Comments on: Development: Make yourself smarter http://www.productivity501.com/make-yourself-smarter/2108/ Pieces of the productivity puzzle. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:02:23 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Nicolas http://www.productivity501.com/make-yourself-smarter/2108/comment-page-1/#comment-100604 Nicolas Sun, 30 Nov 2008 08:50:27 +0000 http://www.productivity501.com/?p=2108#comment-100604 I think that reading and exchanging with others are very powerful tools to improve yourself. There are a few sites on the Internet where you can share your book library with others. This allows you to become part of a community and to easily find more good books on your areas of interest. I wrote an article on the three top library sites on my Time Management Master blog. http://memytime.wordpress.com/2008/09/10/share-book-recommendations/ I think that reading and exchanging with others are very powerful tools to improve yourself. There are a few sites on the Internet where you can share your book library with others. This allows you to become part of a community and to easily find more good books on your areas of interest.

I wrote an article on the three top library sites on my Time Management Master blog.

http://memytime.wordpress.com/2008/09/10/share-book-recommendations/

]]> By: Tymoteusz Masiakowski http://www.productivity501.com/make-yourself-smarter/2108/comment-page-1/#comment-99421 Tymoteusz Masiakowski Sun, 16 Nov 2008 01:18:07 +0000 http://www.productivity501.com/?p=2108#comment-99421 Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. This was a very good read. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
This was a very good read.

]]> By: Vernon Blake http://www.productivity501.com/make-yourself-smarter/2108/comment-page-1/#comment-98312 Vernon Blake Fri, 31 Oct 2008 17:09:44 +0000 http://www.productivity501.com/?p=2108#comment-98312 Nothing new or original about my comment, but after years of providing training to others -- whether it be job-related software application training or volunteer speaking for organ donor awareness -- I find that it pushes me to become more knowledgeable very quickly -- even when I do not consider myself an expert on the topic. Of course, an "expert" is simply one that knows slightly more than others on a given subject -- or -- is able to convey knowledge more effectively than others. And when you are training/speaking/presenting, listen to your audience, they will teach you even more about the subject at hand. The best teachers must also be the best students. Nothing new or original about my comment, but after years of providing training to others — whether it be job-related software application training or volunteer speaking for organ donor awareness — I find that it pushes me to become more knowledgeable very quickly — even when I do not consider myself an expert on the topic.

Of course, an “expert” is simply one that knows slightly more than others on a given subject — or — is able to convey knowledge more effectively than others.

And when you are training/speaking/presenting, listen to your audience, they will teach you even more about the subject at hand. The best teachers must also be the best students.

]]> By: Ariane Benefit, Neat & Simple Living http://www.productivity501.com/make-yourself-smarter/2108/comment-page-1/#comment-98224 Ariane Benefit, Neat & Simple Living Thu, 30 Oct 2008 14:15:52 +0000 http://www.productivity501.com/?p=2108#comment-98224 p.s. Thanks for including me! : ) p.s. Thanks for including me! : )

]]> By: Ariane Benefit, Neat & Simple Living http://www.productivity501.com/make-yourself-smarter/2108/comment-page-1/#comment-98222 Ariane Benefit, Neat & Simple Living Thu, 30 Oct 2008 14:15:16 +0000 http://www.productivity501.com/?p=2108#comment-98222 What a great group interview! I love seeing the patterns in how people answer! : ) I thought it was interesting that all the answers reflect that becoming more valuable is all about being a learner vs. a knower. About taking information in and digesting it vs. putting it out there. Whether it is by listening, reading, or seeing. We all agree that learning is the key. What a great group interview! I love seeing the patterns in how people answer! : ) I thought it was interesting that all the answers reflect that becoming more valuable is all about being a learner vs. a knower. About taking information in and digesting it vs. putting it out there. Whether it is by listening, reading, or seeing. We all agree that learning is the key.

]]> By: Jess http://www.productivity501.com/make-yourself-smarter/2108/comment-page-1/#comment-98160 Jess Wed, 29 Oct 2008 22:13:27 +0000 http://www.productivity501.com/?p=2108#comment-98160 This is an awesome post, thanks for all the quotes! I enjoyed them :) This is an awesome post, thanks for all the quotes! I enjoyed them :)

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