Friday, May 4, 2007

7 1/4 habits

I want to begin by responding to the 7 1/2 Habits of Highly Successful Life Long Learners. I begin with the end in mind! However, so much so, that I expect the project/plan to have been accomplished yesterday.

My greatest challenge would be in creating the learning toolbox. There is so little $$$ for software and hardware. I have been asking for presentation software for three to four years.
I certainly noticed that exercise two was beautifully created with Articulate. I guess I will have to be an unwelcome guest and borrow another division's software yet again.

Another interesting point was made in the "Lifelong Learners" presentation. Negative thinking and words are a pervasive part of life. I need to start a new manner of positive thought and block the negative words that are so much a part of daily existence.

Recently I began studying piano as an adult beginner. This step took a large amount of courage on my part because my older sister (who has recently left us) was an extremely accomplished pianist. This speaks to point two: Accept responsibility for your own learning. I'm playing with two hands but I'm not as accomplished as Nora. If this wasn't enough an encore command performance can be seen here. My first and favorite YouTube video.