listen to people a lot more carefully; instead of just waiting for them to finish so i could say what i was thinking. I did it on two occasions and strengthened my relationships with those two people. They said they felt so good knowing that there was someone they could talk to. One of my best friends has been going through some personal stuff and he has never been an emotional person or one to talk about feelings and things. But when i was listening to him, he really opened up. I understand him much better and i know that he, and many others, appreciate people who listen and care about him and his feelings.

It's a Best-Seller for a Reason: The 7 Habits of Highly Successful Peopl...

As we finish talking about the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People book, i just wanted to post a little piece to sum up our past couple weeks. If we do nothing else productive in this class, (which i highly doubt) I would still be glad i took the class. I have learned so much about how to better my life. I loved this book because it made me recognize my faults and want to change them. It also gave me hope that I CAN change those faults. I love that. Stephen R. Covey did a magnificent job of using simple principles that everyone relates to change peoples lives. This book can and should change everyones. I feel like while reading it, it must change EVERYONE'S paradigm. Now it is our choice and opportunity to act on this paradigm shift we have experienced to make us better people. I hope that everyone was affected as much as I was through the words of this book and the words from our class.
Paul Johnson